Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31
SPEAKS IN MORTON'S BEHALF
Republican Congressman Defends the secro-
tary of Agriculture.
SEED ELL DISCUSSED IN THE HOUSE
Mercer of Nebraska Oners mn Amend-
mcnt to the Measure, which
Speaker Reed Eulcs out
as JulSc.

wAsH1NGToN, Jan 30.--Tho house today
resumed consideration Of the agricultural
bill. Mr.. Dockery, democrat of Missouri
made poin; Of order which was sustained
against several increases OF salaries to chiefs
OF division in the Bureau oi Animal Industry
Mr.. Bromweil, republican Of Ohio, referred
to the attack recently made by MIR. DC Ar
mond on Secretary Morton. lie had sup
posed he began, that some member OF the
party to which the secretary of agriculture
belonged would speak in his defense, hut
perhaps democrats thought Mr. Morton
was as Daniel Webster had said OF Massa-
chusetts-that she needed no defense. lie
did desire to speak IN defense of the statis
ties compiled by the Agricultural department.
They had been Of value in the last cam
paign in correcting the fallacious theories
of free silver men that the prices Of agri-
cultural products followed the prices OF
silver.
MIR. pell, populist OF Colorado, protested
against interfering political debates into
discussions Of appropriation bills, and argued
that prices OF wheat and silver ran to-
gether
The discussion of the silver question was
continued by Mr.. Morse OF Massachusetts,
and Mr.. Shafroth, republican of Colorado,
but both were called to order and the chair
(N1r. Hahn decided that the discussion was
out OF order.
Mr.. Tawney offered an amendment con-
tinuing the fibre experiment, which had been
dropped on the advice of the secretary of
agriculture and after some discussion the
amendment was agreed TO, so to 2. Five
thousand dollars Is appropriated for the ex-
periments.
DISTRIBUTION or SEEDS.
The question of distribution OF seeds by
bn ory w. revived nv amendment Of
fered to the seed section by Mr.. Brom-
well, republican of Ohio providing that the
secretary should be governed in the distriOu-
tion by the written instructions of senators
and members.
The seed distribution was characterized by
Mr.. Moody. republican of Massachusetts, as
''the biggest humbug of the many humbugs
we see in Washington"
The first review by q republican member
of the course of the bolting free silver re-
publicans of the west was made by Mr..
Mondell republican of Wyoming, who found
his text in the recent defeat of Senator
Dubois of Idaho. He referred to the boilers
as men "raised to their positions as much
by republican organizations as by their own
merits" and that to join the enemy they
must sacrifice those who had stood by them
in the past, sacrifice the organization which
had defended them. He denied that their
step involved moral courage, for it would
have required more courage to brave the
storm of denunciation and suspicion at
nome tndn TO break party ties. Ine men
who temporarily left the republican party
had been lauded as unselfSh patriots by their
allies, but now the scales had fallen from
their eyes.
He continued; Now, in any of these
states where the republican organization was
used to further the interest Of the candidates
of the democratic and populistic combine
for the presidency has there been aught but
treachery and deceit practiCed upon the men
who made ii possible for these creatures to
WELD tho of thnir 1appptiOuo MT
national convention pledges were carried out
by the opposition, because there was no way
in which they could be avoided, but where
ever the silver republicans had not the i'm
mortal cinch the coven hoof of their late
allies had been exhibited. SANDERS and mis-
representations had been used to tear down
from their high estate the men who helped
them to win their victory
DUBOIS is GRILLED.
Speaking of Senator Dubois he said: at
will be claimed in eXtenuaton of the per-
fdy OF the men who defeated Dubois that
the republican national committee was work
Ing against his reelection Can any man
wonder that the republican national COM
mites would work against the election of
the man whom the democratic national COM
mittee claimed to be moving heaven and
earth to elect and they who make this ex-
Cuse In eXtenuation should remember that
by so doing they are net only branding the
members of the combination in the egsla-
ture who defeated the election of a silver
republican as guilty not only of the crime
of ingrattude but open to a suspicion of
exercising their high prerogative influenced
by n money consideration. Fred Dubois
whose eloquent tongue and active brain
made him power, was thrown down un-
horsed defeated by the men he made in
favor Of man professedy lacking in all
the qualifications that would render him of
service to the cause which these hypocrites
claim to have at heart. The dispatches
this morning bring us the news that the
gentleman who succeeds him will go into
the democratic caucus of the senate, and
thus Is the republican state of Idaho turned
over, boots, body and breeches to minor
ity representing less than 10 per cent OF
her total vote, and thus is the true animus
or the campaign for personal aggrandze-
ment under the guise of devotion to the
silver cause exposed to the execratlon of
the nation"
In the course Of the seed debate which
had been diverted by Mr. Mondell Mr.
Bromwell, republican of Ohio, asserted that
seed frm-May e Co.-offered him a direct
bribe OF G,5OU packages of seeds to prevent
him calling the attention of congress to the
poor quality OF seed furnished the depart
ment by the firm.
Mr.. Northway, republican of Ohio charged
that the secretary OF agriculture procured
the poorest seeds.
Mr.. Hill, republican OF Ohio, offered an
amendment to stop the distribution of seeis.
MERCER is FACETIOUS.
Another amendment was offered by Mr.
Mercer, republican of Nebraska providing