El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-03
| Marcus Daily:

| Marcus Daily was another of those
''self-made men. allusion to whom has
become trite in these strenuous get
there days of American life. says AL
bert T.. Hunt in the North American.
But he is worth more than a casual
| biography. for the reason that in him
centered all the attributes which mark
the type from its emergence TO its
apotheosis.
money getter. the quick. big money
getter. of royal notions. Then he was
the friend-the correlation is obvious.
Next he was the enemy. and there ii is
equally obvious. Philosophers may de-
eide whether a penniless enemy is not
better than n foe with riches. William
y. Clark. OF Montana. knows. but il is
safe to say that he is not given to cas-
uistry now. He is breathing relief.
for Daily is dead, and Clark has reach
ed the goal of his -ong contested am
bition.
Days name will always be vivid in
memory for the relentless feud he
waged with Clark. although in the ret
respect OF his career il becomes only
an episode. More striking. more Hum
NATIVE. more humanity suggestive now
is the story of his rise. for in il is the
epic OF American genius. resolute. in
exorable. unconquering.
Marcus DAILY began the unequel fight
against needless civilization as many
boys before him begun il. with moth
ing but a lusty sinew. knit and tough
ened in rural Ireland. where he was
born. and n pluck quite as aggressive.
Like Sly. he had no more shoes than
feet. no more doublets than backs.
and il went hard with him in those
early DAYS. He always loved to talk
about them-after they had become
memories. of course but he did so
more with a ripened sense of humor
than with the self adulation of the
conqueror.
Daily tried New York. until he real
lied that the beginnings could not be
made in the hurry and contest of me-
tropolis. He went west. and there he
reversed the adage. for instead of
growing up with the country he had
the country. at least shat part of il
where he settled. grow up with him.
He got to- the Pacific coast and work
ed on California ranch. There he
first heard of silver mining. and with
the knowledge came his ambition. He
saved enough money TO get to the
mines and once there he mastered ev-
cry detail of the work. even to a thor
ough study of the geological forma-
ton of the mountains. He did not
reach Montana until 1876. Then his
success was as great as his energy and
perseverance. He became superin-
tendent of the Alice mine. at Butte.
and held that place until 1880. when.
with powerful financial backing. he ef-
fected the purchase of the celebrated
Anaconda copper mine. Even then he
had little capital of his own. When
he died the other day his interest in
this property was s20.000.000.
II was Days Butte venture which
began his enmity against Clark-end-
ed only by death. DAILY needed some
water rights near that city for the OPP
Grafton of his mine. Clark jumped in
to pay a high figure. Daily never for
got or forgave this. He cherished his
OF vengeance and waited. In
1883 Clark became democratic candi- |
date for congress. Up to this time
DAILY had taken little interest in poll !
tics. but he had an army of loyal men !
in mis- employ who would vote as he |
bade. DAILY swung them into line for
Clark's republican opponent. Carter.
and used his every influence to en-
compass his defeat. No sooned had
Montana become a state in 1889 when /
Clark was again a candidate. and was /
again > tiTtltSS
work. Then he was put forward for !
United States senator. There was an |
other rankerous fight. which resulted
in the organization of the legislature ,
by both parties. each body disputing !
the legality of the other.
The republicans named Thomas c. |
Power and w. +. Sanders for their |
senator's. while the democrats put up |
Clark and MAJOR Martin Maginnis. The |
republicans were seated. Days in |
fluence defeated Clark in a second con- |
test in 1898. In that Legislature the |
democrats had thirty-five votes. the
populists three and the republicans |
The Daily democrats. !
voted solidly for ex-Con- !
gresham w. w. Dixon, and there was /
a deadlock for the entire session of |
sixty days. kilograms from men like |
Calvin $. Brice. w. G.. Whitney and /
others equally high in their party were |
sent To Daily TO withdraw his opposi- |
ton. but he ignored them and the fight |
The next fight between Daily and |
Clark was on the location of the state |
capital. Helena. Missoula. Bozeman