The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-07
.rrw WEALTHY MEN
FOUND IN THE SENATE
o,7rNs IS RICHEST, WITH
CQ D551pps OF COLORADO, IN
SECOND PLACE.

u,AsHINGTON, D. CATER Is
W. ~ continuous service IN the SEN
yea, - the United States, Senator
aT P Dillingham;, of Vermont,
W, died leaving an estate valued at
about $4,000"
pafore coming to Washington as
.tor Mfr. Dillingham; was govern
'enatfoib his state. Prior to that he was
OF t ot attorney for two terms, COM
s Y';orer OF state taxes for several
nlls,,'' and served terms in both
year, obes al his states legislature, 1t
Ol s1. he said. therefore, that Senator
nllaaiI;nohan1 spent virtually his entire
la,It HE in the service of the public.
a ud death finds him at 80 years Of
anu anu assessed OF an estate of $4,000.
90 S772 Found in Cash.
Nearly one-hali of this worldly
.. - is represented by his home
Vice. o%t in Montpelier. Of the remainder
p'ayT Siderable part is represented by
a.oct in the country bank Of which
~ was president. The appraisers of
nc! nc estate %t found only $211 in cash and
|s;6 in the savings bank.
I"Tt i evident that Senator Dilling
.,n had virtually no income outside
=; his salary of $500 year, and he
;onnd the expense of living in Wash
notion motor demanding. Maintaining his
home In Montpelier at the same time
;,st about drained the Golfers dry
each month.
The continuous sitting of the con-
oress during the past IS years has
worked hardship on many a con-
,cientious national legislator, who, for
:sking his own affairs, has chung to
thp Shin Of state through the fair
weather and foul Of many changing
seasons During the greater part of
NM Dilingham's services his salary
was exceedingly small. The salary of
Me- governor of Vermont is but S.
000 a wear. The pay of a United
States senator when Mr.. Dillingham;
irst came to Washington was but
$4,000 a year and it can be imagined
how grateful he was for the raise to
$500 was when it came along.
Millionaires Are Scarce.
The disclosure of the pitifully small
estate lett by the senior senator from
Vermont, a man who since 1900 had
belonged TO the rich mans club" di-
reefs attention anew to the fact that
the millionaire no longer is the domi-
nant factor in the upper branch OF
congress. AS matter of fact the
really wealthy senators can be count
I'd on the fingers Of one hand. Ger
ainly there are not more than III.
As to the richest senator it is rather
iificult to choose between Couzens,
II Michigan, and Phipps, of Colorado
the former Detroit mayor
las the call His fortune was made
With and ont of the Ford Motor Com
ANY and it is estimated that his
wealth runs from somewhere around
50,000,000 up. Senator Lawrence
'hipps, whose fortune was founded
II steel. is rated as an exceedingly
Wealthy man, but the one-time motor
lagnate unquestionably outdistances
i'm by several million dollar laps
Mckinley and Elkins Rich.
Two other. wealthy men of the SEN
tie are Mckinley, of Illinois, and Ell
ins, of West Virginia. Senator Nc
Iinley has vast traction holdings and
arious other interests. Davis ElkinS
lherted a large share of the famous
,lkins estate, built from the coal and
ION mines OF his native state.
Among the other senator's OF reput-
d wealth there is Warren, of Wyo-
ling; Gooding, OF Idaho; Stanfeld,
t Oregon; Peter Goelet Gerry, OF
,hode Island, and perhaps McCor-
nick, of Illinois.
Here we have mentioned but nine
mong 90. The poor man is in the
enate saddle and many of these poor
Zen have been supplementing their
leager salaries this summer by doing
he chautauqua circuits to a fare-you-
YELL What the chautauqua hounds
'on't know about national and inter
ational affairs by the time the sea-
on closes will not be worth knowing.
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