New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-02-19

Tor tour months and even years to arrlv'
at satisfactory diagnosis of a disease
and will thus prove another triumph TO
the overtaxed people.
Senator Vest Of Missouri is nothing il
not brilliant and sarcastic. In fact he
delights in eloquent rounds of merciless
satire, and the refusal Of the Secretary Of
Agriculture to distribute seeds to the
farmers as required by law afforded him
an excellent opportunity to employ his
welLknow n powers of oratory and wit
In his speech he pointed to the appro-
priation of 100000 for luxurious appen-
dages to the Agricultural department
| and said:
Will some senator tell me what human
being is fed by this expenditure? Will
some senator point, out to me what table
of any poor man has been made more
comfortable by reason of this ex-
penditure of $105,O0O? Where does this
tax money of the people 60 under the
immediate eye of the Secretary of Agri-
culture! It goes to the purchase of Or
chids, Lilies of the valley, giant palms
and exotics that grace the banquets and
receptions of the President and Cabinet
officers in this city. Buff we under
take to give few papers of seeds to
some poor farmer, who has dragged
through a long winter and is barely able
to furnish the necessarles of life to the
family depending upon him, liberty lies
bleeding in the streets and the secretary
of Agriculture calls, ''To arms, to arms
Congress is throwing away the peoples
money and running the country" tell
you, would rather vote twice the "a
mount of this appropriation to give
something to poor man in a distant
county of the West, who is fighting the
hard battle of life, unalded by the gov
eminent, that would make his cherries
home comfortable and bring light to his
tireside; would rather put one flower
in the sick room of an overworked girl
or matron, than to have it said that I had
voted 100000 for flowers and exoties
for the receptions and banquets of the Of
fcials of this government, where the
chandelier flashes its light across the red
wine and the air is fragrant with per-
fume like "the spicy breezes of Araby,
the blessed" just such things as this
action of the Secretary have caused the
people of this country to doubt whether
this is government of the people and
for the people; whether the poor have
any rights except to pay taxes to sup
port the government of the rich.
Referring to the Secretary's action in
sending out phamplets on the currency
question at government expense, at the
same time that he refused to send out
the seeds, because, as he said, it was an
useless expenditure, Senator Vest said:
Mr.. President, the Secretary of Agri
| culture attacks the distribution of seeds
but there is one seed which he is now
propogating and distributing most in.
dustriously. The senator from Mississip.
pi grew grimly facetious over the names
of some of the botanical products which
were offered for sale to the department
but take the liberty of saying that this
see now being distributed is known by
| botanlsts as the 'aurifer feniculum CAMS
Mortoni," in other words, Morton's gold
en- dog fennel. Under the shadows OF
this noxious plant, the Secretary reposes
by day and almost dreams by night, oc.
casionally seeking recreation by swing.
ing his golden censor, filled with incense
at the Executive Mansion, and shouting
"Holy, holy, art thou, o Grover, King Of
Kings and Lord of Lords.''