The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-09
SOME RICH
SENATORS
SENATOR CLARK WILL PROBABLY
TAKE FIRST RANK
He Win Others Show Nc os;sota.
ton-Do Not Appear as Million.
aires-Yet There Are Senators
Who Are Peer In Purse.

ciaN-W1au William A. Clark o. Mon.
taua .,ts out of tho senate. as De has
announced De viii DO at the expiration
Of his present term. March g. 1907.
the richest man ln what De- called The
'mIlil1uaIrgs' club" VIII have -0re
Mr Clark has too much business 20
bother with The senate. Hi- mining ,u.
terpHses require bis time Besides.
the Republicans hive control oi Mon.
tana and So ls doubtful 70 the Demo
Gratis will ho able 90 eIec, a iegisia.
ture this year Mr Clarks colleague
S. genial Thomas u Carter who Is
rich only Boz the estimation Of those
who suov him
N0b0ly knows how much money
Senator Clark o. worth 70 ls pretty
-afe to estimate 90 az f500oo,000 a.
hc ranks among the wealthIcst men %
the country Despite hts wealth.
though be- ls democratic. approacha.
Die. unprotentIous His dress does not
show that ho IS worth one penny more
than the average $4,000 a year clerk
in Washington.
CLARK H not tho only millionaire
who Will got ont Of the senate after
March g. next General Russell 4. Al.
ger must leave that body because Of
900 health and the Michigan Rcpub.
lolns arc already plunged into o. great
hEht over his successor General ~.
ger is auU.her man o. much money
who De- logable ~ disposition Kind and
cous.lcuie. and without thought that
his money gives him amy distinction
in the world lIis health Is exceeding.
ly bad ana ~ his years are TO be- pro.
longod hf must NOT stay whore he ls.
lie may not live his term out
q ls probable that the richest man
in the senate now Is Francis G.. New
lands. Democrat. Of Nevada, although
he lost heavily In the San Francisco
disaster he was the executor Of the
Sharon estate. which owned the Pal.
ace hotol. and much other valuable
property. lie owns a great deal OF
property In an parts of the country,
having heavy interests In Washing.
ton
stephen y Elkns OF West Virginia
probably ranks along with Senator
Ncwlands. possibly ahead a him In
actual dollars possessed Nathan b.
SCOTT of the same stat Is ranked as
"A wealthy man. classcd somewhere
around a million or more.
Senator Proctor Of Vermont IS un.
doubtodly a millionaire lie owns
valuable property In Washington and
profitable marble Quarries in his ma
tive state. He Is n shrowd business
man and does not live mxurlously
prcfcrring comfort and quiet 10 too
much socla, We
Phllander c Knox Of Pennsylvania
Is "a millionaire lie Is probably worth
S3.0OO.0Oo lie has valuable Invest
mcnts Of an kinds tie Is a warm per.
sonal friend OF II. G. Flick. the steel
magnatc
Lcyi Ankony of Washington Is said
10 rank IN The millionaire class, al.
though ne doesn't look a. lie was a
plain mmborman ana ne has never
been able 10 look any other part
Senator Crane of Massachusetts Is
q millionaire. his most valuable asset
iu recent years having been the great
paper min from which the distinctive
paper from which the paper money OF
the country is printed
Senators Dryden ana Koan of New
Jersey are both wealthy men, said
Co Doe wen into the millions and Sen.
ators Aldrlch and Wctmorc of Rhode
island are worth barrels of money
Senator AllrIcbs daughter married
thc son Of John ID Rockefeller and II
AIdrch can not put his hands on sew.
oral millions I'm his own name he could
get al hc wants ON a pinch.
The senate, though, has many poor
men. La Toilette Of Wisconsin is said
10 have mortgage on his home
plac. iu that state Bailey Of Texas.
Clay OF Georgia, Goarin Of Washington
Clark of Wyoming Tillman Of South
Carolina, Dick Of Ohio, are AN poor
men. They have lots Of company In
their scarcity Of cash, and the num-
ber In that class. II made into club
would exceed those In the million
class
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