The record-union., 1896-03-21
ANOTHER EXAMINER ROAST.
The Alleged EX-RailrOad Hireling Being
Done TO a Crisp.
Now It is the Alameda Argus" That
Pours Petroleum Into the
Fire-Box.
alameda Argus. March 20th.)

The Examiner" which for nearly
two years has applied every opprobrious
epithet in the category to c. p. Hunt
iagton, and used every effort to ruin
him and wreck the property al the head
of which he stands, is all at once
stricken with a paralysis And this is
unfortunate, too, for just now is the
time when its severe virtue would shine
the most gIoriously, and when Hunting
ton could be shown up to the best ad-
vantage. The thing that the Exam
iner' is so painfully quiet about is a
statement made by Huntington that
some two years ago that paper was in
receipt of a bonus Of 81 900 a month
from the Southern Pacific Company as
q consideration for treating it fairly.
and that the discontinuance of that
bonus by Huntington has intimate rela-
ton to the venomous and continued at
tacks that have since been made upon
him and his property. The Examiner"
made weak bluff the first day after
Huntington's words were telegraphed
out but has since kept SO quiet that its
silence is audible.
This is not at all the nature of the
Examiner" 1t is the most intolerant
Huntington is perfectly responsible. A
suit for libel would return substantial
results if it turned against him. 1t
would weaken his position before Con
gress on the funding bill; would add to
the popular clamor against his com+
pany, and be an immense advertisement
for the newspaper that prosecuted it.
There does not seem to be a particle of
doubt that Huntington said the things
imputed to him. Then what is the mat
ter with the Examiner Has its zeal
in denouncing the offenses Of others so
exhausted it that it cannot raise voice
in defense of its own honor?
Or is the statement of Mr. Huntington
true? Has all the denunciation, abuse
and vilification of the railroad interests
that has dripped and oozed from this
paper for the past year and a half been
inspired by the motive indicated by Mr..
Huntington's statement-to wit, black
mail? Have the interests of the Pa
cific Coast been subverted; the commu-
nifty made out to be one of anarchists;
the spirit Of distrust and dissatisfaction
encouraged; the commercial and indus
trial conditions set before Congress and
the country in a false light, and every
thing possible done to injure and retard
the State and coast, all because a news
paper was not paid every month the
sum of 81 900 not to do it?
These are questions that people are
beginning to ask. They remember the
fierce invective that has characterized
every reference of that journal to Hunt
ington or any of his interests. They re-
member how not only the overland lines,
but the street railways, have been as
sailed and injured; and how even small
boys have been encouraged to dishon-
esty in the manipulation of transfers;
and many of them have surely Won
dered what was at the back of such per-
sistent and extraordinary warfare. The
statement Of Mr.. Huntington, if it is al
lowed to remain uncontradicted and un-
refuted, accounts for it fully. 1t is the
milk in the whole cocoanut.
The question might be raised that if
Huntington had evid ence in his possess
sion to bear out his assertion he would
have produced it before, and not per-
mitted the flood of abuse to flow on so
long. If this is point, it is about the
only one against the probability of his
charges. Still, he may be held response
hle for anything he utters, and it must
be admitted that he is not given to loose
talking. Huntington is rot in the habit
of holding his hat before his mouth dur
ing conversation. If it shall prove that
he has uttered the truth his long silence
under the most extraordinary provoca-
ton to speak, and when speaking would
have disarmed very much of the criti-