The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24
MAY Be GOV. OSBORN.
Topeka to Have Another Santa
Fe Director.
He VIII Take Mr.. Severy'S Place
1T is Said.
TOMORROW'S MEETING
To Be Followed by ReOrgani-
zatiOn Meeting
To Be Held in New York as Soon
as Possible.

1t now seems likely that Topeka i to
have all three Of the Kansas directors Of
the Santa Fe.
The story was renewed this morning
and seemingly with some foundation that
Mr. /. ssvery, Of Emporia, is to be
dropped from the directory if the pres
ent directors succeed in controlling the
election.
The story was telegraDhed from New
York a few days ago that AIr. Severy was
to be retired to make room for an east
ern man. but that would he out OF the
question. as the charter expressly pro-
vides that three Of the directors OF the
company must be residents Of Kansas
Mr Severy's friends deny THAI he is to
be left out in the election tomorrow, but
it is known that they are quite anxious
about the matter.
They say that since he has been on
the board, seventeen years he has spent
more Of his time in Jealous work for the
best interests Dc the Santa Fe than any
other Kansas director.
Alr. Severy may be reelected. The re-
suit seems to await the actual showing
up Of certain proxies tomorrow. There
appears, however, to be no formal con
test whatever between 1Ir Severy and
Governor Osborn
The Kansas man who is most talked of
as the probable successor of Dir. Seyery
is ex- Governor Thomas A Osborn
A prominent Santa Fe official said this
morning. III Mr. Severy IS retired he
should be succeeded by some man who
is largely Interested in the state, and
who represents some of the financial in
ter6sts Of the state Some large shipper
would be preferable"
Governor Osborn is not a shipper, but
he has large property interests in the
state, and his election as director would
be highly satisfactory to the Kansas in
terests Of the road
There has been some gossip to the
effect that Receiver Aldace IT, Walker ID
to be made = director, but -rfTggt IS tJUs-
sbie as when Mt Walker was appoint
edsJCdge Caldwell expressly stated that
he wanted men for receivers who would
not in any way be interested in the reor-
ganization of the company. If Mr.
Walker should be made a director he
would necessarily have to participate in
the reorganization of the company.
The new board of directors to be elect
ed at tomorrOw's meeting will hold its
first meeting for organization in New
York some time next week.
The directors meeting cannot be held
here for the simple reason that if the
old directors are victorious in this fight
there will be only five directors of the
thirteen IN Kansas at the conclusion of
the stockholders meeting. These five
directors are Col G. X. Holiday, H.
Severy, c. $ GIeed, b. p. Cheney and
James a. Blair.
Unless a reorganization of the Santa
Fe is effected within the coming year,
the Office of director will have about as
little Importance as that Of road overseer
for the reason that the directors at the
present time have nothing Whatever to
do with the management or the opera
ton of the road Judge Caldwell. few
months ago, made an order setting aside
IT, r ? n
ings TO be used IN keeping uD an organi-
cation Of the com pany in order that when
the road is in a condition to be delivered
from the courts to its owners, there may
be some one authorized to receive it.
Since the arrival OF the representatives
Of the two opposing factions who are
striving to control the election of the
new directory, there bave been several
private conferences in which the plans
for procedure at tom0rrow's meeting
were partially arranged.
The members Of the protective com
mittes insist, as they did yesterday,
that they will have a representa-
tive on the new board Of di-
rectors, and il is known that
they are preparing to resort to the courts
to enforce the use or the cumulative sys-
tenn of voting If the present directors
present 4 majority Of the stock and de-
cline to accord them a representation
without fight
Major T. J. Anderson, who was a men,
ber of tbs Kansas legislature in 1879 and
was also az that time general agent of the
Santa F'e for Kansas, Colorado and New
Mexico. said today: The original char
ter Of the Santa Fe WAS granted in 1859
and ran for a period OF twenty-one years
1t has long since expired and was new
er renewed l was ia the legislature of
1879 when the Santa Fe was intending
to make a fight for a new charter They
made all the pre- parati0ns for the con-
test but At the last moment decided to do
without the renewal and operate under
the state statutes / have seen a great
deal in the papers about the primitive
nature Of the Santa Fe charter, but As a
matter of fact ii has charter at all
Mr. Anderson took the reporter to j.
~ atsrs' Office for substantiatioa OF
what he said. Ar. w aters was the gen
eral attorney al that time. But Mr..
atars was out Of the city
MAster-in -Chancery j. B johnson saws
the santa Re charter was granted prior
70 1860 for period Of p wears. and he
has never heard Of the charter being re-
newed although he has never had occa-
slon 10 look TINS point up specially
WILL MAKE = HARD FIGHT.
The Protective comnfttee win Not Easily
Give In.
4t IS no longer a question Of doubt. but
81 absolute certainty, that the Atchison