The San Francisco call., 1898-05-01
"TOO DIRTY TO TOUCH
 WITH TONG" Huntington's Opinion of Hearst's s Moral
 Cleanliness. The Examiner Is Charac- terized as a Smut
 Factory" Cessation of Blackrnail Consti- tutes a Substantial
 Grievances.
NoDIsCOURTEsY INTENDED
The Hlection of Irving M. Scott Was Perfectly Regular and
 Proper.

The article which appeared in morning paper yesterday, purporting to be an interview with Mrs. Stanford, in which she severely handles the mem bers of the board of directors of the Central Pacific Company for electing Irving M. Scott to fill the place left va cant by the death of Judge Spencer, is thought by most of those having knowledge of the inside workings of the railroad to be piece of exaggera- tion founded on but little fact and ex- plotted by the Examiner at great length as part of it's policy toward Huntington ever since that wise old gentleman stopped the payment of the $30,000 tribute.
 There is bare possibility that Mrs. Stanford may have said every word that was attributed to her. But, if she did, those who ought to know say it was because she did not fully under stand the methods and modes of pro- cedure that pertain to the operation of the board. Moreover, it is thought, that this lack of knowledge was worked upon by others, and the interview was the result of the fine work of men holding their enmity to Huntington above their interest for Mrs. Stanford.
 c. P. Huntington, when seen regard ing the matter, said:
 T will say that I do not know, but am inclined to think that the publica- tion of the alleged interview is mis- take, as the board of directors repre- sent the whole share capital of the company-6S0 900 shares-and the board is expected and required to fill any va cancies: that it did not consult me in reference to the matter, and I cast about ninety-seven thousand votes; but 1 am glad to hear that MT. Scott was elected as a director as he is one of our best citizens and always knows the right and has the courage to do it, so that I am quite certain that no shareholder could have reason for ob- jecting to a man of his character hav- ing seat in the board or being one of the directors of the Central Pacific Company.
 of course Mrs. Stanford, being a woman, may have said some little thing on the matter, not perhaps, thoroughly understanding it. I feel confident, however, that whatever she did say was said at the inspiration of others. She has the utmost respect and good will of myself, and, as far as I know, every one else connected with the rail- road. There was no reason why the directors should have notified her in advance of the proposed election any more than they should have notified me or any other one of the numerous
 
 is created for certain purposes, and the filling of such vacancies is one of the duties that belong to it and to 1t alone.
 That smut factory that is known to it's few readers by the name of the Ex- aminer will say mostly anything, no matter how distorted, if it imagines 1t can hurt me in any way. Possibly it did have an interview with Mrs. Stan ford, but I want better evidence than what is printed in its pages to be sure that such was the fact. I cannot say that I don't understand the reason of this hostility to me, for l do. You see the Examiner has a ~rievance against me, and a very substantial one at that. I stopped a blackmailing income of thousand dollars a month that it en- joyed at one time, and ever since 1t has been down on me.
 'I never worry myself about the ar ticles that 1t prints. Willie Hearst is dirty boy; too nasty to touch with time about everybody knows him for what he is.
 ''No; I don't know of anything else that is news; everything is going along quietly: Next Saturday l am going to give one of my little family dinners at my home on California street to about a hundred of the gentlemen connected with the railroad, and hope they will enjoy the dinner as much as I enjoy having them. If they do, they will have right good tine."
 Irving M. Scott, the newly appointed director, had but little to- say on the matter. He merely stated that he i'm agined that he was being elected with the consent and good will of every one, and had no idea that his position on the board could be taken as an affront-