Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
CLARK TO RETIRE
FROM POLITICS
MONTANA SENATOR PREFERS
QUIET LIFE
Stays In Los Angeles but Short Time
and Hsstens on to Attend an
Indian Committee
Meeting

w. A. Clark, president Of the Salt
Lake railway, multi-millionaire mine
owner, senator from Montana and pres
tdent and director of nmerous other
concerns, proved to Los Angeles
financiers and railway men Saturday
that he is man of dynamic energy
The senator did not start out to
break any records when he arrived in
Los Angeles Saturday morning at 8
o'clock, but there were so many people
who had to see him and so many whom
he had to see that by o'clock, when
his private car attached to the Santa
E'e limited pulled out of the depot, he
had broken every record for rapid tram
sit business.
Accompanied by Charles M. Schwab,
the steel magnate, his brother, J. Ross
Clark, and other prominent financiers,
the senator arrived on special from
Beatty, New. The trip from the Bull
frog country, where the party inspected
mining properties, was q record one to
begin with. The train left Beatty at 4
O'Clock Friday afternoon, seven hours
after the regular passenger train con-
Meeting with the Salt Lake at Los
Vegas, and arrived in Los Angeles
ahead of the Salt Lake overland.
The morning was taken up with busi-
ness conferences in which the senator,
J. Ross Clark and their associates
transacted volume of business that
would frighten an average man. They
were entertained at luncheon at the
Jonathan club, followed by an auto
mobile trip around the city. Returning
to Mr.. Clark's office in the Pacific Elec-
trio building there was one business
conference after another arranged in
rapid-fire succession, and at ten minutes
to the senator had not arrived at his
private car.
when last saw him at quarter to G
he was just leaving to pay half dozen
calls and a dinner engagement. What
else he had to do / do not know, but
am sure that was not ALL" said w. A.
Clark jr as he waited with party of
railway men and friends of the senator
in the car.
HE probably will be here in eight
minutes, just two minutes before train
time. No, / do not think he will miss
the train; he never missed a train in
his life"
Five minutes before the appointed
hour the senator, cool and smiling,
walked into the car, gave merry
greeting to all and then turned his at
tention to Herald representative,
"Yes, I have had rather a busy day,
but a very pleasant one. We have gone
through a great deal of business, but
there is really nothing new. Just rou-
tine.
II was much pleased with my trip
through Nevada and found every
minute Of the trip interesting. We in
spected several mines and 1 found
everything in fourishing condition. We
are considering building a branch of
the Las Vegas & Tonopah railway into
C-reenwater, but nothing definite has
been done. Day brother, who is, presi-
dent of the Las Vegas & Tonopah line
has some plans for pushing that road
into many other mineral districts and
making 1t a means of bringing great
wealth out of Nevada
Yes, my announcement that intend
to retire from active politics is final
am tired of politics and prefer to take
only quiet part. '-t
From here ] am going to Indian Ter
ritory to attend a meeting of the con-
gressional committee on Indian affairs
to consider the needs of the Five Ma
tions. My stay in Los Angeles is of
necessity much shorter than l would
have it If l could chose.
"In the few hours I have been here
IL seems to me that everything is pros
pering in a remarkable degree"
"All aboard the porter called, bring
ing the interview to an end, and the
friends who had come to see the sem
ator off had just time for a word OF
farewell.