The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-05

Leaders Do Not Agree With President,
Who Thinks the Business Can Be
Completed Before the Conventions
In June Appropriation, Prepared
ness and Revenue Measures First.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, Feb. 4-LSpecial The
house, with rules which allow 1t 10 ac-
complish whatever a majority DEGREES
necessary, has stacked up enough
talk legislation to keep the senate
busy for months. Take the various
conservation bills. for instance. Why,
there is almost endless talk in those
Then the child labor bill,
is sure to pass the house in
course of time, viii be talked 10 death
In the senate If it is ever favorably
reported. There is a possibility that
1t may be held up in committee if some
southern members can have their way
about it. All disputed bills. which
be given u hearing, will take a
vast amount Of time.
Wilson an Optimist.
Cheerfully the president tells his Wis
itors that he sees no reason why con
gress should not adjourn by June. And
one of the regular appropriation
bills considered and passed! Besides,
there is the whole scheme of prepared
ness, the shipping bill and other
which take much time, not
only in the senate, but i'm the house.
When June comes it is almost certain
that there will be much legislation to
be considered. including the appropria-
ton bills. Mr.. Wilson and his oppo-
will have been nominated a long
time before the present session adj
%journs, particularly If it attempts to
carry out all that the president has
put before it.
Two Weeks of Slack.
There viii be two weeks of slack in
early June, two weeks when there will
be a gentlemen's agreement between
the parties to attempt no contested
legislation. That has always been done
at the time of national conventions
when congress was still in session.
Measures which afford opportunity for
talk can be allowed to drag along ut
that time, but nom of the bills which
viii bring forth a lot Of opposition
viii be voted upon. although they may
be debated.
May Simplify Revenue Legislation.
If the majority party decides to
place almost the entire extra expense
of preparedness upon incomes 10y low
ering the amount at which the tax ap-
plies and increasing the surtax upon
larger incomes it will simplify revenue
legislation very much. Heretofore the
great problem has been in trying out
various schemes for raising money for
war preparation, but there is consider
able glee expressed among those who
oppose large military expenditures over
the idea OF soaking the big incomes
to make them pay for preparedness.
max WnIIG WnlsNSEeu mdHs
Pointing out celebrities in the house
to visitors, a man said. Jim Mann,
the minority leader. sits at the desk
next to the aisle"
oh" said a lady in the party, that
white whiskered man who is reading
a paper"
And it was even so. Some way. in
the light which filtered from the roof,
Jim Mann's former dark beard looked
almost white.
Not Such a Popular Sport.
IL seemed to lie quite popular to biff
the Germans and their associates until
it was tried in congress. Possibly the
attitude OF a large section of the daily
press encouraged those who spoke in
congress that the biting was just the
right thing. But 1t has also been found
that there are German voters, and men
representing Germans as well as 9th
ers in their districts have taken to hit
ting back, and the baiters have found
that it was not so much fun as they
supposed it was going to be.
Our Joke Town.
Every city has its Joke town." New
York has not only Hoboken, but Hack
ensack, as well as many others. 1t is
the same with every large city and the
smaller mes also. Washington has
Alexandria, and yen Virginians some
times cast aspersions upon the old
town which was George Washington's
market town. In discussing the road
bill mention was made Of a road lead
ing TO Alexandria.
We'll" said Saunders of Virginia,
anything which would help Alexan-
dria would be justified, l reckon"
And members of the house laughed
just as do the crowds in the vaudeville
show.
Respect the Uniform.
Constant disrespect for the uniform
of the soldier and sailor in quasi pub
lie places in the United States is bound
to cause rather drastic legislation on