Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-04-05
EAST OF TEE ROCKIES.
4 Kransls in Chicago Over Worlds
Fair Business.
THE NEW YORK POLICE FORCE.
It is Charged by the Central Labor
Union With Being Corrupt
and Criminal
SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REooaD-UsIOs.l
wRANGLING STOCKHOLDERS.
Lively Meeting of the Chicago Worlds
Fair Corporation.

CHICAGO, April 4th.-The stockholders o
the Chicago Worlds Fair Association, rep
resenting 500 600 shares Of SO, met al Bat
| terry u Armory this morning for organizs
| ton. An immense crowd was present. Al
| fast as the clerks approved the papers
showing the bearers or proxies had psiC
the required per cent. upon subscription
they received certificates.
Previous to the meeting printed ticket:
bearing forty names of prominent citizen:
who, ii was suggested, were well fitted tC
become Directors of the Association, were
passed around. 1t was explained that this
was merely in the way of a suggestion fol
the benefit Of stockholders who had not &C,
ouainted themselves with the matter OIL
time necessary to make up a good ticket
and five blank places were left to be filled
in. The belief was that the meeting would
make the Board consist of fortyhve mem.
bers.
But an element of dissatisfaction soon de.
veloped.
Ex-Mayor Harrison moved that the
number of Directors be increased to sew
enty-hve, so that the poor man would Sc
cure representation on the Board.
He was followed by Washington Herring,
who made q great sensation when he
openly charged star chamber proceedings,
and that the ticket had been prepared by
the South Side Street Railway and the
First National Bank. Foreign nationalities
had been overlooked. The Germans bad
been honored with two names, and the
Irish with one. He deplored the attempt
to force forty star chamber names OF the
city, and seconded Harrisons motion.
Victor T. Lawson moved an amendment
that the number of Directors be forty-fve.
a viva voce vote was unsatisfactory, and
a formal ballot was called for.
Then some time was consumed by
speeches.
Thomas B. Bryan spoke eloquently on
the subject of dissensions. He said Chica-
gos rivals would gloat over the quarrels of
this meeting. The whole world would
know it and the boasted unanimity would
be widely ridiculed.
Finally the noise became deafening. A
hundred stockholders, big and little.
jumped on their chairs, and all were talk
Ing at once.
Finally, when vote was taken, it was
found that the motion to increase the
Board of Directors to seventy-five was lost,
54.345 shares being for and 246, 444 against it.
Each of the voters present then prepared
list of forty-five names and sent il up.
When the inspection was completed it
was found that all forty names on the first
printed list were nominated, and many
more. A ballot was then taken for the
purpose of choosing torty-five of the NOM
inees to act as Directors of the corporation.
When all the votes were cast the meeting
adjourned.
The count of ballots was finished late to-
night. With three notable exceptions, the
ready made list of forty names was success
ful. These three were Colonel George r.
Davis, ]. w. Doane and L. T. Letter.
Great surprise is expressed at the defeat
of ex-Congressman Davis, who has been
credited with taking leading part in the
Washington maneuvers. His friends at
tribute his defeat to the Vaccinations Of
political enemies.
The forty-fye Directors chosen are as fol-
lows: F. Adds, Samuel w. Allerton, W. T
Baker, Thomas S. Bryan, Mark L. Craw.
ford, W. II. Colvin, d. c. Cregier, J. W
Ellsworth, Stuveysant Fish, Loman J. Gage
H. n. Higinbotham, G.. l.. Hutchinson, E.
T. Jeffrey, C. A. Keyes, NJ. NJ. kirkman, II
II. Kohlstaat, E. F. Lawrence, T J. Lefens
Cyrus H. Mccormick, Andrew McNally
Joseph Medill, Potter Palmer, Robert Mel.
son, J. c. Peasely, Ford W. Peck, E. NJ
Phelps, E. s. Pike, NJ. A. Ryerson, Charles
H. Schwab, A. F. Sobergo, w. E. Strong
R. S. Waller, Edwin Walker, J. r. Walsh
G. G. Wheeler, Otto Young, G. H. Wscker
E. 6. Keith, E. B. Butler, F. S. Winston
A. Nathan, C. T. Yorker, w. D. Korfoot, ]
]. P. Odell and j. V. Farwell, Jr.
A resolution was ordered sent by tele.
graph to the Illinois Senators in Washing.
ton, stating that the meeting approves anG
confirms all pledges heretofore made in
behalf of Chicago, and asking of the Senate
prompt and favorable consideration of ths
| House bill