The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-28
l FARMERS HAVE A DAY
BILL DEBATED BY
 THE HOUSE.
Measure Is Passed After the Usual Dis- cussiOn of Distribution of
 Seed By the National
 Government.


 day passed the agricultural appropria- tion bill without material amendment. The usual discussion of the provision for free seed distribution was indulged In. MT. Lilly of Connecticut. charac- terized it as petty larceny. The rela- tive value of the cotton statistics as supplied by the Census Bureau and the Agricultural Department also furnish ed the theme for lively debate. The army appropriation bill was sent back to committee.
 Upon convening today the House adopted a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Interior for informa- tion as to whether any member, clerk or other employe of the Dawes Com mission who are required to swear that they have no financial interest in any person or corporation dealing in Indian lands, have refused to take the oath of office and to draw their salaries be- cause of such refusal and also for in- formation as to whether or not such member or employees are engaged in dealing in Indian lands.
 After agreeing to a resolution uo de- fray the expenses of the inauguration of President Roosevelt and postponinE until tomorrow the consideration of pensions, the House in committee of the whole resumed discussion of tho agricultural appropriation bilI Mir. Currier IN. H.D in the chalr.
 An amendment was agreed to, spe- cifically appropriating and making im- vestigation of rice blight" and the substitution of other crops In rice lands.
 Soon after a'cloeiz Che AssistaHt secretary of the Senate appeared in the House and answered that that body was sitting as a court for the trial of Judge Charles swayne. A short time after that the managers of the House to conduct the impeachment assem- bled on the floor and proceeded in a body to the Senate chamber.
 A spirited debate followed the offer- ing by Mir Candler (Miss.) of an amendment to increase by $100,0OO the appropriation for free seed distribu- tion. Mir. Lilly (Conn.) characterized the distribution as petty larceny.
 MT. Candler provoked Democratic applause when he retorted that If the sending of seeds to the farmers was petty larceny, 1t must be grand lar ceny with the biggest kind of a E. on
 
 tection and demand 1t at the hands of the farmers"
 MT. Pou (N. CD moved to increase the appropriation to $400.00o, remark ing that 1t would cost more than that to inaugurate President Roosevelt Both the Candler and Pou amend ] ments were rejected. ~ The present system of the Agricul- tural Department In publishing cotton I I ston (Ga-), who pleaded for some one to submit an amendment requiring that the reports shall be published every two weeks In order to stop gambling l In cotton. He would, he said, have of- l'fered such amendment himself had he not been "thrown down and turned out of doors" when he brought in a reso- | lution of the same character some time l ago.
 Mir. Maddox (Ga.) declared that the Census Bureau and Agricultural De- partment were duplicating the cottol report The publication of cotton sta tistics by the Census Bureau he con- sidered senseless.
 MT. Bartlett (Ga.) replying, said that | as between the two reports, the census report was the most valuable. Both reports were pronounced by Mir Burleson (Texas) to be necessary, ht maintaining that the work of each was separate and distinct, though the sta. l tistics Of the Agricultural Department on cotton had been more accurate than those of the Census Bureau. MT. Sims (TennJ argued that the Agricultural Department simply "esti' mated" the cotton production, whereas the Census Bureau based its report or actual facts.
 | MT. Maddox replied that the Director ] of the Census Bureau had stated that the report was not complete because of the refusal of certain ginners to fur nish the neeessary data.
 MT. LivLRgston moved an amendment ,approprIating $700.0OO to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to issue cot ton reports twice a month during tho growing and gathering of the crop.
 The amendment was defeated. 29 tc
 An amendment was agreed to setting apart $l0,O0O for the investigation anc introduction of parasites and other na- tural enemies of the gypsy and browr tail moths.
 The bill was then passed.
 MT Williams (Miss.) revived the dis cussion as to retr A' officers of th' army serving with the militia, wher MT. Hull (Iowa) asked unanimous con sent that the Senate amendments tt the army appropriation bill ne sent t' conference. The Senate substitute fol the House provision was acceptable t' MT. williams, and he moved to eoncu in that particular amendment. H' asked Mir. Hull to make the motion. t' concur but Mir. Hull declined. sayinf he was much opposed to the amend
 ment because if the legislation wal
 proper 1t was just as proper to mak' it retroactive. The bill was sent t'
 inc Committee on Military Affairs.
 On motion of MT. Adams Pa.) thu House agreed to hold memorial servicei
 i'm respect to the memory of the lat Senator Quay Sunday. February 19, a
 noon.
 | A bill was passed authorizing th
 eonstructIon of a bridge across tn, Arkansas River at or near Van Buren
 Ark ,..,,.,