Show HOUSE FOR FOB ME FREE SEEDS LOWER BRANCH OF NATIONAL PASSES THIS appropriation ot 0 congress haze opponents of free Seeds Confusion precedes final vote on BIU acri cultural oratory when tho the house of representatives took up the agricultural appropriation bill quite a discussion arose over thu the elimination of the usual free seed item by the committee on agriculture tile tho house gave to tho the country during tho the days of debate a spectacle that else where than on oil the floor of that parliamentary body would have been known as aa rough house there was a groat great tendency to haza members when they spoke la in defense of the action or of the committee much aluch was said about the attempt to strike down the hardworking hard working farmer find and take from him that helping hand hana in tile the shape of free seeds which haa bad been held out to mal him for so many years none of the advocates of free seeds emphasized the fact that the total value of the package containing five small packets which forms the quota sent bent to each farmer cost the government 1 va y cents and that each member had the enormous suni sum of 1 10 1 0 worth of oc these seeds to distribute entire constituency the arguments sought to prove that tho the withdrawal of this subsidy of loss less than 2 cents to each farmer would drive tho the entire agricultural voting strength of the country into bankruptcy ELOQUENCE ON TAP some of the speeches made will go rolling down the corridors of time ns as specimens of that eloquence always on oil tap in the house of representatives when a great national issue Is up for consideration mr henry or of connecticut submitted innumerable letters from his constituents and from organized organize d granges urging the abolishment or of the tree free seed p practice rac tice mr ift mondell blondell of wyoming delivered himself of a humorous speech in which lie he poked fun at the department mr burleson of texas opposed free seeds because he did not believe the intelligent farmers of c the country expected the government to ald aid them in melr business farmers F arberg under all circumstances lie ho said bald had ad supported the government goern ment and never expected the government to support tham mr burleson paid his respects rather sarcastically to certain members who advocated free seeds on oil the floor and then in the cloak rooms sneered at the and ana bay seeds eeds who demanded them air bur 7 L fry PIT ty abw IWO I 1 SCENES IN ARLINGTON AKLIN OrON NATIONAL CE where are an burled union and confederate deal dead 1 monument to 2111 2 unknown dead 2 mansion house of 0 gen robert hobert n E ui 3 amphitheatre where Meni memorial orial services sen ices are held leson challenged anybody to show enow a single resolution passed pissed by nil organized body of farmers favoring this ap apelles ecles of graft mr mondell ondell BI held the attention of the house until lie be had concluded and his speech was the one cool dispassionate episode of tho the day the question 13 19 eald he shall we continues continue to endear ourselves to the hearts carts li of our constituents by distributing among a few packages annually of seeds of unknown vintage and uncertain heredity of the fragrant onion the luscious rutabaga find end the humble but glorious glor lous the kind that mother used to make pie promoting pumpkin or shall we with spartan self denial forego abig ancient and potent promoter of our claims to statesmanship states manshil mr air mondell concluded by convulsing the house with a famous poem written by tile the poet lariat of ills his state on the subject under discussion by the house when waca mr cocks the representative or of president Roosevel ts district on long island began to denounce the free reo seed evil he soon had tile tho house by the cars and 1 s I continued on OB next page pace HOUSE FOR FREE SEEDS continued from preceding page currier carrier of now new hampshire where it 14 1 commonly understood one of tit the chief industries Is that of raising rocks granite raalte nail marble protested lit lili assertion that ilia farmers were not lit in sympathy with tile free seed bual binl diew they declared the farmers of their state late demanded them anyhow mr focks cocks read letters from the nil edl tors tars of practically every agricultural paper in the ilia country cou denouncing free seeds anti and when tic lie frankly admitted lie had written these editors editor their opinion of tile proposed netlon of the committees lie wa wm i fit attack tacked rd by the advocates of freo free as if be had committed sonic some crime ALL ABOUT SE SEED ID ADS mr fr bartlett bartlott Kart lott wanted to know if these pipers carried advertisements of the aced dealers to which mr fr cocks affirmed that lie had no doubt of it as the business of selling Kell liiK seeds was a legitimate one mr fordney did not believe the answers represented an honest opinion as aa ilia replies had been bought mr cocks endeavored to proceed W with ith hla his argument arRum ro re enforcing it tt etli j citations from a stack of latteri lct teri markeda but tic he spoke amid a 1 confusion that marked the day as the most unruly of taw t aa l tiro tire session mr gains shouted linn bun self hoarse and ill eliat at is it a diffie tilt thin thins even for mr air guinea gaines to to do mr mann scolded as he often dos rhonl nl lie falls to approve mr fordney Ford nry mr nira french mr sims u chandler ail others asked questions ly and the iho chairman of the committee ill all but broke ills his ravel gavel in a v vain ain I 1 to maintain order at one ahm it looked us its if tile mace inner that symbol of tilt the dignity and power of the bouc would have to bo be taken I 1 tamn roin i its is 1 1 1 1 ih t h and waved over tile tho heath of rt I 1 rae tory find and angry free surd sued IM who refused to take their seats thou hru su so ordered after threatening to call members by name if they did not obey the laud baud of agriculturists shouting aud and yelling for tho the free seeds loot quieted down ani and mr jur cooks was enabled to pro proceed coed SEEDS battleships free seeds found another doughty champion in south trimble of kentucky sir trimble asserted that tho the seed dealers of the country were instigating i the newspapers to fight free seeds real banners far miers wanted wese seeds but kid glove farmers who run the granges did not need net A them theirl find did not want them it if this w ans Is I 1 graft tic ho said hald it was tho the only kh kind id of which every one of ill alie people of the country got a place piece advocating economy in other directions mr sugg suggested osted less expenditure pend iture turo on battle if we stay at homo home mind our own business I 1 lot et other people alone we shant need a battle ship any more than a bucklar bui Klar needs a flonny and ii a dark lantern I 1 shouted mr TrI nible tills this tilt speaker was a i trillo trifle mixed in lili 1114 4 fact I 1 prolonged tip applause from the gallant lund build of arec mr lilley of connecticut read letters from froin ills some asking fur for sheep durham lulla las postage stamps find cash instead of ill tho seeds seed s he be lias has been sending bonding out since lie camo came to congress tile the reading of those these letters again plunged the lionso lit in disorder find and confusion PITY till POOR POOH mr fr it lallies of tennessee endeavored to bo be heard above tile the noise and confusion AS AH lio it sat down by command of the chair lio lie managed to say that the ilia bill wits was loaded with all kinds of appropriations to take caro care of and sul suppler pres 4 the mouth find and foot disease hollow horn find hollow tall but took away front from the fanner tile few seeds that lie he every tar looked forward to rec receiving elving tills this now new ont outburst burst of eloquence on ill the part of mr balnes throw threw tile house into convulsive laughter when the members had partially recovered their composure mr air baltins balms rushed down tho aisle adale carrying n mass of manuscript lu in both hands hand holding lt it aloft shouting outing bh that lie ho had aundre 9 of letters from farmers favoring free seeds As chairman clial wadsworth li readied reached out his liand land for them mr guinea laid them on a desk and began dilill g from tile the bunch various documents it developed that among these ghesu hundreds of loiters letters thero there were an unusually largo large portion of 1111 IIII bills of various 4 sorts find and other pub pill does docs that had no relevancy to the seed question again the members shrieked anti and gathered gatli ored in tho the ansle forcing tilt chairman alunan cli to resort t every parliamentary nien tary expedient to secure order when the ilia bill came caino up for n vote the free seeds needs were continued by a vote of to 82 A fight for tile of tho free seed practice will continue for it Is bell believed eved that the alie sending out of tile packages are arc of no practical lical benefit to tile the farming fanning classes of the country and it Is safe to say that next years bu I 1 will find tile appropriation atlon for these seeds omitted when it comes colne A from the colilli committee littee and the probabilities are that by that time a majority of the members of tho the house will support tho the committee |