The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-18
COMMITTEE NOT
ABLE TO REPORT
Election of Directors for the H.
linOiS Central Goes
Over Until Today.
PROXIES EAGERLY SOUGHT
BOTH SIDES CLAIM TO HAVE
MOST VOTES.

Chicago, Oct .7.-Until three men who
are locked in room assiduously count
ing proxies are able to report to the
stockholders of the Illinois Central rail-
road, there will be no election of directors.
Twice today the stockholders assembled.
only to be told that the proxy inspectors
were not prepared to report. The adjourn
ment was taken after 3 o'clock in the
afternoon and carried the meeting over
until tomorrow at 2 o'clock. The attor-
neys for Mr. Hartman, who have all
along been anxious to push matters 10 a
speedy conclusion. chafed sorely under
the delays imposed by the proxy inspect
ors.
Proposition Turned Down.
When it was evident at the morning
meeting that the committee would not be
able to report, Mr.. Cromwell went to
Judge Edgar Farrar, who represents Mr..
Fish, with the proposition that all the
proxies should be thrown upon table
in the general meeting and that conflict
ing proxies should be thrown out. This
would have killed all the revocations that
have been made, and the proposition was
promptly declined by Judge Farrar. Mr..
Cromwell explained himself as anxious for
a "show down" The Fish faction, how
ever. declined to consider the plan for a
moment, and Mr.. Cromwell was forced 70
acquiesce in the delay.
Harriman's Talk to Reporters.
While the meeting was waiting for some
other word from the committee, in order
TO determine the time to which the ad-
journment should be taken, Mr.. Hartman
picked up his chair and, carrying il to
the end Of the press table, sat down, with
the remark:
81 think you gentlemen can do more to
settle this railroad situation than any
body else"
When asked for an explanation he said:
Give Both Sides a Chance.
You can do IL by refusing to print one
side of a proposition until you have seen
the man on the other side and let him
have his say at the same time. / am sick
and most other men are sick of continued
attacks made on the railroads. When
charges are made against a railroad. the
proper thing to do is to refrain from pub
fishing them until the party bringing the
charges and the representatives of the
railroad have had conference with rep
resentatlveS of the press present. As such
Things are now run, the charges are
printed In he papers and the public re-
celves wrong impression, because the
railroad side of the question is not given
at the same time. II is the first impress
sion that counts. Very often a railroad
Is not able 10 make a reply for several
weeks after the charges have been made
and the denial is not then noticed, because
the matter is no longer fresh news The
way to settle such things is to get to-
gether at the outset and let the charge
and denial go before the public at the
same time. This would do away with
much OF the Ill feeling that is now Gre
ated against the railroad.
Case of the Southern Pacific.
An instance of where the Southern Pa
ciflo was guilty in sense of a violation
Of the law, and in fact was entirely
guiltiess, is found in the trouble we had
when the Colorado river broke over its
banks. We spent millions of dollars i'm
forcing the river back into its channel.
II was too big a job for the government
to tackle and We had to do it ourselves.
The Colorado Development company.
which did the work, although we paid the
bill, asked for rate on the material
which was to be used In damming up the
river. The Southern Pacific quoted to thu
company the same rate it charges against
itself for the transportation of its own
supplies This was a different rate from
the one legally established for handling
OF such stuff. We are, therefore. guiIty
of a violation of the law in fact. but we
were entirely guiltless in spirit