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for his own purpose" by making excessive
seed distribution in his own state of Ne =

seed distribution in his own state of Ne
braska.
ut is enough, !" declared the senator, "to
make the star-eyed goddess of reform hang
her head and blush for shame"
Mr.. Vest offered substitute resolution
directing the secretary of agriculture to
purchase and distribute seeds as in pre-
vious years.
Mr.. Bate (Dem.. Tennessee) said it was
not fair or just that the secretary of agri-
culture should be accused in this manner
without his view on the subject being up-
derstood. The senator said the senate
speeches were ''infiammatory and declam-
atory," full of abuse and sarcasm, when,
in the opinion of Bate, the secretary had
acted with wisdom and justice. The Sec
ming wild and he had brought it within
proper limits and had stopped extrava-
gance.
The senator said he had looked into the
charge of the senator from Missouri (Vest)
that Orchids lilies of the valley and palms
we're sent to the receptions by the presi-
dent and cabinet officers, and had found
that not a sprg of green nor a rose had
ever been sent by the secretary of agricult-
ure to the White House or to the home of
any cabinet officer.
Mr.. Vest explained that he had intended
to show that the secretary, in starting out
as reformer, had failed to reform this
tended to say the secretary had direct con-
troll of the subject.
So, declared Mr.. Bate, the sarcasm and
invectives of the orchids and lilies of the
valley and the dog fennel and the light of
the chandeliers on the red wine was mere
poetry and vanished into the air.
Mr.. Bate went on to declare his fidelity
to the agricultural interests. but he op-
posed the appropriation of $12O,OOO for
seeds this year because it would be too late
to plant them, and therefore they might
as we'll be thrown into the sea.
Mr.. Gray, Democrat of Delaware. stated
that the secretary of agriculture had acted
in accordance with the attorney-general's g
Interpretation of the seed law, which was
correct. The fault, therefore, was not with
the secretary of agriculture, but with con-
gress.
Senator Cullum introduced bill giving a
pension of $25 per month to all ex.soldiers
70 years of age who served in both the
Mexican and civil wars.
Senator Pettigrew introduced joint
resolution directing the secretary of the
treasury to foreclose the government lien
on the Union and Kansas Pacific railroads
and to pay the prior lien on them and take
possession of the roads for the government.
The secretary is also directed to pay the
floating debt of the roads and take up the
stocks and bonds pledged as securities and
take possession of all government lands
unsold which are held by the roads. Tho
secretary is authorized to issue three per
cent coin bonds for the purpose of carrying
the resolution into effect.
At2:45 p. IN. the senate went into exe-
cutive session on motion of Mr.. Morgan.
After the executive session. Mr.. Mills of
Texas announced the death of Represen-
tative Grain and resolutions submitted by
him were adopted.
The vice-president named Messrs. Mills,
Gallinger and Kyle as committee to rep
resent the senate at the obsequies.
AT 4 o'clock, as a further mark of re,
spect to the deceased, the senate adjourned
until tomorrow.
TARIFF BILL CHANCES
When Senator Quay left the capitol after
the adjournment of the senate today he
had almost decided to withdraw his mo-
ton to recommit tho tariff bill, or at leas,
not to press it, This was the result of the
importantly Of several Republican senators
who, after canvassing the situation among
Democratic. senators had asccrtained tc
their satisfaction that while there would
be a solid vote OH the part of both Populists
and Democrats against recommitting
there would be no difficulty in getting a
comparatively large vote on the Demo-
cratic side OF the chamber against the free
coinage substitute for the bill.
This turn in the situation has lead to an
active canvass of each probable vote on
the substitute or the original bill, in case
the substitute is voted down.
This survey has necessarily been incom-
plete, but the result is such as to cause
the opponents of the substitute to believe
that it can be defeated. They count upon
the entire silver Republican vote on the
Republican side; besides, the vote of many
silver Republicans who will not agree to dis
place the tariff bill with silver bill, and
also upon getting large majority, if not
all of the ant silver Democrats against the
substitute. With tile substitute defeated
the vote would recur to the tariff bill
proper.
The friends of this are not so sure of it's
success as are the antagonists of the SUBJ
stitute of the defeat of that measure. They
are led to believe that there will be a solid
Democratic and Populist vote against tho
tariff bill, and they also recall that Sena-
tor Baker of Kansas declared in caucus
his intention of opposing the tariff bill in
the senate.
In the event of Mr.. Bakers adhering to
this determination it would be necessary to
secure two votes from either Democratic or
Populist sources to secure the passage of
the measure. There are some who believe
that these can be secured. The vote will
in any event be very close, and it is so
doubtful at this time as to render a predic-