Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-06
PACIFIC RAILWAYS.
Continuation Of Tho Senate Commit.
tess llYaStg CATION,
HUNTINGTON rrsrlFlEs AGAIN.
A Lingnistlc Contest Between Him and
senator Morgan, bat Not Much
lnfurma lon.

wAsuiNGroN, D. C., March Al.
ter vacation Of two weeks tue Senate
COMMITTEES on Pacific railroads Iousy
resumed consideration Of tho Pacific
railway debt qussiiin. Huntington
wss present, bu. Senator Morgan wa,
absent at the beginning Of the hearing
John Rooney, representing Junior bond
holiet, was Permitted TO hIoa hriel
In opposition to tue plans heretofore
offered Tor the reorganization u the
Pacific roads. Ho advoc 'ted thu c3u'
solidation Of Union Pacific and Cen
trail Pacilic assessments on subordinate
interests Tor cssh payment Of tue ftsI
and second mortgages anu Tor The
management by government commits.
sionefs Of the foreclosure aud fuOfgani.
zation VI these properties.
When Morgan appeared linguistic
contest between himself and Hunting.
ton began, The senator began im'
uoiiately by asking Huuting 0n ~ W
his objection 10 the Psttison report
Huntington replied that he objected
10 II "a "A whole. lie admitted that lac
had beon before the commission, tut
conteuded the commission had cor.
tain theories 10 work out aud dii not
pay much ntte ton g. hls statements.
ri KNOW" ne sail, "aii ub0ut tue
building vi the Genital Pacific"
"lt IL not ~ much ABOUT the build.
Ing Of the road" replied Morgan, i've
want 10 know, ~ about Wnat was
made OF A."
ave did not" responded Hunting.
ton, make any more than ioN We're
allov oil to make under tho staiulrs.n
Continuing a. TO the division Of tho
proceeds, he said he could divide what
Two were Interested Ia, exactly IN the
middle.
Morgan-Can you do that when you
are on one side aud the people on the
other siIe2
Huutlngton-i can,
M0tgan-t am going 10 give you y
chance before We get through.
Referring 10 the construction OF the
Southern Pacific to Yuma, Arizona,
Huntington sald Cotton was interested
IN that Transaction ana he (Huntlug-
toni nal nothing 10 do with the dis.
p0sai u hiH estate.
"Dii you not" asked Mr.. Morgan,
"buy MtaColtJn's house in San Fran.
cisoD2"
81 Ild."
"And did you not hnd % an's pa
pers In this hous,?"
"l found wall paper thero.n
"But DID you not nnd private paper,
there and burn them2"
"lf you charge me with that 1 will
answer"
otis charged by men who have
written to me, mon A. COED as am."
"fhen they arc goo1 men,"
Huntington then asserted with much
emphasis that he neither found any OF
COltOn's papers In tue house, n u de.
slfoycd any Of them.
Huntington was examined a. 10 his
partnership with Mark Hopkins Ia the
hard ware business IA san Francisco.
lie ldeuiatod the hardware busiuts.
wa In 10 way connected As partner.
ship with tho railway business. Tue
ilfm, no said, loaned money TO the
railroads, also bought railroad seCuf-
tiles whicn were divided between them
~ Individuals. lie said Morgan waA
asking too much when he asked him
TO give details Of business tfAI sHctsd
ihiTiy-fiye years ago. There had been
no general settlement Of his sud Hoy
hins's account upon tbs laltef's death,
but Mira. Hopkins had gone on M the
representative Of her husbands inter.
eats In toe railroads.