New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
THE PASSING THRONG.

j. A Golden Of Heleua Mont in speaking yes
terday at the Hotel Manhattan OF the late Marcus
Daily. said: Marcus DAILY grew
The RISE up in an obscure irish village. in
Of DAL1 the dfrest poverty. His boynood
AM was one OF hardship and rrtvation,
CLARK. until the cbarce nnaIlv ar,e 70 him
TO cross the herring pond and seek
bread and work in the great new country os the
Western Hemisphere. To the hardship of and con
dlIlons that surrounded his barren boyhood was
dce much OF that intensity in love and hate that
was perhaps. the most marked characteristic of
IN Mgw-Iork following his arrival in America. DAILY
and fa-t ana found IN the golden West the fame
p2tA Wakng and sleeping The cycle of fate carried
Comstock mine and he was there a cabin mate
"a 5ts John I911 NaekaE and hand and gGy w;h ths
made in the Constock DAILY. finding himself left
he located the Ontario mine Too poor 10 buy i;
himself he prevailed upon George Hearst take it
but through the aid Of Lloyd Tevis and j. s.
Ha3ggin HHaggin ne purchased the Ontario, and by so
DAILY himself went on to Montana with his lares
and penates He was under contract with the
dlker Brothers Of Salt Lake. to superintend eer-
Ia!a @ properties at Butte, and while acting IN TINS
capacity he unearthed the wondrous Anaconda.
Z kSIy asresd - tor thI5d interest IN the then IN
In depth in the Ana couda mire. At that it
esi;ion, but w.ien that Shaft was fnished 'DaIy
knew knew. that they had eopper mine That w2s
then existing conditions in Montana Was Of prob
nortati5n and orr tbsr bsd 10 he .5innad ~
England for treatrnent. Nothine dauGted. however
na Whom 11a 4e ned Gene 5000 turn in yHs Ontario
T tbir ney m IN, enc sane 20 m rs 51e
ital and Daily the tremendous energy necessary to
found. Wha, the result has been all the world
knows, In the qCarter OF century that has
ward Of S2lo15G.0 in mineral wealth and made
enormously wealthy men OF all the original parties
| il interest"
Other and better mining men have followed the
path that Daily bIazed. but to him belongs the
credit of being the original discov-
ONCE While DAILY pursuing his
FRIENDS. appointed career in mining. another
| THEY BE- in Butte walking by his
| CAME BITTER side along the road 10 wealth and
ENEMIES. fame. He, too. accumulated wealth
in mines but mining he added
banking and trading. and made money in all three.
This also had likes and dislikes OF the most in
that two SUCH }'' strongly marked indivifuaiiti5s
should exist in peace and amity in one community
future great fortunes ". \. Clark and Marcus
Day Were 700 busy with tneIr own personal i9te me-
days they were friends With the advent Of wealth
tery opposed Clark and 70 MS death thwarted his
political AMBITION and through this came curl,
Gus complication. DAILY, as Is well known. entered
tire great copper trust and after doing succeeded
states senate which Clark I5osht was safety his
IT the mean time a new figure had entered the
Henze. who was at war with the ANA Igarnated
company ar the time Clark lost his seat This
threw the together. and Clark and HeinZe
tered into an alliance. The last election they won
in Montana. and Clark again elected TO the
Senate. Just prior 70 election day. however. Dalv
died, and following the election runors became ri1e
in Montana that Clark had gone back on Heirze
and made peace with the Anlalsa mated to the
great detriuen ent Of HeinZe. AZ first il nO- be-
lieved for Clark won the election largely on the
ground Of his opposition 10 the AmalEamated com
pany and through HeinZe's aid, but the story
seems 70 be true: and common rumor has it that
either Clark his Will be president Of the
AFps}lSt-nst-et company place ptiEi.aN HH-tt o$
Marcus DAILY C.ark's path is not wholly strewn
with roses. however. for Just before his term
pir-d Senator William E. Chandler again presented
bribery charges against him and chese charges Will
be pressed To the bitter end. II seems though
Clark had stepped into the shoes DAILY vacated
that Is. if he becomes the head OF the AmaIga-
mated IeinZe, however. steps into the shoes repre-
sentiug Days hatred OF Clark and the hghJ be-
tween Clark and Heiaze is likely TO be pictUr
esque and bitter the famous feud that existed
!Cng between Daily and Clark