The Washington herald., 1908-02-16


/ Granite does not lake on the luster OF
/ the diamond lie has been IN the Senate
sixteen years Before attaining the Sena-
torship be had served IN the State senate,
as lieutenant governor OF Vermont, and
/ as Secretary Of War in the Cabinet OF
/ President Harrison All the while his
/ lquarries Kept on producing granite. and
/ all the while his dollars kept piling up.
Fancy Meme, hut Plain Man.
Henry Aigernon du Pont is of the
powder making family of du Points In
eidentally. it has been a money-mak-
ing family of du Points: and they have
been at it these many years. Senator du
Pont is not nearly so fancy as his name
might indicate. On the contrary, he is 6
matter-of-faet man of business, who seems
inspired with the laudable ambition OF
being a really useful Senator. If the tur-
bulent politics of little Delaware permits
/ him 70 hold the job long enough. be
probably will make good
/ Francis c. NeWlands Of Nevada, mar
/ rieG money and has made money. II Is
( said he suffered heavily in the San Fran
4 cisco FIRE but not 10 the extent that his
/ grocery bills embarrass him. lie has
/ invested in all sorts Of things. from Ne
/ vada mines 10 District of Columbia reaI
estate, and his investments have been
uniformly profitable He Cwns more prop
/ erty In Washington. by the way. than
/ any other Senator The source of Senator
/ Depews fortune is well known. II began
when he made connection with the Van
derblts. and has been pretty closely con-
nected with the Vanderbilts ever since.
( Regards Senate as club.
Senator Wetnore. of Rhode Island. in
herited his money and. like Kean has
enjoyed life while the dollars multiplied
There was a report year or so ago that
he had suffered serious reverses, but it is
said his losses were chiefly occasioned
/ by the shrinking Of paper values. The
I dividend-paying qualities of his anvest-
ments have not been seriously impaired
To him the United States Senate is mere
iy one Of his clubs. II the notion strikes
him to spend an houL or two amid the
luxuries which a Senator may find at the
Capitol he goes there; if not there are
I other places where luXuries are provided
Senator BuIkeley. of Connecticut. is at
( the head OF life insurance company
/ whci was founded by his father, is a
I banker. and engages ia other money
making businesses. He has been mayor
/ OF Hartford, his home city. and governor
( OF is State Senator Buckley is seventy
/ years OF age When he WAS elected 70
/ the Senate three years ago. a lfe's am
( bition was gratihed. Levi Aukeny. OF
I Washington, is q banker The money
witn which he started his first bank was
made In the mercantile business. The
money with which he started his first
mercantile business was made as "A
/ r. lighter. hauling stun 20 and from the
mines of Idaho. He was born in Mis-
souri. and went West with his parents
considerably NOR, than half a century
ago
Nixon. Of Nevada. has made his money
mostly in mines, and Crane, Of Massa-
cGusetts. as manufactures Of paper.
Tie Grape mills at Dalton make. among
other things. all the paper used by the
United States government for the print
ing Of paper money. His sense Of the fit
ness Of things would not allow him. after
his election TO the Senate, TO continue
selling paper 40 the government 50 he
turned the business over 10 his son.
Declined Two Cabinet jobs.
The fortune possessed by Senator Hale.
Of Maine. has been Of slow growth. large
legal fees wisely invested. He was ad-
mitted to the practice Of hw more than
half a century ago and has been earning
money ever since With true Yankee
thrift ne has kept about all he ever
earned The public knows of two offers
of Cabinet positions which Hale declined.
and there may have been others of which
the public knows nothing. Grant wanted
him to be Postmaster General and Hayes
invited him to become Secretary Of the
Navy. Tie might like that position better
now. for by long service as chairman OF
tlte Senate Committee on Naval Affairs
he has become about the foremost civilian
authority on the American navy.
OF the other millionaire Senators, Lodge
and Penrose inherited their wealth,
though Lodge, through marriage and wise
investment has largely Increased his her
itage. Knox. Foraker. Owen, and Bailey
have received enormous fees as lawyers.
No one knows quite how Platt. Of New
York. made his money. but it is largely
invested in an express company, as presi-
dent Of which. il Is said, he receives a
Smith began life as a newsboy, and has
been husyIing ever since. Reed Smoot is
one OF the largest business men of Utah,
and Briggs. of New Jersey, is a bridge
builder and wire-rope manufacturer.
Scott Of West Virginia, is a glass n.anu-
facturer and banker, and Martin OF Vir-
ginia, is "a lawyer and extensive land
owner. Hopkins, of Illinois, is another
lawyer who invested his fees in good
paying properties. while Richardson. Of
Delaware, is a Gamer and packer His
father founded the business and the son
grew into and enlarged it
Chewing-gum millionaire.
Chewing gum contributed largely to the
fortune OF John E. Andrus, of Yonkers.
n. Y, the richest man in the House Of
Representatives. He is the largest manu-
facturer of pepsin in the United States
and the bulk of it goes into chewing
gum. The pepsin is used for other pur-
poses. of course. and Mr. Andrus' fac
tories turn out All sorts of other chemi-
Gals and medicinal preparations, but he
can fairly be called a chewing-gum mil
lionaire. Mr. Andrus looks very much
like a farmer who has saved something
for his advanced years. and knows how
to enjoy his competence. He is mild and
unassuming, and makes no pretense of
being in Congress for anything more
than the pleasure he can get out of it,
William b. Mckinley, of Illinois. second
among House millionaiTes, is ambitious
but no one knows exactly the objective
of his ambition. He spends more money,
probably, than any other member of
Congress, and a good part of it gees in
cultivating men whose influence would
be useful to an aspiring statesman He
gives dinners by the score. charters
special trains and steamers to take Sena-
tors and Representatives on junkets. and
in other ways makes things pleasant for