Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-04-26
Senator Fair.

senator f6lr IL generally counted as ranK-
ing newt, though there is not very much
known here about The details Of his 6uan.
cial condition He is a selfmade man as
regards his wealth, having made his fortune
by his own efforts, as is the case with each
illustrious trio wEose faces are given in this
article. he is perhaps the haudsomest
man of the three, with fine figure, handsome
face and magnificent beard lie is one Of
TIE few Senators who are not natives
OF this country, having been born
in Ireland "a years ago. He is thorough
student and probably the best educated mau
of the three, having received q thorough
business education in Chicago, paying es'
pecial attention 10 scientific studies which
especially fitted him fer the mining business
in which he has since been engaged. He
was one of the forty miners, remaining in
California until 1860, when he went to Ne
vada, where he has since resided and where
he has had at all times been extensive vely en-
gagged in mining, constructing huge quartz
mills, building water works, etc. in 1861 he
formed a partnership with JohE W. Mackey
j. c. Flood and Vim. S. 0'Brien.
The firm purchased the control Of the
bonanzas and several other well known
mines, the yield Of gold and silver from
which, while under the superintendency Of
lir. Fair, is estimated at about two hun
dred million dollars, he is also extensively
engaged ia real estate and buildings in San
Francisco, and is largely interested in yari.
Gus manufactures Of the Pacific coast 1t
IS encouTag ging to the average yonug Amsr.
iCan to reflect thit these three men, the
vealthiest in the Senate, who have attained
10 the highest Office this side Of the
Presidency aud-are at the same time
r.iliicnaires many times over have attained
% ibis emiUence BY their own personal en-.
deavors. In every one ofthe cases the man
has begun at the very bottom Of the ladder.
Mr.. Stanford as Il young and briefless bar
rister, Mr. Sawyer vi h his axe in the woods
# Wiscnnsin. AID Mr Fair "a q miner in
California
II il popular notion that there are a
cOld MANY wealthy men in the Senate. 1t
il popular GolIacy There are good
uauy who have something more than their
.aIory hn' these ;hrce are probably the only
aiiiionair, in HAT body unless we
excsp, PAYNE. Of Ohio aud 'Jne' Brown.
Il Georgia, rho may nossibly rank
n his E6t or Ionss ot Nevada, who il
,ometimcs weGhhy and sometimes other
Si,e. IT, rn 81" sUme very exaggerated
,t ries about Ii" "rthh Of Senator's
Edmunds OF Vermont, is 50 ken OF as q
millionaira H., IS Car f-rr1 u has also
been asserted that he has an income Of
many thousands Of dollars from his law
practice. A Senator who knows SAYS in re.
ply to the statement that he probably does
not make thousand dollars year at law
now. Sherman, Of Ohio, is credited with
being millionaire but heis not.
Sabine, of Minnesota, who came here
with the reputation Of being q rich man,
probably does not know how much he is
worth but it does not seem that the golden
reports that preceded his arrival are to be
sustained. Senator Palmer, Of Michigan, is
spoken of as millionaire. He is not oae
and does not 80 claim. There are probably
dozen or twenty senators who are fairly
we'll of. Aldr' ch, OF Rhode Island, has per
haps hundred thousand or two. Allison, OF
Iowa, may be worth hundred thousand,
Bayard may have as much. Bowen's fortune
runs pretty well up toward million.
Brown, of Georgia, is doubtless very
wealthy and may be worth million. Cam
den and Cameron are rich, aud the latter
might be squeezed into the millionaire list.
Possibly Gibson, Of Lousiana, is wealthy.
So is Gale, of Maine. Mcpherson, Of New
JERSEY, and Malone, Of Virginia, are said
to be quite well Of, as are Payne, Palner
and Sherman.