The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-22
GETTING THE PROXIES.
AN OUTSIDERS VIEW OF TIE
CENTRAL SITUATION.

"
a Friend of Col. Gordon Discusses
the Coming Election-He Says There
is No Clash Between Col. Gordon and
Mr.. Conner, But the CsntraPs Direc-
tors are Stirring 1t for ALI 1t is
Worth-The Record OF Conner, Cor
don and Rauers on the Centrars
Policy.
President Conner OF the Central railroad
Is expected back from New York to-
morrow. He will probably come by the
way OF Macon, where be will have an in
terview with Judge Speer.
The directors here say they have heard
nothing of the result OF Mr.. Comer's visit
to New York.
There seems to be two or three sides to
the talk of Gordon against Conner for the
presidency. A director said yesterday that
he understood that Col. Gordon was still
securing proxies to be used at the coming
election, and tina; he now has consider
able number.
A gentleman who is we'll posted In rail-
road affairs in Savannah and who is on the
most intimate terms with both Col. Gordon
and Mr.. Conner, said last night that the
true foundation Of the reports OF Col. Cor
don's opposition TO Mr.. Conner for the presi-
denoy had never been published.
This talk about Col Gordon opposing
Mr.. Conner for the Central's presidency is
all wrong" be said
THE INSIDE OF IT.
Savannah knows we'll enough that she
cannot afford to have any discussion at
horne just when the control Of
the Central railroad has been re-
turned to her. Col. Gordon and Mr..
Conner both know this. Col. Gordon would
doubtless have accepted the presidency if IL
had been offered to him at first, but
now that Mr.. Conner has been elected, and
his election has given such general salts
faction, Col. Gordon is not likely to be the
man to jeopardize the interests of Savan-
nan by conducting a secret fight against
him. This would be the case even If the
time-honored friendship between Col. Cor
don and Mr.. Conner did not exist.
"The most OF the matter Is this: When
the control OF the Central railroad passed
out Of the hands Of H. b. Hollins & Co. TO
John H. Inmau and his party, Mr.. Conner.
| Col Gordon and Jacob Rauers were men,
bers of the board of directors.
The Inman's urged them to remain and
with some hesitation they accepted.
The financial management Of the road
was practically in the hands of the Central
railroad during the Raoul administration
and naturally the old directors felt strong
interest IN seeing the sound policy upon
| which they had conducted the road con-
| tinued. They viewed the obvious change
| of policy of the lnman party with consid-
cradle distrust and at the end OF the first
| year declined to stand for the election unlets
they were guaranteed that the directors
should have the same powers as
under the Raoul Administration, that
| ia that they should have some voice in the
control OF the road.
THE INMANs' POLICY.
'This the Inman party would not agree
TO, and Messrs. Conner, Gordon and Rauers
stepped down and out.
When they did SO they predicted the ulti-
mate result Of the policy then insugurated,
and their predictions have been realized
sooner even than they thought. They have
| kept careful watch upon the course of the
| CentraPs management, and naturally they
| we're greatly interested in the recent de-
| velopments.
when Mr.. Conner was elected president it
was as much justification of the course of
| Col. Gordon and Mr.. Rauers as Of his own,
as they occupied ideutically the same posi-
ton toward the Inman-Calhouu party and
their policy.
"5ome Of the directors who we on the
| board when the inmau party gained con.
troll, and who did not retire as Conner, Cor
don and Rauers did, apparently ac-
|
| Terminal people, which proved so ruinous
to the interests OF the road and so damag-
ing to the interests of Savannah and the
state. When the crisis came, resulting in
the overthrow of the Terminal people and the
election of Mr. Conner what more natural,
il was asked, than that 1t should occur TO
these directors who had SAL silently by and
seen the ruin of the road plotted that the
stockholders would inquire what claim they
had to reelection, and that the return of
the directors who had retired from the
Inman board with Mr.. Conner should be
agitated and in all pr reliability accomplished.
A POSSIBLE COURSE.
Their own heads were in danger. It
would look to be bad to be fred out of the
board at once after the return Of the road
to the stockholders. They at once pro-
ceeded to get up a clash between Mr.. Conner
and Col. Gordon to distract the public at
tention from their own position.
ut is a little queer thatlthe directors who
acquiesced in the Richmond and Danville
policy should now be backing Mr.. Conner
so strongly. Wouldn't IL be more
likely, it is asked, that Mr.. Conner
should prefer to have those who adhered
to the same policy for 80 long and left the
Central on account Of that policy with
him on the board
The present directors have tied Mr.
Comer's hands by electing him to the presi
dency. OF course he would not like tc
ask them to step down after they have sup
ported him for the office"
What directors will the fight be made
on aud who will oppose them." the gentle
man was asked.
Il can't ans yer that" was the reply, "bu
there will certainly be some changes in thu
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