The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-03-18
JOHN MACCINNISS

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possesses within its ranks, was married
at Petersburg, Florida, few days ago
to noted Southern beauty, Miss Eli
oise Sylvester 10 think that our john
has ruined away when we all thought
he would stand without being hitched.
But he s.got the habit" and it's dollars
to doughnuts there is a Wailing and
gnashing Of teeth amidst half a hund-
red Of the society bellies of the West
Side in Helena and Butte who have been
striving for the past dozen years to rope
him in and break him to double harness.
John MacGinnis is ii years old, but
ne is active as Jersey lightning and
possesses the boyish face of most men
under thirty.
He commenced a poor boy and worked
his way Up into the well-to-do class
b, his keen Judgment and marvellous
strokes in mining and promoting. He
was the man behind the scenes in the
Heinze end OF the Heinze- -Arnalgamated
originated in the fertile brain Of John
MacGinnis, but Heinze received the cred
IL therefor. Scores Of men who despis-
ed the very ground Heinze walked upon
were kept in line by their respect and
admiration for John MacGinniss. He
took the titles Of hundred pieces of
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ded them into mighty corporation, the
United Copper Co, capitalized at sso,-
100000 and floated the stock at time
when Heinze's credit was impaired in
all the financial centers Of the earth
On the floor Of the legislature he was
ever recognized as one OF the clever
eat parlimentarians in the state.
When 1t came to pass that no man
that Heiffze would elaot could be depend
ed upon not to sell out after election,
.J,hn MacGinniss accepted the nomina-
tioa FOR mayor solely that he might
for hundred Of Heinze's friends. On
election he was confronted with 1900 ap-
plications for 100 positions and the
worry and strain he underwent in those
two years would kill a regiment. Under
his able administration he secured the
new loans at greatly reduced rates Of
interest for the city debt and thereby
saved the taxpayers Of Butte many
thousands of dollars. Many a man has
been helped over the rough places in
life's rocky Jordon by the charitable
hand Of John MacGinnis. The writer
knows Of several instances of young men
that went the pace that kills in Butte !
waking up to find themselves embezzlers
and the penitentiary staring them in the
face. Touched by their piteous appeals
John MacGinniss went down in his own
pocket and made up their deficits saw
ing them from the pen and sparing low
ing parents from tears, grey hairs and
disgrace. His acts Of charity are too
numerous to mention
Any man having taken such an act
i've part in public life during the stren-
uous days of the Butte copper war |
could not be without few enemies but
the bitterest enemy John MacGinniss
may have has nothing but praise for
his home life and his splendid devotion
to his sister ana aged mother. The place
to take the true measure of" any man is
not in political life or behind the desk
but in his home. There he takes off
the mask and you see him in his true
light-whether he Is an imp or an angel
a king or cur. He may be a gold
bricker and slippery as a cake Of soap
endless chain" on election day and deal
'em from the bottom OF the deck in
business life and still Be million times
better than the honorable, upright model
who is all propriety in society but who
makes of his home hell.
John MacGinniss is particularly fitted
in many ways to be governor of this
great state of Montana. There are many ,
good men in the Democratic party Of
this state but none better than John
He knows the world OF men
Every day of his life the past fifteen
years has been more or less tempest
aous, SO much SO that he hasn't had /,
time to get married orgive it much thot
until lately I'm this respect r. A. Ieinze
md John MacGinniss are alike, but we
viii not be surprised OF hear of Heinze's
marriage some Of these days. :
The Herald extends its heartiest con- t
sratulations to Mr.. and Mrs. MacGinniss h
md trusts their married life will not be
e-millioneth part as strenuous and +
filed with work and worry as has been
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