The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-22
now mr., wilson
Gets INFLUENCE | ]. !. {.
ItJhtllinkingly Exposed Methods
, W, He Had Used to Win
s5' Support.
Mr.. NJ COCKS I: g DISGUISE y. !;
Secretary Thought Long Island.
IL IL Man Was a soutferner and II
sI f,S Made a Break.


weary, OF the constant demand for III
creased appropriations BY the Depart
ment OF Agriculture, is laughing at Sec
rotary Wilson'S unthlnking exposure OF
himself. Here Is the story:
Representative w. w. Cocks, OF tho
First New York District, Is a Quaker. .He
1 wears halbitually broad-brimmed black
hat. a black string necktie, and sometimes
| q generously made frock coat. This attire
is not unlike that affected by many mem
| bers OF the House from south OF Mason
and Dixon's line. In addition to repre-
senting President Rosevelt's own district,
Mr.. Cocks is member OF tho COMMITTEES
| on Agriculture. Business took him ono
day not long ago to the Office of Secre-
\ tary Wilson. an H
Glad to see you, sir" exclaimed Mr..
Wilson. affably shaking his hand and
slapping him on tho shoulder. clad TO
sec you. What can do for you ~
Mr.. Cocks was naturally pleased with
next moment 1t was all explained.
You know" continued Secretnry Will
son, confldentially, III 1t was not for YOU,
Southern members I wouldn't get thing
from Congress. not thing. And do you
notice, / am spending most OF the money
In tho South?'' S
DEFENDERS ARE DEMOCRATS.
fidence Immensely, but Mr. Cocks did not.
He returned to tho Capitol and told some
OF his colleagues from the North. They
did not enjoy It, either.
+ 1t has been noteworthy fact at this
session OF Congress that the most ardent
defenders OF the Department. of Agri.
culture have been Democrats
President Roosevelt, who has been
keenly cognizant OF the shortcomings OF
Secretary Wilson'S administration, put
the Keep Commission to work on the
Bureau of Statistics. It's report was un-
favorable. Before the report was written
Representatives Bowie. OF ALBANIA, and
Burleson. OF Texas. both Democrats, tho
former member Of the Committee on
Agriculture. the latter OF the Committee
on Appropriations, seized favorable on
portunity to 1aud the work OF the statis-
tical bureau on the floor OF the House.
Ihey sought to show that It's statistics
were only slightly In error and they re-
FUSED TO allow Representative Lowering.
OF sMassachusettH, who, as "a cptrnif man.
ufacturer had an inttrest In tho sta
tistics, to insert his remarks In. the re-
cord when time was too short TO per-
mt MIN TO speak at any length on tho
floor.
Whenever the House OF Represents
3 ives seeks to curtail tho expenditures
OF the Department of Agriculture the In
fluence of the department is exercised
+ 70 sdefeat the economy. At tho outset
OF the present session. Secretary Wilson
asked for deficiency tom of s1a5.Coo
lof meat Inspection Confronted with
law enacted last session3for the purpose
OF preventing departments from contract
ing deficiencies. Mr.. Wilson blended II
was not deficiency. but an emergency
item. Nevertheless, the House Appropria-g
lions Committee declined to include moro
than @2oDO for meat inspection In the
urgent deficiency bill.
.11EhAlANs TARIFF SCARE ..yNORKED..,s
. FRIENDS ~. OF the department carried the
nsll on INC iioor The possibility that
Germany might raise the tarIrr on Ameri-
can meat on March LIST. and that It was
therefore needful to increase inspectIon "a
maj ma! large Quantities could be shipped to
germany before that time. was worked
lor al IT was worth. The ApproprIn tons
committee had taken a stand against ex-
traVagance, but 1t required the added In
1 11.e OF the Speaker to put down this \
eietsrln'ned effort to override this prudent
poncy Even that did not dismay tho de-
partment. for 1t went to The Senate and
induced the Appropriations commIttee on
I that side to raise tho sa00oO to $4,000,
There is to be no tariff war With Ger.
many man tho added money has done no good
In that respect. but the department. q 81 \
much ahead 49,
The members of the Committee on AerI-
culture for tho most part realize the In
5elllc,ency or the department. but there
nag I'1s peeN no determined effort to cut down
I me appropriations The bill soon to be "a
ported Will carry moro than the depart-
ment was given last year. & Il
OBSCURE REAL QUESTION:
me otllcials OF tho Department. OF
Asfieulture. who have appeared before
the committee on Agriculture to speak
concerning the estimates for appropria-
tions for the fiscal year 1006-19O7, are ex-
pert c,'ttleAsh. They have the faculty
of obscurlng the whole question which
tho committee desires to prove. This
question ls the real necessity for the
money asked Tho printed Hearings Of
the department arc nevertheless full OF
Shtnts -of executive incapacity, oxtraya-
gance. OF disposition to ride scisntiac
hobbies to the tune Of hundreds OF
thousands Of dollars and OF absolu ia In.
difference to economy. IA
For Instance. when he appeared before
tho committee w Ills IL 4 Moore. chief az
4 tho Weather Bureau, spent much OF his
own argument and wasted the commits
tees time In seeking to have, Increased
from 50 to IS tho daily expense money
now allowed him while travelling, cxclu-
styo Of railroad fare. Mr.. Moore spepxs
much Sof sllisl time travelling about SIN
Ssnectlnl n" tho various stations OF tile i
eather-scrylcc. The committee was not
sufficiently Impressed toslnnko tho change
IN order ito help along the advance for
himself and ten others az tic bureau hes
proposed to cut down tho daily expense
allowance of lower ranking officials.
Discussed By Supreme Court.
rs BY Is soclated Press.) Y
N WASHINGTON, p. c., March 81 1.-The
subject OF the lynchng of Ia.l;s il hnson, "
Z tho negro, at Chattanooga. Tenn. was
discussed ut n Conferencaan OF tie iuatlca,,