Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-06-11
MAY BE WINTER.
Rumored He Will Be His Own
SuCCeSSOr.-Rill Won't
Have Control.
What a Minnesota Legislator
Discovers on a Western
Trip.

Trip.
The Ninnea polls Times continues
to hunt up news about the Northern
Pacific, and the following special
comes from Mammoth Hot Springs,
Yellowstone Park:
Among the visitors at the Yellow
stone park this week was u Mime
sofa Legislator who resides near st.
Paul and who il president OF the
First National bank in his town.
He had just returned from the coast
and after a tour of the Park will
return home.
While on the coast he met st.
Paul gentleman who had just re.
tnrred from Washington, d. c., and
W no is closely connected with Ger.
tam gentlemen ON the inside OF
Northern pacicf and Great Northern
railroad matters. From this gentle
man, whose name he did not state
Ter various reasons, he learned that
another compiled ton has arisen In
regard to J. j. Hills control Of the
Northern Pacific road which can not
help but have a most serious bearing
on the matter as far as Mr.. Hill IL
concerned, and may dampen that
gentleman's ardOr when it. comes tn
attempting to dictate the policy Of
the Northern Pacific road.
"While do not doubt that Mr..
Hill controls large amount OF the
stock of the Northern Pacific road"
said the legislator, II doubt very
much whether he will ever he able to
dictate the entire policy of the road.
The st. Paul gentleman whom l met
in Tacoma and " no has now about
reached home, tells me that Morgan
& Co.. the Wall street bankers and
the German bank, which owns so
much Northern Pacific stock, have
decided not to let Mr.. Hill be the
ruling power. They have awakened
to some Of that gentleman's charac-
teristics aud that in managing the
road he is very likely to let his
prejudices in certain matters bias his
actions and thereby affect the road
in u pecuniary way. While they
fully appreciate the ability OF Mr..
Hill to properly operate the road
and get the most money possible out
of it they intend to have voice in
the matter, and will insist upon be-
ing consulted when it comes to any
radical changes to the present policy.
WINTER MAY SUCCEED HIMSELF.
morgan & Co. aid the German
bank are now strenuOusly opposed
to the election OF a president Of that
road who IL what you might call an
out and out Hill man. They are op-
posed to Daniel s. Lamont for that
very reason. While they appreciate
lis political power In Washington.
and what advantage it would he,
therefore, for the ROAD to have him
at it's head. they are looking for
someone equally as strong as he Is
in that regard, but not SO closely al
lie.l to Mr.. Hill. As a compromise,
era wford Livings ton, OF st. Paul, is
being looked upon by Mr.. Hill and
his friends to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation Of Mr.. Winter.
My honest opinion ia that Mr.. Winter
will again be tho president Of the
road. You know he resigned because
OF his feelings toward Mr.. Hill. II
Morgan & Co. are sincere in their de-
termination not to let MIR. Hill die
tate the policy Of the road, it will be
an easy matter to persuade Mr.. WIN
ter to again accept the presidency.
In fact, that gentlelnan's statement,
issued when he resigned, was to the
effect that he resigned simply Oil ac-
count of Mr.. Hill. With that gentle
mans power curtailed Mr.. Winter
would, no doubt, be glad to resume
his old position, as it pays $4,000 q
year."
ut can be easily seen that II Mr..
Hill finds She cannot run the road to
suit him. he will either submit to cir
cumstances, for the time being, at
least, and devote himself in the
future to getting an absolute ma
jority of the stock 80 that there will
be none to dictate to him. know
Mr.. Hill we'll enough to realize that
at this stage of the game he does not
intend to back out. hut will keep
hammering away until he has mat
tiers to his liking"
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