The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-11
PRESIDENT Gets
LOADS OF ADVICE
Some Tell Him TO Clean Up
Mexico; Others Differ.
WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME.
One Senator Says IL Would Be Neces-
sary TO Keep Troops There For Ten
Years Before a Sound Government
Could Be Established-Count Needs
One Big, Strong, Powerful Man.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.


One Big, Strong, Powerful Man.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington. July 10 - Special =
Advice is pouring in upon the president
and his cabinet in regard to the condi-
tions in Mexico. The time was when
most Of this stream Of voluntary coun
sci related to what the administration
should do In handling affairs in Eu
rope.
But we seem TO have lost sight of
the great European struggle, and our
attention has been concentrated upon
the nearer complication i'm which we
are actually and personally Interested
And so IL is with the self appointed
advisers of the administration Just
now they are giving pretty much their
whole attention TO Mexico.
But they do not agree The president
is told TO 20 in and clean up the whole
Internal nest and establish stable
government. Then he is warned to
maintain the same policy of the past
three years and avoid hostilities and
to prevent war at all hazards.
With so much diverse opinion upon
such an important subject It is no won
der that the president should entertain
some doubts as to the best method of
procedure.
For How Lone7
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there for the next ten years. was the
opinion voiced by Senator Shafroth of
Colorado. given to a group of senators.
"If we stay that long we might as
well remain forever" was the general
comment of n number of men I'm the
group. Others were of the opinion that
IL we actually have to 20 In and fight
and attempt TO establish peace the oc-
cupation win be without limit.
Developed No Big Man.
One OF the highest officials connect
ed with the administration was ex-
pressing his surprise that with all the
revolutions, counter revolutions and all
the opportunities which had been Civ
en- no big man had been developed In
Mexico TO whom the people could turn
TO lead them out of their distress. He
said 1t was not because there was no
opportunity, for there had been oppor-
tunities all the time 1t must be be
cause there is not another Diaz nor
even JuareZ in that country. This
official agreed that IL needed man
with an iron will and iron hand to
bring anything out OF the chaos
A Long Look Backward.
During the discussion of the Jones
proposition TO prevent liquor adver-
tisements I'm the mails in dry states
Senators Borah and Jones both went
back a long way for precedents They
quoted from message of President
Jackson In 1885 and speeches of John
q. Calhoun about the same time I'm re-
gard TO preventing literature regarding
slavery from being circulated In the
southern states. But even those refer
contentious.
Clarke Very Direct.
This hobgoblin OF legislation in ap-
preparation bills is magnifed," declar-
ed Senator Clarke OF Arkansas. lie is
right. The rule preventing legislation
In appropriation bills is used when the
leaders want TO keep out something,
but these same leaders stuff every ap-
preparation bill full Of legislation A
determined majority in either house
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preparation bill, and ii always does
/ that very thing If there is a necessity.
Clarke was right about "hobgoblin."
Criticised by Gore.
The blind senator from Oklahoma
went for this congress with strong
1 language recently. IL seems the sen
/ ate had put in an appropriation of $75,-
/ COO for rural sanitation, but the house
conferees would agree to only $4,000.
/ Speaking OF this fact, Gore said:
This congress is appropriating $25.-
4 100000 for our coast fortifications.
/ SlS0,O00O00 for the army and more
than $300,OOO,O00 for the navy. This
congress will appropriate more than
$3.50, 100000 in preparing to slay our
enemies and allow only $4,000 for ru-
raj sanitation to assist in minimizing
human suffering and saving human
/ life"
Can Start Borah.
Anybody can start Senator Borah on
the warpath by simply proposing to
create commission to which any mat.
ter shall be referred. On a recent oc-
casion he said: I'VE are constantly con.
ferring upon commissions legislative.
executive and judicial powers. We al
low them to make laws, execute them
and pass upon their validity"
The fact is that our government has
become such large machine that 4
great deal Of machinery has been add
ed to ii. and. besides, it is so easy to
sidestep difficult problems and refer
them to a commission.
Guessing on Adjournment.
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