The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26

lican tenets. But Ed" Wolcott's beau
tiful clothes and sauve manner may
be relied upon on occasion to do as
good service.
Some thirty-four senators who will
take seats in the next congress will be
eligible to membership in the club In
the present congress. now on its last
legs, the master was not queit SO
strong. There may be others who have
escaped notice, but one-third Of the to-
tai is a fair estimate of way protected
interests have cared for themselves.
They do not all come from any one 10
cality. either. No section has been over
looked. for the men who can, and they
will. Join its organization. hail from
all over the forty-five states.
Let us take a glance at the makeup
of the club as it will be in the next
congress. Taking the states in their
ordet. it will be seen that California
first breaks in. Perkins. a holdover, is
among the elect. He is a representa-
tive of mining industries and also Of
transportation. coastwse and other
wise. He has much money and large
interests, some Of them suitable for
tariff scrutiny, to see that the flag
floats over the commerce Of the high
seas. Here is the list about as it will
be called by the secretary on all i'm
portant measures:
MAKEUP OF THE CLUB.
Perkins. of California; Wolcott, Of
Colorado; Shoup and Heitfeld, Of Idaho
Fairbanks. of Indiana, Mcmillan and
Burrows. Of Michigan; Davis, Of Min
nesota; Carter and Clarke. of Montana
Thurston. of Nebraska: Jones, and
Stewart, Of Nevada; Sewell and Kean.
of New Jersey; Plat and Depew. of
New York; Foraker and Hanna, Of
Ohio; Mcbride and Simon, of Oregon;
Aldrich. of Rhode Island; Foster and
Turner. Of Washington; Elkins and
Scott. of West Virginia; Spooner. of
Wisconsin; Warren and Clark, of Wyo-
ming; Caffery and McEnery, of Louis
lana; Wellington and McComas, of
Maryland, and Vest. of Missouri
1t is not asserted that all of these
senators are in the five figure class, so
far as their personal holdings are con-
cerned. Fairbanks, Burrows. DAVIS.
!hurston. Depew, Foraker Clark. of
wyoming; 0affery. McEnery. Yelling
ton. McComas and Vest are not usually
classified as the owners Of millions.
Caffery is sugar planter and Nc
| Emery believes Louisiana's salvation
depends on the canebrakes. The rest
are lawyers who have always and still
do stand for corporations, and in the
| senate-so it is believed-by virtue of
their leanings toward corporate inter-
| ests.
The long list of eligible members of
the club embraces men who have $780,
| 0OO,000 to show for their work Several
members of the senate left positions of
| trust and profit which paid them six
| or seven times as much as the law
gives a senator in order to wear the
toga One attorney now living in Chi
cago might have gone to the senate
from Western state provided he could
see the financial beauties Of leaving
5000 year for $4,000. He did not see
1t that way and is still private citizen
with the big salary. But he serves an
other railroad now and no longer lives
in the Western state.
BACKED BY CORPORATE
WEALTH.
A glance at the interests which these
senators represent as owners or as in
terested in other ways will show that
the bulk of the concentrated wealth
of the United States is behind them.
Since the elections - commentator
since the compilations Of the various
state legislatures were known-trusts
have been formed with amazing rapid
Ity. NOT even toothpick can now be
purchased without the puyer paving
tribute to trust. He who chews gum
is an assistant to a combination of
capital. So it will be seen that the
club Is still power in the land de-
spite the widely varying political ten
cts of the members
Men like Perkins, Depew Platt,
dhurston, Foraker, Elkins, Hanna,
Sewell. Scott and Kean are interested
n n
privileges. Hanna, Elkins, Wolcott.
Shoup. Heitfeld. Mcmillan, Carter.
Clarke, jones' Stewart, Platt, Mcbride.
Foster and Aldrich are interested in
cheap transportation. Hanna, Quay's
successor (whoever he may bel, AL
dr1ch, Wolcott. Clarke. EIkins, Carter
and Caffery are deeply concerned In
matters affecting manufactures. So II
will be seen that wires cross FREQUENT
~, making concessions, ETC., the soul
OF legislation on any topic touching
any big interest.
There Is another feature connected
with the senate of the United States
Thls applies to the second place on
the presidential ticket. There was n
time, not long ago, when'the tail TO tbs
bricks also; Blaine was well to do and
Logan poor: Cleveland was well to do
kite was chosen without regard In
anything but geography; now he must
have barrel. Up to date no extremely
wealthy man has been chosen as nres-
| ident Few who could be called rich
have eyer received the nomination for
either office. This applies to all par
| ties. But with the second Grant cam
paign that state of affairs ceased Here
| is the list of the succeeding nominal
-tions:
Tilden was a millionaire. Hendricks
had nothing; Hayes was comfortable
| and Wheeler was poor; Garfield was
| poor and Arthur was rich; Hancock
had nothing and English owned mil
| lions: Cleveland was poor and Hem
| and Thurman was comfortable; Har-
| risop was comfortably fixed and Nor
| ton a millionaire; Cleveland was com
| Portable and Stevenson wealthy; Harri
son comfortable and Whitelaw Reid
| millionaire; Mckinley poor and Ho-
| bart was worth millions; Bryan poor
| and Sewall in the millionaire class
| RICH TAIL FOR THE KITE.
So it will be observed that the mil
| lionaires' club is a thing of compare
| lively recent date. The presiding Of
| ficer of the senate in nearly every case
! since the formation Of the first trust