The record-union., 1895-01-24
After the judges retired, the stock

After the judges retired, the stock
holders relaxed somewhat from the
heated discussions on the proxy question,
and the merits and demerits of the vari-
GUS candidates for the directory were
freely discussed.
Charles Schmidt said it was the only
meeting of its kind he had seen for
twenty years.
Another stockholder said it was a fight
between the rich and the poor. Goethe,
he said, was the friend of the poorer
stock holders.
d. E. Alexander. during the recess, was
walking among the stockholders with
copy Of the Civil Code under his arm.
II brought this along" he said, because
l thought somebody might want to read
the law in reference to the proceedings of
the association"
The fifteen minutes recess heightened
out to over an hour and a half, and yet
the proxies, so many were they, had not
all been gone over. The stockholders
were becoming restless, and some Of
them suggested an adjournment until
this evening.
Emmett Phillips said the judges would
not get through with their work until Il
or O'Clock. He moved that an adjourn
ment De taken until this evening.
President Hahn suggested that the
Judges be given more time, which was
agreed to.
Shortly afterward Emmett Phillips, w.
+. Peterson, Adolph Heilbron and d
number of other stockholders marched
up TO the front part of the hall, whore
Hahn was sitting, and asked him to call
the meeting to order.
Hahn again suggested that the judges
be given more time, and also informed
Phillips and the others with him that he
would call the meeting to order when he
got good and ready.
w. +. Peterson pushed his way out of
the crowd that had collected, and ascend
ing the platform, said in loud voice:
''L0dIeS Ct3ld Gentlemen: This is game
| of free2e-oat! They are trying to freeze
US Out The judges will not get through
tonight, and we ought to adjourn until
tomorrow night. The Chairman has re-
fused to call the meeting to order"
President Hahn then assembled the
platform and appealed to Peterson to
stop addressing the meeting. Peterson
took no notice whatever of Hahn, and
finished his speech, which was not at all
complimentary to the Goethe faction.
Hahn put the motion TO adjourn, and
called for the ayes. Those in favor of ad-
journment answered in the affirmative,
but no negative vote was called for.
Before the stockholders left the hall
Robert L. Devlin said he wanted to ad-
dress them for q few moments in behalf
of Goethe. He said:
"A motion has been made to adjourn
until tomorrow evening. It has been
carried. and l think 1t would be wise to
adjourn until that time, when every per-
son who has the interests OF this associa-
| ton at heart can be on hand and learn
how its affairs have been conducted. 1t
Is IN the interest of all of you to be pres
ent, and nope you will all be here.
II snail make statement to this asso-
cation why certain persons, tor personal
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Mr.. Goethe. 1t is for the benefit of this
association that eveyone should be pres
ent and cast his vote. In regard to the
charges OF unfairness made by certain
persons against the Secretary, Mr.
Goethe, l viii say the persons who made
these charges did so because the Secretary
opposed them, as directors, loaning large
sums of money TO themselves.
"To-morrow evening l shall pay nv
respects to certain persons for trying to
GUST the Secretary because he stood ND
for the association when they wanted to
vote salaries to themselves, and because
they had personal differences with him,
and are now trying 10 seek revenge"
Mr.. Devlin's remarks were greeted
with cheers on one side and jeers on the
other.
While the stock holders were leaving
the hall a. Meister accosted Devlin and
said the oppositionists would get even
on him for saying what lie did. He
wanted to know If Devlin was not to re-
ceive $500 for looking after Goethe's in.
terest.
Devlin replied that he was LAWYER.
and that was his privilege. He suggested
that Meister would do the same thing if
he was an attorney and called upon for
legal advice.
The stockholders will meet again to-
night, when the fun will be resumed.