The record-union., 1896-02-20
HIs MODE OF REVENGE.

Isaac Trumbo was recently q. candi-
date for United States Senator from the
State of Utah. In making his canvass,
he employed a man who at the close Of
the canvass sued him for ZOO for po-
litical services rendered. This man al
legged that part of the service rem
dered Mr.. Trumbo consisted of an in
PRODUCTION to Col. Croker and Mr.. ii.
E. Huntington; that he solicited as
sistance from these two gentlemen in
making Mr.. Trumbo's fight for the office
of United States Senator. In describ-
ing his interview with the railroad mag
mates. he characterized his reception as
dead frost.
Shortly after the commencement OF
the action against Colonel Trumbo,
Colonel c. f. Crocker was interviewed,
and declared that the plaintiff in the
suit had really appeared at the Off
ces of the Southern Pacific Company
and solicited aid in the election of Mr..
Trumbo. but that no aid was afforded
that gentleman.
Now comes Trumbo in a, long inter
view in the San Francisco Call and
recites all the petty scandals which have
grown from the seeds planted thirty
years ago. He finds that the Central
Pacific Railroad Company could have
paid its debt to, the Government; that
the refunding scheme is a bad steal;
that the refunding bill ought not to
pass; that the Southern Pacific Com
pany is a highway robber; that c. z.
Huntington is worse man that Sutro
If that were possible; that in short
the whole railroad outfit is an offense
against God and man.
The question this interview raises is,
what professions did he make when he
was soliciting assistance from the rail-
road to secure him seat in the United
States Senate? Did he write letters to
the railroad officials in which he made
professions of friendship? Did he as
sure the officials in these letters that he
was in favor of refunding the debt, or of
any other plan or scheme which the
railroad company might in its ingenuity
devise? Did he assure them of his
eternal and undying friendship? We
do not know of truth that he did write
such letters, but we ask Mr.. Trumbo to
state whether or not he did write any
letters on the subject; whether when he
sent his political agent to the officials
of the railroad company he sent assur-
anoes of good will; and is he now pre-
pared to state what letters he may have
written and what assurances he may
have sent to the railroad officials by
his political agent? VIII Mr.. Trumbo,
or Colonel Crocker, or Mr.. H. E. Hunt
tngton, over their own signature, deny
that assurances were made of friend
ship in the event Of his election to the
United States Senate? Will these gen.
tlemen deny that no letter was written
containing any such assurances, or that
no word was received by the mouth of
his authorized agent conveying such
assurances?
Mr.. Trumbo, having been defeated for
the Office of United States Senator,
either believes that the railroad COM
pany defeated him or that it neglected
TO elect him. At all events, we are pre-
pared to say that Mr. Trumbo's posi-
tion since his defeat is entirely incon-
sistent with the professions he made
during his campaign. We defy any man
to successfully controvert this state
ment- In that defiance, we include Mr.
Trumbo.