Telegram-herald., 1890-09-29

- - = rrt+ tL MONEY rle-l-AAl-s As4t "a
money getting Nearly al tie rich men
We have here came from other parts @.
the country, and made their wealth else
where. Ia congress sre many vely rleb
niens bur not 50 mz1y IS the coHmoD
talk has u. Estimates of mems wealth
are generally exaggerated. AID when
public men are concerned the gausses are
particularly liable 70 ezrrayagasce. Il
Is generally supposed that one-half or
more Of the members II the senate are
million2ires, ont / doubt II more than
Sfteen members Of that body could clear
np million dollars were they pushed %
it. have made some inquiries on this
score. and find that the senators who are
looked upon as milhonaires BY their col
leagues are tho following:
Stanford and Hearst Of California.
Brown Of Georgia,
McAlilan and StockbridSe OF Michi.
gan,
Farwen Of Illinois.
Power and saunders of Montana,
Jones and Stewart Of Nevada,
Sherman and Payne Of Ohio,
Cameron Of Pennsylvania,
Barbour Of Virginia and
Sawyer Of Wisconsin.
There are other rich men in the sen
ate, such as Blodgett, Davis, Washburn.
Mcpherson. Plumb. Casey, Aldrich.
Dxoa. Edmunds and Squire, but it is
not likely that any one Of these is en-
titled 20 be classed rs millionaire. In
the house there arc three or four mill
ionaires and large number of wealthy
men. Roswell p. Flower is probably
millionaire, and so Il Dir. Walker, OF
Massachusetts,. The former made his
money il banking and railway opera
tions, whilo tho latter amaSsed fortune
IN manufacturing. Mr. Walker is a
member Of the largest tanne-y firm in
the world, and Is interested IN many
other extensive enterprises.
All the wo-ld knows how Leland Stan
ford acquired his wealth. Uncle
George Hearst niade his money as
mining prospector and grub stalker.
met the other day man from the far
west, and he said lie would take George
Hearst's Judgment on u mine before that
of any other living man. Hearst made
his first big strike as an expert on the
value Of mining property. He was sent
by some capitalists IN the early days of
California to test and pronounce upon a
mine which other experts had con
demned. Hearst declared that it was
big thing, and the company which
bought it OFT and developed it made
large pile OF money. This established
Hearsts reputation. Nothing succeeds
! ike success, and thereafter the San
Francisco public was ready to follow
Hearst in any venture which his name
was associated with. He made a great
blunder on the famous Diamond mines
/ of Utah, which some enterprising scala
wags had "Salted' with real diamonds,
and his followers lost barrels of money
in the fako mine, but they dif not lose
( confidence in tho man. The most of
! them stuck to him, and put their money
in other enterprises on his recommenda-
/ ton, and they grew rich and so did he
''Lncle George" Hearst knows what it
I il 20 pack burrO with two months pro
visions and start of into tho mountains
prospecting Tor gold or silver mines
| RE is the only one OF the so called min
/ ing senator's who ever welded a pick
with his own hands.
Senator Brown, % Georgia, made his
money ia railway operations. lie was a
lawyer. and when railways were TO be
+ reorgauized or consolidated be furnished
the bTains while other people furnished
. the railways. That is one Of the favorite
methods Of getting rich in this country,
il seems. I could point out scores OF
men throughout tho country who have
amassed large fortunes in this way. OF
cour5e it is honest enough, bus the sus-
picion remains thGt the lawyers. lawyer
Ike. get altogether 100 mrch for their
time and wcrk. The only other million
airo in the senate from tae south made
his pile IN much the same way. Senator
Barbour was q railway lawyer and rail
way president. ana the money just tum-
bieI into bis Gagers.
Mcmillan and Stockoridge, OF Misa-
igan. and Sawyer. Of Wisconsin. made
+ their strikes IN lum0er. though they have
since braacheI on. into a great variety
O. enterprises Mcmillan and ms part
usrs In Detroit. the Newberrys. ere into
pretty much everything il the state
mining. lumber mills. railways. car
works sud al sorts Of manufacturing
ente-nrises. senator Stockbrdge is "a
+ farmer aad stock raiser ca huge scale.
Senator Sawyer has been dabbiinr =
httio IN mining property. ard has pat
two or three hundred thousand dollars
into gold mines within a dozen miles ol
washing On ~, Potomac. The o1i
thing about BE is tnat this enterprise s.
likely % pay 5in handsomely There
is an immsuss plia If low grade Gre IN
tha hanks af the Potomac. and the old
+ miners say thar 70 il The low Eraie ore
tbat makes the big fortunes in tae end.
providing there Is enough of H.
Au incident zsia1ng 20 these Potomac
mines ia worta telling. Some years sg1
Senator Hearst was coming to Washing.
ton hv ths Balnmo-s ami Qbi9 rad
a hout tan miles fron Wesa.eV.-n ha
was booking cut ths car w7riew. sna
he termed a- this poins and rsus3rz 4 60
. his compassion. rIil wager money tAers
is e,a -bou- sere. sn1 : sncaa3nr %
slrprised Il faere vas s1ougn O. It "a
paT working At thar time Eaa g IA
nct know snr GRE hsd even rrospe eCte6
81 tae Potomac a6a lie ha3 lad -
smrlv frua the -signs which bis kear
ere bad uosel in tas s~-fsce Of the coan
Try The now fss11es Clen Ec1o sohsrl
CT ~ ss1irzton, En- whch members q