The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07
DID NOT BURN PAPERS
c. p. Huntington EmphaticalIy
Denies the Charge.
LINGUISTIC STARRING Is RESUMED

The Pacific Railway Magnate and senator
Morgan of Alabama at IL Once More
Huntington says Morgan Asks Too Much
When He Wants Details OF Business
transactions of Thirty-Five Years Ago
Objections to the Pattison Report.
WASHINGTON, March 7.-After vsca-
tlon of two weeks the senate committee on
Pacific railroads Friday resumed consid-
Grafton OF the Pacific railroad debt ques-
ton. g. p Huntington was present. but
in the absence at the beginning oil tho
hearing Of Senator Morgan, John Rooney,
as the representative of the junior bond
holders, was permitted to file a brief In
opposition 20 the plans heretofore offered
for the reorganization Of the Pacific roads.
He advocated consolidation Of the Union
Pacific and Central Pacific assessments
on subordinate interests for the cash pay
ment of tho first and second mortgages
and for the management by government
commissioners of the foreclosure and re-
organization of these properties. When
Senator Morgan arrived the linguistic
sparring between himself and Mr.. Hunt
ington began. The senator began imme-
diately by asking Huntington as to his
objections to the Pattison report.
Had Theories to Work Out.
huntington replied that he objected 20
10 as "a whole He admitted that he had
been before the commission, but contended
that tie commission had certain theories
to work out and did not pay much atten-
tlon TO his statements. Il know hs
said, call about the building of the Cen
tral Pacific"
Margan-It is not 80 much about the
building of the that we want To know ns
about what was made out OF it.
Huntington--We did not make any
more than we were allowed to make un-
| der the statutes.
Continuing TO the division of the pro
| ceeds, he said that he could divide thing
| in which two were Interested exactly in
/ the middle
Morgan-Can you do that when you arc
on one side and the people on the other
slider
Huntington Il can.
Morgan-I am going to give you
chance before We get through.
| MIR. C0lton's Interest.
Referring To the construction OF the
Southern Pacific road To Yuma, n T..
| Huntington said that Mr.. Cclton was in
terested in that Transaction; that be was
dead and that no had nothing TO do with
the disposal of his estate.
"Did You not" asked Morgan, buy
Mrs. Colton's house in san Franciscoy
| IL did
''And did you not find Mr.. Cotton 9 pm
pers in the houseg'
II found the wallpaper there"
But dad you nos lind his private papcrs
. l there and burn theIn?n
"If you charge me with that will an
swer"
1T is charged by men who have written
TO me, men as good as am "
"Ihen they are good men"
!, ''As good as you are"
.'Then they arc very good men"
Found No Papers.
Huntington then asserted with much
emphasis that he had neither found any
| Of Mr. Colton's papers in the house nor do
stroyed any OF them Huntington was
examined as TO his partnership with Mark
| Hopkins in the hardware business in San
Francisco, but he declared that hardware
| business was in no wise connected as q
| partnership with the railway business.
The firm, he said, loaned money to the
railroads and had also bought railroad So
| curities, which, when received. were di'
| vided between them as individuals He
| said Senator Morgan vas asking toe
much when he asked him to give the de
: tails Of business transactions OF thirty five
| years ago There had been no general
| settlement of his and Mr.. Hopkins 40
| counts upon tho latter's death, but Mrs
| Hopkins had gone ON as n Representative
of her husbands interests in the rail
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