Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-06
AGAIN ON THE RACK
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Huntington admitted, in a sort of fashion,
that the facts deduced by the commission
were somewhat accurate. and admitted.
also. that he was available as a witness
ard gave his testimony. He said the COM
mission seemed to be working on theories
of its own, and he declared that he knew
all about the building of the Central Pacific
railroad.
Il don't care to know about the building
of the road" said Mr. Morgan, but 1 want
to know what you made out of it?''
I'VE made no more than we had right
to make" SAID Mr.. Huntington.
The examination then turn ed upon mat
tiers Of equity regarding the profits of this
enterprise, and Mr.. Huntington asserted
that If he owned one-half of a certain
tEfng, and somebody else owned the other
half. he could divide that thing exactly in
half. Senator Morgan intimated that he
would probably take both halves, and asked
II he would divide the Pacific railroad prop
erty in half now. MIR. Huntington said he
would do so if there was any one else en-
titled to the other half, and Mr.. Morgan
assured him that he would try to give him
an opportunity to make such division be-
fore he got through with him.
The Construction Contract.
Mr. Morgan then took up the question Of
the contract between the railroad COM
pany and the construction and finance COM
pany, and tried TO find out just what part
Mr.. Huntington played in the formulation
of that agreement. but Mr.. Huntington's
memory was very defective. He said he
was out of the Pacific roads for some time,
hut could not remember just how long. He
declined to say whether it was year, A
month or a day, and said he could not look
up bis entire life's history from day to
day. Mr.. Morgan retorted that he did not
want a diary. hut wanted the facts of a
general nature bearing upon great public
transaction. and he intimated very strongly
that in his belief Mr.. HuntingtOn's connec-
vlvifh fha bad
ex Extraordinarily profitable.
Il lave not wrongfully taken thing"
said Mr.. Huntington, smiling. IF you will
specify anything that / have taken with
out right will try to answer. l will look it
up. L have taken good deal, but it was
with right
Yes" replied Mr.. Morgan: you have
taken pretty nearly everything
When Mr.. Morgan got back to the mat
ter or the contract he found Mr.. Hunting
ton we'll armed with evasive phrases, such
as Il don't remember" and Il can't say"
and after Mr. Huntington had given vent to
another outburst of virtuous protest, Mr..
Morgan turned Off from that tack with a
remark that he did not care to hear any
more whitewash words.
The examination then touched upon the
relations between Huntington and Cotton
who owned. in Mr.. Huntington's vague
phrase, .abour one-sxth' of the property.
He could not say what Cotton did svith his
holdings: he died. He did not know what
his widow did with his sixth: he was not her
adviser
Did you not buy her house in San Fran
cfsco?" asked Senator Morgan.
Didn't you buy the papers in it?'
The wall paper. yes"
Didn't you destroy the papers in that
house?''
Il never heard of such charge"
We'll, 1 make it now Answer it,
house."
Ibid you find any papers there2"
want to congratulate you. Mr.. Hunt
ington." said Senator Morgan, upon giving
now the first positive answers that you have
examination
Hi" Relations With Mr.. Hopkins.
Mr. Morgan came back to the contract
1or building the Southern Pacific railroad,
and Mr.. Hopkins name was mentioned in
LIS connection. Mr.. Morgan tried to get
out from Mr.. Huntington an exact stare
ment as to just what relationship there
was between Hopkins and Huntington in
the railroad business. Mr.. Huntington said
that Hopkins was his partner in the hard
ware and metal trade. and might be called
MS agent IN some other matters, There WAS
long colloquy as to the hardware bust
ness OF huntington 4 Hopkins that led 10
no special results. beyond the usual demon
stratlon of forgetfulness, and Mr. Morgan
trled TO lind out just what relations hin
there was between the hardware business
ana the railroad business. But there was
no penetrating the depth of oblivion into
which the details of these transactions had
sunk 1r Mr.. Huntingtons mind. He pre-
sumed' that everything was done accord
Ing to business methods, and probably
Hopkins had advanced from the hardware
business to the railroads. but he was un-
able to say. He finally declared:
II Senator Morgan thinks l can sit here
M oil fhn foil. %
pened thirty years ago he makes a mis-
take
Strengthened Ont by Mr. Brfce.
There was some discussion as to the pres
ent interest of Mrs. Hopkins, and in MAX
ing an explanation after his own fashion
Mr.. Huntington got her confused with Mrs.
Stanford, whe"eupon Senator Brice, who
had been apparently paying no attention
whatever to the examination, came out of
his trance from behind newspaper and
Strengthened the venerable millionaire out
Mr.. Huntington could not say how much
money he put into the building of the Cen
trail Pacific road out of his own pocket He
could not say much Of anything with defin-
iteness.
Occasionally, however, there came flashes
OF intelligence. For instance. Mr.. Morgan
once said: There is no use i'm wasting
time in getting your opinions. l want a
few facts
Il can't tell you everything" said Mr.
Huntington. Il was not there all the time ~
Subsequently he said his recollection es
to the building of the roads was very dis
tinct.
Now" said Mr.. Morgan with exultation,
Il shall expect to get some facts
But all the facts he got were to be con-
fined to the glittering generality that the
roads got fifty millions of dollars in money
value out of bonds, and when the roads
were finished had sixty million dollars
in stock on hand. Wages and materials
were high, said Mr.. Huntington and it
cost great deal to build the roa.ls A
question arose as TO the cost of a certain
stretch from BONNEVILLE Circle to the sum-
init, and it developed that the Central
Pacific bought quite a considerable piece
of track from the Union Pacific The
Central Pacific Company, said Mr.. Hunt
ington, was constantly being hurried by
the California folks.
Not a man, woman or child lived in Cal
fornia," he said, but wanted to be able tc
see the old folks at home"
Yes, We have heard before about the oil
| folks at home" said Mr.. Morgan. 81 think
you have told Is about them at least five
times during the course of this examina
| tion.'
As to Dividends.
Mr.. Huntington deprecated the idea tina
| he and his colleagues were working for mon
| ey, but he confessed that there We're large
| dividends declared, enc year amounting t
| ten per cent. Mr.. Morgan asserted that fo