, 1884-05-09
SENATOR'S WEALTH.
Nearly Every Commercial Interest
Of the Country Represented.
Who the Rich Ones Are, what they
Are worth and What They
Are Most Inter
ested in.


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The majority of the senators are rich men.
Edmunds, the president of the senate, is
probably worth 10000, and has u private
law practice worth at least SIS, 600 u year.
Aldrich. Of Rhode island, Is a rich whole
sale grocer. Allison, OF Iowa, Is worth at
least slOO, 900, and has an independent in
come from his wifes estate. Anthony, of
Rhode Island, owns a fine property in The
Providence Journal, and has a good private
income. Bayard, OF Delaware, has a mod
crate fortune. Beck, OF Kentucky, is in good
circumstances Blair, OF New Hampshire,
is a poor man. Bowen, OF Colorado, is many
times a millionsire. Joe Brown, of Georgia,
Is n millionaire. Butler, of South Carolina,
Is poor. Call, of Florida, Is well off. Cam
den, OF West Virginia. is very rich. Cam
eron, Of Wisconsin, has ample means.
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, Is worth a, OOO,-
900. Cockrell, of Missouri, is poor. Coke,
OF Texas, has a large plantation interest in
his state. Colquitt, of Georgia, is rich, and
has been associated in many railroad specu-
lations with Joe Brown. Couger, OF Michi-
gan, is in comfortable circumstances
Cullom, Of Illinois, is poor. Dawes, of
Massachusetts,. has q moderate fortune.
Dolph. OF Oregon, is rich. Fair. OF Nevada,
is many times a millionaire. Farley, of Cali
fornia, has a large fortune. Frye, OF Maine,
is poor; so is Garland. OF Arkansas. George,
of Mississippi, has a number Of large planta-
tions Gibson, OF Louisiana, is very rich.
German, of Maryland, has a good property.
and so has his colleague Groom. Eugene
Hale married rich and inherited n great deal
from Zach Chandler. Wade Hampton has y
large property interest in South Carolina.
Harris. Of Tennessee, has plenty of money.
Harrison, of Indiana, has a moderate fortune
and a hne law practice. Hawley; Of Con-
n%ecticut, is poor. Hill, OF Colorado, has
very large mining interests and great wealth.
Hoar, Of Massachusetts,. has n good private
income. ~I-Syalls, Of Kansas. is supposed to be
poor, but he has any number of western en-
terprises which must make him in the end
rich. jackson, OF Tennessee, has private
means. Jones, of Louisiana, is very rich.
Jones, of Florida, is poor.
Jones, of Nevada, Is rich and poor, ac-
cording as speculation turns. He is believed
at present to be very rich. Kenna, of West
Virginia, is backed by one OF the largest coal
and railroad interests in his state. Lamar is
poor. Lapham, of New York, is well off.
Logan, OF Illinois, is poor. Mcmillan, of
Minnesota, is well to do. Mcpherson, OF
New Jersey, is u capitalist who has a large
fortune invested in stock. yards in the cattle
business. Malone, Of Virginia, has large
property interests in railroads and banks.
Manierson, of Nebraska, is a rich man.
Mnxey. of Texas, Is in moderate ciTcum-
stances. Miller, OF California, is very rich,
and is one of the largest stockholders Of the
Alaska Fur company. Miller, of New York,
has a large income from his paper-mills.
Mitchell, Of Pennsylvania, is poor. Morgan.
Of Alabama. has a large private income.
Morrill,, OF Vermont, has n large fortune
which he made by speculations during the
war. Palmer, OF Michigan, is said to have
an income of SIZE, 900 a year from his private
fortune. He has a winter residence In New
York and owns property all over the couu-
try. Pike. of New Hampshire, is poor.
Pendleton, OF Ohio, must be very rich, be-
cause he spends from s75, 900 to 800, 900 a
year in mere entertaining and living. Platt,
OF Connecticut, is a lawyer OF good practice
but small means. Plumb, of Kansas, is max
ing money all the time, and has large invest
ments In western enterprises. Pugh, Of Ala
bama, is a man Of ample means. Ransom,
Of North Carolina, is poor and always hard
up. Riddleberger, OF Virginia, is not rich.
Sabin, OF Minnesota, owns a large milling
interest, and is supposed to AVE an immense
iucome-in the neighborhood of SIS, 600 or
800 900 a year. Salisbury, OF Delaware, is
poor. Sawyer, of Wisconsin, Is worth a, co.,
600. Sewell, of New Jersey, is worth a million.
John Sherman is a millionaire. Slater. of
Oregon, is q man of substantial property,
Nance, of North Carolina, Is well-to-do. Van
Wyck has money from his wife. Vest, of
Missouri, has an income Of from SIS. 900 to
10000 a year from his law practice. Dan
VOORHEES, is poor. Walker. Of Arkansas, has
to depend on his senatorial salary. Williams,
OF Kentucky, has large farming interests in
that state. Wilson, Of Iowa, Is a Spectator
and n heavy holder of railroad securities.
Nearly every commercial interest In the
United States is represented in some way by
the property-holders in the senate. There is no
question relating to public lands, to cattle
raising, to mining, railroad, or telegraph.
that does not at once involve the interests of
the senators who are to pass upon them. II
the rule was to be strictly adhered to that
no senator or member should be permitted
to vote upon measures in which he is directly
interested there would often be times in the
senate when there would be no quorum to
consider matfars