The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-03
Made, and the
Characteristics
Of the Men.
BY WILLIAM x. HOWARD.

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There are milionalrcs in the House Of
Representatives. as well as in the Senate:
not as many Of them. however, and fewer
by far in proportion to total member
ship but there are at least fourteen mem
bers OF the lower house OF Congress who
are able to count their wealth by tho
million.
The aggre gate wealth OF these fourteen
millionaire representatives OF the people
Is estimated at a little less than 800 0oO.-
000 or about one-half OF the estimated
wealth OF a single member OF tho United
States Senate, William A. Clark. OF Mon
tana. OF these fourteen millionaires.
only three, Messrs. Hearst. OF New YORK;
Ruppert OF New York. and Davis. OF
West Virginia are Democrats. The re-
manning eleven are Republicans. -Four,
A1essrs. Andrus. Mckinley. Davis and
Hayes. are serving their first terms, ana
four, at least, are serving their last te ms.
each having declined to accept reno11. M.
ton. although the probabilities are that
each one could be reelected. with thelr
vast wealth, they no longer crave politlcal
honors. and each purposes retiring TO prl-
yate life, to enjoy, each In his own way,
his fortune.
Doesn't Look the Part.
Looking down from tho gallery OF the
House, doubtless no one would single
mt the modest looking old gentleman-he
IL sixty.fve years of age-who sits near
the center Of the Republican side OF the
chamber, as the wealthiest man or tho
entire body. He Is representative John.
Emory Andrus, OF Yonkers. N. J., ana,
excluding the other thirteen millionnres
named. his wealth Is probably three or
-FOUR times as great as that OF all tho
remaining members combined. There Is
nothing about him, either In dress or
manner. to indicate that he counts his
fortune by the tens of millions. He Dress
es with extreme modesty. and his actions
are entirely unostentatlous. he might pc
taken among n group OF men rs inlr!y
Well-to-do merchant. He has never yet
made speech In the House, and 1t Is not
likely that he will, for he is not speech
maker. He Is a business man. who, nav
Ing made his pile. and having an In
come which is so large that It many
times exceeds his requirements, ne IS
seeking to serve the people OF his dis
trict In public way. Rarely day passes
that he is not In his seat In the House.
and he Is a regular attendant at the
meetings OF the committee of which he
Is q member.
Mr., Andruss fortune Is self-made. He
acquired 1t largely by the manufacture
Of simple and wholesome medicine
pepsin. He ia the largest manufacturer
Of pepsin In the United States, although
his plant turns out various other medical
preparations and employs large force
pf people.
He began llfe after graduating from
the Wesleyan University, at Middletown,
Conn, as a school teacher. lie taught
Tor four years in New Jersey. Then no
went into the drug business In a small
way, and from that he became q manu-
,acturer OF pepsin, and peps1n has made
him the fortune which he possesses
!, Pillar Of Methodist Church.
From his early training a staunch Meth
pdist, Mr., Andrus dispenses his charities
through that church. He Is the financial
man back OF the Methodist Book Con-
Germ, in the work Of which he Is deeply
Interested and Of which organization he