The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-12-03
mILL1oNAIREs IN CONGRESS.
siembers of the House with flethorie
Purses and Pockets that Bulge.

;lembers of the House with Plethoric
Purses and Pockets that Bulge
Tha ricbest man In the next House
is row here at Washington. HIS name
Ia William l.. Scott. He is q Democrat
from Erie, Pennsylvania. and he Is
s,id 70 b, worth S12,0OO,000. saw him
al the hotel TO night. he ID we'll
formed fellow of medium size, not over
AZ ears of age, and he carries aoout
b m the general air of gooo, com
mon sense business man. ne her
m ~ O his own money, and l! mas noI
TURNED him into . snob. heh very
nouulxr among. bis friends, aud Is
known ss especially fond OF horses.
When Scott was here as page Henry
Clay was still 10 the Senate, Daniel
Webster was in his prime, ana Jonh
| g. Calhoun had YET many years TO llYe.
Speaking of the rich men OF the
next Congress, there are many
mil,ionaires among the new menioers,
| and some of the old miliioneires nave
been returned. Now YorB, as usual,
heads the lisb. Perry Belmont mas 6
| fottune. in his own right ano has
| ,rilIIons in prospect, Abe Hewitt re-
| caiyed several millions through Inc
| Geath of his father-in-law, Pster
| (,nooar. and Archie Bliss is said to be
| several tunes millionaire, thouGn
luuderstsnd he bus lost money ls'ely'
| George West, the new congressman
| from Ballsfon, Ia the great paper
| factor, and has 81 100000 in paper osgs.
| liza Davenport, VINO was oeiss,su Ny
| Governoy Hill, is in the next House,
! and is rfcn, Editor Pulitzer oWns
fsrS,,na as the proprietor OF the Nsw
| York World, aud John Arnos, of Ell.
| 49, Ia a npnker with fortune OF
| about So 600 600.
Az 70 tbe Pennsylvania millionaries,
J tbora ara Seoul, with his dozen mii-
| Iinne: Tom Bayne, OF Pittsourg, wno
| gsts about million through MS VILE,
| ana Harmer, Of Philadelphia, VINO mas
| NO or three miiliops invested IL
mines. A. new Republican congress
| man from Pebpsy wanna SoIhes "a, ~
| Scranton, the great coal town wblch II
named alter his family, and Congress
| man Scranton il worth a fortune III
| coaI aad railroads. One of his auces-
4 tors was in Congress- iato In the n.ilesl
| aYei / srn told no was member several
wears ego.
3Tne G5ser millionaires are scattered
| Wjscorsin hss one, Mr.. stephenson !,
| wno owns fortune ia salt ana teal
lesta.e 9, and North Carolina mas snobnai
named Greeu, whose mouey IL IN
80
ne hns the largest vineyard east OF tht
| Rocsy Mountains. The check o.
1 William Walter Phelps, of New
l.Jersey, is good for several
| miilions any day, and his son IL now
going around the world in his OWL
| vachs. Connecticut has twice mil
Iiunaire In Charles l.. Mitchell, 81 New
Yaven, who Is director ia 70 diHsren'
lcorporatio ns, and there Is new MON.
i her from San Matec, California, VINO II
esid to be worth hall rs much as Seoti
aud mas mad his money in specniat
ing In oil and mines. His name is
lChsriey FELTON,. He Is q young KS
publicsn aud rollicking good fellow
| rho Illinois deiegation Is said 70 nave
lssyaral sniillonaires. Louisiana D ~ 9
Irnnar millionaire in one OF its new
members, Mr.. Cav, and there are
number Of other States which nsvt
con gfessmen who ara worm In tne
i nein nporhood of Si00000 and mere
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