The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-01
MARCUS DALY,i
MONTANA,'S SENATOR

H. I. Cleveland in the Chicago Times
Herald
One time when Marcus Daly-Daly Of
Anaconda-was discussing the merits and
dement's of W. A. Clark. senator-elect from
Montana, he is said to have made the re-
mark:
Idon't like him nohow. He amt right
he amt right nohow. He's ringer"
One of the gentlemen in the party replied
mildly to Mr.. Days outburst:
But Clark says that you are a ringer
Daily shook his head angrily, just as a
Missoula horse would when stung, and an
swered:
THAT may be-that may be-but he don't
ring I do
Tho ancient feud between DAILY and Clark
is not traeeabe by any Montan.an to any
thing that ever happened directly between
the men. Both are self-made men. both are
ferociously ambitious, but along somewhat
different lines, both desire to be the boss
of the ranch. In this last statement Is to
DO found the true secret of why neither
speaks respectfully of the other.
Montana IS not large enough to contain
both men and have them on peaceful
TERMS Montana is "a great state, and des-
tined to he greater, and Clark and Daily
have both performed wonders in developing
the resources of the commonwealth. But for
them to set along we'll together each ought
to be king of a des a. -
isles millions of mile -.
Clark is fond OF oil a.- pa ats r..
just as Jim Hill is, n f1Er #a4
the education or ma .Hs H1r
great works of art, rs
sire to buy, and it is
ing strong attention.
of hundreds of men
ter of life, penniless Of
their deprivation ar .l--
their minds upon some one thing -
would have plenty of when they got rieh.''
Just as the men in Cuba, suffering for food,
returned with the resolve that they would
eat all the lemon pie in the country as
soon as home again. Ono man Determined
that he would have diamonds, another
paintings, another dogs, and SO on. When
the wealth came the great inward desire
was gratifed.
Daily loves horses. To the old time Mon
tanian-the men who knew Montana when
the vigilantes were there, Daily, for his very
love of horses and buffnes, IS more human
than Clark, with his inclination toward the
cultivated side of things. tt tio Montan-
ian of the last fife $685. lark
probably the prefcrab wan fHr Ehs sens E.
That Clark and Daily flIil aa#h Ice saar-
mousy wealthy men ben said - ba
an unfortunate thing f. las aaIls Of Toe
state.
The business interests 5s=a man So
ramify all sections of tn #H rasagae.
ton with the affairs of f0na raj.
roads and mines that mites. cities anf
towns divide on the line ,t-Clark or Daiy.
AS a consequence, the many men of strong
intellect and fine education to be found in
Butte, Helena, Great Falls or Miles City
are kept down. They must either join in
the popular rush to Daily or Clark or keep
out of political life. | think Montana has
more self-reiant big-brained men than any
state of her development in the union, but
so long as the political horizon is obscured
by the warning figures of Daily and Clark,
they never will be heard FROM
Clark's estimated wealth is $50 100000.
Taking into account all the various busi-
ness interests with which he has connec-
ton he probably stands with his own
wealth surrounded by $1OO0O00)0 of capital.
His copper mine holdings in Montana and
Arizona are most extensive, and at this
time are worth about 200 per cent. more
than they were one year ago.
He is said to have the ambition of being
known as the "copper" king" of this coun-
try He is not an orator or a bookish man.
He comes into the senate as another type
of the era of business men legislators. 1t
has been frequently said that his real rea-
son for seeking the senate ever since 1851
has been due to desire to crafty his fam
ily, who are rarely seen in Butte, but live
in the east.