The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-31
PREACH ECONOMY.
PRACTICE IT? NO!
But Congress Always Puts Up
Its Usual Bluff.
PEOPLE DO NOT REALLYCARE
There Are Many Ways In Which to
Reduce Running Expenses Of the
Government. but II Will Never Be
Done - Everybody Thinks Uncle
Sans Pocketbook Has No Bottom.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

SANS Pocketbook Has No Bottom.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, Dec. 81 Especial. r
During the few working days congress
was la session there was the usual
blum about economy. The Republicans
criticised the Democrats for failing to
keep to their declarations for economy,
and the Democrats retorted by saying
that the Republicans were always vot
ing for appropriations.
Now, this does not get any where I'm
politics. Ii has been demonstrated SO
often that the people do not care about
expenditures OF federal money that 1t
Is not at all surprising there is such n
woeful waste OF the nations money
every year.
Ii the people really cared they would
cut down the millions spent In travel
ing" a kind Of graft that has become
notorious. They would also object u
the enormous increase In the number
of offices and fat places for favorites
of both parties. They would object to
paying for the keep of innumerable
useless employees. But the people do
not object. and so they pay. as the late
Senator Aldrich said, $500. 100000 more
each year than the government ought
TO cost.
Judged by the Bills.
One OF the economists is Senator
Thomas OF Colorado. He said that In
casually CHANGING at bills introduced In
congress be found that the demand for
appropriations had run into the bill
lions.
Our constituents seem imbued with
the idea that there Is no bottom to the
treasury" be remarked. Just so. As
long as the people feel that money
comes easy to Uncle Sam they want
TO get their bit. And that idea has pre-.
vailed ever so long. Nearly all per
sons feel that Uncle Sam Is rich enough
TO give them anything they can get
ont OF him.
Money Precautions.
or curse we all know that this coun
try has an immense supply OF gold.
We read about IL all the time. But IL
Is not generally known where this
hoard Is stored. Ii may not be known
that much of IL has been sent inland.
For instance. five or six hundred mil
lions In gold has bcen stored at the
mint In Denver. Most all the gold
supply not needed for currency has
been taken from the Pacific coast and
stored at Denver. or course the gov
eminent would not acknowledge there
IL "a war scare. but the p~recaution OF
getting the gold away from the coast
IL taken Just the same.
Cyclone uttsrs . Defy.
There was a discussion as 20 wheth-
er the report of the commission on in
dustrial relations should be printed.
and Cyclone Davis took a hand aud
served notice. The press has parad-
ed the fact that there are two car
loads of this report and that It ought
TO be sent to the junk pile. | want TO
notify everybody right now If there Is
a man from Texas who votes 10 send
IL 10 the junk pile he will meet me on
the stump when he gets back to Texas
next campaign"
And Cyclone is some zephyr on the
stump.
Does Not Revise His Remarks.
This feeling of always being right
must be comforting. linn Mann was
talking about the system OF extending
and revising remarks which appeared
in the Congressional Record. "Ordi-
narily revision has been done by every
one In the house except myself he
said. He was Just sure, You see.
Another Centennial.
Congress is likely to be asked for an
appropriation to celebrate another cen.
tennial. Senator Bryan or Florida ~
much as said so when he presented a
memorial relating TO the centennial of
the acquisition of Florida. Florida
was acquired In 1910.
Oldfsld's Gold Headed Cane.
Arkansas is looking up. The leader
of the state delegation I'm the house
sports a fine gold headed cane. And
this Is the way 1t happened:
Oldfeld, who Is the dean of the dele
CATION and leader, was made Il member
OF The committee on ways and means.
That gave him a pull in the makeup OF
h committees, and he gave the other
members of the delegation what they
wanted. They felt so good about it
that they gave Oldfeld the gold head
ed cane with enough writing on it to
show a world OF appreciation.
Prophecy Of the Caravan.
Mrs. ". w. Morrow, wife of Judge
Morrow OF San Francisco, was telling
a party of friends about her first trip
across the continent. 1T was in
1852" she said, "and 1t took us six
months to cross to the Pacific coast.
We had covered wagons, drawn BY
oxen. remember when we were out
on the plains n man said that the
time might come when railroad trains
would be running along the route we