Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-09-29
MACkAY AND THE SENATE.
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The following gossip regarding
John w. Mackay, is from the
Washington Cd. C)Post.
Mr.. J. w. Mackay, the Nevada
millionaire is indignant at the re-
port that he had . desire to pur-
chase the New York Herald. There
is q good reason to believe that the
only thing Mr.. Mackay would like
to purchase from the proprietor OF
the New York Herald is the latter
interest in the Mackay-Bennett
cable.
Mr.. Mackay has returned to
Washington for two or three days
and is staying at Welcker's with
his lawyer, Mr.. Wood of San
Francisco, who travels with him.
Discussing the relative merits of
various newspapers with a Post re-
porter last night, Mr.. Mackay said
in a casual conversational way:
II think that the Tribune and
Times are the best papers in
America. They are written with
more ability and edited with more
skill than any others. Their infor-
nation is more correct and what
they say can be relied upon. 1t
will bear examination. They are
good papers for the country atlarge,
although 1 believe they have not
the largest circulation in the city. !"
Among other reasons for believing
that Mr.. Mackay would be quite
willing to become the proprietor of
an influential newspaper is the
probability, amounting almost to a
certainty that he means to succeed
Senator Fair, his former partner in
the silver bonanza, as United States
Senator from Nevada.
Mrs. Mackay wants her husband
to be Senator, and, as he has i'm
bibed most of her political aspirat-
ions and ideas in Paris, the prepri-
etorship and control of . newspaper
organ would, in her MUD, be nat
ural corollary to the Senatorship.
Mr.. Mackay's candidature for the
Senate is regarded so much as a
settled affair that the electors of
the State of Nevada are already
reckoning what their votes will be
worth when the two big millionaires,
Mackay and Fair, come into COM
potion at the next election. Mac
kay is said at present to be the more
popular Of the two men in the State
but when election time comes
around, of course popularity will
haYe its price.
There arg not more than about
twelve thousand voters in the State
and q million dollars spent in buy
ing majority would make every
vote worth from $3.50 to 5000. which
is abont the present valuation.
Mackay is supposed tie be worth
over fifty millions. Fairs wealth
comes up pretty close, and it is ex-
pected that competition will be
keen and prices go high at the
next election for the State Legisla-
ture, which will elect Fairs sue
cessor to the United States Senate.
Mr.. Mackay is silent on the sub
beet but 1t is believed that his main
object in visiting Washington at
present is to purchase u site where
in to build a palace that will dwarf
the most magnificent residences in
the capital. Mrs. Mackay it is said
longs to dazzle the American cap
ital with some of the splendid re-
ceptions which haye astonished
Paris during her residence there.
She. cannot be the vile of French
but she may be the wife
Of a millionaire Senator from Ne
vada. and save Washington from
the social blights Of dull Demo
cratic econ omy.
The New Domestic.