The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-19
REPLY TO wATFERsoN.
Correspondence Retween ME-. Rel
mont and the Editor Made Public.

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mont and the Editor Made Public.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb 1S-Milton H.
Smith, president of the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad company, has given
out the correspondence mention Of which
was made in the editorial Of Henry Wat
terson regarding the Kentucky election.
The correspondence comprises a telegram
from August Belmont, chairman of the
board of directors of the road, to Prest-
dent Smith, authorizing the publication;
a letter from Henry Watterson to Mr.
Belmont asking that the officers of the
road be restrained from taking any ac-
tive part in the Kentucky election, resolu-
tions adopted by the board and Mr.. Bel.
mont's letter in reply to that of Mr..
Watterson.
In his letter to Mr. Belmont Mr.. Wat
terson, it is stated. used these words.
"The Democratic state ticket just NOM
mated will certainly be elected. Under
the operation of the Goebel law the re-
suit is not left to chance
This sentence is the text for a consid-
erable portion of Mr.. Belmont's telegram
to President Smith, and it is also referred
to in his letter written to Mr.. Watterson
acquainting him with the action taken by
the board of directors.
the resolutions adopted by the directors:
Resolved, That the management does
not now. and will not enter the field Of
politics, nor aid or injure any candidate
of any party for the purpose OF shaping
or Controlling party action. When, how
ever, any Individual or political party at
tacks and seeks to injure the property en-
trusted to it's care and to deny to 1t
property rights by inciting hostile SEN
timent among the people it serves, and
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tons and thus impair Its ability and its
efficiency in the performance OF It's proper
and lawful rights an duties, the COM
pany will avail itself Sf all proper and
an appeal to the, great body of the people
on whom it relies for protection as it does
for patronage. e
Resolved, That this board views with
apprehension the attitude of that portion
of the Democratic party of Kentucky
represented by the Hon. William Goebel,
the nominee for the Office of governor, and
his publicly ayoWed hostility against the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad company,
especially the positive assurance of Mr..
Watterson that under existing laws Sem
ator. Goebel as the nominee will be elected
to the office OF governor. regardless or
in spite of the .prediiection. of a majority
Of the voters in the state.
Resolved, That in view of the threat
ened injury to the company's interest the
management is hereby authorized and in
structed to adopt such proper and lawful
measures as promise to protect the in
terests of the company and to that end is
instructed to appeal to the people of Ken
lucky, whom it has SO long served and
with whose interests 1t has been and Is
so intimately Identified, for protection
from its avowed .ehemies and, as this
board believes, the enemies. of the best
interests Of the state.
Mr.. Belmonts letter which closes the
published correspondence aceuaints MI.
Watterson of the action taken, ard de-
plores its necessity, from the standpoint
of the road.