Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-02
POLLARD GETS IN HIS TALK
Makes Long Speech in Spite Of Five
Minute Rule Limitation.
MAKES APLEA FOR THE FRUIT GROWERS
Temporarily Defeated, but ApprOpria-
tiOn is Finally Placed on the
Agricultural BIII-Minor
Matters AT Capital.


CFrom y Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, May 1.--Cspecisl Tele-
gram.) .)-Corgressman Pollard had the un-
usual distinction accorded him today of
being permitted to make a speech for an
indefinite length of time while the house
was considering the agricultural approprl-
alton bill under the five-minute rule. Mr.
Pollard had something to say and he
forced the house. which for the last two
days has been exceedingly noisy and al
most uncontrollable. to listen to him. Mr.
Pollard's contention was for an additional
appropriation of $4,000 to be spent by the
bureau OF plant industry in demonstrations
and experiments looking TO the elimins-
tion Of parasites that attack fruit trees
we'll as rust and Hessian fly. There
was not any buncomb about Mr.. Pollard's
address, and while at times the house
seemed 10 get away from him, he generally
had some new thought to advance or some
explanation OF existing conditions in the
Agricultural department to advance that
met with attention. He held TO the propo-
sition that the distribution of ordinary
garden seeds ought to be discontinued
He stated that out of 1900 packages OF
garden seeds sent to constituents he had
received but fifteen or eighteen letters in
acknowledgment and that there had not
been one who had asked him to continue
their sending
Mr. Pollard said that in the Mississippi
and Missouri valleys there was something
like e20OO.OOO apple trees which produced
last year SO 100000 bushels of apples or
two-thirds OF a bushel to the tree. This
light yield was due to parasites. insects
and fungi and he said there was not a
single one OF the many diseases that are
doe he int pf ha ueat
but about which the Agricultural depart
ment has accumulated information for the
destruction of every one of the pests.
and that he wanted the farmers to have
the benent Of the information at first hand
and that was the reason why he wanted to
increase the appropriation.
Although Mr.. Pollard lost out on his
amendment the house later on increased the
amount appropriated by $4,000. which came
as result Of the efforts put forward by
Mr.. Pollard.
No Chance to Repeal bankruptcy BiIl.
Senator Millard has written letter TO
the secretary of the Lincoln Credit Mems
association, f. G. Evans, stating that on
inquiry that, while there are a number of
bills pending in both the senate and the
house for the repeal of the national bank
ruptcy law, which the credit mems ssso-
citation Is fighting. he has serious doubts
Of the passage of any of the bills at this
session OF congress.
Minor Matters at Capital.
A. r. Talbot of Lincoln, head counsel
OF the Modern Woodmen, was the guest of
honor tonight az the meeting of the camps
in this city, the orator Of the evening be-
ing f. q. Murphy of Leavenworth. Kan
The members of the Nebraska delegation
was entertained tonight at the residence
Of Judge Kinkaid.
Judge Norris has secured pension Of IS
J per month for d. r. Whitaker Of Red
Cloud
Judge Kinkaid today secured pension
for Philip King OF Arcadia of ti4 per
month.
Arthur W. Merriheld. who many years
ago was foreman OF President Roosevelts
ranch in South Dakota. was a White
House visitor today. Merrifeld, who Is