Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-09-12
LATEST PHASE OF THE RICH
MOND IMBR0GLIO.
MANAGER pRoBfRT's SUCCESS CERTAIN.
Messrs. Brereton, BayIiss and Bow
ers Throw Up the Sponge.
BAYLIss ON THE SITUATION IN THE
LONDON MINING JOURNAL"

More than one year ago was inaugurated
a crusade, by an intriguing clique Of the
Richmond indictments, against Manager
Probcrt's method Of managing their prop
erty in this country, which for downright
persistency and coarse abuse stands I'M
paralleled in the annals of mining organi-
cations in either this or any other country.
But Notwithstanding all the abuse, all the
acrimonious language, and the trumpet
up charges Of ineficiency openly brought
against him, the Committee have thus far
failed to successfully impeach him, or even
to get more than a corporal s guard of their
former adherents to believe him guilty as
charged in the numerous counts contained
in their $50, 900 Report. This dearly bought,
voluminous document is now, whatever
prestige it might have had formerly, q
dead letter in rs far as it may be regarded
as having any further influence in promot-
ing fresh disorder in the ranks of the
Richmond shareholders. Its ambitious
authors, like all little great men, have had
their day, said their say and spoke their
piece, each in his turn, fondly, though, as
the sequel has shown, vainly hoping that
he had acquitted himself of a service
which would entitle him to q niche in the
Richmond temple, thus forever embalm
his name in the memory of all future
shareholders, and carry it dow through
the cycles to the remotest posterity. Pride
and conscious greatness rave ruined many.
The first lost heaven to his satanic majesty,
while the last was q quality which he
found, when t~oo-late, he possessed not in
as eminent a degree as he imagined he did.
So with the Richmond Commission. Their
pride and self-suffieiency arrived at nothing
short of subjecting the entire control of
the Richmond to their own sweet wills. In
this, however, they have, we are glad to
say, failed most signally; for, with them
selves and their duped forces being now
leaderless, have forced upon them the al
tentative of bowling to the inexorable or Of
still further continuing to make them
selves the laughing stock Of the world.
Mr.. John Bayliss, holder, more fearless,
and possessing by far the most ability of
any one Of his faction, has with his usual
k~cenness foreseen that such would be the
end therefore, he has very wisely. we
think, withdrawn from the contest. What
motives induced him to take this step are
of course best known to himself, and are
set forth in the plaintive winding
up Of a long letter to the London
Mining Journal of August "a, wherein
he d%olorously bewails the failure Of
his efforts to prove Mr.. Probert I'M
worthy the conf lence of his company.
This is AN inglorious ending OF an affair
which at time promised to
equal, il not to eclipse Burke's celebrated
indictment of Warren Hastings. Dark
indeed must be the prospect for future OPP
position to Mr.. Probert's tenure of Office,
when we behold this Rupert Of his party,
and its Texsites, D~rereton's, proclaiming
themselves beaten hon Sc, foot and dragon.
Following is the portion of Mr.. John
Bayliss' letter to which we have called at
~tention. Referring to the i~mpregnability
of Mr.. Probert's position, hesays:
In ignorance Of this ! have been working
continuously in opposition to the advice of
my medical adviser, and at great personal
sacrifice of comfort and convenience il is
" the last straw that breaks the camel's
back" and in the present condition of
affairs, and the Directors having placed all
controlling power virtually in the hands
Of Mr.. Probert, l have neither heart nor
strength TO make further efforts against
such a combination of untoward circum-
stances, n have decided to sell my shares
and to withdraw from all further active
participation in Richmond affairs. The
work and anxiety of the past nine months
has nearly killed the Chairman, and l very
much regret to say he is still very i'll and
incapacitated for business. l have long
felt that it was e~ndangering my own health,
and it is due to others that | should take
care that neither future work or anxiety Of
Richmond business should lay me on a bed
Of sickness. ! do not like to %relinquish an
unfinished task, and it intensely Notifying
for me to do SO, bat the case appears to me
hopeless, and really there is no encourage
ment to continue it. "A straw shows
which way the wind blows and l observe
from the register that Mr.. Edward Bower,
the director who retired from the office a
few weeks ago, has since sold all his shares
except four. He has been director from
the first, and was a '.first director and if
he, with his intimate knowledge of the
company's affairs, does not think it wise
and prudent to hold more than four shares
in the company, it may prove prudent OF
my part to follow his example. l shall,
however, retain 10 shares to entitle me to a
copy Of Mr.. Probert's defence, also to be
present at the shareholders meeting when
MIR. Probert appears, and further to enable
me TO record a vote in his favor if his de-
fence should prove that he is fairly entitled
to the confidence of the shareholders, and
if not then, to satisfy my conscience by
recording my vote against him and his
past management. JOHN BAyLIss.
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