The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-28

Good Of Party.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, July 27.-[Special. -
The discipline In the Democratic party
Is marvellous. The plans of the admin
tstration have been carried out by the
house so that body is waiting on the
senate, and there is every indication
that the senate will adopt nearly every
administration measure.
1t As true that some OF the southern
senators balk at the child labor bill.
but the persuasive power of the presi-
dent Is expected to overcome the OPP
position. IL that bin is passed the
president car well consider that he has
put through his program almost In its
entirety. 1t will be q unique record
and one which viii no doubt be pointed
gu In the coming campaign as "a rea-
son for retaining the Democratic party
I'm power.
Like Old Republican Dsys.
The manner In which the Democrat
&c party has managed and accomplish
ed results recalls the days of McKin-
ley and Roosevelt, when the Republican
party was the best machine ever In
existence. From 1897 TO 1909 the Re
publicans ran on schedule. There were
hurrtes of insurgency. such as that be
fore the Spanish war, but after that
the party was pretty well united, and
until the close OF Roosevelt's term
there were no divisions meaning party
defeat.
The Democrats under Wilson seem
TO have been taking a leaf out OF the
record of Republican rule and deter
mined that by following the president.
sacrificing individual views OF senator's
and representatives, they may be able
to ecure another four years OF control
In the national government.
No Longer . Joke.
There may be those who have fun
Illinois. and at times he amuses the
senate, but he is no longer considered
a joke by any man. He IL ready to de
bate with any senator and is not ham
pered In his u~tterances, no matter who
may interrupt him. But more than
all else he commands respect from the
senators who were inclined To regard
him as a freak when he first entered
the senate. Lewis is n of the most
remarkable men In the senate was
the comment OF Senator Clapp of Min
nesota. who does not always agree
with him.
An Old Story.
Observers of the fighting In Europe
say that the Australians are the best
troops In the British service, better
marksmen and more hardy than 9th
ers. In the early days OF the civil val
1t was found that the western men
made the best troops. They could
shoot and could take care OF them
selves. 1t was the old story OF the
early training Of the men. The boys
on the western frontier all learned to
shoot and handle a gun, to make camps
and live In the open. The Australians
We're nc doubt trained In the same
way. They learned to handle guns
when they We're small boys.
me oIran9o IHlnSs
In opposing the large military expen-
ditures Senator Clapp of Minnesota re-
marked:
1T is a strange thing that today the
only country on earth that Is talking
about war with the United States Is
the United States itself. We are the
only nation that is conjuring war with
ourselves"
A Waste of Money.
During the consideration OF the cleo
tons bill Congressman Bennett Of New
York told Of an attempt to buy negro
votes In his city.
WAS 1t Democrats or Republicans
that
Rucker Of Missouri was about TO ask
q question when interrupted by the
New Yorker, who said:
"A Republican does not waste money
buying colored voters. They are most
Iy Republicans"
I'm some sections OF the country the
Democrats treat the negroes better
than do the Republicans" responded
Rucker, because / have known them
TO get as much as s."
Marshall Not Convinced.
In a body like the senate, with rules
Of such elastic and sometimes drastic
Quaity-rules that can be made to do
anything or nothing-it is natural that
any attempt at consistent administra-
ton Of them leads to complications.
Vice President Marshall tries to run
the rules as he finds them and conse-
quently is met by appeals, and the SEN
ate frequently o%verturns a ruling II
has established in order to do some
thing one day similar to what 1t did
not want to do the previous day. On
n of these occasions the vice presi'
dent remarked:
"The chair was overruled on this
point by the senate, but, like a woman
the chair remains u~nconyinced. How.
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