The herald., 1896-05-10
PATTERSON RETURNED
he Discusses the Free Harbor Fight st
Washington

President W. c. Patterson of the cham
Der OF commerce has returned from
washington. arriving yesterday at 2 d.
M The public is familiar with his mis-
sion to the national capital and Is now
looking forward to the result of the sac
rliicing labors of himself and others in
the interest of harbor improvements at
San Pedro.
MIR. Patterson left Washington more
than week ago, having stopped in
Chicago on his return trip to visit his
daughter He has kept in close touch
with events at Washington though since
his departure. and feels encouraged to
believe that c. z. Huntington will not
succeed in his scheme to get a SO ,000,-
000 appropriation for Santa Monica thus
leaving San Pedro out in the cold so
far as Improvement of the outer har-
Dor there is concerned. Said Mr.. Pat
terson to Herald reporter yesterday
evening:
The result, of course. is still in doubt
but all is not lost. 1 was amazed at the
power which Huntington has in this
congress. He is right there on the
ground himself all the time. with the
best talent to assist him that money can
employ. Engineer Corthell is very
brainy man, and professional lobby
list, and Huntington counts on his ex-
pert testimony as to anchorage, cur
rents, etc, to offset that of the govern
ment engineers, but / think after the
roasting Senator White gave him his in
tiuence with the senators and represen-
tatiVes will not count so much after all
II have read the first installment Of
Senator Whites speech, that is SO much
of it as has come to us in the press dis
patches. and think it is a magnificent
effort. He was working on it already
before l left Washington, so was pretty
well posted in advance on what he was
going to say. His minority report on the
river and harbor bill was powerful
document. and his speech in defense of
1T can but be regarded as masterpiece
of eloquence, logic and whitening sar-
casm. In praising Senator White it is
but fair to mention Senator Perkins
also ] am proud of our two senator's
The interests of California could not be
safer in their hands.
II don't know what occurred between
Senator Elkins and the Huntington peo-
pie to induce him to vote for Santa Mon
lea in committee. but he has 81, 200, 600
in the river and harbor bill for West Vir-
ginla, as he had been quoted as saving
he meant to save that If everything else
was lost. Senator Gorman's fIon NAV
be accounted for by his close relations
with Senator Elkins and ex-Sena tor Da
Wis in their West Virginia enterprises.
DICK kerens is moving heaven and earth
to bring E'llSinS and German back into
line, and his efforts may influence their
future action. as he is an intimate of
both. Senator Quay makes no secret of
the fact that he nortgaged himself to
Senator Jones some years ago in favor
of Santa Monica. which accounts for his
refusal to listen to arguments"
Mr.. Patterson closed the interview bv
intimating that it would not surprise
him If several senators who have been
counted upon to assist in the Hunting
4nyn Il O.
absent when the matter comes to q vote
in the senate.
Senator Whites expose of the meth
DDS resorted to will make 1t exceedingly
embarrassing for certain senators to
cast their votes on the side of monopoly.