The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-28
D GRASS THE PLAINS
With Orouth-Defying Plants
Is a Plan of Longs
FOR THE BIG SEVENTH
Pending Congressional Meas
ureS for Kansas Good,

Especial Correspondence to the Eagle.)
Washington, Jan. 27.-Congressman
Long is renewing his work to establish
Certain grasses, forage plants and kin
ured growths in the arid portions of the
Seventh district-the part Of the short
grass country which is especially short
On that growth. He is dealing with the
department of agriculture, and obtaining
Bulletins, pamphlets. samples of seeds and
grasses, etc. with which to put into eye
cution and experiment his idea that there
ere such plants and growths which will
survive any drouth which may come to
western Kansas. This is an interesting
question, and one which Mr.. Long thor
oUghly believes can be solved to the good
OF the western Kansas man who has lived
through all drouths and booms and de-
serves the best there is along this or any
other line
George R. Peck, one Of Kansas best
remembered men, has been in Washing
Ton this week on business. He hunted up
all the Kansas men he could find. and
was glad to see them all as they to see
him. He had a long talk with Congress
man Long-a talk on OLD times. and con-
Eratulatory to Mr.. Long on his successes.
And this is proper. Years ago; not so
man wears ago either, in the law office
OF Peck, Johnson & Mcfarland, at To-
peka, young man came from Paola.
Kansas, and studied law for some time
He then went west and some years later.
began to get into politics He was first
in the state. senate, and later in congress
in short, the young man was and is at
present congressman from the Big
Seventh. And just the same as Mr.. Peck
had confidence in the young man of the
law Office days, so now he has abundant
confidence IN the congressman in whom
he is so interested. The other mem5e 5
of the firm were the late Judge ]. B.
johnson Of Topeka, who will be known
as long as Kansas politics endurcs, and
J. D. Mcfarland, now prac,icing law in
Topeka.
The following from the washington
Post is Of interest in this connection:
IS this George Peck?' was the question
which met Mr.. George R. Peck, the Chi
cago lawyer, as he entered the lobby of
the ShOreham last evening. It was a
grizzled veteran of so who asked the
question, and in two minutes the two
men were as tightly embraced as two
school girls after vacation. Mr.. George
D. Rogers, now of Minneapolis, was the
questioner, and he had met his old COM
rade for the first time in nearly twenty
years Rogers was colonel of the Thirty
first Wisconsin and Peck was one of his
captains. The records of the war depart
ment show how that regiment behaved
itself during Sherran's march to the sea
No drawer man than George d. Rogers
ever lived said Mr.. Peck, and I am the
happiest man in Washington tonight be-
cause I have renewed my youth by greet
ing nv oil dcommander. We have not
met before in many years. and we intend
toto make up for some of the lost oppOr-
tunities during the next forty-eight
hours George Peck has been rubbing
compliments into me- said Colonel Rog-
ers. but I want to say that there was no
man in the northern army with more grit
or more nerve in any emergency than
that same George r. Peck. He has pound
ed his saber into a plowshare, in a meta
phorical sense but he was a dandy when
there was a fight in sight and the ves-
Grams fought their battles over again
with a bottle of Apollinaris between
them"
The senate committee Of public lands,
BIr. Nelson of Minnesota, chairman, has
Ill
the bill of Senator Harris to give to the
state of Kansas the abandoned Fort
HAYS military reservation for the use of
the state agricultural college and the
normal school. Western experiment sta
lions for the agricultural college will
probably be established if the bill shall
become a law, as looks probable.
Congressman Bailey Of Kansas has in
troduced a bill to establish a federal re-
formatory at Leavenworth, an institution
which shall bear the same relation to Che
federal penitentiary now located there as
the state reformatory at Hutchinson does
TO the state penitentiary; place where
incorrigibles convicted by the federal
authorities. under a certain age. shall be
incarcerated. This is considered a good
bill and will be looked upon favorably.
There has been a great hue and cry in
some quarters to the effect that the gov
ernment is too discriminating in deposit
ing its money with certain banks
throughout the country. for these insti-
buttons to loan: that if this could be done
with banks. it might Just as well be done
with individuals: that banks should not
be given this great opportunity. The
fact is that not one bank which has been
made a government depository since the
recent stringency or before. is making
any big money out of it. This statement
may be deemed incredible, but investga-
ton and sober. second thought will show
its accuracy. The actuary of the treas
urv department has prepared a table
which shows the gains or, more properly,
the losses. which accure to the insutu-
ton which becomes a government deposit
tory In the first place. let it be under
stood that to be a depository. a bank
nust procure. If IL has not already. and
1rass.ern banks seldom have, $4,000 in gov
nr5,enf bonds. These very frequently
e,lst a premium. These bonds are then
,5.nasited with the treasury department,
Iana % rer. cent of their par value is then
.lsonosited with the bank. This causes a
,ko,,blc loss: firstly, paying premium
H. tbe bonds: second. receiving deposits
e. less than the bonds par value. This,
=, .he face. shows there must be no large
osfs n saw the least. accruing from
l,,s, q procedure. But 10 go further.
Take the Spanish war loan. per cent
10 ~ tho 5av the calcula-