St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-21
KNIGHT IS SNUBBED.
An Englishman Attempts to Take
the Scalp of President Miller,
of the Nicaragua Canal.
His Scheme Roundly Denounced
by the Man He PropOsesed
to Succeed Miller.

New York, April 2O.-There was ali
exciting time at the meeting of the stock
holders of the Nicaragua canal COM
pany called today by George G. knight,
an eX-employe of the company, who
claims to represent a vast amount of
English capital, and who earnestly de-
sires the removal of Warner Miller as
president Of the company and to
have the project entirely reor-
ganlZed. About a score of gentle
men were in attendance whom
Mr.. Knight introduced to the meeting
as stockholders or representatives OF
stockholders. Mr. Knight opened the
meeting by reading a long attack upon
President Miller and the management
of the company i'll general. He declared
that the money Of the canal company
had been wasted in useless salaries and
in getting I'D of canal conventions in
various parts of the country, which
merely furnished junketing expeditions
Tor the officers. According to Mr..
knight, through the operations OF the
voting trust of the stock of the COM
pany, which trust had been prolonged
for TWO years after the time it should
have expired, Warner Miller had
illegally had himself elected presi-
dent of the company. Mr.. Knight
said he proposed to have the stockhold-
ers of the company take action at once
to have AIR. Miller removed. He an
nounced that beside the EngliShmen be
represented ne also had large American
interests behind him. Altogether he
said he represented 80 per cent of the
total outstanding capitalization OF The
company.
He proposal by name. Mr.. Weed, as
successor to Mr.. Miller. The latter, he
intimated, would be peculiarly accept
able to his parties because Of the peculi-
arly happy connection Mr.. Weed had
with the present administration at
Washington. Mr.. Knight read scheme
for an entirely new canal company, to
be organized both under English and
American charters, which would
complete the canal. By the plan
of this company both the British and
American governments would have the
joint use for naval purposes Of the
canal Smith NJ Weed rose at the con-
clusion of Mr.. Knights speech and said
he came to the meeting to protest
against the use OF his name i'll any way
with the movement which Mr.. Knight
said he was engineering. Tuning to
Mr.. Knight, ne said:
Your statements in reference to the
company and its management are every
single one of them untrue"
Mr. Weed grew vigorous as he denied
in detail the statements made by MIR.
Knight. He said he protested IN the
name of Nh Cleveland against the base
lmputatiOn that it needed a man of
the presidents political faith to
present the canal matter to the admins
tration. He took it upon himself to say
that there was no man in the country
who would be better received at the
head of the enterprise than Mr. Miller.
Mir. Knight, Mr.. Weed thought, did not
understand the American parties.
His whole moyement he believed,
had been organized to injure
the canal company. he denied that
Mr.. Miller had been illegally elected
president of the company, and said that
he had received a majority of the votes
outside the stock held in the voting
trust. lie closed by saying that the
American people would never permit
the English government to have joint
interest i'll the canal. No action was