The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-08
Impossible to Keep Politics
Out Of Problems,
OPPOS SITION IN THE RANKS
General Impression Seems to Be That
Majority Desires Action on Our
Southern Border That Would Re-
store Sound Government and Insure
Peace For Years to Come.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, July =. Special. BE \
gond any doubt the consensus of opiu-
ION among public men l. that the Unit. .
sd States must sooner or later "go In
and clean up Mexico" There was real .
disappointment among many men III .
congress when Carranza showed il dis. .
position to yield ana surrendered the .
prisoners taken at Carrizul.
That feeling was more apparent 4
among the Democratic statesmen than \
among Republicans. Although there 1
ought not to be anything OF partisan
nature In the Mexican situation. there \
Is an absolute impossibility Of keeping
such situation out OF politics in a
year. The Democrats gen
orally believe that 1t will he political
advantage TO go right in and make Il
campaign In Mexico and clean IL up" \
Not All Share That View.
or course there are quite a number
tor said that IL the United States would
go In and kill about 5000 Mexicans il
would he approved by the people. An
other, moment later. said he believed
that two-thirds OF the American people
were opposed to war and favored the
policy of avoiding a conflict.
II noticed In st. Louis" said the 9th
er senator, that everybody applauded
the idea OF keeping out of war i'm Eu-
rope, but they cheered Justify every
time anything was said about a firm
policy In regard to Mexico. In my opin-
ion the people would like "a real cam
paign down there but they won't care
much for long patrol of the border"
Accepted Everything.
1t would be great economy ON the
part of the government IL congress
would abandon the sundry civil appro-
priation bill. This Is the measure
which carries the load. Ii is the gen.
eral catchall, the basket into which l.
thrown everything in the way of ap
propriations for which there is no real
excuse. Twenty years ago il was
modest bill of some $40OO0.O0O Now
il IL $l40,OO0OOO.
In the senate when the last bin was
passed Chairman Martin finally lost all
hope and accepted everything that was
offered In the way OF an amendment,
and every senator with any kind OF
job put everything he could rake and
scrape into that bill. But Martin was
rather foxy He intended to lose most
OF these items in conference
Matter of Marching
1t was just before the preparedness
parade In Washington. Word had been
passed around the several departments
that the administration expected all
the employees to march.
"Oh. we are going TO march!" remark
ed one OF the women on the morning
OF the parade when asked where she
was going.
Yes" replied cynic. IF you don't
march now you will march later"
Change of Minds.
| suppose there has been no more vo-
ciferous advocate of peace than Cy-
clone Davis OF Texas. No man has de
nounced the war scare more vehement
ly, and no one has been able TO use
more picturesque language In doing SO
than the man with the windy name.
But men change rapidly In these times.
Here Is what the Cyclone said about
Mexico THE time has come when we
have got to do something. We must
tranquillize Mexico for ourselves, for
them and for humanity"
Senate Subterfuees.
The senate has to adopt many sub
terfuges in order to get around its pc
culiar rules. One of these is that IL
can stretch a day beyond twenty-fou
hours. 1t has a Legislative day" fic-
ton, which means that as long as the
body takes recesses and does not ac-
tually adjourn there is one continuous
day OF legislation. The purpose of do
hour" which is period Of two hours,
when every senator has an opportunity
TO do almost anything he desires.
All these peculiar features of the
senate rules give every so called par
Humanitarian an opportunity TO air his
knowledge of parliamentary practice
But the funny thing about ii is that In
the end the senate always construes
the rules TO do as a majority wishes
The Great Power.
Fortunately for our government" :"
said Senator Bankhead Of Alabama,
there is an influence and a power In
this country that Is above all-that is.
crystallized public sentiment"
The Alabama senator said no gov
ernment or administrator dared to go
contrary to that power.
Is II Graft?
Quite a number OF men In congress
in discussing the rates of postage for
second class mail declare ii graft on
the part of newspapers and periodicals.
Back ms far as 1879 congress provided
the present rate and has never changed
| 1T. thus sanctioning the rate. Under
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