Huntington would, having replaced Stanford, claim his opposition was only to Stanford's political methods, because Stanford was irrelevant to the railroad: he had "interfered with me so little in the last thirty years."

Lavender, Great Persuader, 344-46.

CPH to James Speyer, Dec. 6, 1899, p. 12-14, CPH Papers, ser. 4, r. 1.

CPH to Mills, Jan. 9, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 50

Mills to CPH, Jan. 28, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 50.