Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-27
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RICHES IN THE SENATE
Very Few Senators Are 5iilEio7asres o.
Even Rlca AeH-A &isc8rctp' p
sion Csexaclsd.
A Lat tina. Shows that the Wsnnh OF ihse
Body HISS Been Very Greatly
Exaggerated.

Washington Correspondent Philadelphia Press.
During the last ten years it has been so
fashionable to aouse the Senate oy Gaining
it the american House Of Lords" anu
to srrsign Senators as millionnires, most
of whom bought their way TO their seats,
that it Is now the general impression tnat
these conditions Of opulence and excir'
siyeness prevailto such an extent as ID
impair the usefulness of that body and to
reflect more or less dishonor on It's mem
bers.
One day this week, meeting Senator
Evarts and Senstor VOORHEES, lunching IN
tine Senate restaurant, l called their at
tention to the prevailing impression, and
ipnni-ed If the American Senate wss zeal
10 q hody of nililonaires and the creatures
OF corporations.
"M1lIionaires!" exclaimed Mr.. Foor-
hees. with sniff Of indignation; 81
don't believe thst there is national leS-
isIsture in the world whose members
| possess less money"
nHouse of Lords!" echoed Mr.. EVarts.
uEvery S .nstor represents the. people OF
a definite, organized section OF the re-
public, while the House Of Lords repre-
SCENTS nothing but proscription-tne en-
| tell of an ereditaTy aristocracy"
| The next day called on Senator Ia
gals, who, as presiding officer o. the
Senate. speaks to g certain extent Official
| ". 81 cannot understand" said ne,
| HWhy Is is tnat the newspapers OF the
country represent the Senate IS compos.
ed Ct railroad attorneys and 'msgDates.'
The charge might just about As we'll De
brought against the Evangelical Alliance.
Why don't you inquire into this matter
and tell the truth about itf"
Yesterday they showed me 6 curious
document at the White House. bond
| which the President had just signed for
his ssewsrc-probsbly the first bond
signed by President To enable the pur-
yeyor OF the Executive Mansion to enter
on his duties. 1t vas al carefully filled
| IN Mr.. Ceveland's delicate and rather
| dsirty hand, and in it ne has stated, IN
nou COMM tel terms, tast MS resi estate
| in the District OF Columbia was worm
| umore 1hsn $50 ,060' and his perSensl
property "mcre lnan $4,000 80 the
| President IL worth "mUre thsn" S40.oeU
in Washington, not counting bis Albany
and Buffalo investments snd MRS. CieVe-
lands real estate in Omaha.
! Letus take the states IN order q geo
graphical sequence. Maine: Frye is
| DOOR man, dependent On his salsry Tor Ms
support.
Hale opportunity married ZAch Chand
Ier's daughter, and with her won aooQ
sTbe, 600. Now be about holds his own
Chandler is man CT moderate means
worth perhaps $50. 900.
Vermont: EImuuds has always beer
industrious snd thrifty, seldom decInloi
a pig fee offered TO MIN SIS S lawyer. Ii
Is e. corporation attorney, snd prooaoi
worth S50o,0o0. His beautiful house lis
peen sala ~ nave separate staircase 10
his dog TO GO up and down from floor
foor.
Morriu, too, Is well fixed. He got ii
money in honest trade, having been
.. merchant. Before he came TO the S4Est
he was independent, and has since scca
hulated by the gradual sccretions Of
frugal MN.
Massachusetts: Hoar has nothing,
believe, cut house in Worcester, who
ne las not entirely paid for, snd Dave
,s understood &c be without property.
: Rhode Island: Adrich WAS poo
: fame. g BOY, and went into PrOy'derc
5 .oout So Dick Wilmington went in Lou
J, don He bsg.n as a clerk in s grocer
sud hiss gwen full equivalent IN hsT
Z and honest work for every dollar he wi
4 I-probsly some 500, 200 Of them. Chse
J. is sill better eff, being worth S5oo,0o
= which he made in cotton MISUNDERSTANDING
!. Senstor H.HIey of Connecticut misl
be as PROUD as Miss Mcbride CT verior
e things-of his reputation for unsweIvit
/. integrity, OF his splendid military reeor'
o Of his Puritan ancestry. He owns
4 ousrter O. the Hartford Coursn. and
II tnst that implies, and gets, l oelleV
II $1,000 year for serving the Americ'
r Exchange in Europe in the cap-cisy
president. He insists that there are go'
:. msny things more vs. liable than none
r. PI.tt is fixed about the same way 81
}: has scarcely ssy income except bis sAlsi
70 He Is an honest and able lawyer, out
4. never saved much beyond ais house
"a Meridea. He sfHgms that me man
3. Is thoroughly CONT rtable Is last So "
ps OF as if he were rich.
IL Evsrss has big fees and immense'prs