Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-02
NOT So MANY RICH
MEN IN CONGRESS
Number of Wealthy Senators
Has Decreased from
Former Years.
THE MULTIMlLLloNAlRE LIST.
Few on il Now Sit In The Upper
Branch of Congrcss--} Novel
Culinary Contest.

Special Correspondents.
washington, Jan, NO less than e
bills have been introduced this session
providing for the election OF united
States senators by direct vote OF the
people. The house has several times
acted fnvorably upon the proposition
but no power seems strong enough 10
induce the senate TO give IL even SER
GUS consideration, tor II has never yer
been either tavoraDy OF unfavoraoiy
reported by "a committee of the upper
brancn OF the national Legislature -"ost
of the senators OF potn parties appear
to think tnat the states wnicn u4S ~,
satisned With the present piah Oh
choosing senators can resort 70 Tue
primary plan. mat Is now beng done
In many of the southern states ana Is
becoming more and more popular every
year When the late ten. Jonn NJ
Palmer of unnos was sent TO the SEN
ate the Democratic party, before the
legislature was elected, lndofsed ten
Palmer in the state convention, piea6
ing the party TO select MN III lhS
event the Democrats were succcsslul
at the polls The northern, New Eng
land and western states, however, have
NOT taken kindly to the primary, but
stick to the old way OF ha,/s the leg
islatures select the senators WITHOUT
any previous expression from the peo-
pie. This keeps alive the charge ihat
mostly rich men get into the senate
MEN WHO ARE REALLY RICH
1t was common thing during the
last decade TO cali the senate the mil
iionaires' club" But the number OF
millionaires In that body has dwtn-
died rapidly In his recent speech
against the trusts Senator Jeif Davis
of Arkansas gave list of the 81
richest men In the country, start
ing with John ID. Rockefeller, estimat-
ed as being worth s600,000,0OO. and
winding up with IL men supposed
10 be worth only the paltry sum OF
$50. 1000, 900 each About a dozen more
Davis figured at from S2AOO0,00O to
$40, 000,0 900 each, the oil having a
combined wealth OF S3,215,0000OO. Da-
Wis did not include a. United States SEN
ator in the lot Former Senator Clark
OF Montana was on the list, however
with cool 500, 600 900 People who
think they know Clark well estimate
his wealth at more than double that.
FORTUNES IN THE SENATE.
Mir. Gugenhem OF Colorado is sup
posed 10 be the richest man at pres
snelter combine, and his fortune Is
though To run up somewhere near the
5000 900 mark. Among senators
ranked as millionaires, the wealth
ranging from $2,000000 To S5,O00.OO0
and possibly sS,000000 or S10,000,000,
are Ekins Of West Virginia, Aldrioh of
Rhode Island, Du Pont OF Delaware,
Crane of Measurements, Depew of
New York. Proctor of Vermont. Knox
of Pennsylvania and Perkins of Call
fornia.
NO MILLIONAIRE AMONG DEMO
GRATIS.
1t is doubtful IL there is a Democratic
millionaire now in the senate. Rayner
Of Maryland and owen of Oklahoma
may possibly have that much Teller of
Colorado was at one time in the mil.
iionaire class. but he lost u great deal
Of his fortune Johnston of Alabama
has been spoken of as a millionaire. but
he says it is unfortunately not true.
He Is prosperous and would not be
plnched for money even If he were not
,n the government payroll. 'raliaferro
Of Florida is ranked as the richest of
the southern senators.
a NOVEL CULINARY CONTEST.
Not long ago Mr.. Metcalf. secretary
n the navy. had an argument with a
fiOn W dSltlibtOn DdUheI as TO the sec
hon of the country that can produce
The finest things for giving an ideal
iinner. The secretary insisted that
aothfng could equal the Pacific coast.
The banker declared the Chesapeake
lection furnished more things To tickle
he fancy of high liver than any
,ther. Senator Hale of Maine who was |
present. then claimed that New Eng |
and bore the palm for edible delica- !
.ies, and SO II was finally decided that |
mch should give u dinner confined |
ltrictly to the products of his own sec
hon, The banker gave the first dinner
md invited many of the best judges OF
rood living in the land What they had |
o eat IN the way of delicacias would
make the mouth water. Mr. Metcalt
said 10 be getting ready 10 show what
he slope can do and when the contest
over II is feared a number OF well
tnown public men VIII be laid up with
nc govt for the rest OF the season.
THE WISE AND uNWIsE DINER
The late Vice President Hobart of
eew Jersey during the lasr year OF his
Pc Is known to have attended moro
primal dinners than any man I'm hubble
lie. lie made the fatal mistake OF go
ng through the entire slenu wash
ng dowh the edibes with wines and
liquors. II did not take long tn Give
lin govt and heart trouble ana be
net an untimely death. Probably no
nan IN the country has attended more
miners than Senator Depew They have
Not injured him because nearly 40 wears
so he decided to drink az these fune-
Ions only one kind of vino. believing
hat a mixture was more than tbe s,,s
EN- could stand. lie also made h n
uie to eat only one solid dish ana lust
lDble at the others
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