The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-14
LONG FOR AN ERA
OF GOOD FEELING
kItchIn Says Something About
Dropping PartisanshIp.
NOT LIKELY TO HAPPEN
With House Almost Evenly Divided, a
Stormy Congress 10 Looked For-High
Cost of Living Hits LegisIators-Fitx-
gerald Gets Recruit For Embargo Bill.
Smoot Explains Hughes Defeat.


Smoot Explains Hughes Defeat.
BY ARTHUR W.. DUNN.
Washington, Dec. IA. = Especial J.
One hundred years ago there existed
what was called the EZRA Of good feel
Ing" a time when party feeling had
subsidized and everybody was satisfied.
Ii happened after hesuanimous cleo
ton OF Monroe. The same conditions
do not exist now, but suggestions are
made that the next congress shall es
tablish such an era.
Let u.s." remarked Leader Kitchin
OF the Democrats, have no partisan
ship hereafter. Let us pass the neces-
sary legislation In a nonpartisan man
ner, Legislation which everybody wants.
and adjourn and all be happy"
That was said to a group Of Repub-
ncans, one Of whom was Uncle Joe
Cannon. He smiled and whlmsicalIy
said: along that line I have a sugges-
ton. Let us enter into a solemn agree
ment TO pass by unanimous consent
every bill which every member pre-
sents to improve the conditions OF the
country and remedy all existing and
imaginary evils"
Breakers Ahead.
Both the Democratic leader and the
former speaker were talking ir0nical-
ly. for both know that there Will be
scrapping In the next congress. They
both know that with the house so
evenly balanced ~partisanship will run
high, and the party that takes control
Of the house will have a hard road to
travel as long as a certain amount Of
independence is displayed by indiyid-
ual members. At the same time the
independent members will be the point
around which vote getting win pivot.
An Alleged yellow Streak,
Friends OF Senator Clark OF wyom-
ing were expressing their regret that
he was defeated for reelection. The
talk went along. and 1t was concluded
that he as we'll as others went down I'm
the cyclonic sweep due to the He kept
out OF war" slogan, which was ire
sistible.
"The worst feature OF IT," remarked
Clark, land what | most regret is the
yellow streak that has been shown I'm
J our people. And 1t will remain until
we have a war OF our own, when IL
will be demonstrated that our people
are not so yellow as they thought they
were In the late election"
High Cost Of Living.
Those members OF congress who live
I'm homes or apartments woke up to
the real facts about the high cost of
living when they reached Washington.
AT home they had not struck the real
thing In high prices, but In the ma
tional capital they found that living
costs more than anywhere else. Per
haps that accounted somewhat for the
clamor that was raised soon after con.
gress convened and the demand that
something substantial be done to re-
lieve the situation. Nearly all the
members declared that prices In Wash
ington were much higher than else
where. Maybe the boost was made for
the benefit of the congressman.
Can't Fool . New Man.
You can't fool q new man In ON
gress," remarked an old timer. I've
seen hundreds OF 'em sworn I'm as sen
ators and representatives, and the real
new statesman equips himself In a
long frock coat, the longer the better.
This Is more apt to happen In the sen
ate than the house. The new man In
the senate Is sure to be known as soon
as seen. Pick out the fellow with the
longest and newest frock coat and put
him down as the latest addition to the
senate"
Senator emoot Explains.
During the late campaign when vari-
Gus persons went to the Republican
national headquarters and told the Re-
publican managers that the Mormons
were going back ON the Republican
party such men were set down as lit
tie better than fools or at best wan
dering in political imbecility. Did not
Utah vote for Taft In 1922 And was
not Senator Reed Smoot, a Mormon
apostle. out there ON the job? HUH
''Humph" and other signals were free
ly exchanged among the swivel chair
brigade.
Since his return to Washington SmoOt
has several times been asked for an
explanation and makes this reply:
why. nothing could be done with the
people out there. They answered ev-
cry argument with He kept us out Of
war And that was the campaign"
Fitx Gets One Recruit.
Congressman Fitzgerald, the embar-
go advocate, secured one recruit soon
after congress convened. . "Fitz, I'm
for your embargo" said Congressman
Howard Of Georgia. when we ar
rived here l sent a boy out with q ave