Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-06
CLARK AND DAILY.

A writer in the current number of
Ainslee's Magazine draws interesting
pen portraits of the two Montana mil
|.lionaires whose feud is now being
fought to finish in the senate of the
United States. He says:
In appearance w. A. Clark and Mar
Gus DAILY differ vastly. Clark is slen-
der, elegant in appearance, with au-
burn hair and beard, just beginning
to show gray threads. His sixty years
rest lightly upon his shoulders, his
blue eyes are keen and alert. He is
man who knows how to grasp an OPP
portunity, and how to bend II to his
own advantage. His dress is correct,
and no one would fail to recognize in
him the man Of culture and wealth.
the club man and the traveller. Yet
when in Butte he dons oilskins and
goes underground, inspecting every
nook of his mines. In addition to his
practical education as a miner he at
tended Columbia college, taking full
course in assaying and analysis. When
fortune came his way he Immediately
sent his family to Europe, where they
spent several years in Paris acquiring
French, and the. same length of time
In Dresden, studying German. He
spent his winters travelling with them
on the continent. He is much inter-
ested in art, and for a number of years
studied it in all it's branches. He want
ed to know all about rugs and tapes
tries, and spent two years studying
them. He has collected magnificent
specimens. 1t will be remembered
that he offered Prince Murat 100000
for Gobelin tapestries. He is now try
ing to obtain the tapestries belonging
to the Earl of Coventry, which origin
ally cost $550,O0O. No art treasure
seems too valuable for him to purchase
if he takes q fancy to it. He prefers
the modern painters to the old mas
ters. He paid $4,000 for Fortuny's
The Choice of Model In fact, he
has the genuine artistic temperament,
and the rare good luck also to have
the millions to crafty it.
DAILY appears to care nothing for
dress, the plainest business suit suttic-
ing Heis as often seen in the garb
of a miner. Attic he is quite gray
now, hestiH retains his magnificent
physique and upright bearing. He
has devoted his life to mining, and has
no equal in the world in sizing up a
mine. The magnificent smelters at
Anaconda stand as monument to his
acumen. He keeps right on purchas-
ing and developing mines. He does
not care for the world of fashion, and
Europe possesses no charms for him,
altho his family has had every advan-
tage of his wealth. He seems to pos
sess the intuition of woman, aud
that has often enabled him to win out
in the face Of certain defeat. While
Clark is the cleyerer fnancier, DAILY is
the better judge of human nature. His
right-hand men and confidants have
never betrayed him, but have worked
for him with heart and soul, seeming
to have but one ambition-to serve
Marcus DAILY in any and all things.
Clark, on the other hand has made
some unwise selections, and in conse-
quence has been the sufferer. Daily is
a model husband and father, and he
delights in his home.
I'm many things the rivals are alike,
Both began as miners underground,
and both have made their own money,
and are not like most of the multi
millionaires, merely farmers Of mil
lions bequeathed them. Both men
rank high in Masonry. Both are loyal
friends and strong enemies. Both can
point to hundreds of men in Montana
whose success in life they have sec
cured. Both are easily accessible to
their friends, tho. it is difficult for
strangers to approach them, owing to
the fact that nearly every moment is
taken up with their business affairs.
Both are charitable and give freely to
worthy enterprises. And. both are
alike in that they cordially hate each
other, and each is determined to be
the winner in the Clark-Daly feud."