The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-03-23
He SHOWS NO PARTIsANSHIP
Republicans and Democrats Alike Are
Favored With Seeds from the Wash
ington office of Junior Senator
Thoroughness Excites Comment.

Spring has came? Sure Mike IF
you don t believe it just go up to the
postoffice and see the varieties of gar
den seeds on display. incidentally
you will have a chance to see just how
thorough a new Democratic senator
can be in covering the territory when
it comes to handing out the per-
quisites Of Office. There must be an
awful shortage of garden seed down
in the agricultural department at Wash
nigton just now for the output of
regular agricultural department must
have been sent to Kenosha. It is evil
dent that the Junior senator has not
been guided by politics in this, his first
distribution of garden seeds, for the
big packages came not only to men
who had grown old and tired waiting
for Offices from the Democratic party,
but also to men who had waxed fat
and opulent holding Offices through
the agencies of the Republican party.
Some one suggested that the Junior
senator must have taken the city di-
rectory of Kenosha and turned it
over to his secretary with the injunc-
ton "These. fellows were all on the
committee which welcomed President
Wilson to Kenosha and they should
each and every one of them have
package of seed with my compliments. =
One thing is pretty certain and that
is that the junior senator has SO
thoroughly covered the ground in Ke-
nosha that there will be little need for
the regular seed merchants to put in
a stock. They are big fat envelopes
at that, with peas and radishes and
lettuce and even the Germans are
looked after with a generous supply
of endive. Senator Husting saw to it
that his first distribution of govern
ment seed was a widely scattered one
and if every one of the seeds sent to
Kenosha are planted there will be
Husting gardens from the north end
OF Milwaukee avenue to the limits of
the sand ridge and from the lake way
out to the Rategan road. 1t is evi-
dent that Imam has come to COURT
so far as the distribution of seeds is
concerned. In the old days of Repub-
lican senators Kenosha people used to
get measly little supply of flower
seeds from the members of the upper
house. Now they get a whole garden.
OF course there are lot Of the fell
lows who received the embryo gardens
today who are living in the upper flats
OF apartment buildings and they have
just about as much use for the seed as
they have for Senator Husting, but it
is evident that this is one of the pen
alties of being popular enough to get
your name in the city directory.
And just summing it all up it should
be remarked that Senator Husting is
showing what man who is really look
ing for things can get down in Wash
irgton. If any one has really been
overlooked in the passing out of the
seed he can rest assured that it was
an oversight and not intentional on
the part Of the senator.
Congressman Cooper still must have
lot of garden seed to give away and
any of the parties overlooked by the
upper house should not be backward
about notifying the lower house. The
government vouches for the fact that
the seed is excellent garden seed, but
that it is not guaranteed to be
excellent food for canary bird or
a parrot.