River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-08-31
THROWING AWAY MONEY.
millionaire whose Inclination Was to
BE Generous TO All Corners.

A millionaire Whose Inclination Was to
BE Generous TO All Corners.
Mr.. Stanford gave freely from his
fortune for benevolent purposes. Be
sides the great endowments comirsr
from his bounty he gave away a for
tune each year privately. Having a
reputation for philan .hrophy, the APP
peals made to him were almost limit
less in number, and there is hardly a
known scheme for drawing out money
from the charitable which was not
tried on him daily. He endeavored to
place his gifts where they were de-
served, and was always satisfied that,
even if he were deceived sometimes,
the money he gave would do good in
the end.
Many men more or less prominent in
public life have found him a good
friend at times when they have been
short. He gave out a great deal of
money in personal loans, of which no
record was taken. and greater part
of which was never retained. But a
short time ago a payment of 81 900 was
received from a representative in con-
gress, who was a stranger 10 the sena-
| w. ohb W NlOul itt iidtl itilI ltlt money
without a thought as to whether or not
il would be repaid.
A southern congressman, who failed
few years ago and disappeared from
public view, borrowed 100000 from
Mr.. Stanford before being overcome in
his struggle against debt A late SER
geant-at-arms of the senate got loan
of similar amount in the same free
| and-easy way.
A negro preacher trying to spread
the Gospel through benighted region
of the south was given 5000 without
more ado about it. Another negro
who was working an imaginary chart
liable institution got a few hundred
dollars from the senator. These are
but few sample cases, of which there
was an indefinite number each day.
The senator spent about 500, 900 year
in Washington, and of that sum more
than half was given away. He was al
ways giving in charities, great and
small. He inaugurated the custom of
giving the page boys of the senate each
. at Christmas time. and every year
since he came to Washington he has
given each of the boys in the two tele-
graph messenger services of the city
silver dollar and pair of gloves at
New Years
There were thirty or forty pension
ers on his bounty who got money from
him at the capitol every day. When
he first went into the senate he used to
carry $40 gold pieces in his pocket, and
he would give these to the habitues of
the capitol who sought from him loan
After awhile the senator cut down his
pocket pieces to s. bills, which he found
did just as well. and later still he got
down to the practical basis of thirty
five 81 bills, which he put into his
pocket each day and distributed among
his capitol pensioners. lie never took
a dollar home. This, of course, did not
interfere with his giving his check for
larger sums which were borrows from
him at frequent intervals by persons
10 various walks of life
A great many attempts 10 get money
FROM MIN in other ways than by loans
OF gifts We're made. One method, tried
on several occasions, was TO force uDon
him SOME paper pretending to repre-
sent some claim or others, with the re-
quest that he examine them. These
papers he was liable TO stuff into his
pockets and lose without discovering
what they were. Then he was con
fronted with request TO pay for the
papers, (which were of great value, or
stand suit for damage.
The senator placed the greatest con.
fidence in those whom he employed, but
he appeared to possess gift of
Judgment which enabled him to
select the right person. For
number of years John H. Nc.
earthly, formerly a newspaper
man, and very well known, has been
his private secretary and he was very
largely intrusted with his business aft
fairs, being in charge of the Washing
ton office. Mr. Mccarthy, who is very
shrewd reader of human nature and
gifted with the power of uncovering a
fraud by quick process. has stood be
tween the senator and the vultures
who constantly hover 0about. Many
confidence games have been nipped in
the bud by Mr.. Mccarthy, and much
of the senator's fortune has been kept
out of the hands of impostors. With
absolute confidence the senator has
passed hundreds of thousands of dol
lars through the hands of his private
secretary without safeguard or security
of any sort. and many thousand dollars
re kept in bank here TO Mr.. NcCar-
thy's credit TO draw 4 . his discretion
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