The San Francisco call., 1897-12-19
THOMAS FLINT JR. 4
One Of the Representative
Young Men Of California.

Young Men Of California.
When the history of the achieve
ments of representative Californians
comes to be written the career OIL
Thomas Flint Jr. will occupy a con-
spicuous place in its pages. The name
of Flint is already celebrated in the
annals of the State, but in the years
to come it will shine with additional
luster. Thomas Flint Jr., a man of
wealth and social standing, possessed
of more than ordinary talents, studi-
Gus, Industrious and ambitious, is rap
idly forging to the 'front.' and among
young Californians none is more de-
servedly conspicuous at the present
time than he.
Mr.. Flint was born in San Juan, San
Benito County, in 1858, and he is con-
sequently 80 years of age. His father
was identified with many heavy enter
prises, in the prosecution of which he
amassed a considerable fortune. AL
though born seemingly to a life of lux
ury, young Thomas preferred a life
of honest toll to an existence of idle
ness. and in his early years he evinced
an aptitude for business affairs, which
matured with years, so that to-day he
is one of the shrewdest financiers in
ments of knowledge by a course in the
public schools Mr.. Flint entered the
Golden Gate Academy in Oakland,
where he prepared himself for course
at Dartmouth College, New Hamp-
shire. After several years spent in
that celebrated seat of learning he
graduated with high honors.
Fortified by the knowledge thus at
tanned young Flint returned to Cali
fornia and began the supervision of
his fathers vast estates in the south
ern part of the State. In this capak
ity he proved himself eminentIy -
thorough business man, shreWd
manager and an industrious worker.
However satisfying the manage
ment of a vast estate might prove to
some natures, it served only to whet
the ambition of Thomas Flint Jr. to
the performance of greater things a
close student of politics, he identified
himself with party affairs, gaining
such popularity that he was elected
State Senator from his district His
course in the Legislature at once won
him fame and the confidence of his
constituents, so that he was the unan-
imous choice of the Senate for chair
man when the illness of Lieutenant
Governor Millard rendered the cleo
tion of a successor imperative. In this
position, as in all others that Mr.. Flint
has served, he has shown that he pos
sesses executive talents of the highest
order.
In fraternal as we'll as in political
circles Mr.. Flint enjoys wide popular
ity. He is a member of many orders
AT recent conclave he was honored
by being elected grand master of Cali
forria, the highest rank conferred
upon Mason in his own State. 1t
is unnecessary to say that Mr. Flint
had many formidable opponents for
the distinction, and that he should be
able at the age of SO years to win the
coveted prize speaks volumes for the
high estimation in which he is held.
Mr.. Flint's friends are urging him to
enter the field for GubernatoriaI hon
ors, and this explains why his naInSn
has been so prominently mentioned re-S
Gently for the Republican nomination
for Governor. The tendency of the
young men to go to the front in politi-
cal affairs is becoming more marked
as the years pass, and it is this prin-
ciple, coupled with Mr.. Flint's popu-
larity in all parts of the State, which
would make his candidacy a winning
force. Mr.. Flint's friends say they
are in the fight to win, and all who
know the young champion for politi-
cal honorS and who are able to appre-
c1ate his devotion and integrity, Sc e
in him the rising star and the promisSN
of great achievements yet to come.