St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-09

his back, nobody knows It and nobody
would believe 1t if you told him So
Even the most violent enemies Of
Senator Cummins of Iowa will admit
that he is pretty nearly broke, and
those who are acquainted with the
home life of Senator LaFollette OF
Wisconsin assert that he barely makes
both ends meet.
LaFollette probably earns $4,000 or
$4,000 a year on the Chautauqua and
regular, lecture platforms. But he has
to spend every cent he can scrape to-
gether on the sinews of war in his
state At his last election he turned
in an expense account, as required by
law, showing that his senatorial race
cost him about $125,0O0.
Many of the senators, as well as the
representatives, exc out an honest Nv
ing by spellbinding to bevies OF inter-
ested school teachers on the Chautau'
qua circuit in the summer time. They
will average about $3.50 and expenses
a lecture. LaFollette is supposed TO
collect $3.50 for each talk he delivers,
and Dolliver of Iowa, another popu-
lar orator on the same platform. Is
said to get 5000,
The richest man in the senate, ST.
mon Guggenheim of Denver, Col, Is
one of the seven brothers of the name,
who dominate the smelling business
of the country, If not of the world
Probably they do not know what they
are worth, for, like all colossal for
tunes. the ups and downs of the mar
ket change their millions this way or
that every "a hours. Probably their
Montana shelters, grinding out silver
and copper; their mines of gold and
coal in Alaska; their silver and cop
per properties, in British Columbia,
Mexico, Peru and Nevada, and their
tremendous real estate holdings In
half dozen big cities of the country,
would sell, if placed on the market for
$500 100000. The Colorado senator is
supposed to be one of the equal part
ners In the mammoth family combina-
ton.
Senator Elkins' principal holdings
are in railroads and mines in west
Virginia, although he owns tidy safe
full of railroad assorted securities and
commercial paper from various parts
of the country Mr.. Elkins married a
daughter of venerable ex-senator Da-
Wis of West Virginia, and by that hap
Ply means was ''let in" on the ground
floor Mr.. Davis was associated with
the late Senators Blaine and Brice and
Richard Kerens of st. Louis (now am
| bassador to Austria-Hungary), In
many business ventures of large cali
ber These included railroads and
mines In the west as we'll as in Mr..
Davis own state.
Senator Warren of Wyoming has
several million sheep working for him
and owns miles and miles of territory
in Wyoming Nixon of Nevada made
his in silver and gold. Newlands OF
the same state married most of his
Depew of New York owns large blocks
of railroad stock and much valuable
real estate Mr.. Oliver of Pennsyl
vania is one of the Pittsburg steel
kings. Crane of Massachusetts, is a
paper made millionaire. His concern
supplies the government with all the
paper that it uses in the manufacture
of its money. That Is the reason why
Mr.. Crane was not able early in the
| Roosevelt administration to accept the
| post of secretary of the treasury. Mr.
Aldrich of Rhode Island is heavily in
terested in many big New England
corporations. His daughter married
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Mr.. Wetmore
of Rhode Island inherited his millions
| DUPONT made his in gunpowder
Hughes of Colorado got rich in mines
Kean of New Jersey belongs to very
wealthy family and inherited the bulb
of his fortune.
Mr.. Lodge of Massachusetts also
was born with fine, large silver
spoon in his mouth. Mr.. Scott of Wes1
Virginia is commonly supposed te
have made most of his money in glass
Mr.. Bourne of Oregon owns cottor
mills in Massachusetts that he inheri
| ted from his father, and lumber mills
in Oregon that he bought or started
himself. He is bachelor. Smoct Of
Utah is one of the apostles of the
great Mormon church. which is very
large and wealthy business organiza
ton. Mr.. Root of New York made
his fees from big corporations. 81
did Senator Owen of Oklahoma, who
by the way, is part Indian. One fee
alone, which he collected for settlins
up land case with the government
on behalf of his red brethren, nettet
him s750,000.