The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-18

and Other Democrats Who Are
Opposed TO Administrators Pre-
paredness Program Get Little Salts
faction and Do 1t Only Because They
Are Convinced That They Are Right.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, Feb. 1S.-[Speciall- 1T
$ often assumed that when IA member
congress opposes his party, and par
-icularly the president, who is the lead
n Of his party, it is the result of mere
subject to some influence Of an i'm
proper character. Oftentimes men who
the president are defeated by
home constituencies, and as a
general rule they are given Il black
eye among their party men.
Now, it Is a most unpleasant thing
for a man TO be %antagonistic to the
head of his party, to be In opposition
to n majority of his party. Does any
one think that Majority Leader Kitch-
In enjoys opposing the presidents pre-
paredness plans? Does any one really
believe that the large number of Dem
who will stand with Kitchin
are doing so because they want to be
r~antankerous?
A Disagreeable Position.
Every one who has had any expert
ence about congress knows that 1t Is a
lisagreeable position to be "bucking
the party" Few men are happy when
that attitude. They sometimes get
a lot of fun out of it, and they some
times have the satisfaction of seeing
the bosses downed and the administra-
ton defeated, as in the case of the Re
publican leaders and President Taft,
but they do not get much glory out
Of 1t.
The Democrats who feel obliged TO
oppose the plans of the president In
regard 10 war preparation are not In
a happy frame of mind, but they will
make quite a showing when the voting
place.
Must Pay as They Co..
'"They must pay rs they GO" remark
ed Congressman Butler, the ranking
Republican member of the committee
naval affairs. For one, | do not
propose TO vote for elaborate prepare
and appropriations for the future.
will vote the appropriations with
the propositions. They want TO build
IN IN plant costing $20,0O0,000 and
propose TO appropriate 100000 this
year. am not going TO stand for that.
They must clean up n they 20 along.
They are not going to leave "A lot Of
stuff for the Republicans to take care
of in the future, not If | can help it."
A "Mad Desire
Senator Stone, chairman Of the com
mittee on foreign relations, was not at
all pleased with the Clarke amendment
freeing the Philippines.
What are we about to doI' he asked
neal the close of the debate. There
IA mad desire or passion to shake
ourselves loose from the Philippines,
to get rid of them at all hazards, with
out much regard for the consequences
to ourselves or to them"
For four successive campaigns" re
marked Senator Borah of Idaho, 1.-The
have helped TO create that
mad desire for they have unreserved-
ly insisted upon letting go the Philip
They Never Get Old.
Congressman Ferris of Oklahoma
was telling the house what an organi-
zation OF women was doing for certain
Indians In his state. He was interrupt
ed by the regular interrupter, Jim
Mann, who said:
1T really offends my sensibilities to
have the gentleman constantly refer to
these estimable women as old ladies' "
Il will change 1t to dear ladies', :"
responded Ferris.
Surely they cannot be old" insist
ed Mann. These beautiful women
never grow old"
And then he attacked and defeated
the proposition to pay these ladies for
the services they had rendered.
Surprised the Minnesotans.
Vice President Marshall surprised
the Minnesota colony, which assembled
in statuary hall to unyeil the statue
Of former Senator Rice. He made one
of those splendid speeches which he
can at times, with the result that
many who had never heard him ex-
pressed surprise and satisfaction.
Il did not know ii was in him." was
a comment which was heard when the
ceremonies We're over.
Might Have Been a Historian.
If Champ Clark had not been too
busy lecturing. running for president
and presiding over the house of repre-
.sentatives he might have been a great
historian. He knows more about on
gressional history than any other man
in public life, or out of it, for that mat