W. H. Mills to CPH, Dec. 15, 1891 (two letters), CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 50.
The Bulletin's attacks eventually came to worry Huntington, although he didnt think they would "do any harm to our interests."
CPH to Mills, Aug. 2, 1892, CPH Papers, vol. 299, ser. 2, r. 33.
CPH to (Mills?), n.d., c. Feb. 1892, CPH Papers, vol. 225, ser. 2, r. 33.
Frank M. Stone to CPH, Feb. 25, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 50; W. H. Mills to CPH, Feb. 8, 1892, CPH Papers.
CPH to Frank Stone, March 3, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 2, r. 33.
CPH to Mills, May 12, 1892, CPH Papers, vol. 227, ser. 2, r. 33.
W.H. Mills to CPH, June 16, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 50.
When Huntington approved the deal is not clear. It was in place by 1894;
CPH to Mills, June 20, 23, 1892, CPH Papers, vol. 228, ser. 2, r. 33.
W. H. Mills to CPH, June 28, 1892, CPH Papers. ser. 1, r. 50.
See also CPH to Mills, July 27, 1892, CPH Papers, vol. 228, ser. 2, r. 33.
W. F. Herrin to T. Williams, Sept. 27, 1894, HEH Collection.
R. M. Shackelford to CPH, Oct. 13, 1892, E. Curtis to CPH, Nov. 22, 1892, Curtis to CPH, Nov. 29, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 51.
R. Hal Williams, The Democratic Party and California Politics, 1880-1896 (Stanford: Stanford Univ. Press, 1973), 162-73.
By Dec. 10, Curtis said it looked as if White would win, Curtis to CPH, Dec. 10, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 51.
friend, Curtis to Huntington, Dec. 14, Dec. 16, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 51.