Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-25

| MxSEMI |Yh who has accumulated at
W~hfTyF least $3.50 900 in the
| brewing business Not
withstauding the acquisition Of these fortunes
the upper house AZ a body is not half SO well off
in money as it was during Mr.. Cievelands first
administration. Three Of the greatest capital
lists In the world have dropped out Of it since
/ then Hearst of California who died two wears
| ago, was worth $25,O00,0O0. When Stanford
I first escorted him down the middle aisle of the
Senate TO be sworn it was remarked that those
two individuals could buy out all the rest OF
| the Senate if they wanted to. Payne Of Ohio,
the Standard oil magna.e. has retired with his
Sl5.OoO.OOO from service. and the term of Uncle
Philetus Sawyer of Oshkosh. Wis. came to an
end March of this year. The beginning of
/ the So. 00O. 600 which ne has got together was
; 81 900 lent 10 him by his brother when he was
yo1ngster. Having rolled this small nucleus
! into huge financial SNOWFALL by investments
/ III timber lands he paid back the loan with 80
interest for every 81 borrowed.
Two other men of milliOns--Faryell of Illi-
/ nois and Palmer of Michigan-have left the
Senate s4nce Cleveland's first term. The only
great fortunes which have come into it mean
while are those Of Calvin 5. Brice. who has
made about s5.0OO,OOO by speculation in rail-
way and oil stock, and Thomas C. Power Of
Montana The latter is worth at least 81 500 900.
He owns railways and steamship lines as well as
| trading houses all along the Montana border.
The Thomas C. Power Cattle COMPANY is one
| Of the biggest enterprises of that kind in the
west.
! POORER THAN IT USED TO BE.
All things considered, the upper house is
| much poorer than it used to be, though there
are still number of millionaires in it. STAN
ford of California. though he has given Sc 0OO-
OC0 to his pet university, must have at least
Sl5.OO0.0O0. Don Cameron may be set down
at S2.500O 900 His money was inherited. Eu-
gene Hale of Maine has $4,000 900. He got
most of it with his wife. John Shermans
means are not oyerestimated at 81, 000, 900. He
has been very fortunate in land speculations.
and he has invested largely in real estate in
Washington. Vim. E. Chandler of New Hamp-
shire has accumulated S750.000 by panufac-
turing wool and by lucky speculation. Carey
OF Wyoming and Teller of Colorado each pos
sess about S3OU.O0O. Jones of Nevada is a very
picturesque figure financially, having made
and lost more fortunes than any other man in
the United States. He still owns one-twelfth
of the great Comstock lode and is probably
worth 81, 500 900 today.
Mining speculatlons are extra hazardous
Senator Jones colleague. Stewart. had 81, 0O0.-
900 at one time. 1t was then that he built that
monstrosity Of architecture called Stewart
Castle on Dupont circle, now occupied by the
Chinese legation. Probably his wealth amounts
to no more than a small fraction of that much
now. Washburn, the Minnesota miller has
been great gambler in land. Two years ago
he was reduced to comparative poverty: at
present he is probably worth S750,000. The
richest member Of the House of Representa-
tives Is John L. Mitchell of Wisconsin. His
possessions will foot up at least 81, ZOO, 0OO
most OF which he inherited from his father,
who was the great tinancier and railway organ
izer Of that part of the country generation
ago. The son is president Of a gas company
and Of bank in Milwaukee.
NOT MANY REPRESENTATIVES RICH.
Not many Of the Representatives in Congress
are rich men. Thomas B. Reed is very we'll off,
though he always 'talks poor Before he was
chosen Speaker he kept house, but since that
time he has lived at Levi p. Morton's grea.
hosiery 18th street, the ''Shoreham."
Speaker Crisp puts up at the Metropolitan
Hotel Mr.. Carlisle has until recently lived at one
hotel or another since he first took up his resi-
dence in Washington. The late Samuel G.
Randall dwelt in a little house which his wife
owned on street southeast. Chairman Springer
of the ways and means committee occupies a
small rented house on L street northeast.
These locations, though conveniently near the
Capitol, are very questionable. Dingley and
Boutelle of Maine and Burrows Of Michigan
board at hotels. Four-ffths Of the Repre-
sentatives board.
Much that is said about the difficulty which
Congressman find in living here on their sal
aries of $4,000 a year is not well founded in
fact. score OF Representatives could be men,
toned off hand each of whom saves from 81 900
to %, 600 annually out of his pay. Jerry Simp-
son Of Kansas and the eccentric Martin Of
Texas, who is alleged TO have blown out the gas
at hotel when he first came to Washington,
have been among the most economical among
recent members Of the House. Many Of them
occupy single bed rooms. dress shabbily and
live in respect better than the average depart
ment clerk. There are plenty Of boarding houses
here where meals and lodging can be got at
low prices, from S1S to S35 month. This city
has been widely advertised as a vary eypensiya
place to dwell in. 1t is not SO at all, if one
chooses to be saving. For $500 year one can
rent nice little house near the Capitol; q SER
want can be got for $40 a month, and the mar
kets are not nigh.
ia Congressman must have fine house in
the fashionable quarter of the town and enter
tain hborally $4,000 will not 90 very far. The
same proposition would apply anywhere else.
One trouble with the new member is that he
does not know whether he is going to remain
here two years or twenty. For furnished dwell.
ings an absurdly high rental is demanded.
Many legislators for the nation save by leaving
their families at home Out Of three hundred
and thirty-odd members and delegates in the
House during the last session only ninety-nine
mad wives with them. 1t was noticeable that of
the ten members whose names begin with the
letter o not one was accompanied by his wife.
Out Of the sixteen P's only one had his wife
with him in Washington, and Of twenty-four
Ms but three enjoyed the companionship Of
their spouses. Is it possible that men whose
names begin with those Letters are commonly
less inclined to be uxorious than those whose
initials are found elsewhere In the alphabet?
On the other hand more than half of the Sena-
tors were accompanied by their wives, and they
had twenty-seven daughters with them in addi-
ton.
WHAT IT COSTS TO BE IN SOCIETY.
Some Of the finest palaces in this city Of
beautiful houses are occupied by Congressman.
A Senator whose wife is fond Of society can
easily spend 100000 q year in entertaining
without making much Of a splurge. The
Brices are particularly lavish with flowers, the
table at their dinner parties being always fairly
covered with costly roses and other blooms.
This item alone must cost them several hun
bred dollars for every evening Of such festiv-
ity Living on such scale a very moderate
reckoning Of Congressmans expenditures in
Washington would be as follows:
Rent of furnished house. .............4 12 900
Entertaining. Observation-Disclosures. 1900
| Housekeeping and servants. ....... 10000
| Eouipages NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5000
| Two daughters Observation-Disclosures. 5000
| One SON. .................. 5000
| Summer outing. ......-............1 1000
| Other expenses. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10000