Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-10
RAMSEY LOSES CASE
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Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western. an
| one OF Mr.. Gould's chief neutenants. Otbe,
directors OF the road are here. and ali ~
them seem friendly TO Mr. Gould. and dis
posed to uphold his interests. Mr.. Ramsey
save for his legal advisers. seems TO stand
practically alone. Mr.. Gould himself this
afternoon declined to discuss the probable
outcome of the meeting, but his friends
! confidently predict that he will not only
retain control Of the wabash system, by
an overwhelming majority OF votes but
that when the smoke OF battle has cleared
away it will be found that not only has
Mr.. Ramsey failed TO gain control Of the
system but that he has been removed from
/ II entirely, and that his name does not
even appear In the new board OF directors
| MI Ramsey, like Mr.. Gould declines to
| make predictions. He is, however, to all
appearances cheerful and confident to a
degree
The stockholders meeting will be held at
o'clock tomorrow morning in the ofices
OF Smith & Beckwith the local attorneys
Tor the Wabash railroad. 1t is scheduled
to last until IL o'clock, but will probably
be over before that hour The probability
Is that the meeting Of directors will not
UNIV tlidA Oh Ine tUOCkHQt0eTS,
but Will be held some weeks later in New
York
The decision Of Judge Taylor in St. Louis
which released for use against Mr.. Ram
sey' all the votes controlled by the Mis-
sour Pacific and Iron Mountain railroads.
was mentioned in court this afternoon by
Judge Doyle Mr.. Ramsey's attorney. as
TINS important decision affecting fully one
thirtieth Of all the votes" but Mr.. Ram
sey himself did pot, outwardly at least in
vest 1t with as much Importance as did
mis- lawyer. He refused to discuss II at
length, saying: There is nothing l can
say. The decision speaks for itself. 1t
Is not decisive, however. and is only one
trick in the game"
However, at a conference held at noon
between Mr.. Ramsey and his attorneys, IT
was decided, I'm view OF the decision of
Judge Taylor. to abandon the fight started
by Mr.. Ramsey for the removal of the
three men who have for several years acted
as judges Of election at the annual meet.
ings of the Wabash railroad
throughout the morning the attorneys
Tor Mr. Ramsey and those acting for the
Wabash railroad argued upon power Of
the court to remove the three inspectors
The counsel for Mr. Ramsey submitted a
long list of names appended to an af1dayit
which set forth that the people whose
names were submitted were actual owners
Of Wabash stock or of debenture bonds.
The Gould lawyers insisted that there was
no proof in court that the owners Of the
names were bonafde holders of either
bonds or stocks. The Ramsey attorneys
admitted this. but declared that they could
not prove this statement without the stock
book OF the Wabash railroad, which was In
the possession Of Mr.. Gould, and thew
asked that the court order the stock book
brought into court
Then they all swung around the legal
point again, the Wabash LAWYERS CLAIMING
that the court had no power to order the
stock-book produced because II had NOT
been shown that II was asked for bv anv
person having the right to ask for IT,
There was no proof, they said that Mr.
Ramsey represented anybody but himself.
When court adjourned at noon, the at
torneys for Mr. Ramsey were practically
demanding that the stock book be produced
to show that their clients had the right 10 |
ask for it. The Gould lawyers held that tho |
stock-book could not be ordered into court
for the sake OF proving that somebody |
had the right to ask to have it produced |
1t was regular merry so-around. Every
time 1t started of 1t stopped where :, |
started, only to start again where il had
stopped. The direct path out of the Iabv-
rinth was revealed when the court met
in the afternoon.
Judge Kinkade took his seat. Judge DovIe
SAID: Your honor, since the adjournment
this morning we have seen the teIeeraphed
decision OF the federal court in st. Louis
upon Mr.. Ramsey's applicat ion to restrain
the voting OF the stock held by the Missouri
Pacific and Iron Mountain railways The
decision says that great fIegAl.ties have
been committed. but because Mr.. Ramsey
last year voted the stock IN the same man
ner in which he is now seeking to prevent.
he is estopped from asking relief. In view
OF this important decision, which affects
fully one-thirtieth Of the vote, we now ask
permission to withdraw our application for
the removal OF the three election inspeo-
tors"
1T is granted, and there is nothing in
the matter before the court" replied Judge
I[inkada and the HEARING mae 80. |