The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-07
One Bv One They Go!

cIoy,Iv hut surely what has In inc
-, boan the nrerosative OF senator or
renresentatlve are being taken away
from them until it Is becoming COM
non remark that they have but At'le
left alon:; that line. y few days ago an
order was issued giving the members
of the press the exclusive use oil me
lobby east OF the east entrance 10 the
House of Representatives, and cutting
ronsress members out of the privilege
of taking the public in there to loaf
around. This brought forth the remark
from, a member of the House that the
rod old DAYS are about past, the halcyon
DAYS when members could get positions
and n thousand and one other fayors for
rheir constituents. But now they have
only public documents. seeds and an oc-
casional rural route to dispense, and q
card to the visitors gallery for their
constituents who come to town.
To-day was in the Office of n prom
inent senator when Il young man came
IN He had a letter of introduction from
the staunchest personal and poll
tical friends the senator has. The young
man wanted letter TO the public printer.
He had stood the civil service examina-
ron and had gotten nearly Operating,
lie wanted to be u skilled laborer at the
10 aid hiGl.'
II would. take the greatest pleasure
In aiding YOU said the senator land
will. in any legitimate way you can
suggest. But law has been enacted
forbidding u senator TO use his political
Influence at the departments, and for
bidding department officials yielding to
that influence so you see anything 1
might try 10 do would really hinder, In
stead of help your cause. But III give
ycu letter anyway, vouching for your
personal fitness for the place
He did so. and after the young man
was gone, observed TO me that news
paper men would save senators and
others n great deal OF worry If they
would let 1t be known that there is now
a law on tire statute books forbiddlng
The usa OF political influence in securing
appointments under the civil service
Want Double Appropriation
Captain Lamb and the other members
OF the Virginia delegation in the House
and Senate. have received letters from
Andrew NJ. Soule, director of the yirginia
Agricultural Station, at Biacksburg. re-
auesting them 10 support and do whatever
they can 10 promote the passage of the
Adams bill, which provides for an in
crease of appropriation 10 the various
experiment stations OF The States through
but the country. The stations now re-
ceiye annual Federal appropriations,
ranging from Sl5oV5 TO $500 each. The
purpose OF the Adams bill Is TO double
these appropriations to the several sta-
tions.
IN his letter Captain soule says that
the demands on the Virginia Station have
Increased fourfold in the last ten years,
and That the funds available have re-
manned practically stationary. He points
cut that the station Is OF great value TO
the State and cites the fact that during
the past year II has furnished the inocu-
lttting material for several thousand acres
OF lard al % cents FER acre while il
would have cost 50 per acre had II been
purchased IN the open market. He further
states that tlle station has 1908 corre-
spandlnts who rely on 1t for information
regarding farming. He says that each
passing year is witnessing Il greatly in
creased interest In farming Institutes III
Virginia. and declares that II The add
tionM aid is forthconing. for which the
Adams bill provides, tile influence OF tbs
station can be largely extended. :
captain Lamb in speaking OF the mat
terto The TiInes- Dispatch correspondent
said that he expects 20 do all he coult
fnr the adams hill. He said:
II hel!eve that the propel Gducaton o
the American farmer, the liGd OF edu
cation that WIN enable him TO grow Nv,
blades OF grass where one now grows Il
anpu, lie best Investment the govern
1nent can make. do not believe, further
more, that this work cannot be manage,
10 well any other way as through on
state stations. They can loealize tn
work aud inake;it more available and d
Jars cost than Ii could be mada by til
Impairment ~ Washington. we haygsa
experiment station in Virginia OF sWhIc