The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-09
Which Turns 10000 Votes
Against His Interests.
THE DAY is TAKEN UP
With Arguments in Court of
Common Pleas.
On Application for Removal
Election Inspectors.

4OlSuO' O.s Ocl- 1.-JoSeph Ramsey.
Jr-, received from the Associated Press
his first information of the denial Of
his application for an injunction re-
stratning the Gould interests from vot-
ing the stock held by the Missouri Pa
cific and Iron Mountain railway com
panies at the annual election of the
Wabash road to be held tomorrow
which means practically 100000 against
him in tomowow's election. When
shown the dispatch he smiled pleas
antly and remarked:
"Weu. this is the first time that I
have heard of it."
When asked if he had any statement
to make Mr.. Ramsey replied with a
lau=h:
There is nothing that I can say.
The decision seems to speak for itself.
OF course, this thing is not In any way
decisive 1t merely disposes of one
trick in the game"
If Mr.. Ramsey was surprised or dis
appointed at the decision his manner
failed to show it. He seemed to take
the action Of the court as a matter
which made very little difference to
him in any way. None of the import
ant members of the Gould interests
have as yet arrived, with the exception
of Colonel Blodgett of st. Louis, the
general counsel of the road, and he,
IKE MI IAdAAlSSNs SGElAlGu 10 TAKE the
decision with no evidence of surprise.
I guess that speaks for ITSELF he
said. There is nothing more I can
say. I expected the decision and real
ly do not see how it could have been
anything else"
The application for the removal of
three inspectors of election, Messrs.
Reynolds, Cotton and Newton, who
have of1iciated at many annual meet
ings of the Wabash road. was argued
Tor Il
court of common pleas before Judge
Kinkade-
Control All the Votes.
These men, by their power to pass
upon all proxies submitted, practical
ly control all the votes to be cast at
the election and they have in addi-
ton the right to count the vote and
certify TO the result of the election.
Mr. Ramsey. through his attorneys,
claims that they are all employees of
the Wabash road and while they have
been able to fulfill their duties in a
satiSfa ctory manner at previous cleo
tiOns, it was because there We're then
no contests and they were not called
upon to decide close questions Of le-
gal right to vote, as they must do in
the present election. Because of their
lack of education in this respect he
claims that they are not competent
and asks that the court appoint three
disinterested inspectors to take their
Judge Kfnkade on Saturday declared
that he saw no reason why three other
inspectors should not be appointed
provided Mr.. Ramsey could show that
he represented one-tenth of the stock
to be voted at the election. This morn
ing the attorneys submitted a list of
names in addition to that of Mr.. Ram
sey with an affidavit that they were
all holders of stock in the Wabash
road and in the aggregate represented
much more than one-tenth of the
capital. They asked that the attOr-
neys for the Wabash road be COM
PEELED to bring into court the stock
book of the railroad company to show
that these men were actual stock
holders. saying that there was no way
of proving this fact unless the stock
books were shown.
The attorneys for the Wabash road
decided that they had not been served
with proper notice to bring IN the stock
book and denied the power of the court
in the matter of appointment of in
spectors, because it lacked jurisdiction
in that there was nothing to show the
names appended to the affidavit were
those CT bona fide stockholders. 1t was
admitted that Mr. Ramsey owned 100
shares OF the common stock Of the Wa
bash road and debenture bonds to the
value of $50, 600. Beyond this the list
showed nothing. they declared, and be-
cause it showed nothing the court was
without jurisdiction in the premises.
The argument lasted for the greater
part Of the day.