St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-28
cRGsUs N THE SENATE
Tie Afffionair~s Who Purchase Senatorial
. afs and Make Lasrs for Cs.


reading" By way of prelude the writer says
the Senate, year By year, seems to grow
further and further away from the people.
II apparently has no sympathy with public
sentiment 1t prides itself upon the fact
that ii is above what it calls popular clsmor.
II continually seeks to encrOaeh upon the
rights OF the house. It is always adding
enormous appropriation to the house bills.
In this light over the naval bill the senate
has shown Il most thorough indif.re 10
outside sentiment. 1t is even ready to 90
u tue length Of forcing an extra session to
carry its paint OF giving Chandler millions
To disburse this winter to continue the con-
siruetion OF toy war vessels that are the
laughing stock Of European naval circles.
There must be a reason for the senate's
lack Of sympathy with the people they rrpre-
sent One Os the principal reasons lies in
the fact that majority Of the senators have
Transferred their homes here and are really
strangers in their own state. They mix SO
little with their own people that they are un-
acquainted with their wishes. Entrenched
behind six years term they appear to care
little about Shat their people NAV desire of
them The corporation influence is very
strong in the senate. Most OF the senators
are rich men, the owners of stock in great
railroad enterprises, and their sympathies
naturally run with what tends to keep up the
value of their property.
TIE rich men OF the senate are men whose
fortunes range from a quarter Of a million
dollars 10 4 million or mOrc. Those below a
quarter Of million are simply elsssed as men
who are well to do. / do not think that there
are dozen men in the senate who are
obliged 10 depend upon their salaries for a
living. Let Us run through the list alphabet
ieaily. Aidrieh, of Rhode Island, is worth
about three-quarters Of a million Of dollars.
He has always kept house here but has
not yet built residence OF his own. Ali
son, OF Iowa, who is widower, lives in
house on Vermont avenue worth with its
grounds about IL at least $50, 900. He lives
there the greater part of the year, and only
goes home to Iowa in the summer time His
fortune is estimated from quarter to half
million Of dollars. Bsyard, of Delaware, has
lived in his own house here for years. II is
three story msnsard brick on Highland ter
race. IL is worth S25, 900. Bayard's fortune
is said to be from s15O,OUO to 5000, 600.
Beck, Of Kentucky, is only moderately well
OF. He lives in g rented house on X street.
Blair, OF New Hampshire, Is 4 poor man, bu.
he manages to keep house in n very elegant
house on Capitol hill. Bowen, Of Colorado,
is an alleged silver millionaire. He lives at
hotel Gov. Joe Brown, of Georgia, Is
many times a millionaire. NJ. c. Butler is
poor and boards. Call, of Florida, has
bought house here for which he paid S25,-
600, and has the reputation Of being well
to do.
Camden, Of West Virginia, is a million
aire. He lives at n hotel. Cameron, Of
Pennsylvania, is worth three or four mil
lions. he has built house here which with
its lot is worth at least 500, 900. 6ockrel,
OF Missouri, is q poor man. He has geuer-
ally boarded, but this year he is keeping
house with his wife and six children in a
place just back Of the British Legation.
Coke, Of Texas, is rich, although be lives
very simple. Colquitt, of Georgia, is very
rich. He lives at a hotel. Conger, Of
Michigan, has a small fortune and his wife
has more. They have recently purchased
handsome house near the Fourteenth Circle.
Michigan to them is nothing but a summer
resort. Cullom, Of Illinois, is poor and
lives at hotel, Neither of the MSssachu-
sets senators could be called rich men, Both
Hoar aud Dawes live In boarding houses.
Dolph- Of Oregon, has the reputation
OF being worth hundred thou
sand dollars or more. Edmunds, OF
Vermont is q millionaire. He has an
income OF from $50, 900 to $4,000 a year.
he has lived In his own house for years, and
is now planning to build a new one more in
keeping with his great fortune Fair, of
Nevada, has the credit Of being ten times a
millionaire. he lives at hotel FRYE, of
Maine, and Garland, Of Arkansas, are men
OF moderate means. They board George
Of Mississippi, is a w-7lthy planter He
lives in large house in a paIatial row on
East Capitol street. Gibson, of Louisiana,
has very large income from his sugar in
terests. He has handsome house here, in
which he has lived for years. German, Of
Maryland, has large railroad interests He
keeps house. He occupies one of the hand
soonest residences in Washington. Groome,
of Maryland, is poor. He lives at u hotel,
Hale, Of Waine, must have control of prop
erty worth at least 800, 900, He rents one
Of the largest houses in the city, Hampton.
OF South Carolina, is a wealthy planter and
belongs 10 family which has been rich for
many generations. Harris, of Tennessee, is
a man OF small means. He boards. Harrison
OF Indiana. has a good income from his
law practice. He lives in comfortable
rented house. Joe Hawley, Of Connecticut,
lives in the most quiet way. he was In debt
when he came to congress, and is hardly vet
square with the world. Hill, of Colorado, is
silver millionaire. He has always lived in
one Of the handsOmest houses in Washing
ton, and his wife has entertained upon the
must liberal scale She is not here this win
ter, and the senator lives al the hotel. In
gals, Of Kansas, and jackson, Of Ten nessee
are poor. Jonas, of Louisiana, has a large
income and lives with his family in one Of
the most expensive fats in town. Jones, of
Florida, is poor, and has family of six
motherless children on his hands. Jones. of
Nevada, has his ups aud downs. He is a
millionaire one week and the next week be
may have difficulty in paying his wash bill.
He Is not considered desirable tenant, as
he has a prejudice against paying rent.
Keuna, of West Virginia, has large coal
mining interests. Lamar, of Mississippi, is
poor. So are Lapham, Of New York, aud
Logan, Of Illinois. Mcmillan, OF Minnesota,
is rich.
Mcpherson, Of New jersey. IS a wealth man
and lives in very fne new house which he
just built Malone, Of Virginia, has the
reputation of being worth at least half mil
lion. Henderson, of Nebraska, and Maxey,
Of Texas, have small fortunes. Miller, Of
California, is very rich man and lives in
one OF the finest houses on Connecticut ave-
nue. Miller, Of New York, has big income
from bis paper mandatory. He occupies
the large and elegant house in which Justice
Swaine lived. Mitchell, Of Pennsylvania, is
poor. So is Morgan, OF Alabama. Morrill,,
OF Vermont, has been q reside mt of Washing
ton so long that be would be at home nowhere