Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-03-06
THE WASHINGTON BUDGET
President Cleveland PrOnOunces False
a Publication Pretending TO
Voice His Views.
HAS NOT SPOKEN ON CUBAN QUESTION
Senator Morgan Continues His Search
ing Examination of Pacific Railway
Magnate Huntington-Latter
on the Defensive.

Washington, March G.-The president
said to-day to representative of the As
sociatsd Press:
II see that it is assumed in certain
quarters that the delivsrance, published a
few days ago on the Cuban question, may
be taken as defining the attitude of the
administration on that subject.
81 wish you would say that never saw
the statement nor heard of it until saw
1T in the newspapers, and even then me-
elected to read all of it, supposing it rep
resented nothing more than a newspaper
guess. do not know how it originated
nor by whom 1t was concocted or in
spired, but I do know that am in no
way related to it.
II only desire to say in addition that /
do not know whether the publication re-
ferred to represents the views of the ad-
ministration on the Cuban question or
not, and never found any difficulty in
communicating with the people in man
ner which leaves no doubt as to the
authenticity of any statement purporting
to represent my views"
PACIFIC RAILWAY DEBT QUESTION.
The senate committee on Pacific rail-
roads to-day resumed the consideration
of the Pacific railway question.
Senator Morgan asked Mr.. Huntington
his objections to the Pattison report.
Huntington replied that he objected to
it as whole. He admitted that he had
been before the committee, but con-
tended that the commission had certain
theories to work out and did not pay
much attention to his statements.
II know" he said, "all about the build
ing of the Central Pacific"
SIT ia not go much about building the
road" replied Mr.. Morgan, Eve want to
know, as about what was made out of
it,"
eve did not responded Huntington,
"make any more than we we're allowed to
to make under the statutes
Continuing as to the division of the
proceeds, he said he could divide thing
in which two were interested exactly in
the middle.
Mr. Morgan -"Can yan do it when yon
are on one side and the people are on the
other side?"
Huntington-''I can"
WARNING TO HUNTINGTON.
Mr.. Morgan--'I am going to give you
a chance before wo get through"
Referring to the construction Of the
Southern Pacific road to Yuma, Arizona,
Huntington said that Cotton WAS inter
ested in that transaction and he had moth
ing to do with the disposal of fCelton's
estate.
"Did you not" asked Mr.. Morgan, "buy
Mrs. Colton's house in San Francisco?"
II did," said Huntington.
'And did you not find Colton's papers
in the houses" continued Mr.. Morgan.
Il found wall paper there,' said Hunt
ington.
"But did you not find his private papers
there and burn them?" asked Mr.. Nor
gan.
"If You charge me with that I will
answer, ,sreplied Huntington.
! ut is charged by men who have writ
ten me, men as good as am" said Mr..
Morgan.
"Then they are good men," rejoined
Huntingdon.
Huntington then asserted with much
emphasis that he neither found any of
GoltOH . pdpoIo lu tHo uOubc HUT 10,
stroyed them.
Huntington was examined as to his
partnership with Mark Hopkins in the
hardware business in San Francisco.
LOANED MONEY TO RAILWAYS.
He declared that the hardware business
was in no way connected as partnership
with the railway business. The firm
loaned money to railroads and bought
railroad securietles, which were divided
among them as individuals.
He said that Mr.. Morgan was asking
too much when he asked him to give de-
tails of business transactions of thirty
five-years ago. There had been no gen
erRl statement of his and Hopkins ac-
count upon the latter's death, but Mrs.
Hopkins had gone on as the representa-
tive of her husbands interests in the rail
roads.
GEN. MERRITT At THE CAPITAL.
Major General Wesley Merritt, COM
manding the department Of the Missouri,
arrived in Washington last night accom-
voapiod Nv his o;dn liant Ckrothnr nf thn