The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-11
KNOCK OUT BLOW ].
Was Given Ramsey As Predicted In Yester-
days Dispatches-Gould Faction High
Up In The Saddle.
SUBSTITUTE Il TOT DIRECTORS NAMED

TOLEDO. O., Oct. 11.-Riding
rough shod over the protests OF the
Ramsey interests in the debenture
bondholders' meeting of the Wabash
railway and backed by election in
spectors of their own choosing and
by tellers whom the Ramsey people
claim are paid attorneys for the oppo.
sition. the Gould faction named the
six directors to which the bondhold-
ers are entitled this morning. Nomi.
nations made yesterday were with.
drawn and q substitute list was pre-
sented. Those eliminated from the
list were Russell Sage, W.; Sanders.
Cleveland, Wells, Blodgett, third vice
president Of the Wabash and Robert
c. CIowry, president of the Western
Union. The six new directors, as an.
nounced by the Chairman of the bond.
holders caucus, all being members
of the present Wabash directorate.
excepting r. NJ. Galloway, president
sof the Merchants National Bank, OF
New York, are: Thomas H. Hubbard,
e. T. Jeffrey; John T. Terry, winslow
Pierce, Robert NJ. Galloway and Ed.
gar t. Wells. 2
Early today the inspectors of elec.
;tion reported that s260s5,0o0 of the
HsSo,000,000 debentnre bonds was rep.
resented at the meeting to be, voted.
Attorney John Doyle. representing
Ramsey, claimed that there was over
a million of dollars disparity between
the Official record and the personal
check kept by Ramsey. He asked
that the record be checked. The
Gould interests held the reins and re.
fused to accede. The Ramsey hold.
ings had to take the Gould count. The
tellers who counted the ballot, cast
in a lump were Alexander Smith and
Clarence Brown. two attorneys, who
Doyle claimed were associate coun.
sci for the Gould interests.
AS the Gould faction showed intent
to go ahead with the vote without
any comparison Of the records as. to
the amount Of bonds represented
Doyle challenged the correctness Of
the list of proxies. demanding that
proper record be made Of the chal
lenge in the minutes OF the meeting
in order to furnish the ground worl,
for a legal battle. With ticket nom.
mated by Gould men the Ramsey fac.
tion contented itself with the state.
ment that Its people would vote for
whom they pleased. They did not in.
tend to show their hand. Eve can
expect anything" especially when
two tellers are appointed who are as.
s scciate counsel of the opposition and
neither of them are members of the
bondholders' committee"
The tellers reported that of the
S6o,s50 votes cast, the successful nom
inees each received 22s,510. They re
ported that Ramsey for director, had
received s1,s4o votes and that by an
other ballot Ramsey had received
1s1 ,0ao votes by the cumulative sys
tenn which the tellers refused to al
low. They also reported that third
ballot had been cast voting great
number OF proxies, which had also
been rejected.
Immediately Doyle contended that
the tellers had not reported the bal
lot correctly and demanded that he
be given the ballots as voted that he
might read them to the meeting and
that they might be made part of the
minutes. He claimed that no such
ballot Of s1.s40 votes had been cast
Counsel Pierce for Gould objected
strenuously to the ballot being un
earthed or made part of the min
utes. claiming that the report Of the
tellers was sufficient to show the elec
ton of the six men named: j
Attorney Blodgett finally allowed
Doyle to make his point and to file
his protest. II protest against the re
port Of the tellers,e said Doyle, "fol
the reason that they have not report
ed the vote as cast. Through Ramsey
and his associates 191.040 votes have
been cast for Ramsey for director
through the cumulative system and
also another u, $50 votes for Ramsey
through the properties held by him
which gives him a clear majority and
more than any one of the other can
didates received. There was no such