The morning call., 1893-03-12

his income Is so great that he can live
where he pleases. He has a magnificent
house here, which he built for his daughter
at cost of something like $1,000 and he
was worth half dozen millions when he
was elected TO the Senate in 1880. He is
one of the best business men in the United
States. and he has made his fortune since
he was 81 years old. at this time he had
saved only little more than $1,000, aud
with this he went from his native town In
New York TO Wisconsin, and by invest
ment, speculation and hard work so turned
over his $1,000 that he has now at least $1,000
for every 80 cents that he had then. His
place in the Senate is taken by John L.
Mitchell of Milwaukee, q man who is, per-
haps, wealthier than he, and Wisconsin
will still be represented by a millionaire.
Speaking of John L. Mitchell, he will be,
next to Stanford, the richest man in Con-
gress. he is the son of Alexander I. Mitch
ell and his income something like a million
year. He is. with all this, as quiet and
unassuming as though he lived upon few
thousands, and he shows his Scotch blood
in his modest ways. | heard a very curious
story of his boy the other day. This boy is
about u years old and he goes to a private
school here in Washington. Among his
friends Is young fellow whose father is
connected with the Treasury Department,
and who owns fine place at TakOmO Park,
near Washington. Not long ago young
John Mitchell went out to see his friend,
and when he came he had on a very fine
tailor-made suit of clothes, and he looked al
though he had Just come out of a bandb0X.
Shortly after arriving he said: Felix,
can't you give me suit of your old clothes?
/ can't have tun in these. They ara too
good to spoil" Certainly" said Felix, and
in ten minutes the millonaire's son was the
raggedest and happiest boy in Maryland.
Speaking of Uncle Philetns, a Minnesota
Congressman who lives close to the Wis
cOnsin line, told me the other day how he
car tO hea afeotad IN the T1a hoe
the seat, you know. which was held by
Angus Cameron. When Cameron's term
expired he refused to run again, saving that
it would cost him 5000 to be elected United
States Senator and he could not afford it.
Timothy Howe did not want the place, and
Cameron, Howe and Secretary Rusk dis
cussed the matter together and decided that
the best man to put up would be Uncle
Philetus Sawyer Sawyer had been in Con-
gress for about ten years. He was known
all over the State and he was the must pODu-
lar man in Wisconsin among the lumber
men. II was decided to ask him to
accept the nomination. and Uncle Jerry
Rusk was asked to speak to him
about it. The Legislature was quite close,
and II was necessary to have a man who
would put some money into the campaign
for legitimate expenses. Uncle Jerry called
upon Uncle Philetus and he told him that
the Republicans Of the Stats wanted him to
run for Senator. He said Cameron was not
sNluB " run anu LHdt Tue tulJ man ADdL
could satisfy the people was himself
Uncle Philetus thought about it for a mo-
ment and he said: 'Well, l don't object
to going TO the Senate. and | think l could
do some good there"
But" said Uncle Jerry. ''it will cost
some money"
well, suppose 1t does" said Uncle
Philetus. II have made about $500. 900 out
of my business this year, and | think l
could afford to put little of it into the
campaign for the party. / don't suppose it
will cost a great amount"
"Oh. no." said Uncle jerry mot much
It Nigh: cost $4,000 or $4,000 but GER
tainly not more than that"
I "All right" said Uncle Philetus. 'if the
expenses are legitimate l will pay them"
After this nothing more was said about
the proposed nomination and the people
generally did not know that Sawyer would
be candidate. He began his work Mt once
He took trip up through the lumber
regions OF Wisconsin, along the rivers down
which logs had TO be RATED for sale He
found hard times among the lumbermeD.
They had cut great quantities of logs, but
had no sale for them. Uncle Philetus knew
them all. He would come to a camp the
owners of which were stuck with their lum-
Der and about the first thing they would
ask him was whether he could not do some
thing for them. he was, you know, one of
| the greatest lumber merchants of the State
and he invariably said in answer to this
| question: 81 will do what | can. How
much lumber have you and what do you
| want for it?"
We have so many logs of such char
acter," they would reply "and we will take
| such figure for them"
"Ali right" would be Uncle PhiIetus'
| answer. IF the tally Is correct ! will take
| the lumber and you can fix il at once to 60
| down the river" Then just as he was
| about to start away he would say, "By the
way, john" addressing the leader of the
! camp by name. Il want you to run as can
! didate for the Legislature this year"
But, Mr. Sawyer. don't see how can
! leave my business, but if you want me to go
| will CO." To this he replied: 81 would
| like to have you go. There is going 10 be
some important business done and / think
| you ought to CO."
IAN right, Mr.. Saw wyer, I'll rum"
The same programme would be enacted at
the next camp and Sawyer in this way
| picked out the legislators from the lumber
| districts and without even mentioning n
| word Of his candidacy for the Senate or say
ing anything about the obligations of the
| men to HIM. The men he selected were among
| the best men in the State and they were
| so popular in their districts that their very
names insured their electiOn. Throughout
| his whole life Senator Sawyer has been n
very liberal man to all church organiZa-
uons. don't think he is given to any idea
! OIL future favors and during this campaign
wben II was question Of The Democrats
and the Republican party carrying the
Legislature he had only to drop a hint to
his clerical force that he would like to have
! certain legislative candidates succeed and
| they went in and worked for these
candidates for all they were worth
| They had no Idea they were working
| for Mr.. Sawyer for Senator and when
the legislators came to Madison they of
| course voted for him, and he had, | think,
something like two-thIrds majority. A
funny thing about his lumber speculation
was that when he came back to Madison
after making this tour he said to friend