| Show WEALTH OF SENATORS 1 HUGE TOTAL WHICH LEGISLA TORS CAN scoba members of upper branch of who are worth fortunes which mount up into the millions of dollars the united states senate has an embarrassment of riches at least the general public Is disposed to view with disfavor if not suspicion the fact that the members of that alve body of the nation should possess and control so much of the country s wealth if one should take tablet and pencil and make a financial census of the tipper branch of congress they would discover that 36 members less than one half of the total membership are easily worth showing that the dubbing of the senate by some as the millionaire s club Is not with out warrant A partial list of mem bers would read about as follows william A dark mining stephen elkins 20 rail roads gen russell A aiger lumbering nelson W aldrich street railroads john kean 10 inherited john F dryden 10 proctor 10 mar quarries george P wetmore 5 others whose wealth is counted in the millions but the exact amount of which is not known are philander knox cabot lodge henry tell er thomas M patterson leal an keny samuel H piles george S nixon george francis E warren and reed smoot of utah who is about to be barred from his seat in the senate to this list should be added the names of frank brandegee 0 connecticut charles A culberson of texas lee S overman of north carolina henry E burnham of new hampshire william P of vermont and frank P flint of california for their wealth comes close to the million dollar mark it it does not largely exceed that sum then there is a long list of names of those who are independently rich such members could schedule easily above the hundred thousand dollar mark and from that figure it would run up in many cases to and more among such are morgan G bulkeley of connecticut murray W crane of lassach nathan scott of west virginia joseph foraker of ohio james mccreary of kentucky thomas S martin of virginia james P taliaferro Talia terro of flor aaa eugene hale of maine fhe last named Is probably entitled to placa ID the millionaire class being credited by some with a fortune of t arly 3 senator newlands la drother whose wealth Is counted probably in the millions as is that of joseph W bailey of texas the croesus of the senate william A dark dug his fortune out of the ground in montana lie was offered tor the united verde mine he refused because the wealth Is safer in the mine than I 1 would be in banks or lands it Is a bank that cannot be robbed and his drafts upon it are always honored quite another type of man Is ste phen elkins of west virginia jhc Is credited with possessing more wealth than any other senator with the exception of senator dark the montana senator Is acquisitive but he did not make his money through thi trait gen russell A alger of michigan who is credited with the possession ol 01 is a lumber prince an owner of forests mines mills and fac he began early and worked late in the acquisition of a fortune since the spanish war gen alger THE croell S OF THE SENATE health has been wretched as he has gradually lessened the tension of busl ness u senator aldrich made most of hit wealth in street railroad operations consolidations and extensions al though he has been in the senate since being fifth among senator in length of continuous service h has had time to build up a fortune that Is not inordinate as fortunes gs nowadays vice president fairbanks Is include ed in the list of millionaires of th senate though he Is not now a senator of course he has made money in thi law and Is interested in banks and manufacturing institutions in indian and illinois carfi 4 A |
