Octopus Speaks, 533. Huntington to Hopkins, Dec. 28, 1875, Letters from Collis P. Huntington, 4: 435.

Being susceptible to lobbyists did not preclude having a reputation of being hostile to lobbyists,

William H. Barnes, American Government: Biographies of Members of the House of Representatives of the Forty-Third Congress, three volumes (New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1874), 2: 322.

Huntington retained his faith in Lamar's "honesty" when he needed help with Pacific Mail matters in 1886.

CPH to Adams, May 18, 1886, U.P. RG3761, Box 39, f. 5, S62 S1.

"Texas and Pacific Railway," Feb. 27, 1875, 43d Congress, 2d Session, House Report No. 267.

Colton to Crocker Feb. 24, 1875, Octopus Speaks, 82.

Congressional Record, First Session of the Forty-Third Congress, Feb. 22, 1875, 1600-1601.