The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-02
ROOSEVELT MAY
AID IOWA Man
II CumminS Gets Nomination
Colonel Might Support Him.
NO WORD FROM OYSTER BAY
Former President Is Not In the Habit
of Allowing Any One to Make Po-
litical Announcements For Him, and
What Acquaintance Say Is Merely
Gossip-Cummins' Part In 1912.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

'f1 ESfNaifiN1ffNCG Gay P" WV v -
Gossip-cummins' Part In 1912.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, May Especial. l-Wnl
Roosevelt support Senator Cummlns In
case he fails 10 get the nomination
himself? That query came I'm "A re-
cent discussion among a number OF
men interested I'm the coming national
convention, and one OF them said that
he had been authorized To write Sena-
tor Cummins that Colonel Roosevelt
would support him If the Iowa man
was nominated.
AS usual, no n Is willing to go on
record and have himself quoted as say
ing that Roosevelt has authorized any
thing In regard TO the political sItua-
tion this year. Roosevelt reserves the
right TO make his own political an
n~OuDcements, and also he Is enjoying
the speculation upon what he may do
and what he may not do In regard to
the Republican national convention
and its nominee.
Cummins Might Be Acceptable.
IL Is easy enough to see why Cum
minis might be acceptable to Colonel
Roosevelt, or at least he would not
meet with objections that have been
put forth I'm regard to n number OF 9th
er men. Cummins was not n Of
those who participated I'm what Roose
welt termed the great convention rob
berry OF 1912. when many delegates
claimed for him were refused seats I'm
the national convention.
The fact that two or three men who
are now prominently mentioned In con
nection with the nomination were par
Elephants I'm the action which prevented
Roosevelt from controlling the onv
tion has been set up as n reason why
the colonel will not give them support.
Possibly he will run independently az
the Progressive nominee IL any OF them
Is selected by the Republican conven-
tion.
Two Old Friends.
The agricultural appropriation bill
would not be familiar or relished by
congress unless II had the nnual fight
owe the appropriation for free seeds.
IL is like the fight against the mileage
paid TO congress or the fight against
the river and harbor bin and the public
buildings bill I'm the house. A great
many men oppose IL. but nearly every
body hopes 1t will go through. And 1t
always does.
The other H. the fight on the forest
reserves, but that IL getting to be less
and less important each year. Mon
dell of Wyoming has made the princi-
pal fight. but he remarked when the
forestry question was up his time
that Of late years he haG taken but
little time I'm the discussion on the
subject. mainly because there had
been a great improvement In the for
estry service. However. the senate
will discuss IL at some length.
No Fear Of a Standing Army.
Senator Nelson OF Minnesota has no
fear OF a standing army. In a speech
upon the military bill he quoted Ma
caulay ms showing how Oliver Crom-
wells army was merged into the citi-
zenship Of England. Neither the Con
federates nor the Union veterans who
retired 10 civil life after the long and
dreary war Of the sixties were any
menace TO the country or the public"
said the Minnesota senator.
Wisdom From Humphrey.
When the river and harbor bill was
under discussion and after many filings
had becn made about pork barrel ap-
preparations Congressman Humphrey
of Washington had his say:
'"The truth of IL Is that we are prac-
tically all alike. None OF us are saints
and none of us great sinners. My
friend Galloway Of Texas and my
friend Towner of Iowa are much op-
posed to the river and harbor bill. To
their eyes II is nothing but a pork
barrel. But remember they do not have
"A river I'm their own districts sufficient
ly large in which to take a respectable
bath.
MY friend Madden, from Chicago,
thinks appropriations for great cities
is a splendid thing, but for the small
town it is all wrong. My friend Cul-
Top, from Indiana, thinks that appro-
priations for rivers and harbors are all
wrong, but an appropriation for a public
building in his district Is n good thing"
Then he closed with the following.
which was received with applause:
IF there is any man on either side OF
the aisle that has ever refused an ap-
preparation for his district he ought to
have his photograph taken. SO that 1t
might be placed I'm the gallery of the
immortals."
Longworth's Uniform.
Colonel Roosevelt has only two
daughters. but speaking of possible
wal he said that if a war did come he
had four Sous and two sons-in-law who
would 20 TO war. Members of congress
joked Nick Longworth about 1t. and
Nick remarked: well, / don't see how