The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-10
THE AGRICULTURAL BILL.
Considered by the House In Com
mittee of the whole.

mittee of the Whole.
After disposing OF come routine business
yesterday the House went into Committee
of the Whole TO consider the annual Agrl-
cultural Appropriation bill. The 20 al car
ried by the measure is s4,1l6.soo. being
s3Se,T7s more than the appropriations for
the current year The largest item of iu-
crease is 100000 for a library bui. ding for
the Department of Agriculture.
Mr.. Shattuc OF Ohio. in connection with
the item for distribution of seeds by MEM
bers read poem. entitled The Seeds That
Would Not Grow" which was highly en-
1oyed by his auditors. Mr.. Shattue dis
cussed at some length the Philippine policy
OIL the Administration, which ne warmly
supported.
He denounced the unpatrlotic cause of
the anti-imperialists- In referring to Ed
ward Atkinson. of Boston. he described
him as the former superintendent Of a
Massachusetts cotton mill. and celebrated
as the notorious author of the science OF
nutrition and the inventor OF the Aladdin
oven. Mr.. Shattuc gave a brief &C.
count of the history and career OF the
Atkinsons. the recital OF which created
some amusement. "If Aguiualdo and his
Filipino followers" Mr. Stattue said
were made acquainted with MIR. Akin
sons science OF nutrition they wou d BE-
much more encouraged TO hold out in taeir
rebellion than they ever have heen by his
anti-imperislistic and reasonable litsra-
trre. for the science OF nutrition wo, IL
teach them something praetical-now to
live On wind and husband their resources
with view OF wearing out the 'oversed
soldiers who are pursuing them"
Mr.. Bailey OF kansas spoke at length on
the political history OF and conditions N
Kansas. He denounced the De no rats.
who, he said, scented conspiracy IN every
movement conceived in the interest ct lib
erty and good government.
Mr.. Bel OF Colorado, in replying to M
Bailey, said in part:
II want to say to you, Mr.. Chairman,
that IL the voter in the last election had
been untrammeled; il that vote had been
the honest expression Of the individual
voter, without extraneous Influences, Mr..
Mckinley never could have occupied the
White House OF this nation. The Republi
can party. bear in mind did not get the
vote Of the laborer on the farm: it did
not get the majority out OF the white Eng
fish speaking people OF the United States;
it did not get the support of the masses
without the use of the enormous corrup-
ton fund; but it did get the election and
how did it secure it? | want to remind
our friends on the other side, that the
nomination Of Mr. Mckinley was not spon-
tanecus. | want to remind them OF con-
ditions that prevailed then, and let them
analyze for moment hos it came about
that he did get the nomination.
But Mr. Chairman. ever since the days
when ABR ham Lincoln set the pace that
gave deserved freedom TO every black man
il the United States most every colored
man who was the beneficiary of that act
has given a Republican vote; as rule,
not from conviction. not from love for liv-
ing Republican principles, but as an act
OF gratitude for what the Republican party
did for him back in the days of the sixties.
But now march these voters to one side;
deprive the colored men of their rights as
voters, and those who hold office now in
the Republican party would certainly be
defeated.
But take another view of the case.
Leave him and go and take the foreign
population of the ccUntry-that part of the
population WHO cannot speak the English
tongue; that part OF the population who
have just reached our shores and know
nothing OF our Government, and vino care
nothing about the votes they cast; who
vote year in and year out at the behest OF
the great manufacturers and combinations
who work them; put them aside, and the
Republican party could never occupy pow
er in this country. Pass them over and
take from them the unlimited campaign
fund that is used in every portion of the
country to buy newspapers, to put in office
men who control great bodies of men, and
the corrupt disposition OF patronage, and
you never could occupy positions Of trust
in this country which are determined by
the popular voice
Mr.. Small of North Carolina spoke next,
and was followed by Mr. Gaines OF Tennes
see. who attacked the position of the
President on the Porto Rican bill.
Mr.. Stokes of South Carolina spoke at
considerable length on the great expendi-
lures OF the Government during the pres
ent year. and urged the extension CT rural
free delivery.
Mr.. Haugen of Iowa discussed the i'm
p0rtance of the beet sugar industry of the
United States favoring the encouragement
OF its further extension in every way pos
sible.
General debate was closed by Mr.. Spauld-
ing OF North Dakota. who spoke OF the
political conditions in his State.
without disposing of the bill, the COM
mittee rose, and. at 5 o'clock, the House
adjourned until today.