The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-03
BREWER CLUB HAS
TWO LEADERS
Quin and Hayenor Both
Claim to Be Pfesi-
dent.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Feb. Harry
D. Quin and Charles S. Havenor now
both claim to be president of the cor
pOrauon which controls the Milwaukee
! baseball team in the American asso-
| citation. Mr. HaVenor says he was
| elected at a meeting of the board of
directors of the club Saturday, while
| Mr.. Quin claims the meeting was lille
gal and the election void, basing his
stand upon the statutes applying to
! corporations.
The meeting upon which Mr.. Have
| nor bases his claim was held at the Of
| fee of the association attorneys,
Turner, Pease & Turner, Pabst build
| ing, and only Mr.. Havenor and Vice
President Henry Bauman were pres
/ ent, Mr.. Quin having remained away
/ upon the advice of his attorneys,
Bohmrich & Maher AS Mr.. Quin,
owner of half the stock, was absent,
/ the meeting adjourned and a meeting
! of the directors called. This meeting
| was attended by Messrs. HaVenor and
| Bauman, a majority of the board, and
a resolution was passed, allowingN the
! position of the president and treasurer
| to be held by one man. Mr.. HavenOr
then was elected to the presidency Mr..
! Bauman was reelected vice president,
and Aid. Cornelius Corcoran was elect
| ed secretary. After the discussion of
! the meeting adjourned.
Quin Cannot See 1t.
Mr.. Quin, hearing of the action
taken at the meeting, repudiated the
| election held and said he was still
! president of the association.
THE Milwaukee American associa-
! ton was organized under the laws of
| Wisconsin, said Mr.. Quin, land the
statutes provide that majority of
stock is necessary for election Or
change of officers AS 1 hold so per
cent of the stock and did not attend
the meeting, it was impossible to make
any change, and under the circum-
stances the present officers would hold
over.
Il consider the meeting no meeting,
and anything done there is void. The
statement of the law that all business
shall be transacted by the stockholders
articles of incorporation"
Mr.. Quin pointed to section 1749 of
the statutes to SubStantiate his claim.
THE contention of Mr.. Quin that
the election was Illegal" said Attorney
Joseph H. Turner, in behalf of Mr..
Havenor, lis entirely without founda-
ton. The action was regular. Mr..
Quin and Vice President Bauman were
notified Of a meeting of stockholders
and directors. The meeting was called
and Mr.. Quin was not present. AS he
controls half of the stock, there was
not a quorum of stockholders, and the
meeting was adjourned. At 2:15
o'clock the meeting of the directors
was called. These directors were Mr..
Quin, Mr.. HavenOr and Mr.. Bauman.
OF course Mr.. Quin was ABSENT but
there was a quorum of the board. The
meeting was held, however, and after
resolution had been passed making it
possible for one person to act as treas
urer and president, Mr.. HaVenOr was
chosen president, Mr.. Bauman was
elected vice president and Cornelius
Corcoran secretary.
THE law referred to by Mr.. Quin
says the stockholders shall etransact
all the business except where other
wise specially provided by law or by
the articles of organization of the cor
poration.
Quin Not an Officer.
"This corporation was formed two
years ago, and the articles are now on
file, and one of those articles provides
for the election of the officers by the
board of directors. This is the man
ner used by nearly all corporations to
elect officers, and the officers of this
corporation were so elected last year.
Mr.. Quin is still a stakeholder and
director, but he is not an officer. The
directors had full power to elect new
officers"
Mr.. Quin contends that his claim
that the action Of the meeting was lille
gal was based on the advice of his
lawyers. He intimated that he would
attempt to hold the election in a legal
deadlock Indefinitely, claiming that in
order that the opposing faction may
control the election it must control
majority of the stock, which it could
not do as long as he held so per cent
of the stock, and as long as an in
junction against the issuance of more
stock which is now pending in the SUI
preme court, As undetermined. This
injunction was sought some time ago
upon an attempt being made to in
crease the issue, Mr.. Quin carrying
the case to the supreme court on an
appeal from the superior court of Mil