The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-10-05
Predictions and Claims Garry
Little Weight.
LAST DAYS WILL DECIDE
Minnesota and Iowa Republican Rain
bow States-Tesans Reaping a Har-
vest-Some People Dislike h lame
SHADOW Lawn"-"Wild'' Prediction
as to Vote of New York City.

BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, Oct. 4~-LSpecial. i
This election Is going to be settled In
the last few weeks of the campaign.
perhaps the last few days. was the
remark OF "A man connected with the
Democratic national committee. THE
whole situation may be changed at any
Time he continued. land that Is why
the betting and predictions that we
hear so much about may just as well
be discounted"
1t is a curious fact that even the Re
publicans who talk most confidently
frequently remark that Wilson may
turn a trick which will win at the last
moment" What they really mean Is
that something may happen which will
turn the tide. even Ii 1t has been set
ting toward the Republicans.
Rainbow States.
In nearly every campaign since | can
remember there have been ideas ex-
pressed or predictions made that Min
nesota and Iowa are Democratic pos
sibilities. Leaving out the 1912 cleo
ton. upon which no computations for
future elections can be made and
which was a freak year in politics,
Minnesota and Iowa have been as sure
ly Republican as Vermont. III Is like
the claims of the Republicans that
they are likely to carry Tennessee and
North Carolina. Many Democrats have
advised the party managers to look
after New York. New Jersey, Indiana,
Wisconsin and other states which will
give the party victory IL carried.
Travel to Texas.
Texas not only enjoys the $4,000
600 a month hat is now being expend-
ed by the government for the main
tenance of the troops OF the border,
but expects to have a lot of private
money distributed I'm that state during
the fall and winter. 1t is expected
that the families OF the national
guardsmen encamped on the border
will visit them during the fall and win
ter. Many people are expected to see
Texas who never before had any idea
of going to the Lone Star State.
Don't Like Shadow Lawn.
President Wilson is not superstitious.
He has never been affected by the 18th
of the month or Friday of he week.
Nor does he share the feeling of some
of his supporters that Shadow Lawn
Is ominous.
Lafe Pence, who once won fame and
a modicum of notoriety as a Populist
member of the house from Colorado,
told Washington newspaper men not
long ago that the name Shadow Lawn
gave him the creeps. He analysed the
word shadow" to show that Ii was
not pleasant to contemplate. Isn't 1t
strange the way politics gets on some
peoples nerves?
Pershiro's Advancement.
General Pershing, who has just been
promoted to the highest rank allowed
in the army, has been most fortunate.
He was a captain, and President Roose-
welt jumped him Owe about a thousand
officers to make him a brigadier gen.
eraL Pershing is a son-in-law OF SEN
ator Warren OF Wyoming.
Quick on the "Come Back"
The Republicans say they are not In
the least disappointed with Hughes a.
a campaigner and are feeling more sat
isfied since President Wilson has be-
gun making political speeches. They
say that Hughes is quick on the come
back when Wilson makes a state.
ment In the afternoon said n of
them. Hughes replies to him the same
night, and both utterances appear in
the papers the next morning. That Is
'snappy work. as we used to say on
the athletic field"
How Will the Big City Go?
A man came over from New York
not long ago and had a story to the
effect that Hughes was likely to carry
New York city. He got the story print
ed. As they say around the Press
club, some OF the fellows fell for it,
According to the Democrats, such a
story would come under the head of
popular fiction. or stories by the wild
man.
Objects to Charity.
Entertainments have been given In
Washington and presumably elsewhere
for the purpose of raising funds to
support the families of soldiers Of the
national guard who are now In Texas.
People have been doing such things
for the refugees and suffering of Bel.
GUM and Poland and some OF the 9th,
err countries engaged in the greatest OF
world wars. But 1t seems rather
shocking that such things have to be
done for the families Of men serving
this great rich nation In times OF
peace. 1t Is reported that there will
be great restitution among many OF