Wichita daily eagle., 1885-03-13
CONGRESS SEEDS.
HOW OUR STATESMEN DISPOSE or
DR.. LoRINe's CROPS
A Correspondent's Peep ~ the Seed-Dis.
iributing Industry Of the Natioaal
CapItsi-The Goods Which Go
to the Granger

Washington Cor. New York Sunl
Congress; votes sl0o, 900 annually for s,eiA
| Two-thirls Of this sum goes back in seeds
! to the 40 senator's and representatives,, and
| tae commissioner Of agriculture distributes
the rest through other channels Each con-
gresham is allottei 50, ,00o papers Of flower
seeds to bssin with. In addition the men,
hers from tobacco district, have received
in the past years 500 papers OF imported
tobacco seed each: the cotton belt members
have each had 90 quarts of cotton seed; the
winter wheat men have had 200 quart,
apiece Of their sample grain; the spring wheat
representatives have been equally favor.i
and the cora congressman have been
blessed in Abundance with kern.,s OF cl pi,,e
maize. All the congressman received in
July, about the time the nominatin, conven-
tions were he'll, l,OJ0 papers OF tarnip saei
each: and grass seed, three or four hu,hel,
To ths member, was showered alike upon tas
just AMI unjust Sorghum ani >ugar-beet
seeis were sent also - favorable districts
The peculiar. tie, of statesmen ara often
indicated by tic manner in which they dis
pose of DR.. Lyr.n.'s crop. Some Iatltuds
Of choice il a!llwei, and members who are
well "a, IA f-rIIing ami gardening get their
quota in the one or two grain. or vegetables
t,.a. are -taple article, in their districts aai
thus make II InSelve' sold Tor years There
l. Joe Blackburn, for instance. who moves
over from the house - the senate on the 4.h
of March. who enduring fans in Ken
tucky i N ~ small degree due 20 the fact
that he taxes cut all his allowance IN hemp
se-d AMI induces the commissioner to give
him several bushels over.
Ben Ia.evre. who comes back to the house
term WITH steadily increasing ma jorities, is
particularly strong in turnip seed, although
his galian; b8cleior heart always prompts
HIM to scwa Jew choice flower seeds in the
gar lens of his lady admirers Blount. OF
GeOryis, runs entirely to cotton seed, and is
sold vi "A his constituents. Sunset Cox OF
course iii tributes BEAUTIFUL flower seeds to
his con titu-nts who have summer homes in
the country. He gives part OF his allowance
- southern members Hon Jack Adams
gives his in the same direction Hon Abram
: Hewitt takes whatever the co,nmi .sione-
give, lin, and sends the packages to his
New Jers.y country seat
Hon. Jo..n II. ketcham j. perhaps tho
most able seed distributor in III. hous, In
the long years ne has teen here h. ha, never
made tie mistake o. sending turnip seei to
the oughSeepsie asstheteS or flower seeds to
horney-' an led wooi-choppers, acts which
often fiil II conzressmsn's soul with bitter
thought IN alter year Ketchnan knows
the $ oi hi constituents better than
they know tAem themselves, aud not seed
grows b. the waysile or among thornS
Frederick Nick Mueller never sends any
grass sci TO Battery park He gives his
cricr to brother cougressmen who have
croan 4 pu. tn. seel in. Hon. Samuel J
Randall has all his see : sent in q bunil to
Bryn Nawr. an! attends ID their di>tribu-
ton when he gets ho.na. Speaker C,rli,l,
enot 50 methp,!ic.l Whenever a cons,itu-
ent asks him To- seeis he sends the letter 70
Commissioner LDrin,, AMI asks him to at
tend to the request lie is careless about
getting hi, full allowance
The champion see distributors ot the
Lous. are Taylor of Tennessee, and Jones OF
Texas, with Lanham u Texas a good thirl
These congressman represent big and grow
ing districts, with innuinerabls want. They
are omnivorous. They exhaust their own
allotment' of seeds early, and then get as
many assignments Of orders from other
congressman as they can 4 literary con-
gresham who want. tD swap seeds for doc
umemt, is a great find for seel congress
man. Tie average congressman sends from
ten to three hundred names Of seed con-
stituents t. the commissioner. Occasionally
the list, reach 1909 names, AMI there have
oeen members who have sent in > 90 names,
with the request TO send ons paper Of see1
eachi
Hon. Thomas Porterhcu,e Ochiltree was n
great seed hunter befor. he was a congress-
man. Iu. having once been electei, he ne
elected his constituents in this particular
strangely. In reply to the last notification
that seel, Were awaiting his order he rs-
pied: My constituents don't go much on
seeds, but they are mighty fond Of part
RIGGS You HAY send few coops around
to my rooms" DIR. Loring is looking up the
law on the subject u see if h. can comply
with the reluisition- Col Ochiltre, says il
q member can have cologne AMI suspeniers
charged - his stationery account, hs sees No
reason why partriiyes can not be enum.r-
ated under the head Ut turnip, ani Jeru,a-
lem artIch Dkes.
Tn. senators draw their seeds with a.
much pun:tuliity a representatives War
ner Miller does not send out small sapplil8s
that will grow into wDo!-pulp trees. a, has
besn suppose !. Hs has q very complete list
Of half-hreed; 10 whom DR. Lprin. franks
choice flower AMI vegetable sseis. Mr.. L.
G. Lapham sends his crop chiefly to sgri-
cultural >ocietie& Neva /, Jones Ia, a con-
stituency that grows nJtI,n, but quartz
rock II. gives away Il : ee !, to Ia swarm
Of frienlS Eimual, i as f,r.nit an ms
teriou, in the seed business a n, l. in every
thing el,e. No5ol! ever %, l.s .i.t o: benz
iiciarle. He does not ssl l. u the depart
mcnt hut orders the ~rsis sent - his room
in bulk He then zoe into executive session
with himself; and before comm, out make,
a solemn cath never /, diyulsc wha, has
happsnsL