The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-30
senator clark and Marcus DAILY.

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Ell Perkins sends the following from
Anaconda. Mont:
There is fun brewing over here in Mon
tana. Yesterday I had the pleasure Of
riding on the Northern Pacific from Butte
10 Anaconda with Marcus DAILY Marcus
and Senator Clark are neighbors in Ana
oonda They are both Democrats, and
both rich and powerful lions, but each
wants the other 10 be a lamb one must
be swallowed before peace can come to
Montana.
The newly elected senator, Clark. is a
nifty -millionaire. while MIR Daily IS a
twenty millionaire. Mr.. DAILY said: Clark
IS nice man, but he hasn't got a seat
IN the Senate yet" Then Mr.. DAILY look
ed out OF the window at the great cheru-
Dim OF smoke that lowered over the An
nconda copper smelters. May be" con-
| uhued Marcus, 1T may turn out a second
Foneroy-Grimes case, such as they had
IN Kansas. That would be sad"
Montana, with its thousands Of miners,
Is democratic, SO when Daily and Clark
pulled the Democratic senators apart
some Republicans had 10 be won over
Ihey We're sound Republicans and were
sworn TO stand for the tariff on Montana
| Wool, and II took a good deal of Lnflu-
ence 10 get them to vote for Mr.. Clark
Ihen When the Republicans were beng
! lhfluenced by large sums of money some
democrats became weak and wanted 10
| De ifIiueneed, too. A hundred thousand
dollars changed hands, but no one seems
10 nave any athdavitS yet to show who
| got it.
AT Big Timber the Republicans burned
| thelr Republican senator, w. ". Beas.ey,
| IN efflgy and painted ''bribe taker'' on his
Iorehead and traitor to his party" on his
trousers.
MI. Beasley was displeased at this. and
now some of his townsnen are indicted
ana are TO be tried for libel, and letters
and affidavits are flying in the wind. Butte
mas become babel of discussion and An
aconda Is all torn up. Men run out from
| the roulette tables and scream AGAINST
| treason and bribery in the street Even
the drums of the Salvation Army have
been snenced by the babelonian sbrieks
OF Danes, Swedes, Cornishmen and Irish
Tor ana against bribery and corruption.
Marcus DAILY is silent himself. but ad-
mis- that If men sold out for money
lmore money viii make them tell the
| truth"
Mar. Daily Is a kind-hearted man. who
came up from miners dinner pail. and
the boys all like him. while Mr.. Clark is
much respected as a great scholastic man.
lie kept country store, and, once. when
the whole country was covered with snow
and long blockade had stopped the rail-
roads he bought up all the baking pow
der in Butte and Anaconda 1t became
scarce Miners traded gold dust for bak-
| ing powder, and Clark made $50 600
With this he went to Boston and heard
| some mine brokers talking about rich cop
copper mine in Arizona, which could be
had for $4,000. Clark started for Arizona.
had every foot of the mine assayed, found
it fifty times as rich as Boston thought ii
to be and bought it on the spot. These
Arizona copper mines are worth $4,000,
900 now.
The difference between Mr. DAILY and
Mr.. Clark occurred this way.
A poor miner in Anaconda owned a wa
ter right. Water rights are valuable in
smelling copper and silver The miner
wanted to sell it and called on Mr.. DAILY.
| who really needed 1t.
Il don't think 1 want it," said Mr.. DAILY,
but I'll accommodate you If you let it go
cheap enough"
"Well. 81, OOO'' said the miner. How will
that dor"
TOO much" said Mr. Daily, who as a
sportsman was doing little "bluffing. -
Come and see me later"
The next day the miner saw Mr.. Clark
who knowing how valuable the water
right was to DAILY, asked him the price
w men lie lOuHu II was SIUOO ne handed
the man check and smiled to himself as
he lit cigar and thought of Brother DAILY
month after this Mr.. Clark said to Mr.
Daily Marcus. you ought to have that
Higgins water right. You need it"
I'm have it soon," said DAILY. I'm deal
ing with Higgins now
But 1 have it," said Clark 1.-The mar
was poor and wanted 81, 900 and I took it.
What you got it!' exclaimed Daily
land you'H sell it to me?"
Eyes, you need it more than IL
"And for how much?"
'Oh, $15O,O00."
Mr.. Daily drew a long breath, but paid
c>,e $150,00O for the water right.
This estranged the two millionaires.