The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-05-08

keiheid Proctor. Vermont. 3.uuu. ooo
Drorge Peabody Wetmorc.
Rhode Island 2uoo.ooo
Nelson ". Aldricb. Rhode
Island 3.oOouoO
Marcus A. Hanna. Ohio 10000
Chauncey VI pepew. New
York. 2.ooo.oOo
Eugene Hale. Maine. 1000 GOO
Now that l. not a very formidable liSt.
lt numbers only ] = and the aggregate OF
the estimated fortunes Is only SO. 600.
600. There arr five OF siN names that
perhaps should hc added of Senator's
who. ii the facts were known. might he
able to squeeze just within the : 900 e.
900 mark. such Senators a. i. B. Fora
ker. of ohio. Charles " Fairbanks. of
Indiana. Thos Z Bari. of California.
4. Il. Foster. of Washington. and J. ~.
Willard. OF Nebraska
The investigation into their financial
status shows that they cannot right
fully be- put into the millionaire class.
but even IL they should be-. the number
would be- only l.. Jess than one-tifth of
the total membership Of the senate.
even with the two vacancies and the
aggregate 81 the wealth possessed 10y
the millionaire Senators as "a body .vould
not he largely Increased
But whether the amount set opposite
thesc senators names is or l. not az
proNimately correct. it j. safe state
ment To make that there are not ] = Sen
ators out of totalof ~ who can right
fully be said to bee millionaires. and that
the wealth of these | = has been grossly
exaggerated ia the public mind
Then again. the manner in which these
senators gained what wealth they have
is interesting and important a. bearing
on the question weather they are Sen
ators because they are rich or rich be
cause they are Senators. OF whether the
matter Of money has anything to do
with the case
Everybody knows how Clark OF Mon
tanna made his money as a copper king
and how he used il to further his polit
ical fortunes The printed testimony of
the senate committee that investigated
his right to his seat told that story. and
he If now "a Senator with a clear title.
kearns. of Utah, is bonanza mine
owner also and railroad builder. and
he Is moreover. young man who will
be heard OF later. John Kean is the pres
ent head Of family whose wealth il an
inheritance IL has never been divided
and is increased by business sagacity.
James Mcmillan started in lie a. car
builder and is now interested in many
great business concerns, although he has
retired from active work and turned his
interests over To his sons Stephen b
Elkins is "A speculator in lands, coal and
railroads, and he il still making money
Dryden is the head Of powerful life in
surance corporation, business that ha,
always made money and probably al
ways will. Redtield Proctor owns vain
able marble quarries in his native Stat.
and every time n man dies he sells IA tomb
stone so how can he help being rich
George Peabody Wetmore's money is in
herited
Nelson W Aldrich has been in Congress
for years and for , years has been ,
senator lie was formerly "A wholesale
grocer. He is n business man of ahilitie,
as great as those he displays a. politicar
and statesman, and in his management
OF the Senate Republicans
lie would have been rich man if h,
had never entered public life, and all hi,
money has been made outside Of it. Iii,
present fortune, such as il is. is the result
OF his labors in consolidating and perfect
ing the electric street railroad system OF
Providence and its suburbs, a task that
he has been engaged in for several years,
which is just now fully completed.
MIR Hanna made his money by honor
able methods in the iron producing and
transporting business in Cleveland and
on the Great Lakes.
thauncey Nj. Depew derived his wealth
from attending to the business of the
New York Central railroad and the VIM
derbilt family generally.
Eugene Hale's wife fell heir To the mod
est fortune of her father, the late Zacha-
riah Chandler Of Michigan. who was an
honest merchant prince of Detroit before
he became u. 5. Senator and Secre-
tary of the Interior.
The Senate, taken a. whole, il n
body of poor men The Senator's could
properly he divided into three classes. as