Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-27

WASHINGTON, March pa care
ful investigation shows there are re-
ally only eleven men in the Million
aires Club" as the Senate is FREQUENT.
~ called, who can appropriately be
classed as millionaires. There are
many rich men in the Senate, with
fortunes ranging from $100, 900 to $780,
600. but of the men who are actually
known to possess 81. 900. 900 or more,
only eleven can be safely mustered.
There are not more than four men
of the Senate-McMillan, of Michigan:
Elkins. of West Virginia; Clark. of
Montana, and Kean, of New Jersey
who would be classed as rich men in
New York.
The eleven men of the Senate known
as men OF millions are: Wetmore. of
Rhode Island; Mcmillan, OF Michigan:
kean, OF New Jersey; Hanna, of Ohio;
Hale, OF Maine; Fairbanks, of Indf-
ana; Aldrich, of Rhode Island; Clark,
OF Montana: Depew, of New York: Ell
kins. OF West Virginia. and Scott, OF
West Virginia.
There are others whom common re-
port credits with having fortunes vary
ing from 100000 TO nearly n million:
Jones, OF Nevada, who is a million
aire one day, a man of moderate for
tune another; Wolcott, of Colorado;
Sewell, of New Jersey; Lodge. of Mas
sachusetts; Foster, of Washington:
Perkins, of California; Plat, of New
York; Proctor, of Vermont; Stewart.
of Nevada; Teller, of Colorado, and
Turner, of Washington.
There is another class of lesser for
tunes. This list includes:
Allison, of Iowa; Bacon, of Georgia:
Clark, of Wyoming; Warren, of Wyom-
ing; Davis, of Minnesota; Frye. OF
Maine; McEnery, Of Louisiana: Plat,
of Connecticut; Simon, of Oregon;
Spooner, of Wisconsin; Sullivan, of
Mississippi; Taliferro, of Florida.
Poor Men of the Senate.
The truly poor men of the Senate.
that is the men who have scarcely any
thing above their salary OF So, 900. are:
Allen, of Nebraska; Bate, of Ten
nessee; Berry, of Arkansas; Beveridge.
Of Indiana; Burrows, of Michigan; But
Ter, of North Carolina; Clifton, of Tex
as; Clay, of Georgia; Cockrell, of Mis-
souri,; Cullom, of Illinois; Deboe, of
Kentucky; Heitfield, of Idaho; Jones,
Of Arkansas; Kenny, of Delaware:
Kyle, of South Dakota; Lindsay, OF
Kentucky; Vest, OF Missouri; Tillman,
vi South Carolina; Shoup, of Idaho;
Pritchard, of North Carolina: Mason,
of Illinois; Morgan, of Alabama; NAL
I lnrHy IF LNlnrfdas AToC,,rnIar 80 hT1-+A
Dakota; and Mcbride, of Oregon.
of Thousands "A Day.
Senator Clark, of Motana, is far and
away the richest mar In the Senate.
According to a careful estimate his In
come approximates $50, 900 a day.
Next to Clark, Kean, of New Jersey,
is perhaps the richest man In the Sem
ate. His fortune is estimated at, APP
~proximately, $10,0 0O, 900. His income is
81, 900. Next in rank comes Mcmillan,
of Michigan, with a fortune of perhaps
S., 1000, 900. Safely and probably in
vested 1t probably nets him $1,000 per
day. Elkins, of West Virginia, with a
fortune of, some say, $5,000.0 C0, and Is
still growing-certainly IS, 900, 600
with an income of perhaps 81 LOCO daily.
Hanna, of Ohio, estimated wealth, 3d.
000, 900, income probably $500 per day;
Depew. of New York, fortune more
han $1,000, 900, income probably $500
per day; Aldrich, OF Rhode Island, for
tune, approximately, 81, 000, 900, income
likely $500 per day; Wetmore. of Rhode
Island, fortune, approximately. $1,000
coo, income probably 5000 a day; Fair
banks, of Indiana, fortune more than
81, 600, 900, daily income perhaps $500:
Scott, of West Virginia, fortune over
81, 900, 900, income estimated $500 daily;
Hale, of Maine, fortune estimated ST.
000, 900, daily income calculated at
5000.