The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-20

New York member of the f'big eight -
cornelius n. Bliss of New York is worth
s!:OVJ,ieO- He is the treasurer for the ma
fIonai committee. For few years Henry
w Cannon was trea surer but Bliss was
better tribute gatherer and he was
forced 10 take up the work again this
year Bliss is the head of the calico trust
FOR many years he has been dabbling in
ponucS by the orders and under the df-
fectlon OF Senator Platt. He is interest
81 IN many corporations and is hand in
glove with nearly every big holder OF cor
porailon ana trust stock in this city. He
Is a prominent member OF the Union
Lee-ue club
Franklin Murphy has a fortune of 81
00oVU II you want to know what the
Republican party Is going TO do in New
Jersey don ask Sewefl-aSk Murphy. He
is the representative of the Pennsylvs MIA
railroad and the real boss OF the state.
He IS tabulously rich Conservative men
rate his wealth at S4.090,00G Politics have
proved mine of untold wealth to Muir
ply So rich is he that he can afford to
spend $4,000 in furnishing a summer cot
tage and turn the cottage over to friend
Tor the summer, Last summer Hanna
was the friend The cottage is in Elber-
on
Joseph H Manley is worth 50. 900 Oo0. The
most noted man in the state of Maine is
Joseph H Manley who lives in Augusta
He is worth at least $2.0o0GO0. His great
IN pohtlGS ana IN the corporations OF his
state. He is the Republican boss of
Maine, a place he has held for years. in
spite OF the fact that in 1896 he led the
forces of Thomas B. Reed to the ST. Louis
convention and then suddenly gave up the
light in favor of Mckinley. He is on ex-
ceIlent terms with the administration Be
sides being a director in ali of the Maine
railroads he is one OF the controlling spir-
its OF the Portland & Machias Steam boa I
company.
Henry c. Payne. worth $4,000. The
fortune of Henry G Payne OF Wisconsin
is 100000 He is the head of the electric
trust OF Milwaukee, which is seeking all
of the traction, lighting and power priv
uegeS of Wisconsin. OF the American
street Railway association and of the
Northern Pacific railroad AS vice preSi-
dent of the Milwaukee Railway & Light
company he came into conflict with or
gained labor in the big car strikes two
years ago. Payne led the forces of the
monopoly against the strikers during
month OF rioting and turmoil The strike
failed, and labor put the blame OF its
failure upon Payne.
Senator n. 3. Scott, worth s., 900. 900
West Virginia has the honor of being rep
resented or the millionaire committee by
Senator n. B Scott, who is worth $780,
Glass company. He has big mining inter
ests in Colorado, Nevada, Montana and
eastern Ohio he is one OF the ShrewdeSt
politicians in the country. lie had to
hight Tor his seat in the senate and he
won by a narrow margin 1t is Scott s
business to- distribute the spell-binders
and TO Instruct them as TO the topics to
discuss in the various localities Scott <
great fortune came 10 him flainly by
men who dig in mines He is used to this
class OF labor and TO the hsrdships of it.
But he made no effort to aid the miners in
the success OF the party
Harry S New, owner of S1,009,G1Q-
Among the old political gamesters on the
national executive committee Is a young
man with a clean past and q neWsDa per
training He is Harry 3. New of Indiana
He is worth 81 c., Co, and mis- user ulneSs
to the political highbindeTs who surround
him is explained by the fact that the
Young man : family influence in their ma
tive state. Mr.. News duties on the COM
nittee are very light. Re represents the
respectable end of it. and ii is said that
him
hIchard c EIeTens has s2,CG0C COPY bit
ter fighting and the practice OF the sort
OF politics known to AL big cities. Richard
G. KerenS is now formally recognise as
the Republican boss of St. Louis More
than once efforts have been made by a re-
spectacle contingent to drive him out of
politics, but the efforts have failed. Ker-
ems is worth at least 5000, COO He is q
politician. pure and simple. The playing
OF politics is his chief business, B4d he
has made it pay