The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-13
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Roswell p. Flower.
I YESTERDAY no man in this coun-

Z YESTERDAY no man in this coun-
" try outranked Roswell p. Flower
IN respect to personal weight and
influence in the vast undertakings of
the financial world. This morning the
news is that he is dead. In recent times
he has been a figure so conspicuous. at
this country's great money mart, that
the announcement of his sudden death
comes with the force of a shock. The
general public, without waiting for the
(, details of his demise, will conclude
that he was the victim Of the markets
fearful wear and tear; the votaries of
the stock exchange will be concerned
most of all, this morning. to see what
the effect will be of this sudden taking
off of a man whose well-trained finger
was firmly on the pulse of the money
world.
Mr.. Flower was the product of an
unheralded hamlet in Northern New
York and the graduate of a country
store. In many respects he was, at the
age Of thirtyfive. your typical, we'll
TODD country merchant banker. At a
comparatively early time of life, he be-
came rich man in a region where rich
men were few and where a modest for
tune sufficed to put its possesscr in the
ranks of the wealthy He was a tire
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surroundings; jefferson county. rural
precinct in New York, did not afford
the field that suited his ambition 1t
came his way to be placed in control
of the Henry Keep estate-a large one
in its day-and, having ample resources
at his command, Mr. Flower rentured
into a Broadway office and into Wall
street connections when he was about
thirtyfour years old; that was thirty
years ago.
Mr.. Flowers undertakings prospered
his wealth increased: years ago he was
rated to be a man of considerable ac-
count in the realm of finance and spec
nlation. The fact is, however, that Mr..
Flowers most ambitious undertakings
are the affairs of comparatively recent
years. He was a pioneer in the move
ment that has brought Wall street into
its recent gigantic trust operations; he
was at length at the very center of the
movement which has assumed the force.
the proportions and the characteristics
of a whirlwind-by the testimony of
common report he must have multiplied
his millions within three or four years
The stock exchange, moving at an as
founding pace and involving transac-
tions in what appear to be limitless
millions, has been a whirlpool Mr.
Flower was in it. Doubtless, he paid
yesterday, the terrible penalty which
tremendous and undue tension always
exacts. In respect to the market, you
will probably hear the remark, this
morning: After Flower, the deluge''
Yet it is not likely to be that way; null
ti-millionaires who can sway the stock
board have lately become too numerous
a company to make that sequel prob
able.
Years ago, Mr.. Flower zealOusly cher
ished an ambition to achieve success in
politics. When he was not one-quarter
as rich as he has recently been esti-
mated TO be. he felt that he was rich
enough and that he would relish public
life rather than the accumulation of
more money. As in business circles. so
in politics, he was favored by his youth
full surroundings. He was a sturdy
democrat in New YOrk's banner repub-
lican county. There We're few demo-
Gratis up Mr.. Flowers way, SO that. in
his early politics, it was the easier for
him to shine. He became a figure in
state politics; he was heard of. now
and then, in Samuel j. Tildens time.