The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-16
AS seen BY Mr.. CONNOLLY
Interesting Essay On the Late MARCUS
DaIy's Life, Work and Personal
Characteristics.

In the Newark Call of January 20
appears a highly interesting estimate
of Marcus DAILY by C. P. Connolly Of
Butte. Mr.. Connolly says:
Marcus DAILY was one of the most
remarkable men this country has pro-
ouced. Not academic or learned in
the sense that We accept these terms,
yet he acted upon INES ant arrived
at conclusions that were the embodi-
ment of exact science. In the indus
rilal world he was a Shakespeare.
he followed no rules; he ignored all
prs.eAents. He had 40 prototype
VI p.,uecessor, and he will have no
successor. His genius outdistanced all
criticism and the theories OF the
learned scientists. Had he been If
the schools and followed the schools
he would not have been the command
ing genius he was. If you want to
become successful beyond question"
said successful man to me once,
strike line that nobody else has
struck" True genus tramples upon
rules and limitations that other men
implicitly obey. | once heard John
B. Cough, who spoke good, eloquent
English, say that if he were to be
hung for it, he could not and never
could. parse the simplest English SEN
tence. There is an old idea, which.
like most old ideas, is a good one.
that correct spelling is evidence of an
inferior mind. Let me implOre YOU
said United States Senator Sanders
of Montana in the celebrated Mont
ana capital fight, mot to send out
public speakers who use correct Eng
fish, if you want to win; there is !,
universal prejudice against them"
No man of Days native ability, force
of character and brains would have
started out in life by becoming =
mining engineer accoding to the
schools. He would have smashed the
whole curriculum and might have
smashed the professors and their
theories in the bargain. AS the Eng
lishman said of Webster, he was a
steam engine in boots. In fact Days
mining discoveries have changed com
pletely the theories of the biologists
and mineralogists and old editions
Of celebrated works on these sub
jects have been revamped and new
ones issued from the press to meet
the new theories and conditions
which have astonished the mining
world and which are due to Days
determination and confidence in his
own ideas.
Marcus Daily discovered and devcl-
oped the greatest body of copper ore
in the world. He did this on the
eve of the great electrical discover.
ished the world in the last quarter of
century. Had it not been for Mar
Gus Daily the march of the worlds
progress would have halted half way
In the industrial world just now cop.
per is king. It's use is indispensable.
1t is to electricity what water is to
steam. Electricity is responsible for
the splendid growth of cities, for the
suburban homes which have made
life in the cities worth living. for the
telegraph, the telephone. the cleo.
trio light, and all those myriad i'm
provements which have made the
story of Aladdins lamp seem like
a prophecy. The mines which Mar
Gus DAILY controlled, and which he
alone discovered and developed, pro
duce today more than half the copper
supply of the world When others
were looking for silver, he put his
faith in copper Without the supply
which he gave to the world copper
would have doubled in price with the
increased demand, and while the
world, perhaps, would have demanded
and had it's improvements, the worlt
would have paid vastly more for then
but for Marcus DAILY. While Montanr
is preparing to erect monuments ane
memorial halls to him, the world a
large ought not to forget that, lik,
all geniuses, DAILY devoted his life To-
the benefit of others. Unlike mos,
geniuses he had enormous wealth
thrust upon him, and felt it's power
but for 20 years, during which time
he might have retired in ease ant
comfort, he worked like a QUAR-,
slave; he knew no amusement; NJ
one ever saw him at a theater or en-
tertainment; he rarely felt the com
fort of his own fireside, though NJ
man was happier or truer in ..s do
nestle relations. Pontics and horse.
were his only diversions; yet he new
er attended political convention
but twice in his life, and then only a;
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