New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-27
WHAT WILL orLRA SIocxHoLDLES DOI
INTEREST IL rnr MEETING ro-NrGnr-Tnr SENT

! INTEREST II TUT MEETING TO-NiGHT-THE sENri-
MENT SEEMS 10 EE FOR GERMAN PIIciS.
good deal Of speculation expressed yesterday
as TO what action would De taken by The Metropolitan
opera House stockholders at their meeting tbs even
fac That tho proceedings Will be lively and inter
c,,inr is generally expected All sort, Of novel plans
and proposition, viii lJuJc,, Doe suggested but f."
Of those Interested IN the matter seem to thlnh iha
there IS any likelihood Of the meeting gong so j" ~
70 order the house to be closed next season OF even
to abandon German opera There are seventy Two
stockholders at present and their name, are a. io
Inys John Jacob Aston. Mrs. {. ". AstOr MIS- - -
Aver O. T. Baker. IL C. FahncstOck. James Gordon
rcnuctt W L. Efccsc T. l. Erccse samuel d.
/ Ealcock james 4 Eo-twich. llcbcr T. BISHOP ). -
uarron. g. : Bowdoin Edward Cooper Henry 'le"s'
~ T. Connor Amos Coitng. James d. smith 'haiI'
Crorker George y. Curtis. Austin 'or1h' Jo''ph "
Droxol, Cornelius Felowcs. seth j. lie"h' '''''
" FIELD Robert Goclct. ogden Goclet, Jay "oH'u'
Elbridgo T. Gerry, Mis Louis c. IiammersleY. T. l.
rtup,tp,ton James Hartman. G. G. Haven. ADRIAN
r.clrn Adrian Iseln. ir., Luther kouhize' George
Kcmp IT, Knlchcrbac.rr, W. VI. klnssIand' ]. -
Lawrence Ms. T. Luckcmcycr ). T. I'u'a'' 'hA'Ic'
Ianer J. P!cIpunt Morgan, IL tdl'S NAHUM Low J.
Marian d. O. NILS. J. MlIbanh Henry =. Mdip'""''
II yc,or Ncwconib estate Of {. J. Osborn james l.
parrish James A. Roosevelt, William HL'hcah''r'
uu,o,n pocl,f.,lcr Mrs Marshall O. Roberts, Mrs.
A y Sherman W. y. Sloane, II. Mch. 1"ombP'
viulam f. 1uingha,t Miss ANY Townsend. william
Woodward IT, James stilnau, william Is Nahl'Ibcl''
Cornelius Vanderbilt, " seward Webb, George Peabody
Vctmorc, Il. l. Wilson, George Horny warren. -
Hood Wright, G. T. MOcrishoLcr ana y" imam I. mt
ney. $780,, . ,,....,..,,
Of these the thirteen directors, James \ Koo-'VrIi,
president George IT, " warren, Luther kouhiIr' Ahlah
l.cIn. IOl .clet Jor- u ". .r'Hcl, gorge ..
Haven ex-May0r Cooper William L. Vanderbilt H. ..
Mardand, William IL. Tilnn- hast, George y. Gurus
and Levi T.. Morton, are, with tho exception OF Mr..
Drexcl believed TO be frankly IN favor OF going on win
German opera. II IS confidently asserted that the
position Of the director, Oh the question fairly rpc-
scnis the entire BE- d. Of stCChh 'IdcgS
One of tho stockholders, who Is usually wei In
formed, summarized the situation yesterday In this
way: OF the seventytwO stockholders about fifty Will
take active interest In to nights meeting tho r. 81
being absent undec .ded or comparavcy indifferent a.
to what course we take. OF these fifty, IT IL almost
cera thai fuzzy II fOIr iths ar" In accoru
with Mr. Bcstwick, Mr. Laner, Mr.. vanderbilt, Nh.
Clews and the other gentlemen who hav3 already ~
pressed themselves HI lKB\k asiaN Orabc To con
timing the present arrangements next season Some
the Will suggest changes but all Of them
Will insist keeping tho Institution open. This yOu
see leaves less than dozen stockholders I'm the ranks
of the OPPOSITION"