The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-11

may be fierce battle of the financial
giants in the Sage Brush state next wear,
In the senate, he never opens his month.
but he pays good deal of attention to
the proceedings, and makes some good
suggestions in committee. He never
enters society, and is absent from Wash
lngton a great deal
Senator Palmer, of Michigan is one of
the most conspicuous of the millionaire
senators, and is one of the most indolent.
HIS millions were made in the lumber
trade and land speculations. He is, bar
ring MS laziness, splendid type of the
successful western man. He enjoys So
clety very much, and is inclined to
woman suffrage. The fine new house he
has just finished will be the scene of many
social events, as he is one of the best en-
tertalners In Washington. He says he is
gong to write a treatise on the virtues of
incidence. He has never gotten up early
In his life, and has never worn himself out
going through the motions of trying to
convince his friends that he is energetic.
His good fortune has come to him while
he has sat in stuffed chair, smoking a
cigar, calmly waiting for it to arrive.
ness, comes to every one in the latter
part of his life, unless he takes certain
amount of exercise. He takes his in the
shape of long walks. He has occasionally
startled the curious by his wearing, on
these walks, live toy terrier in the front
of his buttoned-up overcoat, for a
breastpin. He has no children, and, con-
sequently, makes up the loss by having an
unusual number of pets about the house.
Joseph Emerson Brown-old "Joe"Brown,
as he is Familiarity called-is another of
the millionaire senators, and one of the
most conspicuous figures on the floor of
that body. He looks eighty years of age,
though in reality he is but sixty-hve.
There is a certain patriarchal look about
him which at once attracts attention. He
has long silvery beard; the top of his
head is almost bald and his hair is of that
smooth, lank and oily kind which in the
popular mind is generally associated with
a certain odor of sanctity. Senator Brown
is self made made man and a born
schemer. His life has been passed in the
midst of stirring events, in which he him
self was principal actor, and remarka
BILE success has always crowned his con-
tests with political competitors and the
world at large. They say he has an ambi-
ton to be president. He is worth two or
three millions, mostly made in railroads
and fortunate speculations.
Senator Payne, of Ohio, is three or
four times millionaire, and is at present
under cloud. 1t does not follow that be-
cause man is wealthy he buys his politi-
cal honors, and charges of this character
are not often sustained. The worst that
ever happened in this direction, except in
the case of "Old Subsidy" Pomeroy, is the
Scotch verdict, guilty, but not proven"
Ingalls,, of Kansas, had loud call three or
four years ago, after his second election,
yet he is not a wealthy man and at most
could only have benefited be the use of
some other mans money. Senator Payne
is man whose preferment might natur-
ally come as the result of recognized abil-
ity and qualifications. He was a member
of the electoral commission that defeated
Mr.. Tilden for the presidency. The latter
once said that Payne was the best railroad
lawyer he ever knew. He is tall and slen-
der and, like Senator Palmer. a great pc
destrian. His reading has been extensive
and he possesses a wonderful memory.
He is affable in manner and entertaining
in conversation. Don Cameron, of Penn
sylvania, another of the millionaires, is
the son of his father, Simon. Partly for
this reason and partly because he is a
shrewd politician and business man on his
own hook he has been one of the most in
fuential senators. He has been concerned
in large business interests-ra railroads,
banks, etc, from very early life, through
which he has made, with the aid of the
author of ''thubms up" his five or six mil
lions. At the age of 33 he was secretary
of war under Grant. He is born poll
tician, but has somewhat withdrawn from
active politics during the past two or three
years on account of ill-health. This win
ter he was thought to have recovered en-
tirely, and has been regularly in his seat,
but within the last two weeks the old diff
fculty has returned and he contemplates
a trip south to remain until warm weather.
! He is not genial and affable man in his
intercourse with others, but is often quite
bearish.
Tom" Bowen, of Colorado, is one
more of the senators who has seen good
deal of the struggle of life, and finally
conquered fortune in the lottery of min
ing. When he was elected senator his
wealth was estimated at several millions,
but it has since been said that he never
really possessed a clean million until the
recent "finds in newly developed min
ing properties of which he is part owner.
Tom is lawyer, politician, and good
poker player, and looks like Methodist
minister. He lived at one time in Kan
sas, and hustled" with the boys" for
political and other odd jobs. From there
he drifted to Arkansas, where he wore the
unsullied eminence of the supreme bench,
and later had bout with Dorsey for the
senatorship, in which he came out second
best. Then he went for Colorado and a
bonanza. Unlike his predecessor in the
senate, Tabor, he is transformations and re-
served, and does not wear $500 night
shirts. He does not court fashionable
society, is prince of good fellows, gal
liant and courteous, and in politics rather
sly. He is little over fifty, but doesn't
look it. He is fluent talker, and credited
with the purpose of making big speech
on the silver question when the subject
gets warmed up. Senator Plumb, OF
Kansas, is not the possessor of so much OF
the root" as some of the Others men
toned here, but he may be classed among
the millionaires. He has investments IN