The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-08

ann-trus. p!-zk. ~ record q the
stockholders CT the Ice Trust was being
made up and classified. 50 tha; 1t could
be printed thIs morning. Long before
the convention met every dalegate had
read in the morning papers that em-
barrassIng list.
First OF all appeared the nama Of
Robert A. Van wyck. mayor Of New
York who appeared not only to have
dealt in nearly 5000 shares OF the pre-
ferred stock OF the Ice Trust, bu, In adj
ditlon to have been possessed on June
or 2.750 shares OF the par value 1T S275,-
00O-that, too, in addition to a good
sized block Of common stock. 1t has
been the Understanding that the com
mon stock was thrown In as bonus to
the purchasers OF the preferred.
Next on the list is the narnc OF Au-
gustus Van wyck. who appears to be
the owner of 1000 shares Of the prefer
red and block of common stock as
we'll Then appears the names Of sew
eral OF the members OF city depart
mants. including the dock bolrd, the
corporation counsel. Richard Croker.
Elizabeth Croker, John F, Carroll, and
Of Republicans, Ex-Governor Black, F.
H. Platt, son OF Senator Platt, and his
law partner, A. b. Boardmann. Rich
ard Croker John F, Carroll Anthony
Brady and ex-Mayors Grant and ST.
roy, who are stockholders. ara private
citizens and can be affected by these
proceedings only in such pecunlary way
as the dissolution Of the Ice Trust may
,entail.
So, too, Ex-Governor Black and
Messrs. Boardman and Platt are prl-
vate citizens and their relation to the
let Trust is Of no consequence so far
as the political and penal results OF the
exposure are concerned.
Ex-Judge Dillon's Opinion,
The comptroller OF the city. Mr. Coler.
has been formally mnved to cancsp.the
contract which the lee Trusttobtained
from The Jock dcn,rtment nv witch
thew have been able q sseurs mono
no,y Of Tho 1ock, In ordpr mai -he
might make mo- mistake. Mr. coler call
"a tnoo Me nrIva,e counsel ex-Iuapa
Dillon than whom there IA no higher
authority eItbar in the stat. ar nation
upon oues,Ions NJ cornorotion ar NUM-
ci,aI I,w fudge DIllnn stared thar
there wara but two tbIn1s 10 consider
first dId certain officers of the CITY
Government posses, STOCK in the Ice
Trust spcond does the holding Of
s,ock IN anv cornor. tIon hiring such
nwner within the provisIons Of the stat-
rts which forbIds any ofrIcpr Of the cor
norotlon 81 New YORK cIty from bscom-
inc directly or indirectly interested in
tho performance If anv contract or
hns,nssv NJ m, sale NJ any article for
,,h,nh n,yn,ont 10 10 no ,roda grom tbn
cttv trn,snrv
NJ, AZ, n, ,,ese ,,o,r,v n,nt,or.d bv
1rdco nI,op saoms ,Ire,dy N bavp
haor ,,.,y,rod 1,nIa,s IN. book, ~ ths
10 rr,s, contain y,,s. recordr the
maven ~ tbe c,,v tbo corn,ratlon conn
90, an, carta,r conr,Iss,onerv nrs avn
ars =, tho stool y, ,ho loo Trrst and
,.ara or,r,r, ,,h,n th,t true, nhtotrnd
,,s oon,r,o,s ho,h tor ~, o ~. u.s
~ 5ocrs and for The sola Of loo 10 varI-
~, o,,,, ,I,n,r,r,on,, rh,-a,orc thor,
saa,s n IN rem,InIrg orIv. ono Gues-
,,on,,5oss srch o,yrersb,r hrIn9 mos.
mon. mi ,.l,S,r Tho nrni,lrlt,rg sc ,e n,
,ha o,t, ohnr,,r Thot snc,lor declares
~. 10 NV c,,r omcar doss ac,nirs nm
interest directly or Indirectly In any
contract or work for which the city is to
nay. he is to forfeit his Office ard must
be punished for a misdemeanor.
That question appears never to have
been decided by our courts. The attor-
ney general must pass upon II md II he
reports to Governor Roosevelt that the
words directly or indirectly" must APP
ply to a stakeholder in a corporation
which holds contrac, to supply ice or
to possess the privilege OF the docks,
man the governor must not only declare