The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-21
DAILY AND CLARK OF MONTANA
Story of the Irish American Copper
Kings.
CFrom the Boston Pilot.

copper kings, over the formers righ
to his seat in the United States senate
1t is the bitter elimination of the long
picturesque feud between these twl
rivals for the control of the politics O.
a state-these two self-made million
aires whose careers have been 81
closely associated in the development
of the material resources of Montana
these two men who have nothing il
common but a mighty ambition Mon.
tana-that is the prize Each of these
men has spent hundreds of thousands
OF dollars to win this great prize
Money in blocks of tens of thousands
has been given out witch such a free
hand that the Older politicians of the
east have stood amazed as the story OF
this battle of the west has been I'M
folded at the national capital
Fortune and fame have been won BY
these two men side by side in the mines
of Montana. DAILY is now worth $40.
100000; Clark something over $50, 600, 0O0
Clark was the first in the field. When
DAILY went to Butte he had heavy finan-
cial backing. but he did not have any
money Of his own. He was first and
foremost a practical miner-not a com
mon laborer or good hand in a mine
only, though he could do a days work
beside any other, but a miner who
Il.
Clark was first and foremost a banker.
Years before Daily went to Montana,
Clark had proved himself a money
maker. as a merchant and d money
lender, and when DAILY appeared ne had
acquired mining interests that We're
yielding handsome returns. After DAILY
had spent a year or two in Butte mines
he realized, before any one else, the
great wealth there was in the ore bod
les Of the district.
With his backing, Daily was able to
take advantage of the situation. After
he had secured mines and water rights
he got a town site twenty miles from
Butte. Then he knew his mines would
require immense supplies of timber, and
he secured vast tracts of forest lands
and put in the largest saw mills in the
northwest. He knew he would need
fuel, and he bought coal mines and
coal prospects. Then he realized that
the supplies the mines and his en-
plOyeeS would require would constitute
an immense business in itself and he
organized company to handle that
branch Of the business. Suddenly Clark
and the whole state awoke to a re-
alization that the man who had been
slightingly referred TO BY the so-called
'nnanciers" Of Helena and Butte as
the Irish mine boss" was a power in
the land, and that he had under his
control more employees and paid out
each month in wages thousands of
dollars more than all OF his rivals put
together . ...s.stsEN
Up TO the time DAILY got all of his en-
terprises in good running shape he did
not take any interest in politics. When
Clark, Hauser and other old-time Dem
ocratic politicians began to figure on
their chances of carrying the state, as
they had in past years, they discovered
that Daily had to be reckOned with.
de had an army of men in his en-
ploy, and because he had been their
friend the members of this army were
absolutely loyal to him and would do
as he asked.
The politicians went to DAILY for his
support He knew them, knew how
they regarded him. and was not in
clined to aid them. Just about this
time another figure loOmed on the
Democratic horizon in Montana It
was that of Charles A Broadwater of
Helena. Broadwater had been en-
gagged in the freighting business in the |
northern part of the state for many
years and had made a comfortable for |
tune. He did not sand high in the es-
dmation Of the old Democratic league. !
They called him "the bull-whacker." !
ana regarded him as in the same class
as the Irish mine boss" But Broad !
water was big man, generous, kind. |
true to his friends and he had as many |
followers in the northern part of the |
state as DAILY had among the miners.
1omehow or other DAILY and Broad 1
water drifted together. They had many
impulses in common, though Broad /
water was politician and DAILY was
lot. Through Broadwater's influence
Oaly agreed TO take an active part in
politics.
Thus was the Big Four" in Mon
ana Democratic politics constituted.
)ut there was never a union of the four
n the true sense of the word. Hauser
md Clark could never rid themselves
# the feeling that Daily and Broad
water were interlopers. While in the
ieat of a campaign the four would
work together. After the enemy had
,een met DAILY and Broadwater felt
ne other two were endeaVoring to an
'roprlate all the fruits of a victory
which was due to the Joint efforts of
be four. Brcadwater died about seven
r eight years ago, and since that time
has been DAILY alone against Clark
nd Hauser. In 1896 Hauser. who had
zen rated as several times a million
ire went TO the wall, the bank OF
'hich he was president having failed
nth Liabilities of S4.0000O0. scattered
j over the state
DAILY is a great believer in the Young
IAN. In politics he is continuaIlv
ushing him forward. and in business
s we'll He is not an indiscrininate
iVer Of money, however. His atten-
ion is called to some young fellow who !
struggling along TO get to the front. I
he finds he is worthy, is moral and / ,
as Brain. Daily puts him in the wav ,
make money. If he shows that he il
orthy Of the assistance that is first
iven he is sure Of Days friendship so ,
ng as he is what he should be To-
ay there are scores Of young men r
Montana who are prospecting in a !
lsiness way because of the friendship !
DAILY.
ALY's GENEROSITY to his Friends /
DAILY is one Of the most steadfast Z
lends a man can have. and he is at
he same time one of the worst enc 7
les. Let man once violate the con- c
ience that has been placed i'm his in
gritty or in his loyalty, and he can c
sver be reinstated in his good opin- Y
n. But DAILY has the reputation of 2
yer forgetting a friend. An illus Q
alton Of this was furnished in Helena i
lly week or two ago. During the 4
pital fight between Helena and Ana n
nda, Daily was the most vilifed man c
the state. But he had a friend in o
elena, who, while ne was in favor of a
at place for the capital, always spoke e
DAILY kindly. This man died a few
airs ago and left his estate badly in i:
lived. In the property he left was q
me improved realty Dependent on h
q income. Of the property for their L
ing was widow and two daughters. {,
The daughters had been gently "
AIRED. One Of them started in and h
We private dancing lessons, and the Il
her studied stenOgraDhy and short g
nd. Later she got a position. but the n
come Of the two was only sufficient to p
re for the family. There was not il
rplus TO apply on the mortgage that v
vered the homestead. The property y