New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-10
nv Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

BY Telegraph 10 Inc Tribune
Toledo. oct. 9-George ]. Gould arrived here
Iate this afternoon ready for the annual meeting
Of the Wabash Railroad. which is to be he'd
tomorrow. Joseph Ramsey, jr.. ex-president of
the road the former friend and present antag-
onist of Mr. Gould, is also the ground pre-
psred to fight for the control of the Wabash
system.
With Mr.. Gould came Winslow s. Pierce, di-
ractor of the Wabash. and Mr.. Gould's legal ad-
wiser; Edgar T. welles and Colonel w. H. Blod-
sett vice e-presidents OF the system, and E. L.
Jeffery president of the Denver, Rio Grande
and Western, and one of Mr. Gould's chief lieu
tenants Other directors of the road are here
and all seem friendly to Mr.. Gould and disposed
10 uphold his interests. Mr. Ramsey, save for
his legal advisers. seems to stand practically
alone.
Mr. Could declined to discuss the probable
outcome of the meeting. but his friends conf
IDENTIFY predict that he will retain control Of the
wabash system by an overwhelming majority.
rns adherents of Mr.. Gould say that when the
smoke Of battle has cleared away it will be
found that Mr.. Ramsey has not only failed to
xain control Of the system. but has been re-
,noved from It entirely and that his name will
no. appear IN the new board of directors
Mr.. Ramsey, like Mr.. Gould, declines TO mako
predictions He is, however 10 al appearances
cheerful ana eOffiUtHl 70 u ASS1OO-
Neither side viii give figures as to the total
number of proxies controlled, but the Gould
party declared tonight that the decision Of
Judge Tayler. in St. Louis, which gave to Mr.
Gould practically 10000 votes. meant nothing
TO him so far as ability to control the meeting is
concerned No matter how that was de-
cided they claim. AIr. Gould has so large an ex-
cess OF votes that he could have lost The no.
900 or even have transferred them to Mr.. Ram
sey without altering the result To statements
such as these Mr.. Ramsey says nothing. He
simply laughs and says, We will know all about
It tomorrow
The junior member of the firm of Lehman &
Lehman, ST. Louis counsel for Ramsey, made
the following statement:
We have nothing to say regarding the decision
II the shares OF stock held by the missouri racine
gally held. the court intimated in the decision,
and the voting Of these shares determines the result
OF the election al Toledo then there is nothing to
prevent the State OF Missouri a stakeholder in
this stock and who has not himself acquiesced in
the holding of the stock in the past from attacking
The validity of the election
The stockholders meeting will be held at 8
O'clock 10 morrow morning in the offices OF
Smith & Beckwith. the local attorneys for the
Wabash road. II is scheduled to last until u
o'clock but will probably be over before that
hour The probability is that the meeting Of
directors viii not follow that Of the stockhold-
ers. but viii be held some weeks later in New
York
The decision of Judge Taylor in st. Louis.
which released for use against Mr. Ramsey all
the votes controlled by the Missouri Pacific and
Iron Mountain roads. mentioned In court
this afternoon by Judge Doyle. Mr.. Ramsey's
attorney as this important decision affecting
fully one-thirtieth of all the votes" but Mr.
sest il with much Importance as did his
lawyers He refused TO discuss it at length.
saying:
There is nothing I can say. The decision
speaks for itself. 1t is not decisive, however,
ana is only one trick in the game
However. at conference held at noon be-
tween Mr.. Ramsey and his attorneys, it was
decided. in view of the decision of Judge Taylor,
70 abandon the fight started by Mr.. Ramsey for
'he removal Of the three men who have for sew
eFal years, acted as judges Of election at the
annual meetings of the Wabash road.
We viii go into the fight tomorrow without
footing Of horns. and we have nothing to say
regarding the outcome These were the words
u Judge Doyle. behalf of Joseph Ramsey,
lr when asked for "a statement this evening re-
garoins the outcome OF tc-morrow's battle for
control Of the wabash. Mr. Ramsey said that
his counsel voiced his sentiments
However" continued Mr.. Ramsey, you may
quote NE az saying This concerning the decision
OF the St Louis courts. If there was one iota
q evidence introduced which tended to show
mat voted single proxy it was entirely false.
such statement is wholly out of accord with
Inc facts in the matter. and cannot be proved or
su5stantiated in its minutest detail.
viii relate the actual occurrence at the
meeting Of year ago. presided over the meet
'ng Of the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain
routes as president. After the question of the
vote had come up. cast the ballot to which
vas entitled After this was done I left tie
ehair. and in a few moments left the room en-
.lrely During the entire time that the ballot
.1g vas IN progress was absent, and had abso-
iuteiy part in it,
The proxies which it is said | voted were |
brought to the inspectors 10 be voted by officers
2 the company direct from New-york and |
suppose the inspectors voted them. did not"
DID you examine them?" asked Judge Dovlo
80. sir; did not I never saw single one
As understand, those proxies were made out
% ne and two or three other gentlemen. but that
Goasfzs.ed ON third mere