The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-20
CKGESuS OUT OF RACE
TIE RICHEST MAN OF OlDEN
TIMES is POOR COMPARED
WITH THESE.
Mo,.v Has Invaded Its Precincts Of
the House Of Representatives
at Washington.
WASHINGTON, ID. G., FEB 2"-l 81


WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. 2o.-Tell
:, NAT il, Cath and whisper it not in
,,,,,.a Of .,.,,.santa-
lives - io ''''7o-
hdel of brains rather IMAM oi "e'''h
Money mas ihF''ueu us pietli'''' Gnu
the mllilons'Ire-lio" ne VI 'i'e nun
ANNIVERSARIES 'i'i"u5h us
tive chambers ana ehlorceS 'he y III
ciples OF new so'"eh rue Al '''
committee rooms
There are To-Day AS many '''Iilioil'iie'
in the lower mousse Oh congress as "eie
to be f"nhd IN 'le senate - Se"I' '7'
The farmers generally Speaking sIiI
prefer 10 be represented III '"e ''''''''-
al legislature bE poor men, p"' III o''l
communities are SehoiiiS theIr eSl-''-
d" citizens /" N"ShlliS'"h' an" one
mas the STATE o. N1SS"' luSt''o le''u
ing IN this respect. It's delegation peiHs
largely composed Oh me illoieSt ga
arIStocra'H, Whlle fhilauelpilla ana
New York are almost eHu'HH ho'''pIe
Tor the wealth OF thelf members.
-Four Massachusetts representatives,
are credited by moderate estimate
with an aggregate OF Sl+.oo''ooo- but
Ter AmeS OF Lowell. grandson OF
BehJamln +. butler' mas al least
$3,O00,G00, most of 1t Invested IN mil
stock.
William {. Lowering OF Taunton
possesses Il fortune equally large ms
income being derived from cotton
mills; Johh K. Thayer OF NorceS-
ter is easily worth $5,o0V,00O III real
estate. and a. +. Gardner of Hamilton
is understood to have if%couple OF mil
lions. Nor does this exhaust the list
OF millionaires from the bay state.
The richest member OF the house is
young William r. Hearst of New York,
who owns three great newspapers and
who is probably worth not less than
SloUOt.ooo. He came to the metropo-
lis from San Francisco seven years ago
with $.,"up,9to III cash IN his pocket
and proceeded t" spend 1t at such d
rate that people said he would surely
go broke. But. in addition to the
money. he possessed Il east iron nerve
and NOW he is on the top wave of sue
cess. Al! he wants at present is to be
president of the United States.
Next to him in point of wealth comes
Robert Z. HIT of Illinois. who is the
pos$esSor of about $4,000. 000 He
has been elected II times to congress
without Il break. As far back as 1881
he WAS assistant secretary of state and
for many Years he has been a sort Of
official adviser To the state department
in matters having to do with our for
eien relations.
James W. WadSWorth of Geneseo. ~
Y, WAS the iuheritor of great wealth
ana is supposed to be worth about
$1,000, o00. Last winter his son mar
ricd the Younger of the two daughte rs
of Secretary Hay IL the preceding
autumn he built Il palut!al mansion on
Dupont CIRCLE much admired by some
and esteemed ugly by others But
there is no question OF the fact that
the WaGsUorihs are among the leaders
in Washington society today and
their entertainments are ON u niaeuiti-
cent scale. Airs. WadsWorth. who was
a. daughter of William 4. Travers of
New York. brought large fortune TO
her husband
Two OF the representatives from New
york city are rated as miIIionauas
Jacob RlpDer1 tb,. br.v.ar ,na \vj1-
liam Sulz.r Mr. S,,lzar.s f,,,,,,a i of
Very recent origin. having haan do