The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-03-13
"'PALACES" OF
OUR SENATORS
fery Few Have Establishments
of Their Own.
DAY OF ORNATE HOMES PAST

Great Majority of the Solons In WASH
inston Prefer Hotels and Apart
nents - Newlands and O'Gorman
Only Senators Who Occupy Extern
sive Estates.
Where" asks the stranger in Wash
tngton-and there are always many
strangers in Washington-"where are
the palaces of all the millionaire sea-
ators?''
To direct him to those palaces is one
of the things that can't be done, says
the Washington Star.
In the first place, there are no longer
many millionaire senator's Even those
who are rich. as a rule, do not care to
maintain large houses in Washington
The handsome senatorial home Is be-
coming thing of the past
Then, too. as in all cities, the present
drift is toward hotels and apartment
houses. The servant problem, too, is
as intricate here as anywhere.
Ninety-fve senators are listed today
In the senate directory, the one va
cancy being that in the Alabama dele
cation. OF these. nineteen live In first
or second class hotels, and frankly,
more live in the second than in tie
first class. Twenty-six live in apart
ments or apartment hotels Of more or
less fashionable standing. Less than
twenty-five live In homes of distinc-
OF houses, mere fats or the humble
boarding house.
Senator James Hamilton Lewis Of
Illinois and Senator Gilbert NJ. Hitch
cock Of Nebraska are the only senators
who live in the same hotel that houses
the vice president. Another hotel is
the Washington home of Senator Pen
rose of Pennsylvania. Several senators.
Dillingham; of Vermont, Clarke of Ar
kansas, Johnson of Maine Overman
of North Carolina, Page of Vermont,
Smith Of South Carolina and Walsh Of
Montana are the largest number in any
one hotel
Up on Capitol hill, In the block ad-
joining the capitol. are several family
hotels that are popular with senators
and representatives. In one of these
two senators-Kern of Indiana and
Sterling of South Dakota-live along
with sixty eight members of congress.
Domiciies of Rich Members.
Senator Stephenson Of Wisconsin.
reputed to be the richest man in the
senate, lives in a downtown hotel.
Senator Sherman of Illinois prefers
life in Connecticut avenue apartment
house So does Perkins Of California.
one of the miIlionaires of the senate.
Burton of Ohio. that very rich bache-
lor senator: Works of California,
Thomas of Colorado, MARITIME Of New
Jersey, Catron Of New Mexico and
Vardaman of Mississippi, all reputed
to be men of wealth, are also among
the twenty-six apartment house dwell
ers.
Only two senators live In homes that
might by any stretch of the magma
ton be. called estates such as were nee
essary to fashionable life in Washing
ton in an earlier period of the nations
history. Senator Newlands of Nevada
many years ago esta blished himself on
a large tract of wooded land in Wood
ley lane. near the Maryland line.
Senator O'Gorman Of New York has
rented Red Top. the famous estate in
Cleveland park. midway between the
city and Chevy Chase. where Grover
Cleveland, when president. lived In
the summer.
Senator Smoot has handsome white
marble house Of his own, just beyond
the Connecticut avenue bridge, in a
district that was quite in the woods no
longer ago than 1908
Only one senator lives In real home
in the eastern part Of town handy to
the capitol. He is Knute Nelson OF
= Minnesota.
On the Avenue Of Presidents.
Nine senators live on Massachusetts
avenue, eight on the Avenue Of the
Presidents and one on New Hamp-
shire avenue. And yet this is hardly
accurate since Senator Hughes of
New Jersey has chosen Massachusetts
avenue for his home.
Oliver, Lodge, Du Pont and Colt, all
senators of wealth and social standing,
aside from official position, have
homes on Massachusetts avenue, all
but Oliver in one block. That block,
the 1900 one, comes nearest to show
ing senatorial palaces" than any
other spot in town.
Of the eight senators who have
homes on the Avenue of the Presidents,
seven live in a range Of six squares,
but Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin
has his home two miles away from
them. Farthest from him is Senator
Root of New York.
Senator John Sharp Williams of Mis-
sissippi is one of those who likes the
environment of the Avenue OF the
Presidents.
Senator Mclean of Connecticut lives
on New Hampshire avenue within the
charmed circle
OF the 435 members Of the house, rel