New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-15
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR FEBRUARY IS. 1914

saw me- So ! wrote the -greatlv expurga-ed
as 20 explosives very much as he gave II; the
Of it. mean, if anything that he had said could 10
called sense T. one bOod-curdlng talk Ny de-
lighted managing editor capped it into the first column
of the first page
OF course the new Consul General % London vas
aghasf when he read # board the steamer before
sailing on the following morning He sent 20 The lead
Ing New York paper Of his own political faith RAINING
denial that he had gwen such an interrie"-tLat he
had even talked at IN with reporter from roy paper
This was printed the next day. Ny managing editor
highly conscientious man. carpcted nc. showed him
nv shorthand notes Not only that but brought
down 20 the office the Gsey House clerk and three otl,r
men Of reuutc quests Of the house. who backed ny
80 the effect that the politician had said every word
had quoted him aging and a great deal more
T FOUND that really big men invariably had "a fellow
telling fora man who was really the Job and toag
hard for his foothold An experience had aith 'ae
'a-c Tobn AIacka, was one Of the things 20 teach
-hi, Naokav. as everybody knows, was one ~ -I.,
Biz Four Of the celebrated Comstock Lode. p.
making that gigantic strike with bis companior r
The Biz Four-Fair. Flood, and OBrien-ho .s.
worked for wears in q red flannel shirt with pi.. ri
shovel in the mines Of California and Nevada. t---
nous wealth had not spoiled him. He remained
might ,rithf,illv be called all man. Bur lee
s1y and reserved man. tacturn with IBIS in'im',
Above III human things be diliked 20 be pinned to
interview by newspaper men. AZ This tine he wal
active head Of the Nackay Bennett cable compan.
Something big broke loose IN The cable world. i...
wa. thc dav before q snowy stormy Christmas IN Sen
York NJ city editor another one % me tribe
he habit Of telling his men 20 get This o- that SO.
-he thing was humanity possible or not and man
whom no excuse went He ordered uc ~ gc- ..g
trst-papc talk with John Mackay about .he cable
ton / knew al about John Alackay intense =
for being interviewed II was dislike far more ---
found even than that Of the late J. Pierpon- Mo-.
So left the office dcspairing Several times rc
had ried % get d talk out Of John \Iackay. Fac
| had failed nglorously.
vent 20 the old Buckingham apartment ~ r..-.-
ave where Mackay lived. y sulky s. ks a-gr.
elevator man refused 70 take my card up ~ Na-say.
The postman appeared in the yesubule as tae -.g-.
was speaking, and the elevator man wen. forward 20
saw something 20 the postman. steppel .u-o t.e
elevator and clapped the iron door shut. | knew
20 run an elevator, having done that work tor Two
lars d week in my boyhood. Also ] kueU Oh a
floor NIackav lived. When ! reached that aoor -e
Of the upper ones, | stepped ont OF The eet -.- i
raced 70 the front and rang Mackay's bell
By great good luck he himself answered The ----I
found later that he was alone in the apartment ept
for his valet told him what wanted, working last,
as the yauievillists say was breathes wiki excite
-ncnt Nv overcoat was caked with snow. was in
deadly earnest. There was, knew, no possibility %
taking an interview with such q as John Alaest.
The talk had TO be genuine, word for word. Na,sr
standing in the doorway, looked me over IN kindly
way. but he shook his head.
You very well know, Son, that don't talk .o- he
papers, he said. Il ike all Of YOU Young fellow .-om
The papers Incidentally think YOU all must be ,an ne
20 work the way YOU DO for such little reward Bur
liking YOU and talking about my business with Iole
different things You'll have % excuse me, I'm at-.
lust at that instant the negro elevator man cane
bouncing up the steps to regain possession o. M ..
vator. He saw me standing in the hall talking win
Nackav: but that fact didn't prevent him from rush.
ing up TO me and demanding to know how had laret
20 seize his elevator.