The Cairo bulletin., 1907-09-27
'SHALL j. P.
CONTROL !. C.2.
FISH SAYS THIS Is POINT TO BE-
DECIDED BY THE STOCK
HOLDERS.
REPLIES TO HARAHAN
Says Hartman is One He is After
But That He Would Lick
Harahan If He Didn't
Lay Down.

New YORK, sept. -J- StuyNcSanl
Fish this evening made public reply
to the circular letter sent out Tues
Illinois Central, in which he declares
that the charges made by Mr.. Hara-
han are not new, but had been pub
lshed long ago, and each met by me
and disposed Of
But the point at issue, to be de-
cided by the stockholders OF the Ill.-
ncis Central at the coming meeting,
is nowhere touched rpon," says Mr..
Fish That issue is this: Shall the
Illinois Central become mere feeder
and fattener of the Union Paeific?'
The six-foot, broad-sholudered finan-
tier seemed amused to think that the
open letter of j. T. Harahan president
of the Illinois Central railroad might
aive anyone the impression that he is
hard up and obliged to mortgage h $
house and tie up his income.
When asked il the sudden calling cf
the Sl500,000 loan he had received
from the railroad had compelled a
lasting cuftailment of expenses or
had interfered with Mrs. Fishs usual
Newport campaign, Mr.. Fish said:
Il would not discuss my wife's af-
fairs with any one, but guess she is
not worrying. do not care a snap
about the social world myself, but |
am probably better able to spend
money today than ever before, and
guess ! am spending more.
Aside from the reply of Mr.. Fish
to the sweeping attack upon his per-
sonal credit. financiers throughout
the country are interested in the
probability Of amazing developments
and ths revelation of carefully guard
ed secrets in the i.lsh Hartman bat
tie.
Mr.. Fishs friends declare that an
attempt is being T.ade to make him
the victim of widespread con
spiracy among insurance and railroad
officials because of his open stand
against certain methods of the busi-
ness.
Mr.. Fish himself refuses as yet to
mention names in connection with the
reports, but admits that 1t was the
hostility of an insurance official
which brought the first demand for
the quick repayment of the $1.500,009.
He admits that f. H. Hartman lent
him the money to repay the first loan,
but then suddenly turned against him
and Mr.. Fish was again obliged to
make quick raise of funds
THAT man Harahan is simply the
parrot for Hartman" said Mr.. Fish
| win continue right on after Harri
man. They may start as many stories
against me personally and officially
rs they wish, but Just wait and see
what is coming"
In discussing Mr.. Harahan, Mr. Fish
is quoted as saying:
"Oh, I'm not after him at all. I'm
after Hartman; he is the man |
want"
We'll, If Mr.. Harahan were here
row and in the light of what he has
written about you, would you give
him a good, stiff punch on the jaw?'
you het | would, But the son of a
gun laid down so easily last time that
he quickly gets out of ones reach
Hartman was a bigger borrower
from the Illinois Central than | ever
thought Of being" continued MIR. Fish,
yet now he tries to bring my loan
H. against me as a fault"
Wall street heard today a circum-
stantial story that the letter of Presi
dent Harahan. attacking Stuyvesant
Fish. ana replying to the latters
charges against the Hartman man
agement of the road. was prepared i'm
the office of the Union Pacific rail
road company. 1919 Broadway by f.
II. Hartman. A. G. Hackstaff and r
5. Lovett