The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-24
JTTE. MONTANA: TUESDAY. MAY "a, 1881.

along the street without stubbng his toes
against every curb-stone or humping against
the lamp-posts, it is with the sure, agile
tread ofthe leopard Not an action, trait,
amovement, whim, but the worshippers of
wealth will twist into something meri:orious
and distingne. We are told that Flood has
IN him all the immense capacity for doing
and daring which gave Broderick national
fame ; that he governs the Nevada Bank
with sure, splendid intellect that wouldma
him fine secretary ofthc treasury" OfJohn
Mackey we are told: ''He is well read, knows
all about the outside world, keeps himself
abreast OF the current thought and literature
Of the tiue. There are few men better in
formed as to what the world knows and does
than John w. Mackay. OF his generosity
there are stories that remind us of Monte
Christie. OF his kindness and princely ways
all who know him can speak" OF James q.
Fair similar trash IS written, and the de-
ceased OBrieu comes in for his share of full
some praise, because he vas the possessor Of
millions.
The truth about all of them is that they are
ordinarily jntelligent half educated, lucky
Irishmen, with nothing great or remarkable
about them except their pocket books. Flood
and O;Rren were bar keepers in SaE Fran
cisco some years ago, and didn't know any
more than hundreds of other bar keeper Is.
| Nobody ever suspected them then Of being
great III any sense, there not being The slight
| est foundation for ANY such suspicion. They
/ would have remained barkerpers or prorlle-
| tols of a saloon t" this day hut for lucky
| speculation in the stock of a wilGcat mine on
! the Comsock. BY "roping in' their acquaint-
| ancrs and selling their own stock at the right
| time they made a stake and laid the 'uncatlon
! OF their fortunes. Had the next turn Of the
market been the wrong way. the Nevada
! Bank would never have been heard OF, and
| the world would not to-day be- illnminrt by
the light of Mr.. Floods splendid intellect.
Mr.. Flood is a selfish man, an1 made his
money by luck and at til" expense Of other
stock gamblers. He is not al educated man,
nor is he one to lie selected from the throng
tor any superiority Of Intellect. Others have
MAD" Ibitu'> JUST dS liz uAN '!Sl'!dJ iiiS Ito'
as much sAaacity, bat their luck tlrnedon the
next deal or they lost their money through
placing too much reliance upon lb" WOr'l OF
Mr. Flood. and they are not keald Of.
Billy O.Blrn was a trrquenter Of saloons
before he made his fortune, and he never was
ANYTHING else to the day of his death. He Wa:
content to let his partners take care Of his
business whl" lie H!atiiied his taste for q
uor and bar-room cUmpani"n>Fip. john "
Nackav is a man Of good hard sense, but il il
, simply absulu to say thai he keeps hin,Sel
abreast of the current thought and literal ar
, of the world. His conversation does not in
/ dicate il. He is rough and 4ruti in manner
! laciturn to the extreme and is liable 10 eN
press his thu9Ms now as protaneiN as whel
f ne was d miner. lie has strong p"judice>
/ ami iu politics is apt to apply ucompllmen
; 1ayy names to those who DO not agree wit
t him. Yet john Mackay is a very good Sol
v of man, IS generous to hi, friends and has tn
q rare GOOD sense 1T not being inflated Wit
t couret because he j. rich. Bat there is not}
. ing of the Monte thri>'o about him. and it
silly to attempt to make him out Il hero or
V romantic character in any respect.
l. The whole truth is that lucky discover
!, made hy miners in their employ brought til
It millions to the Golfers of these mcn. III
v Ronanza crowd alt not men of genius or e!
k 1raordinalv ability, and it is all nonsense