The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08

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the CONTRACT and Finance Company set
tied up its business. He never bought any
stock in the market, he said, and all ne
owned had been transferred to the South
ern Pacific Company, organized under the
Kentucky laws.
In seeking to ascertain why the Califor-
mia Pacific had not been merged into the
Southern Pacific corporation Morgan
asked: "Why did you Keep that road
in the hands of a gang by itself?"
ga what?" calculated Huntington, in
unfeigned astonishment.
"a gang by itself That's Southern
expression you probably don't under
stand" said Morgan.
NO" replied Huntington. 81 must say
did not understand it. I'm glad to hear
your explanation"
The Southern Pacific is good prop
erty, isn't it?" asked Morgan, with a
touch of irony.
''Yes, 'retorted Huntington, deliberately
and earnestly, II think very we'll of it. 1t
is promising property and will work out
all right in time"
Morgan read some extracts from the
complaint in suit brought in the Fiji
by Samuel Brennan and R. O. Ives
against the Central Pacific Railroad
Company. and asked Huntington if those
charges were true.
The answer was that the suit was got up
as a blackmailing scheme, and that some
thing had been got out Of Stanford. 1t
had been hashed and rehashed and pub
lished by little clique in San Francisco.
The further examination of Huntington
called out some asperities between Sen
ators FRYE and Morgan, which at one
point of the proceedings became exceed
ingIy personal.
Frye said he was at least entitled to be
treated with politeness.
''You get treated" said Senator Morgan,
with all the. politeness you deserve by
me on all occasions. AT the same time
when l am asking a witness questions
expect him to answer them"
Huntington's examination being con-
tinued, he was questioned on the subject
of the Central Pacific Company having
spent over $2,OO0,0O0 to influence legisla-
| tion. He replied that he did not regard
that as large amount considering that
it ran over thirty years and over
more than. that number of legisla-
tive bodies. That amount was paid, not
for votes, but for time and services of
men who could talk to Senators and Rep
resentatives in Congress and in State
Legislatures and explain to them the
merits of the proposed legislation touch
ing railroad matters. He declared most
emphatically that he had never paid any
| money to anybody directly to influence
his vote. He instanced the case of the
| London and Northwestern Railway of
| England, which had spent f500, 900 in get
ting its charter through the English Par
lament, and nobody, he added, supposed
that the company ever bought vote with
| the money.
'sIf the company did not do so," said
Morgan, lit violated English customs.
We have not got TO it yet as a regular
business"
On another point, where a question of
ethics was involved, Morgan remarked
that every man must judge that for him
self.
body brought up in Connecticut, as was,
would get the right START"
| EYES," said Morgan, ''but when he had
llVeu 10 Dc du OlQ man he might De OUT OF
the way"
Huntington rejoined: II don't know
about that. When 1 get there 1 will
| judge better"
Then Senator Morgan inquired about
the suit brought against Huntington by
Mrs. Cotton and about the 400 or 500 let
ters that had passed between them.
"You are not prepared to deny that they
| were all true7" Morgan asked.
mo, 1 am not prepared to deny that
they were all true" Huntington replied
He added that when he was in California
| four different parties came to him and Of
fered to sell those letters to him after they
were stolen out of his office, but he refused
to buy them and told the persons offering
them to take them to the newspapers and
sell them.
Finally, after about four hours spent in
the examination of Huntington, Morgan
allowed him to take his leave as witness.
The committee adjourned to Friday,
March Ii, when it is expected that Messrs.
Clark and Mink, two of the Union Pacific
receivers, will be present for examination.