The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-01-11
CONGRESSIONAL MILLlONAIRrs
''fS WHO Have Made Immense For
tunes In Public I.ifo.

oe " ,ta tAsMniNGToN, December 24.-Som .
o ot. me Crnsuses Of the Senate rive, 'e In
nlcas IN their accumulated cold he Th
Hena'ors could buy out the Renreson,ae ne
yves and have millions to spare Gouea Sou.a'
nor Curtin, | am told, estimates ,ho mo'er' d
eregate wealth of the Senat. at nv iass.
than $600,O00,00O. This ia nrohohi,, M hH less les,
nigh, but is not a terrible ] exe%ao,s, 700
Gne Ja,v hundred millions of this he nu,s
Tomn Ioma as CeioDglng to Senators Fair and
os,; oonee OF Nevada. If this is correct %
9',',a!e so ,ha; OF these two Senators, division
oi tneir wealth among their consti,nen'a
NN" mou,u give every citizen of Nevada Sl0 :.
CO. nPiece, as the population of ths,
S.a.e IS not over GO 900. OF these two
1ehator FAR is considered the richer
lie Is worth over S50O0O,0OO and hoo
Ihade most of it in mines. He ia on
lrlshman and came from near Relf.a, 81"
mnen nc was twelve years old, to Amer
lca, poor boy. He got good business
ealcatlon Gne and went to the gold fields Of Of
California in the days of "49"-enaaoe%J ID
there in mining until 1860, when he hsa9no came
70 Nevada, already q capitalist Hn ia
no" the leading man in Nevada and he
owns, with John Mackey and othera o ,he he
Big bonanza and other noted s;lSap ,nu
mines. These mines. while he w,s ''sse' e..
periinlendent, yielded, the Senator him.
eon eeii says, the enormous sum Of 5000 600 :.
wv ana these are only part OF his
wealth, which embraces most of the
money making enterprises Of the Pacific
cohst. He may he called the jaw Gould
OF The west. He is now only 81 ye,rs
OF age and has five more years to serve a.
Senator Jones is another silver ki,e
worth his weight in gold. Hej $50 YEAR
oid now; but rs boy he went to school
IN Cleveland. He made some money in
California during the gold fever. and in
1857 came to Eevada, and engaged in
mining. Like Fair, he struck IL rich
ana made himself millionaire. He is
Republican, while Fair is Democrat
lie was born in England, but came here
when only year old.
Another Western man of means 10
Van Wyck of Nebraska, a Republican
% years Of age,onginally from New
York. tie las made great deal of
money in lands and other speculations.
and his old New York friends wonder at
his wealth.
Senator Plumb of Kansas is one of
the most careful investors of the Senate.
and he has made himself wealthy there.
by: he started out in life poor printer
at Delaware, Ohio, early moved to Kan
sas, got into politics, was Speaker of tLs
Kansas House of Representatives, and
was sent to the Senate by that State in
1877. He is now only As year DID, and
IL one OF the bright men of the future.
His money has been made largely in
mining and in land speculation.
President David Davis is worth three
or four millions, which he made out of
his law practice and out Of real estate in
Chicago. He lives quietly and economi-
cally and keeps his money constantly
bringing in more. Judge Davis is
Maryland man by birth. He graduated
at Kenyon College, Ohio, practiced law
i'll Massachusetts, and then went to Illi-
nols. Here he made his fame and his
fortune, and he now, man Of nearly 60,
represents Illinois as acting Vice Presi-
dent OF the United States.
The patriarch of the Senate is Joe
Brown of Georgia He IL richer than
Abraham was whcn he owned the land
of Canaan. He has lately offered $50,-
600 to the Georgia University, and now
proposes to give the same to school in
South Carolina. Senator Brown is q pc
culiar character. His long gray hair and
his hoary beard Of sable silver falling
upon his broad chest give his features a
solemn air and make one think of
icI, Co rlo
forcibe speaker, and he always com
mands attention. He came from South
Carolina originally, was Governor OF
Georgia during the war, and says he vo-
ted for Grant when he first ran for Presi
dent. He has made his millions out Of
can.ict labor end out Of railroads. End
can pave his way to the threshold of the
next world with the golden bricks of
ease.
Senator Window Of Minnesota says
he is only worth 100000, but consider
ing the fact that he owns house here in
Washington that could not have cost less
than 1000 aud that he entertains mag
nificently, this statement is rather below
par. General report makes him little
Crnsus, and rumor says that railroad
speculations have made him rich. Sena-
tor Window is very prolific speaker;
he likes to be on the floor, and his reso-
nant voice appears to please his own ear.
1t certainly does that Of his auditors.
Both of the Senators from New Jersey
are we'll to do, and Mcpherson has a
farm on the Delaware Railway at Yona-
pen, N. j., of 1000 acres. 1t has deer
park in it, and he is turning his atten-
ton to making cheese and butter. He
will have 200 fine COWS, and says he is
going to make his dairy farm the most
Complete ono in the country. Senator
Mcpherson is an experienced farmer and
stock dealer. He has long been Presi.
dent of the Central Stock Yards and
Transit Company. His term as Senator
will expire on the 81 of March next.
Little Don Cameron is one OF :hc big
pest manufacturers in Pennsylvania, and
he has made much money outside OF that
which his father has given him. He is
worsh several millions, and Is increasing
his pile daily. Senator Cameron Is q
medium. sized strawberry blonde, with
red hair and a sandy mustache.
A common brakeman on the Baltimore
aud Ohio Railroad was Senator Henry
G. Davis thirty one years ago. NOW ne
il one of the wealthiest men in West
Virginia, counting his money by three
and four millions, and owning railroad
and valuable coal and iron mines, TO-
pether with farms, bank and real estate:
He has some stock in the Baltimore and
Ohio, and is, I think. one of its Direc'
tors. Senator Davis is strong Demo
crat. and votes with his party. He likes
to talk, and often gives the Senate his
advice.