Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-15
IN SESSION ALL NIGHT.
The Annual Meeting of the q. s. Electric
Lighting 90.
The Thomas Party Wins the Fight
and Elects a Majority OF the
Board of Directors.

The stockholders of the United States
Electric Lighting Company went to Har-
per's Ferry yesterday to hold the ANNUAL
election, as the company is organized under
the laws of the state of West Virginia The
party left the city about half-past 10 o'clock
yesterday morning and returned home this
morning about o'clock. The meeting be-
gan about haH-past /, or as soon as the
train reached Harper's Ferry, and an ad-
journment was reached at 3:25 this morn
ing. AS is customary on such occasions,
the stockholders made the journey in two
cars specially chartered, one of which was
a hotel car and the other a parlor car. The
cars were run on a siding and the meeting
was held in them. AS has been stated in
The Star, an active canvass >has been in
progress for several weeks preparing for
this election, and the result was that all of
the seven thousand shares of stock were
voted with the exception of one hundred
and eighty-four. Never before in the eleven
years of the existence of the company has
such a large proportion of the stock been
represented at the annual meeting. A good
proportion of the stock was voted by proxy,
as the total attendance at the meeting was
about ninety.
Two Tickets I'm the Field.
The two tickets in the field were headed
by Mr.. w. Z. Clark, the president of the
Central National Bank, and Mr.. A. A.
Thomas, the president of the company.
Voting was delayed by all sorts of dilatory
motions, and when the last train for this
city left last night, which was about half
past 6. the contest had not been decided.
Several came home on that train, but the
greater number stuck to the meeting with
the determination to stay there several
days IL necessary. A brief recess of fifteen
minutes was taken in order to allow the
secretary, Mr.. Seymour L. Tulloch, to get
n
the session was a continuous one.
When the election was over. which was
after O'Clock this morning, IL was found
that no official OF the road could be reached
who had authority TO send an engine to
bring the party home. and so they resigned
themselves to spend the night il the cars
The berths were made and up, but there
were not enough to go around ard those
who were not lucky enough to Set a bel
made the best of the situation in other
parts of the cars. There were some JovIal
spirits who sat up all night They dis
cussed the situation well as anything
to eat or drink that they could fni ani al
together they had a great time.
In spite of the vigor with which the con-
test was carried on IL is said that the party
came back to the city with good feeling
toward each other and that the hgnt hav-
ing ben made is to be placed among the by
cones.
During the meeting. which was presided
over by Mr.. Noble ID. Larner, President
Thomas stated that he would be willing to
accept a salary of 5000 instead of $1,000,
which he received last year, and his propo-
sition was accepted.
When the votes were finally all in and
counted it was found that the Thomas
party had won. They elected six of the
eleven members Of the board of directors.
The new board as elected is as follows: 4.
A. Thomas. Seymour W. Tulloch, Geo. W.
Pearson, ID. b. Clarke, C. c. Duncanson,
T., Paul Jones, W. f. Clark. Robert Boyd
FEmfhohs 8. Smith. Albert F. Marsh, Geo.
w. Gray.
The only change in the membership of the
board. as compared with last year. is the
choice of Albert F. Marsh and Geo. w.
Gray in place of Peter Hill. deceased, and
A. NJ. Renshaw. who also holds the posi-
tion of manager of the company. The lat
ter was not nominated. but IL is said that
the contest while apparently between Mr..
Thomas and Mr.. Clarke was in reality a
struggle to determine whether Mr.. Rem
shaw should continue holding his position.
The Cumulative System of Voting.
The cumulative system of voting which
is allowed under the West Virginia laws
was followed. This gives each stock
holder the right to cast as many votes as
he has shares of stock multiplied by the
number of directors there are to be elect
ed. So that If a man has ten shares of
stock he has right to cast lf0 votes, and
he can either throw all the votes to one
man or distribute them among as many
candidates as he sees fit. The majority in
this election voted for six men, or a ma
jority of the board and the first six men in
the foregoing list are those elected by the
ma jority and the other five were chosen nv
the minority.
Mr.. Thomas Reelected.
At meeting of the board today at the
office of the company in this city an organi-
zation was effected by the election of the
following officers: A. A. Thomas, president;
Daniel b. Clarke. first vice president; VIM.
E. Clark. second vice president; Seymour
w. Tulioch, secretary and treasurer. The
services of Mr.. Renshaw. the general man.
ager. We're dispensed with, and the filling
OF the vacancy was deferred until another
meeting.