The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-01-20

0hoA equal 70 their salaries. The cam
can be said Of Manderson, who ha,
made something in Omaha real estate
Senator Tom Power, Of Montana, 1,
worth quarter of q million. but Sen
atqr Mantle has accumulated less than
ono hundred thousand. Mr.. Power
began life as poor boy in Dubuque,
Ia, and Mr.. Mantle, . foreign-born
boy. has struggled thr ough many vicis
STUDIES until he has about attainel,
senators-and they are practically re.
garded as from the Pacific s1ope-are
rich man in the person of Senator
Shoup, and q poor man in the person
of Senator Dubois. They both conn
menced life in poverty, and Dubois has
only held his own while Shoup hiss &C
cumulated many thousands-well-nigh
half a million.
Nearly all of the New England sena-
tors and representatives are depend
ent upon their salaries. This is ex-
actly or nearly true of Frye, Dixon.
Chandler and the Massachusetts, and
Connecticut senators; but they are
Woodworking men of large influence.
Hale acquired about $3.50, 900 when he
won Zach Chandeliers daughter, and he
has kept it. Morrill, and Aldrich be-
gan as grocery clerks, and they now
count their wealth by six figures. It is
understood that Walker, in tho house
from Worcester, is a millionaire, maxi
ing his money in boots and shoes,
where he started as a mechanic.
The great state of New York has
had Mt least one business man, or in
dependent man, in the senate for many
years. Thomas Plat. Warner, Miller,
William M. Evarts and Edward Muir
ply have been independent, or approx
mately SO. At the same time New
York has furnished men of moderate
-
est deliberative body on earth.
The state of Pennsylvania has, in
the person of Senator Cameron, a man
who is reported to be very wealthy,
and the only member of the senate who
inherited wealth. Senator Quay has
no money to spare. although he has
accumulated enough to keep the wolf
from the door.
The senators from the southern states
arc rich only in honor. Nearly every
one of them passed through the civil
war as soldiers battling for cause
and flag in which they sincerely be-
lieved. Their early lives were spent
upon the tented field and they went
through the flame and smoke, the
shout and groan and saber stroke of
terrific combat, in civil war. They are
poor, dependent upon their salaries,
and have been kept in their positions
by constituencies Of men who fought
and campaigned and suffered with
them, more than a quarter of a CEN
tury ago. There are no 1nillionaires
from the south.
Under the circumstances it seems
proba BILE that my readers will agree
with me that it is not fan. to dissent
nate the idea nor cultivate the senti-
ment that the senate is "a millionaire
club" The fact that a few million
aires have held seats in the senate has
been used by very undesirable eIe-
mcnt to excite, incite or cultivate =
spirit of resentment towards that body
by the unrestful people: those who
are not only unsatisfied but forever
dissatisfied. The senate has often
stood in the way and prevented the ac-
of socialistic designs |
md desires. 1t is as conservative as !
he British house of lords, and more !
deliberate and dignified. No men Of |