Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-21
PEACE IN SIGHT.
National League May Ratify Com
mittee's Work Today.

The ratification of the peace compact will
in all probability be accomplished by the
National League at Cincinnati today. II
is hardly possible, however, that the meas
ure will be adopted unanimously, though
there is good chance Of the vote being
seven to one, with the New York club vot-
ing in the negative.
The committee Of the whole concluded
its business yesterday, and by vote of six
to two will recommend that the peace
agreement be adopted. The Brooklyn and
New York clubs voted against this. The
object Of having the league meet as a COM
mittee of the whole was to give the Pitts
burg and Philadelphia clubs a chance to
vote on the compact without violating the
injunction which the New York club Sc
cured against them. Barney Dreyfuss did
the voting for both clubs
President Hermann said after the close
Of the meeting, which was about O'Clock
last night:
1--WE have adjourned until 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning, when the National
League proper goes into session. The peace
compact will be taken up and don't think
there is any question about Its ratification.
This may be accomplished by a unanimous
vote, vote of seven to one, six to two or
five to three, but it will be ratified, Of that
am positive. The New York and Brook
lyn clubs, 1t has developed, misunderstood
some portions OF the agreement. and I
think that when everything is explained to
the satisfaction Of the gentlemen who rep
resent these clubs the measure Will carry
unanimously"
One Of the first things to be done by the
league was to have the injunction proceed
ings In Philadelphia postponed until Fri
day. This was only accomplished after a
protracted struggle. for at that time the
two factions were not as near to each other
as they were when the meeting adjourned
last evening. All representatives of the
defendant clubs as well as those Of the
plaintiff were ready at one time during the
morning to board the train for Philadelphia
to attend the hearing in court In the
course of time, however. 1t was made plain
to Messrs. Brush and Ebbetts that they did
not have the slightest chance to have that
restraining order made permanent
Col. John 1. Rogers Of Philadelphia was
communicated with by long-distance
telephone. and he gave his side, which is
the Hermann faction, the assurance that
the injunction would be dissolved within
few moments after the court took up the
| matter. There was hurrying to and fro
and finally all sides agreed that it would be
best to postpone the Philadelphia hearing
until Friday.
plaintiffs will be asked to have the injunc-
ton dissolved That, at least seemed Ia
be the opinion of some of the magnates in
the corridor of the hotel After section
the Brooklyn and New York clubs opposed
all Of these principally because every sec
ton was contingent on some other section
to which these clubs were radically on
posed. It was found that the only hitch
perhaps to a unanimous ratification of the
peace compact was the wording of section
V. This section gives the circuits to the
two leagues and in the American League
circuit the word New York is mentioned
This Is construed by the New York and
Brooklyn clubs to be ambiguous
The contention is made that the Ameri.
can League might be willing to place 8
club In some remote spot of New York and
| not on Manhattan Island, and then expect
| to share In the holdings Of the New Yorl
| club II the time ever came that an ANAL.