St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-17

Hill bites to kill and hangs on to the
death. Senator Chandler is the most
nervous man in the senate. He is as
straight as a walking stick, and not
much bigger. His head does not weigh
more than Grover Cleveland's fist. and
1t is covered with peppery-gray hair,
which covers the crown in the back and
comes out into a full beard on the face.
He has a dark complexion. nervous. snap
ping eyes and a vitriOlic tongue. He does
not weigh over 1875 pounds. and had
Senator Blackburn tried to break his
neck instead of pulling his ear when he
had That fuss with bin not long ago, he
could, L venture. have snapped it in two
with a jerk. senator Chandler has had
wide acquaintance with public men and
measures, out he is no reSpecter of tra-
ditions or persons. He Is not bad-look-
Ing, and he makes me think of one of
those ripe red peppers. They are pretty
enough, but when you bite into them
you wish you hadn't.
Speaking of Chandler. just In front of
him sits Eugene Hale, whose ~father-jn-
law was Zach Chandler. l don't think
these two Chambers were related, and
Zach Chandler had more of the bulldog
about his MANURE than the terrier. He
was more of an lshmaelite than Eugene
Hale, who is a stickler for senatorial
reverence, and who has evidently for
gotten the days when he came to COZ.
gresS and was nicknamed by his enemies
Jim Blaine'S Little Bub." He has
made a name for himself since then,
and his wife has brought HIM
a fortune. She inherited a half of
her fathers estate, and hale is prob
- hIU n rich man innnu Innnncn
Zach Chandler thought a thousand dol
lars was a bigger thing than a college
education. His father had sent him to
the common schools, and one day told
him that he would give him $1,000 to
start him in business, or. if he preferred,
he could have instead of this a collegiate
education. Young Zach chose the
money, and he invested it in dry goods,
and this formed the foundation of the
millions he left. His daughter has now
one OF the finest houses in Washington,
which was built with a part of the
money, and Senator Hale lives there
with her and her mother.
AS to rich men in congress-, the indi-
cations are that there will be less money
spent during the coming social season
than at any similar time for years. The
gold bugs of the senate are having
their hard times and the Investments of
many OF them are turning out badly.
Congressional wealth is always over
estimated. and some of the men on that
floor below me who are supposed to be
worth millions have, in fact. little more
than their salaries. Who would have
thought that Charley Foster, when he
was secretary of the treasury, and
was living within a stones
throw of the White house, was in
fact on the verge of bankruptcy. He
supposed that he was worth a fortune,
and he had overdrawn his W bank
accoun many times ten thousand. He
had a way Of giving blank checks to
members Of his family, and they filled
these out to suit themselves. This, of
course, made no difference in his az
gregate losses, but it showed a loose
way of doing business which no one
but a millionaire could stand. Secre-
tary Rusk, who died the other day, was
supposed here TO be worth several hun
dred thousand dollars, but his estate
footed up about fifty thousand, and
you can't tell anything as to what q
man is worth here in Washington. In
the rear Of the senate chamber, as |
write, l see the son of Alexander 7.
Mitchell, the Milwaukee railroad king,
who died worth, it was said, something
k $50 COO, GOO. When his son first came
to Washington he was unknown to the
real estate men, and when he wanted to
rent a house costing several thousand
dollars a year, one of them called upon
Rusk and asked him il this man Mitch
ell Was good" Uncle Jerry replied,
'lf John l.. Mitchell makes a deal with
you to the extent of 81, 000, 900 and you
bring the check here l will in
dOrSe it, but my Endorsement won't
make the check any better, for
Mitchell is worth many times that
amount" Since then Mitchell has had
suits concerning his property in Mil
waukee. and though he is probably still
rich, one would have to go to Bradstreet
TO find out just how much or how little
! he is worth. Take the case of Cal
Brice. He lives in one of the finest
houses Of Washington, and he gives
single dinners which cost SIP, 600 apiece.
He may be worth millions. lie may be
a very rich man, and he probably
is. But in falling with one OF his
old friends, Gen. Gibson, of Ohio n
short time ago. he said to me: No
Il on earth can tell what Cal Brice Is
worth. He has the nerve OF n great
speculator, but he is always as cool as
the center seed of a cucumber. He can
lose a million n not bat his eye. His
face is like al iron mask. 1t never
changes. His life has been filed with