Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-08-19

dition of the mine being such as
shown by the report of Mr.. Gillies,
concurred in by Mr.. Knox himself
80 about the country making state
ments of that character? Can you
conceive of any motive that Mr..
Knox could have had for so doing
other than a desire to destroy public
confidence in the company's prop
erty?
Mr.. Knox in his circular letter
complains that Immediately after the
Reno meeting we began soliciting
1 proxies for the annual meeting to be
held September 18th. We admit it,
and submit hat any stakeholder of
the company has the right to solicit
proxies and no one has the right to
complain at such action, unless the
person who seeks to procure proxies
resorts to falsehoods or m~isrepresen-
tations in order to secure them.
Again he says: ''They have secur-
ed some proxies, which possibly they
could not have secured had they not
declared that they were for Knox
for president, Nothing but over
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Mr.. Knox could have betrayed him
to indulge in this rehabilitation.
Again he says. Their aim Is "a ma
jority of the board of directors
whose province it is to control the
policy of the company"
We say that u aim is to use all
honest means and to make every
honest effort to prevent Mr.. Knox
from obtaining absolute control over
the business and affairs of this COM
pany, and it Is to the interests of
every stakeholder in the company to
use his efforts to thwart the schemes
of Mr.. Knox. Mr.. Knox is one of
the large stockholders of the com
pany, and we recognize his right to
be represented on the board of di-
r%ectors, but he cannot safely be
trusted with the control of the com
pany's affairs.
He says also: They would will
ingly concede the presidency to Knox
and then tie his hands by the action
of an adverse board. Under such cir
cumstances | would not accept tie
presidency.
The desire of Mr.. Knox is and has
always been Cand it finds expression
in the language Of his letter Just
quoted that he alone should be per-
mitted to dictate in all matters the
management and policy Of the eorl-
pany, and that the only duty resting
upon the other directors is to regis
ter his will. He is so lost in admira-
tion OF himself and has such an e
allied notion of his ability that he is
incapable Of recognizing that it is
the sworn duty of every director to
be guided by his own best Judgment
when dealing with the affairs Of the
company. His idea of the duty of a
director of this company is to follow
blindly wherever he would lead. Evil
IDENTITY he has pursuaded himself that
he is infallible, and whenever any
director has the temerity to advocate
anything in the interest of the COM
pany, which is opposed by him, he
looks upon it as a personal offense,
and such director %thereupon becomes
persona non grata to Mr.. Knox.
Candor is an element that is entirely
wanting in Mr.. Knox's character. In
his efforts to accumulate riches he
would never stop to take into con-
sideration the welfare or interests of
any other person, although he stood
in the relation Of agent to such per-
son, as he stand here towards all the
stockholders of the company. The
present very prosperous condition of
the mine is due alone to the vigorous
and intelligent direction of work of
our recent general manager, Mr..
Gtllies, who took charge of the prop
erty as general manager the middle
of October, 1904. 1t is only neces-
sary to contrast the condition of the
property as it was when Mr.. Knox
was superseded as general manager
by Mr.. Gillies, with the present con
dttton to convince anyone that the
company is not indebted to Mr.. Knox
for anything accomplished under his
supervision. This will be fully sub
stantiated at the Stockholders meet
ing.
Mr.. Gillies was selected as general
manager On the recommendation of
Mr.. Macdonald. MI. John A. Kirby
has been in charge from the LIST OF
the present month only; we have inn
plicit confidence in his ability to car
ry on the work so ably prosecuted
under the supervision OF Mr.. Gillies.
We do not ask you to send 70
either of us a proxy to represent you
at the annual meeting. We do urge
upon you to be personally present
If possible, so that we may be
brought face to face with Mr.. Knox
in your presence, in order that you
may determine for yourself whether
or not he has been masquerading-
whether or not the mask is then talk.
en- from him.
If Won are unable to nttend in nor.