New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-04-19

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WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsH1N eroN, D. G., April II, 1882.
In the spring time some United
States Senators fancies gently turn
to thoughts of fishing, excursions,
anywhere away from the
heavy debates of the upper House.
A party of Senators have just re.
turned from fishing excursion Of
several days in Virginia. To-mor-
row Senator Fair, the bachelor Sen
ator from Nevada, with snug lit.
tie fortune of $40, 900, 900, will give
a picnic excursion to a number Of
ladies and gentlemen to the Great
Falls of the Potomac, twelve miles
distant. Yesterday another million.
aire, congressman Allen of Missou-
ri, was driven slowly on his last ex-
cursion in hearse from the Airing.
ton hotel to the railway station. He
left fortune of SIS, 100000.
The past has been an unusually
mild winter at the Capital, but there
has been great deal of sickness
among members and senator's. And
there is reason for the suspicion
that much of the ill'health arises
from the system wrecking dissipa-
ton that has become too fatally
fashionable among members and
senators during the last few years,
or since the Senate has become the
''House of Millionaires.'' At no
previous time in the history of the
country has there been so large a
number of wealthy men in Con-
gress. The present Senate contains
at least a score of Senators not one
of whom is worth less than 5000,
900. The richest man in the Sen
ate is, of course, Fair, Of Nevada,
who probably possesses as much as
all the other Senators together.
Next to him in lucre is David Da,
Wis, of Illinois, a widower, who is
reputed to be the possessor of mil
lions. It is somewhat difficult to
name the senator whose fortune
ranks third in size, but, if Eugene
Hale of Maine has received the man.
tie of his father-in-law Zach. Chand.
Ter with it's we'll lined pockets, his
fortune is nearly as large as that OF
David Davis. The wife Of Senator
Hale is the only daug liter of the late
Senator Zach. Chandler. Other
very wealthy Senators are Miller, Of
California; Malone, of Virginia;
and Sawyer, Of Wisconsin, known
to be worth more than a million
each. Sewell of New Jersey is a
railroad man and is reputed very
wealthy. Senator john Sherman,
of Ohio, it is said, is worth more
than one million, his property con.
slsting largely of real estate in
Washington. Among other Sena'
tors who write their fortunes with
seven figures, are Cameron, of Penn.
sylvania; Davis, Of West Virginia.
and Plum, of Kansas. Senators
Hill, Of Colorado; Brown, of Geor.
gia; Groom, of Maryland; McPher'
son, OF New Jersey; and Pendleton,
of Ohio, are all worth more than
100000. Many other Senators are
comfortably fixed, possessing little
boards Of from $50, 900 to $500, 900.
Among those who have but little,
comparatively, here below, that is
not more than 100000 apiece, are
Morrill,, of Vermont; Anthony, Of
Rhode Island; Rollins, of New
Hampshire; Jones, of Nevada; John
son, of Virginia; Jones, of Florida
Beck, of Kentucky; Saunders, OF
Nebraska; Allison, Of Iowa; and
Harrison, of Indiana.
The House has not as many
wealthy men in proportion to its
numbers, but there are several mil.
lionaires in this body, and many
more who, before this late day Of
colossal fortunes, would have been
considered rich, 1t may be useless
to moralize on the influence of this
great increase of wealth in the two
legislative bodies of the United
States, and the undermining and
virtue.sapping tendencies that the
abuse of wealth will produce on the
individuals and on States. But il
is certainly more profitable to moral
ize now than it will be at the in
quest. There can be no doubt tha
the efficiency of members and Sena
tors is seriously impaired by stom
achs ruined, or brains clouded o
crazed from the so-called thigh
toned dissipation in which some o
| our improvised statesmen dispor
their wealth. There Is scarcely al
evening that some wealthy congress
| man does not give dinner. Thes
dinners are, to speak mildly, orgie
of gluttony and drunkenness.
Moneytor a Rainy Day.
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