El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-03
Striking Character Sketch of This
Typical Self Made NAN of the Vest
"A Good Halter and a Better Friend.

and Anaconda We're in the fight. DAILY
| advocated the last named place. Clark
| at first favored Butte but finally
changed to Helena. and it was chosen
| The senatorship again became the con
| tention between the two miIlionaires
| last January. and Clark was elected
Daily had the validity of the election
contested on the ground of bribery
when Clark presented his crede alta is
to the United States senate. The use
of money in the election was freely ac-
knowledged on both sides. though ii
was claimed that the expenditures
were for legitimate expenses only The
contest resulted in the senate voting
that there had been no election by the
Montana legislature. This year Clark
made a fight for the election of mem
beers of the Legislature in his interest
and won. His return TO the United
States senate next January is assured.
for Marcus DAILY is dead.
So much for DAILY. the good hater.' -
Now for the other side of the shield
While the capital fight was on in Mon
tana. Daily was reviled from one end
of the state TO the other. In Helena,
however. he had a friend who. while
against him on this issue. always spoke
kindly of him. few years ago this
Il
estate and widow and two daughters.
The daughters had been gently reared
One OF them started in and gave pri-
vate dancing lessons and the other
studied stenography and shorthand.
Later she got a position. but the in
come OF the two was only sufficient
10 care for the family There was not
a surplus to apply on the mortgage
that covered the homestead The
property was sold at a mortgage sale
about year ago. The time of redemp-
ton was about up. The friends of the
family wrote DAILY of the Circumstance
es. telling him of the situation and
asking him if it were possible for him
to redeem the property AS there
were indications of il enhancing in
value. il was probable that in a few
years the property could be sold for its
value and the mortgage lifted and
there would be some surplus for the
widow and daughters. Days answer
and II came as soon as the mails could
carry it. was New York draft for
$4,000. the entire amount of the in
debtness. as gift to the daughters
The father of these girls was a republic
can in politics; there is not a vote in
the family. and in no possible way
could DAILY have received any material
Moreover. Daily has been guide. phil
osopher and friend to many a youth
beginning life as he began it. but the
candidate for his favor had to have
sobriety. pluck. and brain. Then DAILY.
not by expenditure. for he was never
an indiscriminate giver. but an eX-
position of method. would put him in
the way of making money. Scores and
scores OF prosperous young business
men in Montana today can testify to
this
In the ct Marcus DAILY was best
known as turfman. He started -
racing stable in 1889. and one of his
first victories was the capture of the
suburban handicap with Montana.
when. besides the stake he gathered
in more than 100000 in side bets. In
the same year-1S92-he also won the
valuable realization stakes with Tam
many. In 1896 his stable was again
by the capture of the
rich futurity by his British-bred colt
Ogden. This achievement. especially
was stunning. churshing, stupefying
sort of victory for eastern turf in
and there was not n cheer for
the winner as the victor flashed past
the post in the copper and silver col
ors made famous by Montana. Tam
many, Hamburg. Senator Grady. Gwen
doline and other great inmates of the
stables. Mr.. DAILY tried to buy the
winner of the Derby and Ascot races
in 1SS7-Galtee Mors- but his offer
of $125.00O was not accepted.
DAILY was a lusty. rudy Irishman. al
ways. deep of chest. broad of shoulder,
hearty. impetuous and enthusiastic.
There was rollick and a swing about
him which won friends and held them,
and extorted something like admira-
ton even from his enemies So it is
almost superfiuous to say that in his
domestic life he was the ideal hus-
band and father-the KIND upon whom
the sunset of life CLOVIS, as 1t should,
in the ever-fanciful. ever-real romance
Of the self made man"