The Lincoln County herald., 1869-05-06

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70 bs Stsph ef Lisssh CbSiu, q
Having been sppoistsd y d order d
sWCosssy Cesss u tAs Assuss tern,
1892 yess agent 10 all thisss psrsainiss
70 your iassrssss % stockholders ls ths
|sxysxs ~ IN, 80 ID ~ b. Louls asd
Kssksk sailsssd, I tsvs ssalously lsbsrsd
70 protect those Interests, and " speedily
|bsild satd tosd. = ssss aissr ~ sppeiss.
neat I fossi . strong oppoaitiea, 4 he
ssVaty of Piks agsisst Jssish Ioeg. Esq.,
~ Pssoidsst II ths rosl. WhstAse this
|tppssitiss vss WA fbSsdsd VI Hss, les
ths ssessl shsH. This epposision vas 10
ssreas that'it vas evidsas ~ road sesld
ssvss bc .baiN uudss Ais sduisiassasiss
asd that N no Was OF Of ~ wsy every
obstacle would ~ tsd-Piks county
would Aaks her subscription asd The
road b pushed to speedy eosplstieu.
II order - accomplish % dssinbls %
object, four Of the Dirsctors held 90
Informal meeting At ths Supreme Court
Room In Il. Louis. q which Il wss. re-
solved to ask Mr.. Foge to cali q msetiss
to consider important business. The call
Was made, and meeting held 10 pur.
susnes thereof. and The object. thereof
fully stated, vis: for the said Prosidsnt
and all the Directors to resign and new
Board to be elected BY the ao~a file
stockholders Of the Company. Singular
70 relate, Mr.. Fogs declined to resign,
AID BY % doing voluntarily remained au
obstacle to tho road and to Pike county.
Mr.. Fogg next appears before The Leg.
islaturs with . bill to change tho Charter
Of tho road. 10 this attempt he VA sig
naily dsfsstcd, the committee to which
said bill was referred unanimously 70.
porting adversely to il, and the action Of
the committee being sustained, BY the
Senate with out q dissesting voice.
Your County Court thou being satisfied
that Mr.. Fogg was an obstacle, and in
fact tho only obstacle, 10 the way Of said
road, and that his acts tended not only to
jeopardiss all subscriptions to the road
BY materially altering the Charter, but
that every assurance made to tho Court
BY Mr.. Fogg and bis agents had been
fslsi6ed hy bis double dealings, drst With
the friends Of the central route and then
with the friends Of the river route, by
THAR order Of record asked that Mr.. Fogg
should rsaign the presidency. Dir. Fogg
wss served with copy Of ssid order, but
absolutely refused to resign.
This short history, fellow citizens,
brings mo down to the great election
farce for Directors Of said road held %
the Sd inst, in st. Louis. A one of the
directors, and as your agent appeared
At tho meeting Of the Directors to select
three judges Of election. soon found
that this St. Louis Railroad Ring, headed
by Mr. Fogg, had already arranged that
matter, and hal selected the judges. In
order that you may understand the i'm
portsneo Of selecting honest judges { will
call your attention to the fact that large
amount Of "strsw" stook had been sub
scribsd 10 said road-one snterprising
gentleman rsoklessly taking Two Millions
Of Dollars worth, several Fifty thousand
Dollars each, when 10 truth and in fact,
these pitifsl Jeremy Diddlsrs oosld no,
raise money enough to'pay sasis beard .,
. cheap l0sh-ssss tsvctn. Yet they sx.
pected with such bogus stock to out vote
the honest BONA fds subscriptions Of this
and Pike eosnsiss. The importance
therefore oof having honest jsdsst, who
would discriminate bsswsen bogds and
bona fds stock, would reject one ard ad.
nit The other, 10 apparent. a.d =.
The judges had bssu selected 70 carry
out NJ. Fogg's prSgranms. W sue
cssded in gstsiag I'D Of ope " thsut. apd
Of having an honorable gentleman, Mr
Osrisk, Of st. 0hsrlss, selected % one ol
tho three judges, leaving, however, tws
70 carry out tho upjuuit schemes % Nj
Ross and 'Ai, a,sooi.taa xii Ientrs,.sf
that Lincoln ieouutya shoald hsys Vi
privilege Of naming o jadss, but soalt
not succeed. Seeing therefore, tAss v,
were sbont y b dsliysEsd,; bound hant
and foot, 70 the tender mereies Of thi,