The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-19

mel Gould Not support MS or mat
Man For Various Reasons - Many
Believe Assertions Have r. RS o. X.
BY ARTHUR W.. DUNN.
Washington, May 19-lSpecial. IA
Republican senator who might be call
ed "A political onloOker" because ne
has never taken any active interest In
the political policies OF the
nation, but has voted with the MAORI
~ OF his party on all occasions, says
that when the Republicans get togeth-
in Chicago the dozen or more aspir-
who win have votes In the con
yention. with their friends. will deter
mine who shall be the candidate. Ii
~ his opinion that after n few ballots
they will take stock Of conditions and
decide to nominate the man who IL
likely 10 poll the most votes and carry
the election.
This same observer says that there Is
no possibility OF nominating Roosevelt
mt the present time and expressed the
belief that one reason why the colonel
will not be selected Is because OF the
fear Of the Republicans that they can
not win with him.
He Will and He Won't.
We are constantly getting lunches
on the attitude OF Colonel Roosevelt.
We hear from one source that he viii
support this or that candidate and
from another vi that he will not
support such a candidate. At times
we are Informed that he viii not sup
port either Hughes. Root, Weeks. Bur
ton or Sherman. although no one has
yet declared that he would not upport
Senator Cummins.
Significance IS attached TO the state
ment issued some time ago by Clifford
Pinchot I'm which he said that the Re
publicans must nominate Roosevelt
and indicated plainly that Roosevelt
could not support different men men
toned for various reasons The gen
eral belief is that Roosevelt saw that
statement before 1t was issued. for
A' 0AAt RNAANRR@ AtAiA AhA AiLAA MAAD~t
relations are as close to the ex-presi-
dent as Pinehot's would make such a
statement without the colonel's APP
prevail
And SO we have II up and down, in
and around. with the colonel still the
center of the stage and apparently
holding the power which may deter.
mine the Republican nomination.
Tammany Did II.
Senator Kenyon wandered from one
thing to another during his discussion
OF the river and harbor bin and final
ly asserted that the Democrats had
broken their Philippine platform plank
through the influence OF the great po-
litical organization I'm New York city
known as Tammany Hall"
did not almost the entire Repub-
lean membership OF the house vote
with Tammany," asked Vardaman OF
Mississippi. $50 that 1t did not depend
altogether on Tammany ?"
THAT is true" replied Kenyon. but
without Tammany the Republicans
would have been helpless"
In Ststu Quo.
Senator Ashurst. who has been hay
Ing more or less trouble with the In
dian bill, was asked concerning the
status of that measure. 1T Is In statu
quo" he replied. you know out west
we have a saying that this or that mat
ter is In 'statu quo and then finally
some one who Is not on to the game
will ask, What Is statu quoY And the
reply Is. In ahellofafix.' That IL the
situation In regard TO the Indian bill"
Gallinger Has the Habit.
II am going to vote for the amend.
ment submitted Ivy the senator from
Montana" remarked Senator GallingeI
Of New Hampshire I'm referring to the
amendment of Walsh providing that
$10,0O0,O0O be spent for roads I'm the
western forest reserves. lin fact" con
tinued Gallinger. lit has become SC
much a habit OF mine. dating back q
great many years, to vote for what
the men OF the west want that | find
1t difficult to get away from them or
any proposition they submit"
And the western men know that they
have no better friend I'm the senate
than this sturdy man from the Granite
State.
Cannot Get Around Ohio.
We see from time to time suggestions
about a Republican ticket with Roo
and Burton, Hughes and Burton
Weeks and Burton, and In going far
ther west there are men who propose
IA ticket of CumInins and Burton. Ii
seems that we cannot get around thii
Ohio idea, but the Burton men say
that the ticket will be Burton and some
other man whom New York desire.
named for second place.
Naval Bill Delay.
1t seems rather strange. In view Of
the necessity for preparedness and thu
length or time 1T takes to build nava
vessels, that there should have been $,
much delay In the consideration of thu
naval appropriation bin. Just why tina
measure has been held back nearl!
six months now is one Of the strang'