The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-16


strong personal magnetisn, but he does
not alieet the air Of naughty reserve
common TO q great many wealthy men.
He e q faithful friend and there g no
sacrifice TOO great for him 70 make for
friendship's sake With tho keeping
Of al ENGAGEMENTS he permits nothing
to interfere, and what he says he VIM
do that he win do 70 the very end.
Although conscious Of his merit and
NOT averss TO anyone else recognizing
Il, he VIII trees q flattereE out In min
ute. and 10 one can pave the way to
his favor by conventional compliments.
BE Is not a maker Of literature but he
knows his newspaper as he knows other
things, and when he wants an editor
ial written he sits down and writes II.
''Mr. Clark Is a wldoWer, with two
sons and two daughters The sons show
the business capacity Of the father.
and the younger one took high rank'at
the University OF Virginia where he
Yves graduated. All the family possess
unusual linguistic ability; they are ali
thoroughly conversant with books mp-
sic, art, current thoughts ana events,
and when they are all together they
constitute an interesting and delightful
family The only ONCE Mr.. Clark ever
held until his election as senator was
president Of the constitutional conven-
tion when Montana was organized as a
state in 1859.
Marcus DAILY, who is the second big-
gest man in Montana, Is as unlike W,
A. Clark as you can imagine He is an
IrIshmaD, claiming New York as
birthplace, and hi has the typical char
acteTlstlcs Of his people He is an In
terestlng man to tax to, good story
teller ana impretses any one at once
by his force Of character. He came
to Montana from Utah about 1880. rep.
resenting j. B. aHaggln. Lloyd Tevls
and George Hearst, Of California, hay
ing only a working interest in the COM
binatlon and little or no means of his
own. BE took hold Of the Anaconda
copper properties OF his principals and
developed them to such an extent that
his interests have amounted In nine
teen years to S2oOOO,OOO. at least thatiis
the estimate put on his wealth, and he
has very little outside of Anaconda
property. The Anaconda. with Its mines
at Butte. Its smeiters at Anaconda, It's
sawmllls in the western part of the
state and its coal in the eastern and
porthern portions. is the largest em-
ployer of labor In the state, employing
10000 people out of a total population
OF 100000. 1t reduces 1000 tons Of ore
every day and during 1893 cut more
lumber than any other establishment
in the United States.
"Daly owns one Of the finest stud
farms in the country in the Bitter Root
valley, and his horses are known on
every first-class race course. He is pos
sibly little older than Clark, and lacks
his health and vigor of constitution,
though Of keener wit and more subtle
in his methods. He Is a born tyrant,
brooklng no interference and insisting
upon having everything his own way.
remember once to have been with him
on his stock farm, where contractor
with a force OF men was building
tremendous barn. 1t was about half
way up when we arrived, and DAILY,
who was absent when the building be-
gan, noticed that 1t was not placed ex-
actly as he had ordered II. He called
up the contractor who explained that
he had made the change to accommo-
date the barn to the ground, whereupon
DAILY cursed him and made him tear
the building down and put 1t up again
as he wanted 1t.
He has a wise wife and family, his
wife's sister being the wife Of Mr.
clark's brother Ross. DAILY is a Ro-
man Catholic and his wife is an Epls-
copalIan.
His ability as an organizer is equal
to Clark's, but he lacks his power Of
Analysing proposition; he has a
stronger influence over men than Clark
has. and his personal following is
greater. He makes men work for him
BY promises that are always fulfilled.
He is a more revengeful man than
Clark, and he is vindictlve in his pur-
suit Of his rival. The feud between
the two men began in ordinary business
rivalry in Butte, but did not fully de-
yelop until DAILY was building his smelt-
era at Anaconda. Water was neces-
sIty at the shelters and DAILY was buy
ing the water rights of Warm Springs
creek, flowing through the town, and
had got about seven-eighths Of them
for some small amount, $4,000 or $l5,-
900, when Clark quietly came in and
bought the remaining eighth. Then
Daily sent his representative to buy
clark's interest. He asked $4,000 for
It which The representative refused 10
give and went away, Next day he
came back to accept the figures, and
clark wanted $4,000. Dnly fumed and
swore, ana day or two later sent his
man back to pay the price, and then
clark wanted 100000. This was offered
next, and Clark asked $4,000, ot.which
price DAILY got 1t. 1 don't say the story
is true, though 1 have always heard 1t,
but l think there is no question as to
the Sl25,O part of 1t. In any event 1t
was a plumb Knockout for Clark, and
1nnlv nwnra vengeance. He bLded his