The Washington herald., 1916-05-29
Rich Men in the Senate.

James D. Phelan. He comes from one of those
rSmlhes which put all their earnings in San
lthe inc racine Coast metropolis half a century ago
,At one time San Francisco real estate was
s~ ex.Iemeiy cheap, and there was group of able
IN corner lots and sandy wastes than into min
ing schemes, Some Of those who went into min
ing built fabulous fortunes which lasted; many
I,ners ioss won and lost fortunes as men gain and
fiat broke or with only modest sums.
Inc real estate group, however, all got
srah' snd Land increased in value year by year,
left rich children and grandchildren as tcsti-
monials to his thrift. The Phelans belonged
ito this type. 80"
!, Senator Phelan is a lawyer BY profession and
mas done nothing to disspate the fortune his
iatner LETT him. On the contrary, he has added
70 II oy wise Investments of his own. Incident
amy senator Phelan is a bachelor, S. years old
and has been the object of the schemes of many
"a niatTon with marriageable daughters since he
entered the Senate.
-, There are a number of other Westcrncrs in
Among them is J. H. Brady, of Idaho whose
tanches and mining interests have brought him
Ito state where he will never have to worry
about paying the rent. Just how much Brady
is worth nobody to know. He started
poor in Pennsylvania, his native State, and
has been an ldahoan since 1896. But Brady
would not be classed a multi millionaire
- The two New Mexico Senators, Thomas B.
Catron and Albert B. Fall, also are rated as
mi,,onarss in. their interests being in cattle and
Francis c. Newiands, of Nevada, ''ai1 is another
sm1orm92usly mor1 2y wealthy Westerner. Newands went
developed into skiliul real estate operator.
he married wealthy California woman and
has steadily increased their joint fortunes. New
lands lands has always been active in dealing in
Washington real estate, and his holdings in the
National Capital alone are sufficient to make
any large family. comfortable for life.
another man whose individual efforts have build
ed for him large fortune. Warren was born
in ! Massachusetts in Is4t and he went into the
the war he moved West, having spent couple
OF years farming in his native State, and in
1904 1909 he to took up his residence in Wyoming, then
real estate occupied his attention from the first,
and occupy It today, sheep being his particular
pastimc Just. how, many sheep Warren owns
not not even 1 ne himself inns knoMs although he did ad-
10000 Several years ago Senator spoke Of
Warren as the greatest shepherd since Abraham" "
and there is reason to believe the description
was accurate
While the Westerners made most of their
money out Of the grourd through its yield of
precious metals or of sustenance for live stock.
the rich Fasteners made most of theirs by
manufacturing. Most of the big fortunes of the
rIch Eastern Senators come from industrials.
For instance, there is Senator Henry Algernon
du Pont de Nemours, OF Delaware, who not
only has the longest name in the Senate but
whose autobiography is the longest in the Con-
gressional Directory, and whose home town"
Classic scholars tell that "Eeutherean" is of
Greek origin; that Greek god, Zeus Eleuthcrois,
once won big battle and set lot Of people
free, .whercupon the Greeks established holi-
day in his name, calling it Eleutherean Day,
and celebrating it in four years with athletic
games just like the Olympic of today Eleu-
thercan means Setting iree.'
Rich as the du Points were before the war,
there is no telling how much richer they have
grown through it; Henry Algernon does not
1t is not improbable that Senator du Pont I;
the richest man in the Senate.
The two Rhode Island Senators, Henry F.
Lippitt and Le Baron Bradford Colt, are both
rich. Lippitt is a cotton manufacturer and bank
er and is rated in the millionaire class Colt
has an interest in the arms manufacturing COM
pany which. bears the family name, and the
Colts, like the du Points, have not suffered .eri-
GUS financial reverses the war began
Pennsylvania has real rich in the Sen
ate in the person of George T. Oliver, who has
made fortune in steel and who also owns
newspapers which on firm financial basis
For many years Oliver has been active in steel
circles and it is understood that the steel indus
try is in a rather healthy condition at present
Senator Carol S. Page, OF Vermont, is the
possessor of one of those tidy New England
fortunes that have been built up dollar on dollar
The Page nest egg was formed by tanning hides,
age Page became known as "Calfskin Page"
Now, in addition to his tanneres he has interests
IN banks and trust companies and is president
of several OF them. He is in the elderly
class.
Senator John Wingate Weeks, OF Massachu-
setts, is one of the richest of the New England
Senators. He started with nothing but an edu-
cation gained at the United States Naval
Academy, and at S. he is looked upon as a
likely candidate for the Presidency. The num-
Der of officers in the navy was reduced soon
after, Weeks graduated at Annapolis, and he was
lcgslated out of job. He Immediately took a
job with an engineering corps in Florida and
spent a year so surveying swamps which
were destined to be sold as choice lots firing
of that, he formed partnership with another
young man and started brokerage office in
Boston. The firm thtivcd and is now one of
the biggest brokerage and banking institutions
woman. He retired from business when he
entered the Senate two years ago.
James w. Wadsworth, of New York comes
of rich family but he is not looked upon as
one of the really rich.-Washington CORES
pondence of the New York World
Tagging for Lawbreakers.
Tagging" motorists who do not offend fla
grantly seriously against traffic regulations
has been substituted in a nearby New Jersey