The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-24
ARE INVADING THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
IN GREAT NUMBERS
THE MOST REMARKABLE MEN
Some OF the Weaithiest Business
Men in the Country Have Taken
Up Politics as Form Of Recrea.
ton.

Washington. Dec. 30 Multimil
liuuaires are invading the house of
Representatives. The legislative body
I day is more thi-lily infested, so
ID speak by predatory plutcs' than
q; any previous time in It's history.
one OF nttccn richest men In this
country Is representative in con.
grcss from Nonkcrs in the state of
NeW York His name Is John T..
Nndrus and his wealth is estimated
al 80 million dollars He is a
chemical king controlling To great
extent the product II of medicinal
drugs in the United States. Nearly
ali OF the prpsin manufactured in
. America comes from his mills
whenc, the nam" Old Chewing
Cum, applied tu him iokingly by
/ his fellow congressman. though. as II
mater OF fact ne puts ON III" mar.
k,t no such commodity.
one Of the most remarkable men
IN the present house 4, Daniel +.
lafcau Of York. Pa lie likrwis"
was Il born fortune builder lie
started IN life as driver of Il coal
cart AT 81 day. Every cent he
possesses he has made for him.
self. and his wealth today amounts
4 not less than three million dol.
dairics aud automobile factories; but
ndustrially speaking he is chiefly
G nSpcuous AS the Candy King.
l.afcan owns candy factories In
Philadelphia, York and Lancaster
employing six or seven thousand
people The confectionery he makes
l. of every grade. from cheapest
10 finest. and Is shipped TO al
parts of the world. one II trwOrthy
point about this manufacturer o
sweets Is that, though republican
M comes from democratic distric
personal popularity outweighs an op
posing majority. Necessarily. hi
dollars count for something. lie en-
joys life ana is much addicted t'
the giving Of dinners.
when women sightserrs in Wash
iugton visit the house Of represent
ativcs they first ask to have point
ed ont 10 them not Uncle .lOscpl
Cannon oh. no indeed but th
man who married Alice u osevelt.
II Nicholas LougwOrth never doe
anything else To distinguish hmsel.
his marriage viii have earned fo
him an adequate fame
l.nngwurth, however. Is maj
greatly esteemed On his own nc
count. lie is what is called firs
rate mixer. and knows how Il
make himself popular anywhere on
nt his most noteworthy accomplish
mrn's is that of story telling. a
which he is really wonderful. III
has Il way IA telling II story to
piano accompaniment thar Is inimil
able lIuru In Cincinnati forty year
ago. he IS Harvard graduate
class 1891, and has the addition
n distinction uf being the badcs
mlu IN the house. II is not under
h.A Ia
his Own, but hr viii eventually ~
h,ri' millions from his mother. Til
} money comes from p.tt"ry. tn
mau!acture of which in Ohio VA
started by Nick's father.
l'u,,cr Amc> of lowell. Mass, /
= another member nj ia" lower nous
nh' Il Il not have I, mak" his owr
fortune But. IN ugh worth tn
%, siN millions g! dollars, h iur
no; plr,ar The waSs ui idien"ss h
any means IN moments not occr
pied by legislative toll be- acvo' -
himself to mven, ng thiugs. ~
ride, about Washington I'm an aut,
mobile made by himself. and just a
present he is building a flying ma
chino on pattern OF his owi
n, has no; flown yet but compaI
atNek few flying machines ever d.
get as tar as that
Perhaps The most popular man II
the lower house OF congress is wi,