Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-09

two or three years on account OF ill-hcalth,
This winter he was thought TO have re-
covered entirely, and has been regularly
In his seat, but within the las, two weeks
the old difficulty has returned and he con-
templates trip South TO remain until
warm weather, He Is not genial or
affable man in his intercourse with others,
but Is often quite bearlsh.
"1omn Bowen, of Colorado, is one
more OF the senators who has seen good
deal of the struggle OF life, and finally
conquered fortune In tho lottery OF mining,
When nc was elected senator his wealth
was estimated at several millions, but 1t
has since been said that he never really
possessed a clean million until the recent
"ilndsn In newly developed mining prop
critics OF which he Is part owner. Tom Is
n lawyer, a politician and good poker
player. and looks like Methodist minis
ter. He lived NJ one time in Kansas,
and "hustledn with "thc boys for polltl-
cal and other odd Jobs. From there he
drltted TO Arkansas, where he wore the
unsullled eminenco OF the supreme bench,
and later had u bout with Dorsey for the
senatorship, in which he came out second
best. Then he went for Colorado aud u
bonanza Unlike his predecessor In the
senate, Tabor, heis unostontatious and re.
served, and does not wear $500 night
shirts He does not court fashionable
society, Is u prince OF good fellows, gall
liant and courteous, and III politics rather
| Sly, lie is a little over atty, but doesn't
look II. lie Is a fluent talker, and cred =
tied with the purpose of making big
| speech on the silver question when the
subject gets warmed up. Senator Plumb
\ OF Kansas Ia not the possessor OF so
much OF the 'root" as some OF the others
mentioned here, hut he may be cassod
among the mil.ionaires, He has invest
meuts In Kansas lands aud kindred prop
erty which are rapidly developing into
the mystic seven figures, lie Is a plain,
practical man, With an air Of business
about him that denotes the shrewd West
ern possessor OF brains and push, So
oiety has no attractions for him, but poll
| tics and his duties AS chairman OF the
senate committee on public lands
absorb his attention In his early
days he learned the printing art, and here
! In Washington he has been the staunoh
| friend of "the boysN in the government
| printing Office. He speaks often ON the
floor of the senate, always TO the point,
/ and is generally seen with his hands In
i AAAn lNNNNkNs
When Senator Sabm OF Minnesota was
| first elected 10 the seat OF MIR. Window he
was reported the owner OF seyeral-anl-
4 Hons, hut the embarrassment shortly
! after oyertaking some OF the enterprises
In which he was interested led to CON
siderable shcinksge OF the estimates He
\ Is, however, wealthy man, and one OF
remarkable business ability. lie wears a
mustache second only to thst Of Gen. Lo.
gan, and Is regarded as one OF the hand
soonest men In the senate Senator
John sherman is, probably, worth two
( or three millions of dollars, which he
has made In Washington real estate,
stocks and other similar investments, IN.
Guiding politics, all within the few years
since he entered public life. He Is long.
headed ana sly, and, next to Joe Brown,
the most "close-nstedn man in the senate
Senator Eugene Hale OF Maine is also
rich, partly through his wife, who In.
herited large fortune from her father,
the late Zach. Chandler. Among the