Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-15
ONE-MAN RULE NEARS END
Conditions Seem to Point 70 Division of
Power on Union Pacific.
OBJECT TO RESTORE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
Strong Men, fl IL Reported, Are 60
BE Added TO the Executive Com
mittee and Share the
Responsibility.

To change the Union Pacific from one
nan road TO a road governed in fact by
several of the more prominent men In rail-
road and financial circles is said to be the
probable plan of e. II. Hartman, the
zone man" himself.
This change IL to be brought about be-
cause of the developments in the affairs OF
the Union Pacific during the last six
months. or rather from the time Of the
declaration OF the August dividend to the
time OF the Interstate Commerce invest-
cation, or hearing This opinion is said to
be shared by influential and powerful bank
ing interests in both this country and
Europe
By this is not meant that Mr.. Hartman
is TO be deposed or that he will resign nor
is IL thought he Is entirely out Of sympathy
with the move or with the conviction that
the system is too extensive and too much
in the public eye to be a one man line.
II is seen to be desirable from every point
Of view that the responsibilities for such
Of ia acts as atrtct the people generally
be divided among as many strong men as
possible This will be accomplished by
strengthening the executive committee Of
the Union Pacific.
No doubt is expressed but that to the
present time Mr. Hartman has been the
dictator Of the Union Pacific. With strong
men on the board Of directors his prom
inent associates have felt apparently, that
there was little reason to seriously oppose
the wishes OF the man who was able In
a few short years to lift the road out Of
bankruptcy into the ranks OF the leading
roads OF this or any other country.
Power Comes with Success,
His success I'm lettering the physical con-
diton of the road so rapidly brought Mr.,
Hartman into a position OF absolute power,
such as has never been possessed in an
other railroad administration. Although
his associates were most OF them better
known and far Weather than he, the swift
work and glamor OF his success brought a
ready second from them in his most am
bilious plans, even though at the time they
doubted the wisdom OF the course.
Most OF the plans which are now being
carried out are Mr.. Harriman's own. and
It was his own project to strive to control
great roads, east and west. even after the
Northern Securities decision had made
most men cautious. Also IN the case OF the
huge dividend declarations on the Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific last August
the directors did little more than formally
approve the move, n fact which he prac-
tically admitted on the witness stand when
he said It was the directors fault II they
did not know what was coming az he had
intimated II to them.
Since the declaration OF that dividend and
up 20 the time OF the commissions hearing
Il has been made plain TO Wall street and
Europe, and probably 70 the Union Pacific
directors. even Mr. Hartman himself, who
said as much recently I'm an interview. that
his policy had had a bad effect upon the
minds Of the people.
one OF two plans probably will be carried
out Either new directory will be elected
which will be more actively associated IN
handling the AFFAIRS OF the Union PacihC
OF a larger directory will be chosen with
more men who can give their time TO direct
ing the affairs of the road.
Present Executive Board.
The Union Pacihcs executive COMMITTEES
consists OF Mr., Hartman, Henry c. Frick
Marvin Hughitt, Robert S. Lovett and
James stllman. This committee, which is