Show Millionaire Congressmen Tell it not In Oath and an whisper it ft not in hi but the house of represent J I ta is I no longer what k t wa wal was a tad 11 I If ef If f brain rather rAth r than of wealth Money Moot y t I liar lias its It rt and the th t 7 nay he of the th multimillion I II y I stalks falks II Ik through Us Its It legislative chamber bamber I Ind io end nd enforces the of a nw new W I g olden den rule in its r room looms I There T ert are UP toda today as at many man millionaires millions i rea reain In f n the l I wr house houlle of f as were ere to be und In the senate ars ae ago says ay A W Vi in ton correspond correspondent ent nt of the die Bo Boston ion The Tho farmers I speaking still prefer to be bs rep r e te t t in the no nt I k by f poor boor mm but u hut i m are art wending sending their be t tf d h to Wash Washington h hInton ington Inton and a in Hi l on one tI tf flin i h the state of Ma s f t t leading n ii hi his respect r ltd Ite o d l h heing In larg la I e of the moneyed v while Philadel Philadelphia l phia and New W York ir In almost equally notable fur for the wealth of f their th lr members member a a a Four Mi U representatives ru es are arf credited i hy by a moderate estimate with an anI I t of Butler Ames of Lowell a i rand oll of Benjamin F P But Butler Butler ler 11 has bas at leant l a t most of It In fn Ine Invested vested e ted in mui stock William C Levering of f pos pas a fortune equally large hi his in tn int Income t come ome me being belS derived from cotton mills mUI John R Thayer of ot Worcester is b easily y worth in real estate and A P Gardner of Hamilton is Ia understood to have a couple co of millions million Nor does dON this i 1 exhaust the list U t of millionaires from the th t h hI Bay state The rl I he ht t member oi of the house is young William R it Hearst o or of New York who owns own three th treat neat newspapers ei and I who Is probably worth not less lea than 15 1 He came ame to the metropolis from San Francisco seven en years year ago a to with 17 rz M in In his hiI hi pocket and pro I 1 to spend lIend It at such su h a rate rat that i people said he be would surely sure go broke I But Bu in addition to toh his monty money he be pus pos seemed a nerve and no DO now he IB is ison IBon on the t hp top to wave wa e of success All he h I warts want at present is 1 to be bt president of the I filed States C a a Next to him in point wint of wealth comes Robert R Hitt of Illinois is who ho to is the he possessor of about J He Hp has been bt fn elected twelve times to congress 8 without a break As far back as aa a MM he was a as aB 81 secretary of state and for tor many years he has haa been a sort of official ad sd adviser vI to do with o Der r foreign relations James W Wadsworth of N NY NY NY Y was the th Inheritor of ot great st wealth andis and andis andi is i supposed to be worth about Last La winter wlater his nom HOD married the young youngest est t daughter of the th two daughters dau of Secretary ta ry Hay ny In the tho preceding n autumn j he built a palatial residence re oa on Dupont circle much muth admired adl eti BJ by 8 some and esteemed es esteemed teemed ugly jig by by others 0 But there is no question at of Y the hE fact ct t that wn the Wads ds wortha are among amons the leaders leader in Wash Washington aSh aShIn ington Ingon In society today to and ad 1 their entertain entertainments menu meats ar are ari on nn a mai nai THo ln e f Mrs Wart Wadsworth who wt wa W a 1 i t i iK ht tf r II iJ 1 liani R Travers Tavers of ot New p York Vork brought a 1 large fortune to hr her husband a a a Two of the re ft lives from New NewYork NewT NewYork York T OIk City CU are rated 8 millionaires Jacob Ruppert the brewer and William S u tr f ort i fie rl is on n ft o ory of l i i ry recent origin havn hs Hg hen been fen der dt ed from Alaska g gold ld mint mine in hI which he be i mt interested In as alii a a with former I St Senator Jones of Nevada Edward Morrell Is A i i very verj conspicuous I I young society man from Philadelphia He inherited Inh a fortune and gathered in ina n na a s larger one by b his marriage ma with a Me Miss M I Drexel of that citY The Quaker City likes Uk to be represented in tn congress 18 by I howling swells in which class cia General i Harry Harr Harry now DOW Father Kather of the House HoWIe through h longest lonCe t service in tn that I bod body has hall always been conspicuous c It i would not bo bd b safe to sa say that general rall is a millionaire though tb he is Js o but Mr Morrell is certainly j so one half a dozen e times i over Hubert Hobert Adam Adams of Philadelphia better I known In that city db as all Bertie Bettie ert e Adam Adams has hall been prominent as society a man mn and 1 extremely eligible bachelor for tor a genera i I Lion tion He is la a man of ot great at ability ab tty and was United States minister miner to Brazil Brull a ar afar 1 I far beck back as 18 1690 Since then he be has bae been beena a member of sIx she Ix successive su s e congresses CO In the congress con Mr Adams conducted through the house the t Cuban j resolution and drafted introduced and passed paned through h the house in ore orr hour the declaration of war against Mt Spain Spam He Heis Heis I is worth about I New Jerseys Jersey s chief representative in eo congress is i Charles Iett N Pow Fow Fowler ler If r who was wae so fortunate tule as aVi to Inherit He is fe a graduate of Yale Yak John has hae been associated for I Iman many man years with the Pennsylvania rail raft j r ad a ai as counsel and owns a large tarp blocki block I of stock sock in m that corporation cor He a has haB a palatial house hou e near Dupont circle and i is supposed to be worth about It would have been a great creat mistake to forget tOl t Allan L l McDermott of Jersey Seney City who is president of the most mot im Important Important electric e traction company in ta the them city fity m of Wa He may be put putdown putdown down d safely at Another traps tran millionaire is William Alden smith amith of or Grand Rapids Mich MiChl who owns a large part of one or two railroad ral railroads 10 Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati 1 to a aI I I tor who inherited bbl wealth He i possesses perhaps X 1000 worth of real estate ln 7 Joseph Joeeph C SIMey Sibley of Gf Franklin Pa ra is 18 the larrest la est t manufacturer of rubricating lubricating oils ails 01 In the world and may be set sel down at Another DOther notable millionaire is III Joseph W Babcock of f Wisconsin who has built up a fortune of a couple of mil million Uon lion dollars deUt In various vano business eater ter tere e The c has bas beard heard a good pod deal dl with within I in the last few months of Luck Luet N Ut Lit Littauer tauer of N T Y who who bad had something to do with contracts for reI fur IW furnishing large quantities of g and other Kinds kind of or glores to the war depart department part ment m t Bone Sene e folks folk assert u ert that tbt he and Ms his 1 a influence as a congressman co re man Improperly who ta Ia an intimate friend of President by Y the way Y to fa s sp sup posed sett to be worth at least a couple of f m millions Henry Hely Burke who Is III a representative from tram Philadelphia has ba at least l a million made mace In leather E r J Hill of Norwalk Conn is a hardware than man and from that source and lumber hat haa derived i ia a fortune of about l It is III sup supposed posed Gilbert M Hitchcock of f Nebraska I posted th OOma er owns OWn the Omaha a World and m reckoned at A 1 Howl w tie a reasonable ble margin of figures above given are approximately i correct In a majority of instances the persons to whom they th y are attributed would probably deny them offhand Politicians particularly representatives in to congress con do not wish to be thought ht rich For one thing thID such a reputation n ma t tend to render them a leas popular popular r ruther with wih the t m tY voters voter and for an another another other uther it ma may invite impecunious persons perSon to appeal to them for help An astute congressman of moderate means mUM once said to the writer A man who goes to congress should be either so 80 rich that an amount of cannot can cannot not tot Jar him or else el so poor that the most forlorn dead beat will not trouble him hrat himself hi self self elf to ask uk him for assistance |