The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-20
.F|SH'S ATTORNEY
 CLAIMS VICTORY
Judge Farrar Says Fish Has the
 Most Proxies
LAYING LINES FOR FUTURE
Temperance Question Cuts a Figure In the Cities, and Two Dozen Leg islative Candidates Are
 Preachers.

Chicago, October 19,-(Speeial )--When the proxy committee appointed by the contending forces for the control of the Illinois Central railroad closed it's count tonight, Stuyvesant Fish had majority of 10000 proxies, exclusive of those en- joined by Judge Ball.
 lnasmuch as 80 per cent of the vote has been counted, and only the letters .'1r'. 'U', "V'', 'X', "Y" and "Z' are to be counted, the indications point to Fish victory in this preliminary skrmish for the control of the Illinois Central railroad.
 It is possible that the Hartman forces may throw in enough proxies at the last hour to overcome the lead that Mr. Fish has, but the chances are against any such contingency. It was conceded tonight by member of the Hartman forces, who is acquainted with every detail of the sit uation, that Mr. Fish would win in this encounter, but the statement was added that Mir. Hartman would ultimately win because of the fact that he hoped to have the enjoiner of Judge Ball on the 2S6, 7sl shares removed, and there would then be majority too great to be overcome
 Judge Farrar, counsel for Fish, reply ing to this contention of Hartman. said:
 Tn the present fight there Is absolutely no chance for us to lose unless something is done that is the work of the trickster and crook. Regarding those now in en- joinder, l feel that Fish will win out there. Let me be clearly understood. Fish Is not attacking the right of any stock holder to cast his vote. In the stock | held by the corporations outside of that enjoinder. the total number of shares IS 23,924 Of this amount, MT. Fish holds proxies for Ss7S, and 1t Is supposed that MT. Harahan holds the balance of the proxies, amounting to 14,946 If MT. Har- rlman's attorneys intend to have this vote cast out on the grounds that 1t ought to be because the 2S6731 votes have been enjoned and if he is successful, then he will be the net loser by over 5000 votes. in addition to laying himself open to the charge of preventing stockholders from voting.
 We feel that if the Northern Secur- ities case offers a precedent, that Harri- mans attorneys cannot get the enjolned vote counted in an election of Illinois Central directors. Our contention is that Hartman, who is president and director of the Union Pacific, controls 20 6-l0 per cent of the stock of the Illinois Central. and the same man controls n large per centage of stock in the Chicago and AL ton. Chicago and Northwestern and Chi cago, Milwaukee and St Paul roads, all Of which are parallel and competing lines Tn many instances to the Illinois Central. and which is against the ruling of the in terstate commerce commission and the supreme court and the law of the state of Illinois
 But we believe that with this fight won, the fight on December Is will be won without the necessity of continuing the enJoinder upon the stock now set aside for the decision of the courts
 When the people realize that. single handed, against the combined power of Hartman with his almost unlimited re- sources, the wealth of the VanderbiIts. Astors and a dozen other families, and tho Mutual Life Insurance company-wrnen the people realize that Fish took I'D the light and won the battle, they will revoke the proxies that they have given to MT. Harahan and give them to Mir Fish. be- cause they will believe that only right could win against such tremendous odds and December IS will see the Hartman forces completely routed"