The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-06
TO OPPOSE MR.. CONFER.
COL GORDON REPORTED IN THE
CENTRAL Presidency RACE.

Election Begun-The Situation as
| Viewed by some Of the Present
! Board-Gen. Alexander and Col.
Phinizy Not Believed to Be in the
Field-The Directors TO Meet To-day.
The Central railroad directors will hold
their April meeting in Savannah to-day
! There Is large amount OF business to come
! before the meeting with regard to the
/ handling OF the Central property. The
| question OF a settlement Of accounts be-
tween the Richmond and Danville and the
| Central will doubtless be discussed, as well
as many other important matters.
| The directors will have something more
interesting to discuss tomorrow than mere
| details of business. There is a prospect that
the quietude now prevailing in Central at
fairs will be broken soon and that q consider.
able element OF uncertainty will be injected
into the situation.
| COL. GoRDoN's REPORTED CANDIDACY.
| Col. W. W. Gordon is in the race for the
presidency, or at least there is very good
reason for believing so. This was whispered
yesterday very quietly and mysteriously,
and probably not more than a score OF
people knew Of it.
The Central railroad directors were in
formed of 1t at the bank yesterday morn
selves. The foundation for the report is
that two gentlemen who have beem closely
connected with Central railroad and
Richmond and Danvllle affairs recently,
are known to be quietly soliciting proxies
to be used in the coming election May 10,
and these gentlemen are known not TO be
soliciting in the interest OF President
Conner. 1t was supposed at first that this
effort was being made in favor of
Gen. Alexander or Col Phiuizy Ii
was concluded at once however. that Gen.
Alexander was not likely to seek the office
at present, at least In view of recent occur
rences, nor was it thought that be would
care to accept it on account Of the decided
change in affairs and the reversal of the
policy OF his administration by the court
For the same reason 1t was thought that
Col. PhiniZy was not likely to make such an
effort after having been passed over in the
recent election for president in Macon.
WILL PROBABLY MAKE THE RACE.
The few aware Of this movement re-
ceived information yesterday that con-
vinced them that Col. Gordon had decided
to make the race. notable fact in this
connection was that none of these
acquainted with Central railroad affairs to
whom the matter was mentioned expressed
any surprise at the report. In fact, they
united in saying that they had expected IL.
IL is known that after the mention OF Col
Gordon's name for receiver he became very
much interested In the Central rails
road situation There was. little
doubt that he would have ac-
copied the reoeivership had it been offered
him. Col. Gordouis name was prominently
mentioned for the presidency on the night
Of the election in Macon, and there y AS a
good deal Of weight attached to 1t. II the
four names submitted by the railroad
Capt Raoul, Col Phinizy, Col. Gordon
and Mr.. Conner, any one Of whom would
have bhen satisfactory to them. Col. Cor
don's was known to be one of the strongest
and 1t was the talk that If Mr.. Conner had
not been elected he would have been the
man. The Savannah directors controlled
the election, and they were determined
upon Savannah man.
WATCHING FOR SOMETHING.
Is was thought that Col Gordon was not
satisfied with the result of the boards ac-
tion, and for this reason the directors have
been quietly watching for some manifesto
ton on his part.
d. W. Rountree and Marion Erwin, who
have acquired reputation by severing che
Central from the Richmond and Danville
wero IN the city last week, and it is now
believed that they were here for the purpose
of securing proxies In the interest Of Col
Gordon.
1t was thought that the well-known
friendship existing between Col Gordon
| and Mr.. Conner would prevent any contest
between the two.
1t is understood now that Col Gordon's
ticket will comprise an almost entirely new
board of directors, retaining two or three
members only of the present board.
It is known that there 10 opposition to
some of the present directors on account Of
their connection with the Richmond and
Danville
CENTRAL DIRECTOR TALKS.
A Central railroad director said yester-
| day that the fight is on aud that it will be a
lively one. He said he is satisfied the pres
ent board will be reelected, however. as
the stock The directors own and control
constitutes large portion OF the minority
stock. Their stock lists are made out, he
said, and everything is In readiness for the
fight. Being In control they will have the
advantage OF the use of the books and all
inside information. The director did
present board. a ombination, 1t is thought,
may be formed between some Of the
members now on the inside and the parties
on the outside desiring to get In. Who will
! compose Col. Gordon's board ia not known
An interesting feature Of the fight will be
the difficulty of getting at the minority
stock. AT the last election only IL 900
shares of tho minority stock were voted. In
the recent litigation in the United States
court only about 1000 shares were repre-
sented besides the stock held by the Central
Trust Company Of New ork, notwith-
standing the fact that an active canvass
had been made by the attorneys interested
to secure the representation of stock.
THE VOTING STOCK AVAILABLE.
A Central railroad man said last night
that of the SO, coo shares of the minority
stock, which will control the election only
1900 shares are In easy reach. The balance
is distributed in small lots of from one to a
dozen shares throughout the entire state
and the adjoining states. A great deal of
it is held by estates.
The fight will be lively and interesting
one if Col. Gordon and Mr.. Conner are both
in the field. Both gentlemen have many
friends and strong business connections.
Mrs. Julia w. Lovett, Greenville, Ca,
writes: my physician gave me Brady
crotiue for a severe headache. 1t acted
like charm. l hope this recommendation