Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-14
,sa insurance Popular Among the
officials.
0uer,c MEN AND LIFE INSURANCE.
WI. Same Patriots 6rdmble---A Fine Long
List of Aspirauts For PrOmi-
nent Places,
LATEST GOSSIP FROM The CAPITAL.


SpOIACAN
here yesterday. 49,,
rYss a good many of them do" ne an
,vsrss some Of them are rather impsoV-
dent Of course, but good many OF them
t,ke verv kindly to life insurance. They
see very plainly the uncertainty Of political
Bss and are smart enough to provide tor
,be worst. Yea, there are good many pol
lev holders in Office
"Do they insare for large smountsf
mo, very large usually. There was
President GARFIELD, be was insured for twen-
80 thousand dollars. President Cleye-
isnd ia insured for q considerable sum IN
tvo conpanies, and says he was especially
carafnl aboa: them as long as his mother
lived A few Of the more prudent and
weslthy carry considerable sums. Senator
NcPherson, Of New Jersey, carries HE m
urancs Of $4,000. EN.Congressman
Frank Jones, Of New Hampshire, who was
taIked offor the Cabinet, carries sos, 600.
Senator Sabin has an insurance OF $50 900.
Fv.Pos,mgs,er General Hstton has $25,-
0no op his life. DR.. Bliss, who was
% nrominent in the Garfield case, carried
S56 OOO on his Ete but has lost 3 part otit
nv the failure Of some Of the companies.
Gongressnan Randall is a believer in hte
insurance, and carries good round sun on
bis life. ludeed, il IS about the only &C
rDmuIat;on ne has made in his long political
career. lie is SO strictly honest and willing
10 avoid even the appearance OF eyu, that ne
hss neglected the many opportunities offered
him 10 make money outside, and be Is a
poor man. A good many Of the Southern
members Of Congress are insured. There
ia Senator Jonas Of Louisiana who gave
wsy last March to Eustts; he is insured for
a large sum. So is Senator Butler of South
carolina: so is Senator Call of Florida, also
Senator Jones Of that State, and Senator
Morgan OF Alabama Representatives King
and Kills OF Lou sisna are also insured tor
large sums. The army and navy people are
believers in insurance and have an assocIa-
ton Of their owp, a sort Of a mutual ar
raugeuept which proves very satisfactory.
Some Of them are also insured in the insur-
ance companies, though Of course fighting
men have TO pay larger rate on insurance
than others. General Sherman vas insured
icr pretty good sum, and Genegal Sheri.
dan. too; so IL Admiral Franklin. sup
uose il will do 10 count Ben Butler among
The list Of statesmen, will it not? Well, he
is insured tor large sum, probably hun
dred thousand i know OF one company in
which be has $50, 900 and be doubtless has
as much elsewhere. Secretary Of State
Bayard is also o believer in life insurance,
though do no, know just what he carries.
So IS ex,Secre:ary AeCulloch, OF the Treas
ury. Congressman Springer, Of Illinois,
carries q small insurance, perhaps ten thou
sard. Senate. ETarts says he don't know
much about il. bu. supposes that if people
can leave something for their families by
this method there is no objection to their
doing so. Very kind, isn't It. Ex-Governor
Rice, OF Massachusetts, Is heavily insured.
Senator Frye, OF Name, carries Sl2, 900, and
says he would take more II he could afford
the annual payment of the premium.
How about the Supreme Court people
Some OF them are insured, though |
don't think many OF them. Justice Brad.
ley SAYS he thinks the rates charged By the
companies too high, that it forces the in
sured 10 pay 100 high rate for the care OF
their money, though the advantages of say
iug amply pays for the loss. | don't know
for certain about Justice Field, but if he is
any thing like his brother be is pretty well
iusUred, for Cyrus W. Field carries q quar-
ter OF million life insurance.
"As to the House and Senate, have you
exhausted tha: hs;'
"No there are many more, too many to
mentor. Senator Cockrell, for instance
csyries ten thousand dollars, ex-senator
Bruce a reasonable sum, eX-Congressmsn
Chalmers, OF Mississippi, carries ten thous-
ard. Senator Plumb has an insurance Of
81 ono, General Slocum, of New York S20,-
0g0, Stewart l. HoOdtord, of New York,
$4,000, Congressman Poland, of Vermont,
sboGt 5000, Congressman Miller, of Texas,
5000. Senator Kenna, Of West Virginia,
$1,000, aud so on. There are q good many
. Of them.
Why They Grumble.
After all Il is not so difficult to see why
there q so much growing among the pat
riots OF the Democratic party A little
slip OF paper cat from one Of the Washing
ton papers just after the inauguration, CIV
Ing list OF names OF
Aspirunts for Prominent Places
comes 70 the surface Just now With re-
tresbiug hint as to the cause of all this
growing. Here IL is. Il was entitled
Some Of the offices and the men who want
thea, Assistant Secretary Of the Treas
ury ". II. Bissell, of New York, eX-Attor-
ner General Fairsehild, Of New York, Gen.
eTSl Walthsll, Mississippi; First Assistant
Secretary Of the Interior, John Fl. O5erly,
Illinois, ex Senator Jonas, Louisiana; First
Assistant Postmaster General, ex,Rspre-
sentative Money, Mississippi, General Mich
oas Bell. Missouri; Second Assistant Post
master General, + c. Talbot, Maryland,
e1.Represen.a,iye Nulchler: Pennsylysnia;S
Commissioner OF Agricultural. Representa-.
i've D. ". Aiken South Carolina, Colonel
Hober; Beverly Virginia, ex-Rspresentative
MUlC.ow, Mississippi, ex.Representatiye
55arrel New Jersey; Commissioner OF
Patents, ex-Rep,ssentative Vance, North
carolina, Charles \. Shaw, Boston;
Commissioner Of the General Land Office,
General Joseph i. johnson. of Virginia, ex-
Senator Slater, Oregon, ex-Representstive
SHAW, Illinois, sx,Representative Henley,
California. Commissioner of Railroads,
e&,Repressnra'iyes CaSstay, Nevada.
GOVernor Of Idaho, Colonel d. C. s. J. r.
fe.lI CTacrafs, Pennsylvania
Governor of New Mexico, ex-senator
hoss, New Mexico. Commissioner OF In
N'Lal Revenue, Thomas Hsrland, New
e1-Reyrssenistige Atherton, Ohio, exReP-
'Seois,ive Phil Thompson. Kentucky.
Let Us run through the list and see how
many got what they wanted. For Assist.
Aet SscsstsFy Of tbs Treasury, Mr.. Bissell
q New York and Mr.. Wal,ball of Missis-
"Vp were lett. while Mr.. Fsirehild was sue
t'ssstal. Fer First Assistant Secretary Of
Iae interior Mr.. Oberly aud Mr.
Seaas we're most beautifully left.
tor Assistant Post Master General
leitoer NJ. Money nor Mr.. Bell got
. showing For Second Assistant Post
FASTER General neither Mr.. Talbot nor Mr..
tSia'solsr were successful, and to add to the
oferress Of Mr.. Tslbott's draughs another
SAn from his own State WSs put in the