The daily sentinel., 1906-01-16
\ VICTORY FOR NEITHER SIDE

The fierce, though friendly con-
test that has been waged over the
secretaryship of the Mesa County
Building & Loan association, was con-
cluded last night at the annual stock
holders meeting, by the election of
E. E. UdlocS secretary of the associa-
tion for the ensuing year, though his
victory was by a very narrow mar
gin, which could have been chang
ed had either of two men changed
their votes. who voted for him. but
in all other votes taken voted with
the members of the insurgent camp.
1t can hardly be claimed as a victory
of any magnitude by the stockholders
who supported Mr. Udlock, as with
the election of two directors. the in
surgent camp have control of the
board of directors.
When President Currie of the
board of directors called the meet
ing to order in the rooms of the as
vestment company offices, nearly
every share of stock of the company
was represented. A. II. Sampliner,
Edwin A. Wadsworth and o.. G.
Ramey, were elected as judges for
the election and Dan T. Hill, j. A.
johnson and James McMaster, as
clerks.
There were represented at the
meeting 4,55S shares of stock out
of total of 1853 outstanding shares
of stock
The result of the election for of
ficers, with votes cast for each was as
follows. There were three directors
to be chosen. Each side presented
two candidates. The candidates of
what might be termed the insurgent
party, TO designate those who were
opposed to the old regime, were DR..
Geo. r. Warner and John F. Moore.
OF the opposition, William Camp
bell and w. r. Dudley.
The vote when counted stood as
follows, electing Messrs Warner,
Moore and Campbell:
John f. Moore. 3,643 votes.
DIR. Geo. r. Warner. 3.635 votes
w. r. Dudley, 3.143I2 votes
William Campbell. 3.2521h votes.
For treasurer two names were pro-
posed. DR.. H. II. Bull and w. J.
Meyer. The vote for this position was
as follows;
Dr. II. R. Bull. 2.417.
w. j. Meyer, 2.131.
For the position of secretary the
names of E. e. udlock and Charles
b. Rich were placed in nomination
The vote was as follows:
Il. II. UulOck, z,3bb
Charles B. Rich, 2.192
Had the Warner stock been voted
for Mr.. Rich, or the stock controlled
by Samuel G. McMullin, Mr. Rich
would have defeated his opponent in
the first instance by 1872 votes and in
the last by sixteen. This is shown.
because the stock above mentioned
in every other matter was voted for
the insurgnt camp.
For tn position of attorney there
was only one nominee. James w
Bucklin, who has held the position
for many years. The vote cast for
Mr.. Bucklin was 1888, which was
very complimentary one.
The contest throughout has been
watched with a great deal of inter
est by those on the outside, or by
those who held small quantities of
stock. There has been some little
friction for quite some time, but like
all battles such as has been fought
the atmosphere has been cleared by
the friendly contest and the associa-
tion will move forward as before, as
one of the best in the state.
Neither side can claim a complete
victory, although IL was surprising
the amount of strength, against odds,
which the insurgent side developed in
the struggle. 1t will all be well for
the association, as il tells most plain
ly that the association affairs must be
run on principles of business favor
ing no one. but on strictly business
lines. with no preferred creditors on
the benefits of the association.
The board will meet for organiza-
tion Wednesday night.