The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-27
Widespread Objection 70 Disco'1-
tinuancc Of Distribution OF
Tree Seeds.
.cABE!L MAY GET GOOD JOB
president May Appoint Richmond
Author TO Position Abroad.
Cape Henry l7ortiiications.
(17rom our regular corrcspondcnt.)

or free seeds, embodied IN the agricultural
appropriation bllT Is not at All popular
among members of Congress-. All who
represent agricultural districts arc being
overwhelmed With letters from constitil.
cnts protesting against the proposed abol-t
ton OF tic free seed system. This Is the
case especially witt, Southern rcprcscn-
tatlvcs, but those from the West are get
ting about as many letters from farmer
constituents, besceching them to vote
against the recommendation of the COM
,ntttce. One Of the agricultural commit
tee, WHO voted for the discontlnuancc of
The practice, said to-day lie would vote
against It when the bill comes up. In the
House, as he had heard from his con-
stituents. He admitted he had no idea
the system was so popular.
Representative Jones, Of Virginia, sliu
he would vote to@continuc the distribution
or the seeds. He said he had scarcely
ever received greater number OF letters
from constituents OH any one subject
than on the proposition TO cut Off the
seeds, and they were all In favor OF con-
tinuing the system.
Confined to Dealers.
Representative Lamb Is getting about
Jones' The former Is inclined to criti-
else very severely the postmaster at
Duane. King william county, who IL
quoted In an article on the editorial page
Z Of Tho rimes-D Dispatch as being strongly
against the continuance of the practice,
asserting that seeds come to his post
office directed to persons who have been
dead for years.
Captain Lamb says lie knows nearly
every one Of the people to whom he sends
matter ut the Duane Office. and that
they are very much alive. He remarked
to-day that II the fact be rs stated by
Postmaster Tyler, whose name. by the
way. is not mentioned, that official is
dcrelict IN his duty In not reporting to
him that the people TO whom letters,
documents and packets are addressed are
no longer In tho land OF tho living. Du-
& ane however, Is on the boundary between
aR King William ana Caroline counties, and
\ 1t Is possible that some OF the people TO
WHOM Mr.. Jones has been addressing COM
m,inicn tons may he no longer In tho land
OF the living. Tho postmaster nj Duane
is d Republican of pronounced views, po-
lItica, according to Mr. Jones The
latter has recently received n lnrgc&nun-
Der OF letters from all over the country
from Republicans as well as Democrats.
commencing; his srench In the House
recently. Iii which lie denounced the kill
Ing Of women nnd babies by American
e soldiers ntfIajo. One OF these commend-
ntory letters came from the editor of
one OF the strongest Republican papers
of Michigan, and the writer requested that
* Mr. Jones send n copy OF the speech to m
old friend who was postmaster nt Duane.
\ ana who was Of strong expansion and
imperial tendencies.
The fight against free seeds. so far rs
representatives III Congress are able to
a tn f.1Ij 10. tn 1a1
There is no dispu;ing the fact that the
farmers are protesting more vigorously
against the ntinuancn of the prac-
ticc than against any proposition that
has come up in Congress in years.
Cape Henry Fortifications.
a delegation from Norfolk. Portsmouth
y ana Newport News appeared before the
subcommittee OF the Committee on Ap-
preparations to-day, to which has been
referred all questions of appropriations
for fortificat ions, and urged the passage
OF the Maynard bill npproprlatng Il half
million dollars for tho requirement OF.
land on which 10 build Qualifications at
81 Cane Henry at the entrance TO Chcsa-
pcake Bay. General Mackenzie, chief
OF army engineers has written Repre-
sentative Maynard commencing the APP
rropriation and urging that the Congress
take action at once 10 acquire the land,
Iii order that work may begin, and for
the reason that values are approaching
at C,Ie Henry in a most rapid mans
ner The delegation which appeared be-
fore the subcommittee to-day, cons..'7d
OF Messrs. r.. r. Thorp. w. D. Soutnall.
and II. B. Goodridgc. of Norfolk; Mayor
Davis ana r. II. Larkins, of Portsmouth,
ana MIR. Farrar, of Newport News.
May Appoint Cabell.
1T is stated here to-day, on excellent
authority, that the President IS con-
sidcring the appointment OF James Branch.
Cabel, the Richmond novelist to a po-
stlon abroad either rs consul. or as
n secretary Of legation, That the Pres
idcnt wanted to do something for the
writer is evidenced by the fact that he
recently had lnm ut the White House
to luncheon, although President Roose-
yclt's invitation to lunch are given more
freely than such have been given by
any President, in recent years, at any
rate, and are not specially significant
but tho fact Is somewhat significant,
when taken in connection with the fact
that there is no doubt that when Pres
idcnt Roosevelt first considered the APP
pointmcnt OF u CaDell to tho position
OF postmaster Of Richmond, he thought
James Branch Cabel was tho applicant
ana there are some who say that even
when the appointment Of Roy Z. Cabei'
was settled by the President he thought
that he was appointing the writer
The Chattanooga Lynching,
~ 'If thcrc Is bloodshel ut Chattanooga
ms tho outcome of the lynching OF Ed
Johnson" said Representative Moon, OF
Tonncssen, to-day. ''the Federal govern
mcnt will BIO to blame. ! do not deny
that If tho Supreme Court order staying
the execution OF tho negro failed of en-
cc,ltlon through tho negligence of the
sheriff to whom It Was directed, ,thc
court could proceed against him, But
tho Federal government has no right to
Interfere in the matter, and ! shall pro-
test against It, And ! shall do without
saying a word against efforts on the pnrt
of tho state authorities to prosecute tho
lynclcrs. | deplorc the lynchng as deep
~ as anybody could, but y insist that
the general government has not the.
right to interfere to bring about tho pune
tshment of anybody implicated In the