The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-06
rHRowINe Away MONEY.
A Millionaire Whose Inclination Was
to Be Generous to All Corners.
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A millionaire Whose Inclination Was
to Be Generous to All Corners.
From the washington Evening star.
Mr.. Stanford gave freely from his for
tune for benevolent purposes. Besides
the great endownents coming from his
bounty he gave away a fortune each year
privately, Having q reputation for phi
lanthropy the appeals made 10 him for
assistance were almost limitlCss in num-
Der, and there is hardly known scheme
for drawing out money from the charita-
bic which was not tried on him daily. lie
endeavored TO place his gifts where they
were deserved, 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 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
a greater part of which never was return
ed But a short time ago a payment Of
! 81 900 was received from representative
in congress who was a stranger to the
senator, but to whom he had lent the
money without thought as to whether
or not it would be repaid.
Il southern congressman who failed
few years ago and disappeared from pub
! lie view borrowed 100000 from MIR. Stan
ford before being overcome in his strug
gle against debt A late sergeant-at-
arms of the Senate got loan of similar
amount in tine same freeand-easy way.
! A negro preacher trying to spread the
! gospel through a benighted region of the
south was given s., 900 without more ado
| about it. Another negro who was work
! ing an imaginary charitable institution
got few hundred dollars from the sena-
tor. These are but few sample cases, of
which there was an indefinite number
each day. The senator spent about 500,
! 600 a year in Washington, and of that
! sum more than half was given away. He
was always 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 telegraph mes5en-
| ger services of the city silver dollar and
/ a pair OF. gloves at New Years.
| There were thirty or forty pensioners
/ on his bounty who got money from him at
the capitol every day When he first
went into the Senate he used to carry so
/ gold pieces in his pocket, and he would
/ give these to the habitues of the capitol
WIND sought from him Il loan. After a while
! the senator cut down his pocket pieces 10
81 bills, which he found did just as well,
and later still he got down to the praC-
teal basis of thirty-tive Sc bills, which he
put in his pocket each day and distrib-
uted among his capitol pensioners. He
never brought dollar home. This, Of
| course, did not interfere with his giving
| his check for larger sums which We're
borrowed" from him at frequent inter
walls by persons in various walks of life.
A great many attempts to get money
from him in other ways than by loans or
| gifts were made. One method, tried on
! several occasions was to force upon him
some papers pretending to represent
/ some claim or other, with the request
that he examine them. These papers he
was liable TO stuff into his pockets and
lose without discovering what they were.
| Then heNWas confronted with request
10 pay for the papers, (which were Of
| great value, - or stand a suit for damage.
The senator placed the greatest conf
dence in those whom he employed, but he
| appeared to possess a gift of Judgment
which enabled him to select the right
| persons. For a number of years John 3.
/ Mccarthy, formerly a newspaper man,
/ and very well known, has been his pri-
| waite secretary, and he was very largely
| iutruSted with his business affairs, being
/ ia charge of the Washington Office,
! Mr. Mccarthy, who is q very shrcWd
/ reader of human nature and gifted with
/ the power Of unCOvGriaE 4 fraud by a
/ quick process, has stood between the
/ senator and the vultures who constantly
/ hover about. Many confidence games
/ have been nipped in the bud by Mr.. Nc
/ CaIthv, and much of the senator's for
/ tune has been kept out of the hands Of
! inspectors. With absolute confidence the
| senator has passed hundreds Of thou
! sands of dollars through the hands Of his
/ private secretary without safeguard or
/ security of any sort, and many thousand
| dollars are kept in blink here TO Mr.. Me
Carthys credit to draw at his discre-