The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-09
THROWING AW1T MONEY.
A Millionaire Whose Inclination Was 10 be
Generous to All Corners,


Mr.. Stanford gave freely from his for
tune for benevolent purposes. Besld IS
the great endowmants coming from his
bounty he gave away a fortune each
year privately Having reputation for
philanthropy. the appeals made TO him
for assistance were almost limitless in
number and there is hardly n known
scheme for drawing out money from the
charitable which was not tried on him
daily. lie endeavOred TO place his gifts
whore they were deserved, and was al
ways satisfied that. even IL he were de-
ceived sometimes. the money ne 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. lie
gave out a great deal Of money in per
sonal loans. OF which no record was
taken, and "A greater part OF which was
never returned. But short time ago
a payment Of $1,000 was received from a
representative in Congress who was a
stranger TO the senator, but 10 whom he
had lent the money without a thought
as 80 whether or not IL would be repaid
4 Southern congressman who failed
lew years ago and disappeared from pub
lie view borrowed 100000 from Mr.. Stan
ford before being overcome in his strug-
gle against debt. 4 late sergeant-at-arms
Of the Senate got a loan Of a similar
amount In the same free-and-easy way.
\ negro preacher trying to spread the
gospel through a benighted region OF the
south was given 5000 without more ado
about It. Another negro who was work
ing an imaginary charitable institution
got q few hundred dollars from the sem
atOr. These are but few sample cases,
Of which there was an indefinite number
each day The senator spent about s5@,Wv
a year ia Washington. and Of that sum
more than half was given away. He was
always giving I'm charities. great and
small lie inaugurated the custom Of
giving the page boys Of the Senate each
five dollars at Christmas time, and every
year since he came 20 Washington ne
has given each of the boys i'm the two
telegraph messenger services Of the city
q silver dollar and a pair Of gloves az
New Years.
There were thirty 10 forty pensioners
on his bounty VINO got money from him
at the CAPITOL every day. When he first
went into the Senate he used 10 carry
twenty dollar gold pieces In his pocket,
and ne would give these 10 the habitues
Of the CAPITOL who sought from him
loan. After n while the senator cut down
his pocket pieces 90 five dollar pllls, when
h. found did Just as well, and later sun
he got down 10 the practical basis or
thlrty-hve two dollar bills, which he put
IN his pocket each day and distributed
among mis- Capitol pensioners. He never
brought a dollar home. This, Of course,
aid not interfere with the giving his check
for larger sums which were borrowed
from him at frequent intervals by per-
sons IN various walks Of life.
4 great many attempts 10 get money
from him In other ways than by loans
or Gifts We're made. one method urea
on several occasions, was 10 force upon
him some papers pretending 70 repre-
sent some claim or other, with the Ie-
oucst that ne examine them. These pa
pers be was liable 20 stuff into MS pockets
and lose without discovering what they
we're. Then he vas confronted with
request To pay for the papers. 'whieh
we're OF great value" or stand suit Tor
damage. -
The senator placed the greatest conn
deuce I'm those whom he employed put
he aDpearal 20 possess GIT OF JUG
ment which enabled him 20 select the
rieht persons. For n number OF years
John b. Mccarthy. formerly "A ne"spap +r
man. and very well known, mas Deen MS
private secretary. and he was very laIs@y
irtrusf.d with his business affairs, being
iu charge OF the W dSHiuhty ''.N
Mccarthy who IS q very shrewd reader
~ human nature and gifted with the
mower OF uncovering a fraud by a quick
nrocess has stood between the senator
and the vultures who constantly mover
about. Many confidence games have been
nipped in the bud by Mr.. Mccarthy ana
much Of the senator's fortune has been
l,ant ont Of the hands OF impostors. win
absolute confidence the senator has passe,l
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars through
the hands Of his private secretary win
out safeguard or security OF any 49,,
a. bark here 10 Mr.. McCarthy's credit
~ draw al his Observation-Disclosures