The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-15
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

President Wilson knows how TO make
people talk about him ana the things
be does There has been "A steady
stream OF conversation about his re
cent message ever since he delivered
it, and It is likely to be the subject
of much discussion during the session,
at least as long as preparedness is un-
der consideration.
We used to think that no one could
come near Roosevelt when it came to
keeping the people talking, but Wilson
has shown that he has means of his
TO keep himself before the public.
They do not include the peculiar traits
and almost eccentric characteristics of
Roosevelt. but they are as effective.
Dramatic and Spectacular.
Roosevelt was often accused of be
ing dramatic and spectacular. but he
never did anything quite So dramatic
and spectacular as the reading Of mes
sages 10 the joint sessions Of congress.
1t requires a stage setting. The gal
lerlcS are crowded. The solemn march
OF the senators and their formal re-
ICiNtpl III the ADuStt lHt ucoAS bllion
of committees by the speaker and the
president OF the senate to wait on the
president and bring him in, the APP
plause which greets him, come under
the head of stage setting. Ii IL a spec
tacular performance all around, and II
has q theatric effect, too for the pres
ident reads for an hour Or more from
H41 an r~q4aITm v~~unvn@ u1Twrmm 1TE1v,
he gets a round OF applause when lac
concludes.
A century after the same manner
Of communication OF messages by
speech had been abandoned. Presi-
dent Wilson has certainly made a won
derful and interesting revival.
Great Day For the clsrks.
The opening OF the Sixty-fourth con-
gress was Il great day for the Clarks,
and incidentally for Missouri and Ar
KANSAS. A Clark was elected in each
house of the national Legislature to
preside and one each from Arkansas
and Missouri. They don't spell their
names the same, the Arkansas senator
having an sc" more han the speaker.
Both men are good presiding officers,
and since the new rules Of the house,
in which the speaker is shorn of DOW
er. they each have about the same In
%fuence; however, the speaker is more
powerful than the president of the sen
ate in quite a number of matters.
Looks Like John Brown.
who is that with the long whiskers
who looks like John Brown" asked a
newspaper man In the house press gal
lery.
Not that he had ever seen John
Brown, but there was a member who
looked much like the pictures of the
old jayhawker. The man was ICY
clone Davis, whose growth of beard
and shrunken face have made him a
much different looking man from the
n back In the Populist days, when he
earned the name Cyclone He is still
tall and broad shouldered, but he lacks
the fire. the vigor and the youth which
made him a figure In the Populist con-
vention of 1896.
1t was a coincidence that on the first
day that Cyclone" Davis appeared in
the house there should be In the press
gallery the man who gave him the
title. James Faulkner of the Cincin-
natl Enquirer started 1t. and the Texan
has always carried it.
Uncle Joe's Junior.
When jeff Talbot stood out and ad-
ministered the oath of office to Speak
err Clark 1t was supposed that he was
the father Of the house, antedating
even Uncle Joe. but such is not the
case. Talbot %antedates every other
Democrat. as he began his service in
1879, but Cannon was an old member
vt that time. having had six years ex-
~perience. Talbot has been out nearly
half Of the time. while Uncle Joe has
missed only two terms.
For the Majority.
In making a fight on the rules Con-
gresham Lindbergh OF Minnesota had
something to say about liberal con-
struction of the rules"
MAY I suggest remarked Alfalfa
BIZ Murray of Oklahoma. that gen
orally liberal construction OF the rules
Is made for the majority"
That remark conveys the idea about
the rules. They are made and con
strued TO allow the majority to do
what the small ~coterie which runs the
house says should be done.
Gardner and Burnett.
Augustus u. Gardner IS the pioneer
IN the preparedness fight. and when he
was seen In frequent Inc earnest con
ference with, Burnett Of Alabama 1t
was supposed that the Massachusetts
man was winning the other over to his
views. But that was not 1t. These