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Show MULLEN'S SUCCESSOR. Two Factious in the Union Pacific Directorate Director-ate Would Name Him Some of the Men Whoso Names are Mentioned. Who the successor to Mr. Mellen will be is causing considerable speculation nowadays among railroad men. There is plenty of time yet for the situation to change, for it is not probable that Mr Mellen's successor will be named until after the annual election, elec-tion, which takes place on April 2-t. The Ames contingent is making strenuous efforts to get control of the directorship and if successful suc-cessful the situation seems to indicate that General Freight Agent Monroe will probably be appointed. If. the Gould-Sage combination continues in favor of the appointment of Mr. Leeds, formerly with theJMissouri Pacific, will probably prob-ably follow. Leeds is one of Gould's pets and a flr6t-class traffic manager. The annual an-nual election will be watched for with a great deal of interest, and if the Ames crowd get control many changes are likely to follow. fol-low. In this connection the name of S. T. Smith has beeu mentioned. The Union Pacific is Mr. Smith's ;"first love" in railroading, and though he has declared his intention of staying stay-ing out of the railroad business for a year, he may prove an important faction in the new make-uj, after the "lection. . |