The age-herald., 1900-02-19
PART PLAYED BY THE |. & \. R. R. IN THE HEATED KENTUCKL CAMPAIGN
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~ road could not win, even if its newspaper supports were handled with capacity and discretion. But they are not so handled. They are the merest partisan concerns, with civilization or influence, conducted apparently with no olbher purpose than to abuse the Courier-Journal If you will cause to be sent you the Dispatch and the Evening Post for a single week, and will look over them each day, you will be able, to see for yourself how the matter stands. On that showing alone I should be willing to rest the case. In my judgment the sit- uation is both momenItous and critical, and ought to arrest the serious attention of those who control the policy of the road.zs
 "As I said in the beginning, I write as a friend. The Courier Journal has nothing to fear from the conflict forced upon it Cby the managers of the road. On the .contra- ry, it has something to gain. Ibut neither MT. Haldeman nor myself want to profit at the expense of the road For MT. Smith we have always entertained the highest sentiments; but MT Smith is no more proof against mistakes than other people, and being a man of unyielding temper, he is likely to be carried to extremes. In this business he has certainly allowed his tenn per to carry him far beyond the lines of worldly wisdom and prudent forecast, and if halt be not called upon the pro- ceedihgs its evil consequences are as sure as the coming of the next session of the Kentucky legislature ID
 Sincerely your friend.
 HENRY PATTERSON" .
 '@ro August Belmont, Esq., a5alis hi
 The Company's Position
 An extract from the minutes of meetings of the board of directors of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company, which was held at the company's office, 121 Broad way, New York city, on Tuesday, July Il, 1899. at 2:15 o'clock p. m.:
 "The chairman submitted a letter from the Hon. Henry Watterson. editor of the Courier-Journal, dated Louisville, Ky, June 30, 1899, reading as follows: CTIere follows letter)
 'Whereas, The Louisville and Nashville Railroad company being an artificial per son, cannot hold office; and,
 "Whereas, The duties of the officers of the company prohibit them from seeking or holding political offce-in fact none of them are seeking such offices; and,
 'Whereas, The managers of the company have not made themselves in anyway re- sponsible for the two newspapers referred to, and have not set up as their visible ana accredited representative MT. John Whal len, nor committed any unfrendly act to- wards the Courier-Journal and,
 'Whereas, The management of the Louis-
 
 cognized that the rights and franchises it now enjoys were granted to 1t for the pu~- poses set forth in its various charters, nG also fully realizes it's duty to the public: and.
 "Whereas, Corporate interests generally, in common with private interests have a right to be heard at the bar of public opin- ion; be it.
 "Resolved, As the management does not now. 1t will not enter the field of politics to help or injure any candidate of any party for the purpose of shaping or con- trolling party action. When, however, any individual or political party attacks and seeks to injure the property entrusted to It's care, aod to deny to it its proper rights by melting a hostile sentiment among the peo-
 
 harass its operations and thus impair its ability and it's efficiency in the performance of it's proper and lawful rights and duties, the company will avail itself of all proper and lawful means to protect its interests by an appeal to the great body of the Deo- ple on whom it relies for protection, as 1t does for patronage.
 "Resolved, That this board views with apprehension the attitude of the portion of the democratic party of Kentucky as Is represented by the Hon. William t4oebel, the nominee for the office of governor and his publicly avowed hostility against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company and especially the positive assurance of MT Watterson that under existing laws Senator Goebel, as the nominee, will be elected to the office of governor, regsrdless3 or in spite of the prediction of a majority of the voters in the state.
 Resolved, in view of the threatened in jury to the comnany's interests, 'tt.e man. agement is hereby authorized and instruct- ed to adopt such proper and lawful meas- ures as promise to protect the interests of the company, and to that end Is instructed to appeal to the people of Kentucky, whom 1t has so long served, and with whose in- terests it has been and is so intimately identified. for protection from its avowed enemies, and, as such, this board believes the enemies of the best interests of the state.
 Resolved, That certified copy of these