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.
lin0iS Central Goes
Over Until Today.
PROXIES EAGERLY SOUGHT
BOTH SIDES CLAIM TO HAVE
MOST VOTES.

Chicago, Oct. .1.-Untll 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 , 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 a 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
show down" The Fish faction, how
ever, declined to consider the plan for a
moment. and Mr.. Cromwell was forced 20
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 it to
the end Of the press table, sat down. with
the remark:
II think you gentlemen can do more to
settle this railroad situation than any
body else"
When asked for an explanation he said:
You can do it by refusing to print one
side of 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 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
resentatives of the press present. AS such
things are now run, the charges are
printed in he papers and the public re-
ceiyes wrong impression, because the
railroad side Of the question Is not given
at the same time. 1t is the first impress
sion that counts. Very often a railroad
Is not able TO 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 10 settle such things is to get to-
and denial go before the public at the
same time. This would do away with
much or the Ill feeling that Is now Gre
ated against the railroad
Case Of the Southern Pacific.
An instance of where the Southern Pa
ciflc was guilty In a sense of violation
OF the law, and in fact was entirely
guiltless, is found in the trouble we had
when the Colorado river broke over its
banks We spent millions of dollars in
forcing the river back into its channel.
1t was too big job for the government
to tackle and We had to do 1t ourselves.
The Colorado Development company.
which did the work, although we paid the
Dill. asked for a rate on the material
which was to be used in damming up the
river. The Southern Pacific quoted to tn a
company the same rate 1t 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. guiltv
of a violation of the law in fact. hut we
were entirely guiltless in spirit
Explanation Would Be Easy,
Many times charges have been brought