Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-05

request on his part, was the same they
would nave paid Mr.. MCGEE. Referring to
the report Of the committee. he stigma
tized Il as o compilation Of fallacies, Of
conclusions founded upon false data, and
80 misleading that the ooner 1t was con-
signed to the limbo Of forgotten things the
better for all. tCheers. There was not
O statement in 1t which could not be chal-
lenged, and, with the exception Of some
tables which we're taken from the Office,
there was absolutely nothing which could
be relied upon. The atlas had been taken
bodily from plans which he had himself
prepared at Eureka, and ready to their
hands, with the exception of n or two,
which they could buy for a dollar, and the
model which they took credit for was pre-
pared at San Francisco by his own order,
and sent TO Eureka. In conclusion. he
would say hat he was willing TO abide by
the decision Of the meeting. He could not
be the knave the committee wished to
make out, or they would have proved 1t.
The committee were disappointed that,
Notwithstanding all their efforts, they
could not make him out a thief. They
''shadowed" him all the time they were
there. They had spies appointed to watch
him at Eureka, and those most disaffectcd
towards the company we're their infor-
mants and their constant associates. Loud
cries Of 'sShame ri \ = The same
system was pursued at San Francisco, and
after their departure he found they had not
only been inquiring into the business Of
the company, but into his own private bus
mess and the details Of his domestic life,
and had even zone into Mr.. Meyers Office
and asked questions concerning his (Mr.
Probert's) private life, which honorable
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ask. Loud cries Of 1Shame ," \ \ \
He emphatically repudiated the charge Of
having speculatsd in the shares OF the
company, and said the fullest information
as to the prospects and condition Of the
mine had always been tent straight to the
office in London. He wanted to know
whether the shareholders endorsed the
action Of those three gentlemen ON the
board in withdrawing his proxy. mo, no.
He wanted them now to take up his quar-
rel, because he had q quarrel, and q very
serious one and he wanted them to take
out of his heart the bitterness which had
been there so long. He had been living
under a sense Of burning wrong for months
and months, and he asked them now to
put In end to it.
Mr.. Probert resumed his scat amidst
loud and continued cheering.
AZ tue COucluSlOu Oh MT. fTODcft6 re-
marks Mr.. =. Pope, @. c., offered the fol-
lowing resolution of confidence, which,
after some discussion, was enthusiastically
adopted. there being but three dissenting
voices. and they from the Committee OF
Investigation Z
Resolred /: That this meeting, having re-
ceiyed and considered the reply Of Mr..
Edward Probert to the report of the late
Committee Of Investigation, and having
heard the personal statement which he has
now made, is Of the opinion that he has
satisfactorily answered and disproved tho
charges and allegations brought against
him by the Committee loud cheers and
that he is entitled to the continued conf
dence and support of the shareholders hear,
hear and to this expression Of their APP
proval of his conduct and management OF
the affairs of the Company at Eureka.
Then Messrs. Stewart, Maybury and
Pulbrook passed in their designations, as
members of the Board, and the proceed
ings terminated.