The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-15
MAKES ATTACK
ON HARTMAN
STuYVESANT FISH QUOTES COM
MERGE COMMISSION ON HIS
OPPONENT.
He SAVED HARAHAN
Control Of Illinois Central For
Benefit of Pacific
Roads.

replied in detail in Judge Balls court
to the alfidayits filed on behalf OF
Edward H. Hartman, Charles A Pea
body and others, charging him With
bad faith and with misusing the funds
Of the Illinois Central Railroad whila
he was lis president ne supplement-
ed his denial Of these accusations with
a personal attack on Mr., Hartman
The removal from the illinois Cen
trial board If directors 81 such al in
dividual as Hartman was shown rs
the interstate commerce commissions
report No ~ as 4 welcome sign of
restraining morality III the manage
mcnt OF the great corporations Of the
country
/ When the reading Of Mr. Fish's am.
darit was flushed hy Attorney Edgar
II. Fawar arguments On the motion of
the Union Pacific and Railway Seour
tiles Company to dissolve the tempor-
larry Injunction obtained by MT. Fish
which hestrains the voting Of 2S1, 231
Illinois Central Shares owned by these
/ corporations, was begun by Attorney
John J. Herrick A final decision IN
the case which involves the legality
o fthe stock of an Illinois corporation
being owned and voted by another cor
poration was not expected before to.
morrow
Mr. Fish reiterated the statement
that Mr. Hartman is seeking control
af the Illinois Central IN the interest
of the Union Pacific
Mr. Fish in his AFFIDAVIT. which is a
reply to that filed in the name Of
Mr- Hartman and ether directors Of
the Illinois Central declared that b.
has been benefaetor of J. T. Harri-
han, now president fthe Illinois Cen
trial. He asserts that he saved Harm
han from dismissal several years ago
when Hartman aud George A. Pea
body declared that Harahan had out |
lived his usefulness to the company
NV Fish sets forth that there was
perfect harmony IN the RAILROAD com
pauy until the winter Of 19oi-5. when |
Hartman and Peabody Sought the es |
tahiishment Of an executive commit
tee 10 which discretionary power wcse
70 bc delegated he declares in the
aHidayit hat 10 IN curr@d additional
eumity when he refused TO become
party to report white washing" the
officials Of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company
The assertion is also made that Har
rimau and ePabody broke faith with
Fish in 1906 when they agreed that a
man Independent CT any faction was
TO be elected to the directorate to fill
the vacancy caused by the death Of
VIM Morton Grinnell Hartman. be
says. attempted TO secure the cleo
ton Of Henry W. Deforrest, an attor-
ney Of Mr. Haulman's who was also
director of The Southern Pacific. which
is dominated by the Union Pacific.
IN the affidavit made by Mr.. Fish,
he following is included:
~ rs true that it ! obtain majority
lf the proxies I propose 70 put Harri
uan IN the board OF directors of the
lhtuis Central have pledged my
.clf TO- do this aud decm it may duty
% 10 SO. anih ia the interests Of my
self as the holder of 1889 shares If
'tock. aud in the interests of the pa
rous Of the road. of HE people Of llli
iois aud Of the United States and TO
yhom the removal Of such IN iudivid
ri as Hartman is shown r. be by the
Interstate commerce commission re- ,
tort No 1872 welcome sign OF re
urning morality in the management OF
he great corporation of the cnun- :
ry."