Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-06-11
EL OQUENT SPEECHES ACCOMPANY
GIFT AND ACCEPTANCE OF STATUE
Clarence Mackay Presents the School Of Mines
and Statue to the State With Beautiful Words,
and Other Persons FceIingly Respond
Sam p. Davis Recalls
Instances Of Charity
and BenevoIence

Some twenty years ago, when in I
the company of some friends in John
Mackay's Office, the conversation !
turned upon the kind nf recognition
the State of Nevada would give John
Mackay after his death, | remarked
at the time that We would probably
roll a quartz boulder over his grave
and let it go at that. Mr.. Mackay
laid his hand upon my arm and in
gentle tones, mixed with tinge Of
kindly reproof, remarked, That
would be quite enough, bnt l think,
Sam, if you had your way YOU would
do little better by me than that
Il felt that I had made a flippant
remark and was ashamed Of it. It
is a matter of great personal pride
and satisfaction for me today to feel
that suggestion of mine has re-
suited in better tribute TO John
Mackay than a quartz boulder. Yet
of John Nackays character to say
that if he had his way today he would
say to us take down the statue and
nut the quartz boulder in its place
and I believe that know enough of
the character Of Clarence Mackay
to say that if he had the choice be-
r. .;o1,o loft l. I, ,ic
father and the priceless heritage of
his good name that he would trample
the riches under foot
"It is also matter of great pride
with me that I can state that GutZon
Borglum. the sculptor who fashioned
this bronze tribute, paid noble
father by loving son. was born at
Goose Lake, Nevada. a product of the
Sasebrush He stands today the
foremost sculptor of the United
States. and one of the leading sculp,
tors of the world.
s.It was my good fortune in the old
y davs of the Comstock to enjoy the
friendship and confidence Of John
Mackay. and if had the time l could
Z tell you of the many ANONYMOUS char
tiles which he distributed. He stood
behind the grocer's accounts of hun
dreds of poor families who never
knew who was helping them. He
distributed money by stealth in round
? about ways. concealing his identit.
y and covering his tracks. as criminal
conceal their crimes. I wish I hat
}. the time today to rip the mask from
le his good deeds, to lift the veil frOr
l. his surreptitious charities and bar
It them to the world. His open purs
of saved many an honest man from tn
Of path of bankruptcy. and many a goo
es woman from degedatiOn.
IN ''It is a pleasure to know that thos
of who have inherited his wealth hav
ey also inherited his disposition to sue
e. cor the weak and unfortunate AS
ad those in New York who have know
ct Clarence Mackay's bounties: ask tn
hungry and shivering school childre
of New York who have been clothe
and fed by Mrs. Clarence Mackay
ed and who worship her as their qua
dian angel.
% "I recall the time when job
We Mackay entered into his battle wit
be the giants of finance for the supren
to acy of the Comstock. In that fig
les he often gave quarter, but never asl
of ed it. surrounded by chicanery Al
no, trickery he battled in the open, al
ty, when he came out of the rut and ri
of that conflict he seemed like sor
,en grim lion of the desert, who had p
he his enemies beneath his feet. Throu
to the long struggle he uttered no SOU
OF and in victory he uttered no cry
en- exultation And want you studel
alf of the University to emulate his e
ew amples in the battles of life and knt
rye that honest fighting is certain to v
the in the end
at Gas I stand here today recall
past glories Of the Comstock,