Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-17
RICH CONGRESSMEN.
The New Senate Poorer than u
Used to Be
AS FAR AS DOLLARS REACH,
Three wealthy Men Gone-Cost OF Being
in Congress Time AdYan.
tages No Longer IN.
Joysd by Members,
AS FAR AS DOLLARS REACH.

Washington, April 15'-The only |
very rich man among the new |
seniors is a. G.. Beckwith 81 Wy |
0miug His wealth ~ estimated GU we /
way FROM 100000 90 S1.UOO,OO0 de- |
rived FROM coal mines and banking. !
Next 10 bin in point Of means comes /
Murphy of New York. who has Acculnu- |
lated at leust $2jO0OO in the brewing !
business. Notwithstanding the aclIuon |
Of these fortunes. the upper house az /
bodv Is not half 40 well Off in money ~ /
% was durins Mr.. Cieyelands hrst ad- |
miuistratiou Three of ihc greatest cnpi. /
taists iu tile world have dropped out of |
II since then Hearst yl ialiturniu, VINO |
died two years ago, was worm 9~y,VNv'' [
900. When stanford hrst escorted llm I
down the middle of the aisle Of the seu- /
ate 90 be sworn, 30 was remarkcd Una,
those two individuals could buy out hll /
tine rest Of Che senate IN they wanted I
Co. Payne OF Ohio, the STANDARD OIL /
iuamate, has retired with his elJVOC |
900 from tie service, and tle tern oi |
InclA ihilctus Sawyer vi OSHKOSH Nls.'
cume TO an pud March 3 ~ this year.
The beginning OF che S22,OOOOOO which !
be- has got together was $1,000 lent 20 !
him by hls brother when he was young /
strr. Having rolled this small nucleus |
into a huge financial SNOWFALL by invest
mrut, in timbvr lands, hc paid back the
lonn with SD interest for every 81 Dor
rowed.
Two other men Of millions Farvcll Of
Illinois aud Palmer of Michigan have
left the senate since Mr.. Cleveland
FIRST term. The only great fortunes
which have come into Il meanwhile are
those of Calvin n Bricc. who hus made
about S1OOO.UOO By speculation in rail.
way oil stock. and Thomas g. Power Of
MONTANA The latter is worth nt least
sl.JOuOOO He Owls railways nud
steamship lines az well az trading houses
ulI along the Montana border lhe
1 Thomas G.. Power Cattle company is
one of thc higgcst enterprises OF thht
| P00iiER THAN TT USED 70 BE
| AN things considered, thp upper house
| is much poorer than ID used Go be-, though
/ there are tiil ID number of millipnalrrr
| iu IT, Stanford uf California, though he
| has given $GOOO,OOO 10 bis pet university
| must have ut least Sl1t9oUW. llou
/ Cameron may hc set down 90 2,aubiNl
/ His money was inherited. Eugene Iiulc
l OF Maine has 32Oup,OuQ. lie got most
/ of DC with bis wife. John sherman
| mems arc NOT Ovgrostimated az slObr
/ 600. Tie has boon very fortunate IN lhnu
| -uouulutiuus and Doe has invested largely
/ boz rru estate in Washington. William
/ H. Chandler Ot New Hampshire has
| accumulated STl0OOO 10y manufacturing
wool aud boy lucky speculation Carey oi
| Wyoming and Teller of Colorado each
. IIIrHNHn ABOUT EfAHiNNHNa NNIlNH NA HhNHN Al
/ Dr. very picturesque figure financially.
! having made and lost more fortunes than
| uuy other man IN the United Stnlcs. he
/ stil owns uue-tWoltth Of the grcut Com
stock lode and Is probably worth Sl,oJOr
uUQ today.
Mining speculauons are extra hnznr
| dnus Senator Jones colleague, SteWurt
/ had S3,OOO,OOO at one time. u WAS thru
that hr built that mOnstrueity of urchi
lecture called Stewart Castle on Dupont
circle. now occupied by the Chinese lc-
Cation Probably his wealth amounts Ca
mo- more than q small Traction oil ihat
| much now Wushhurn, the Minnesota
miller. has been o. great gambler la laud
Two years ago hc was reduced 20 com
parutyr poverty; nt present hc N prob
| uhly worth SIiuOl1. The richest mem
her of the House of Representatives Us
Joins H. Mitchell OF Wisconsin. lils
possessions will foot up ut least $lWNr
uuO most ot which ho inherited from
{ Ms father who was tho great ln0ucicr
aud railway organizer OF that para Of the
country "a generation ago. Tie son ~
/ president Of % gas company aud of a
NOf MANY REPRESENTATIVES,
: RICH
7 Not many of the representatives iu
b congress are rich. Thomas Is. Reed Is
3 very well uli though he always tails
poDl." liptorp hr was chosen speaker
" hr kept house. but since that timc he has
lived ut Levi H. Morton'H great hostlcty
on Fifteenth trcct the "shQrehnm. .
speaker Crisp puts up AZ the Metropol
q tan hotel Mr. Carlisle has utsil recent
h III lived nc one hotel on another since
hr first topk up his residence in Wash
- iugtun The late Samuel j. Randall
q dwolt In o Hule house, which Bis wi'
!. owned ON q street southeast Chairman
Springer of the ways AVID menus CON
mlttpo occupies Il small rented house Oh
Is street northeast. These locations
q though conveniently near the capitol, ar,
A. tcllr OF NAiao nnA Burrows of Michi
!, gan hoard at hotels. Four-htths of th
" representatives board
II Much that Is said about the didculu
which congressman Hnd In living her
ON their salaries of $4,000 % year is no
~ we'll founded n tNct a score of relWu
/, sputntiyps could boz mentioned OF ban,
each of whom saves from $1,000 90 SWO
20 { annually one ot his pay. Jerry Simpson
q of Kansas Wud tho eccentric Martin o
Texas who is alleged 10 have blown on
the gus no q hotel when Dee rrNt came z
Washington have been among the mos
" economical among tho recent member
~ of thc house Many OF them uccup
4 single bed rooms, dress shuhbily am
I've M mo- respect better Than the uverag
boarding houses hero whore meals am
lp lodging can ho GOT ai low prices, froi
ID SIS 10 $40 a month. This city has bee
widely advertised Ns % pcry CXpensiv
place To dwell ih 10 IS not SO on al
if Onc chNOses 90 be saving Tor $50
" "a year one can rent nice littlc hous
10 near lie clpitol, q seiWnpt can be e,
for $40 mouth, ANA he markets M
not high,
Q, II q congressman must have n IN
house n the fashionable quarter of th
town aud entertain lihcrally $4,000 wi
l.. not 20 very far. The same prapOstio
~ would apply anywhere else ono trol
Die with thp new member Is thar he DO,
not know whether be Is going 20 renal
here two years or twenty For furnia
ca dwellings, an absprdly high rent
Is demanded, Many legislators Tor n
nation save by leaving their families
home Ont Of three hundred aud thirt
odd nemhers and delegates Va the hou
during the lest session only ninety-nli
'o' had wives with them. IL WAS notiCeah
a. that ~ the ten members whose mann
begin with the letter q not one w
accompanied hy HIS wife. Out Qf II
siAtnen rs 0niy ous had his wife wi
him m Washington, and of twenyef0
MS only three enjoyed the companio
ship az their snouses. N y possible ia
men whose names begin With those /,
lera are commonly less ippllned "a
luxurious than those whose initials a
fuunu elsewhere Ia the Nlphanetf 4
the other hand mono ihnn hale az N