The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-03-27

for figures and politics which lie eventually
deyclopnd. His coliSt ituents selected him
to oppose the spirit and influence OF Lord
john Russells famous letter to Lord Dur
ham. He was elected member OF rarlla-
ment on these simple lines at the general
election Of 1s4:
A tall, silent !i,a,, John Needham was Of
uule. complexion. closely shaverl. had thin
brown hair. dark blue eyes. :; t'es'tating
manner. and was fond Of dress, even to
wo.nanishness. His Irish friends called him
'thc fop.' He invariably wo1t an orchid
in his buttonhole, u diamond on the little
finger of his left hand, frll III his shirt
'front.' and hi. drove the best horses in
town. A.. home in ireland he had been un-
ostentatio,ls in his ostcntatiousness. IL one
may b. allowed to h, paradoxical: fo,
though he dressed better than his neighbors
he never pretended that he could very we'll
afford it. and III: would associate will: the
humblest Ut them ON equal terms.
But from the moment John Neslhanl ar.
rived in London he put on, with his paraia-
mentary honors. thu air of tho man OF
wealth. And he wus accepted ut his own
protested valuation. fIs had the special
faculty ri impressivenexs, the capacity to
iuspiTe trust, the power Ut influence; and
whatever natural gifts Be possessed he had
the art tn exhibit them, without appearing
to do 49, He was essentially clsver man.
vain. politic, 4 man With an ever.active am
hisicn tina, :svs spirit tn his natuya) a.
daeity.
Although In ireland hs e4sctsd not to be
rich. il 10 shrvWdly believed that be- had
apasssd . fair share Of money; for Through
the influences Ut his late fathers banking
,,o,sss, and bis own ability a. solicitor, be.
Obtained the agency cf several Irish proper
tiey, and when the act for the establishment
OF the epcumbered estate commission came
into operation, bis knowledge Enabled him
to make very Advantageous purchases The
railway mania was also turned tp Some ac-
count, and it was understood BY tho party
which nominated him for parliament that
10 could we'll AFFORD to maintain in town q
positicr If dignity and Independence. In
his address at tbe ciose Ut the pcli ~ .;s
favos, be said:
MY old friends, il my descent il not Is
pure Irish a. some. believe me my heart Is
true to the cause, and promise you I am
not going across the Channel to the great
Saxon city yonler without making your
wants known, ,kr without big effort to
hand down to poster;ty the fame of u,a.
dear old borough; and it is also my inten-
ton to give them cause to remember the
'.aue of John Needhamt''
And by the powers he did! But when b.
entered the modern Babylon, the one in.
terest, the one person whom be represented
and meant to represent. was his own in.
terest; the oa, person, himself.
rl. . ,knu "a
says the historian. "'the period was pecu-
liarly favorable" It was a time when dnsn.
cial acun,en, and reputation for it was Of
especial value. MI. Neetlham kne y how to
advertise himself without appearing to do
so. It seemed as ii LONDON had been wait
ing for him, so quickly were his services in
request among tho great financial corpora.
tions Of the day. The name OF John Need
ham, ESQ.,. NJ. F., Mas . name to coniure
with. AT the heati nf Il new board, banking
or railway, IT. gave II new value: to the cosn-
pany's SCRIP. He lervaded tue at1nospbe,,
I" any institution ..'r''.. ~. latrrnized w;rt
= sense Of security
III all his engagements he was p,,,.;.tualitv
'ts'1f. His house in Portland, place was a
nr"lel OF luxurious simplicity, He cave
dinners tt':.', wr.,, the talk OF epieures. not,
lor the t'la' Na:e character OF the menu but.
Tor the perfection 81 the cooking and ser.
vice and thu cScclsen &c OF tho wines. Within
. yea:' Of MS coming 70 Londoa he was
chairman %! great Coreisn railway.
director ot two lines running out of London
managing director OF the Civic Credit com.
pany, director OF The Valley Road Iron and
Coslierv company. chairman Of the Steam
Shipping corporation, and the financial ad.
wiser OF many other equally nota Bile under
:akings Not alone did Ills Irish friends
consult him in their affairs, but English
lords and bishops and great city iinanciers
invested moneys IL any direction that lia
Judgment favored
hut perhaps says thu historian. .the
mcst extraordinary circumstance In bis
metropolitan career was his appointment to
thc very responsible position OF chairman Of
tne National English and County hank.
That he had some little banking expcrience
was true enough. The Needhaiu Joint
Stock Bank Of Ireland was creation al his
own. His grandfather had established a
bank at Sligo. which had carried ON for
many years Il very ''mjt.xl. and, as far as
" known, " very "s:s BUSINESS. Whey
9cnn NeediIau' first put up for a fnancier.
az changed the character Of this little bank.
II winch lie had now acquired sufficient in
noence for the purpose. Into joint stool:
company placing his brother Henry At its
mead as manager AMI sole director. Still
the 'nfatuation which led tho National Eng.
t,sh and County board to appoint him \.
mel: chairman. whom he had not bean
KNOWN in London hardly year, and the
h'@orsti'i:nt 81 i; by the shareholders il al.
most unatvc,ntablc." He was faithful TO
ms great trust. nevertheless; and il is
"'r'h tn! while Ut some clos. stu,l.n- 1T
human nature /" analyz: the character Of
Join eeedhaln with view tn discover how
lar vs. tareer was influenced hx :, uafnrall,