New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-12
C. G. WILSON BEATEN.
REGULARS WIN ON THE CONSOLE

Charles c. Wilson who for fifteen years has
been president of the Consolidated Stock and
Petroleum Exchange defeated yesterday at
the annual election Of officers The election
marked the elimination of bitterly contested
campaign which has been in progress for the
last two three weeks. AS has already been
related in The Tribune the Nominating Com
mittee refused to put on the ticket made up by
them-the regular" ticket, il called-the
names OF Mr.. Wilson, and of General Thomas l..
Watson and John Stanton. who, vice-pres-
dent and treasurer respectively. have been in
Office for an even longer period than Mr. Wilson
The objections of the committee 10 renominating
these officers were set forth at length III a
circular issued by Moses Hirshfield. the chair
man. in which charges were made that the in
terests OF the Exchange had suffered severely
under the administration Of Mt Wilson. and
that the latter's candidacy derived its main sup
port from bucket shoppers"
In turn Mr. Wilson issued circular in which
he repudiated the charges of liberation of
bucket shopping" and of lax financial man
agement. and criticised the record Of Mortimer
H wagar, the candidate of the Nominating
Committee on the regular ticket Subsequent
Iy other circulars. extremely vigorous in the
attacks contained in them, were sent out by
both sides. The two factions the regulars"
and conservatives they were known,
fought each other with such energy as to
develop much bitterness.
The polls opened at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning and closed at 3 o'clock in the after
noon. Most of the votes We're cast before
noon Throughout the day the utmost excite
fnent was manifested and it was apparent that
the struggle had given rise to a great deal Of
feeling between the contesting parties The
active membership Of the Exchange is about
md oh eleven hum
dred non-active members. From the latter the
conservatives hoped to obtain enough votes
to overcome the large majority which
known 10 be against them on the floor of the
Exchange.
Messrs. Wilson, Watson and Stanton all voted
early in the day Mr. Wagar did not vote until
about 2:45 o'clock, and heartily cheered
when he walked the floor 10 cast his ballot
In all 793 votes were cast The Wagar ticket
was elected by a majority OF about 200 The
successful ticket. styled regular nominations"
was follows:
For President-MoRTIMER H wAGAR.
First Vice-President-C. H. BADEAU.
Second -President-EDwARD R. BETS.
Treasurer-E- r. GRANT.
Chairman-VALENTTNE MOTT.
and GgoRSb ' L RTSG Dna "''s
Members Of Arbitration comnlsteeIw J. ALPERs. +
MATFIER W. jerks MERRITT. j. P. WHITING
Directors two years)-C. c. JACoBUs. s. A. LUTHER.
R N JARVIS. OGDEN D BUDD. T De W. sCoBLE.
VALENTINE MOTT. GEORGE c THOMAS. c. E.
THoRBCRN c II. VAN buren, and a. s BARNES.
Director zone year)-THoMAs H. MGRATH.
The independent ticket, conservative nomi-
nations" was the same as the regular ticket.
except that il contained the names of Charles
C. Wilson as candidate for president Thomas
L. Watson, first vice PRESIDENT John Stanton,
treasurer, and Joseph D. Lawrence. in place of
Ogden D. Budd as director in the two year
cleaSS.