The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-16

BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington. Sept. 1s.-GSpecial. J.
Unlike a number of other countries. the
removal OF the governing power from
the seat Of government does not make
very much difference In the conditions
ut Washington. All the departments
are still In operation In Washington.
and even the larger part OF the presi-
dents business is finally completed In
the capital. There is much to do Ia the
capital, and not the least of the bust
ness is politics. The transaction of
much business OF a political nature is
done here, even If the headquarters
are In New York and Chicago and the
president may be away and his rival
roaming up and down the country max
ing speeches.
Wilson Will Have q Hearing.
Although Mr.. Hughes is on the stump
and MIR. Wilson is not, the president
will get his hearing before the people.
He does not need to 90 on the stump
and make speeches, for be can get his
utterances In nearly all the papers
simply by giving them 10 the various
news associations OF the country, and
even IL these statements are purely 20
litical they are sent all over the land
and published In most Of the papers.
There has been "a suggestion that the
president will go out into the cam
paign. and 1t may be that he will de
eide to make a few speeches in the big
cities toward the end.
Old Dutch Phrase.
When Senator Owen OF Oklahoma re.
ferred TO the Republican side as sitting
like '~stoughten bottles" he started
something / gave n explanation of a
few days ago, but since then | have
come across another. According to the
library of congress. the spelling as
used by the official reporters was
wrong. The words were 'stote-an'.
bottle" coming from an old Dutch
phrase I'm New York.
1t referred TO an audience In the the
after that did not either applaud or
laugh, as a quotation from one of the
was. I'VE had a stote-an'-b bot
tlish crowd last night" The term Is
said TO imply stupidity. lack of appre-
citation and general dullness.
That is just what Owen meant to
convey.
Feels Sure Of New York.
Ex-senator Clarence Watson OF West
Virginia passed through Washington
some time ago and told his fellow
Democrats that Wilson was sure TO
carry New York. Watson thought
business men would not oppose the
president this fall.
An Overworked Sentence.
No one has attempted TO count the
number of times the sentence. my
sympathies have always been with the
men who toll" was Used during the
discussion and the 'leave to print"
speeches which were made i'm connec-
ton with the strike legislation. but Ii
Is safe TO say that no other one sen.
tence was quite so overwOrked In a
long time. In fact, no one seemed to
have sympathy to bestow in any other
direction.
A Doubtful State.
Wisconsin Is classed as a doubtful
state. Wisconsin has frequently had
Democratic senators, has one now and
once voted for Grover Cleveland and
once for Woodrow Wilson. On both
occasions the political situation was not
normal. 1t may be that 1t is not nor.
NAL this year I'm Wisconsin.
A Temporary Expedient.
The eight hour legislation passed be-
fore adjournment has often been re
ferred TO as a temporary e%xpedient.
That may be, but 1t will be very hard
to repeal the law. Unless something
happens to change the minds Of leg
islators greatly this temporary expedi
ent Is In a fair way of becoming per
manent.
Had Different Views.
Two Republicans-their party allie
glance Is unquestioned-had diametri-
cally divergent views on the matter of
the amendments for retaliation against
Great Britain as contained In the rev
enue bill. Gardner of Massachusetts
denounced 1t as an aid to Germany,
and Bennett of New York asserted that
it was necessary in order to protect
American business from the encroach.
ments of Great Britain.
1t makes a difference what kind
OF constituencies men represent. OF
course this was not a party question.
Did Not Scare Kenyon.
Senator Kenyon some time ago re
ceived letters from some of his con
stituents along the Mississippi. They
threatened him with loss of his sena-
torial seat II he continued to oppose
river and harbor bills.
II have written to all of them" said
the Iowa senator, land told them that
they can have my job If | have to hold
IL at the price OF obtaining pork and