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NEW ORLEANS CONTROL IS CHANGED The SullivanRennyson Party Overwhelmingly Beaten in Mondays Election NEV OKLEANS La May By an over ¬ whelming majority a new board of directors was elected here yesterday to take charge of the IlusU ness Mens Itacing Associations affairs The ticket advocated by supervisor I B Kennyson Attorney John P Sullivan and members of the com ¬ mittee of stockholders organized as a harmony committee was overwhelmingly defeated by the ticket was sponsored by Placide Frigerio Thomas C Anderson EddyScathing and Itobert S Eddy Scathing statements statements which it is ex ¬ pected will tend to encourage a strong fight against racing by the reformers were made late tonight by Messrs Sullivan and Itennysoii They attributed the whole upheaval to Mayor Martin Behrmans determination to gain complete control of the asso ¬ ciation ami predict the downfall of cleau racing here hereThe The FrigerioEddy board comprises B C Meflel land Henry It Pedarre Frank It St John Hamp ¬ ton Keynohls Albert Tujague Abraham Burghis August I Lettellier Itobert S Eddy and Arturu Deli Orto Messrs Lettellier Eddy and Dell Orto served on the old board boardThe The ticket of the harmony committee was de ¬ feated 59 to 14i Few of the 599 votes were cast bv persons owning stock Frigerio and Eddy were armed with proxies from the great majority of stockholders and voted their stock stockMembers Members of the harmony committee as well as stockholders who held out against politicalizing racing openly declare they will be as active iu their efforts to have racing abolished here as they were to keep it ou a firm footing footingSuch Such statements however may l e discounted as coming out of the heat of a bitter contest A new mannger in place of Joseph A Murphy will probably l stlffted lit is likely to H a local man Before hi left New Orleans Mr Murphy is said to have secured a release from his contract the first term of which had expired The racing battle just over is pre ¬ liminary to and wound in with a content for the mayoralty between Mayor Behruian awls John 1
