The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-01-20
Democrats Ask How Much
Money viii Be Needed.
REPUBLICANS KILLING TIME
Ask Where Party In Power Is Going
to Get the Necessary Funds and
What Articles Will Be Taxed-one
Plan Would Make Newspapers and
Magazines Pay About ssJooo,oo
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

matter OF national preparedness legis
latiOn and the measure for supplying
the money.
Lets see how much money they are
going to need" say the Democratic
members of the ways and means com.
mittee. land then we will see just how
we will raise It,"
Lets see how they are going 10
raise the money for their program Of
preparedness" say leading Republic
ans, and then we can see what we
will do I'm the way OF voting for In
creased military expenditures"
If both sides thus hold of Ii In ex-
pected that the whole program will go
over until long into the session. per
haps until near election time. There
are Democrats who do not want to
vote any more taxes until after the
elections.
Looking For Taxable Subjects.
Meanwhile the members OF the ways
and means committee are looking for
taxable subjects. Nearly everything IL
being put into the hopper. One sug
gestion has been n tax ON newspapers
and periodicals by way of increasing
the rate they pay for second class car
riage I'm the mails. An estimate from
the p~ostoflice department has been re
ceived by the committee showing that
from S0.000.000 TO $s.OO0,OoO could be
raised in this way.
81 daasf lnnxs uuhnthn. 49,. mill do
anything about IL or not" remarked
one of the leading members OF the com
mittee. but the newspapers and mag
azines have been among the foremost
In promoting the necessity for prepar
edness, and it seems only fair to make
them pay a part of the taxes necessary
for such preparation"
Is Reclamation a Failure7
Great hopes were entertained by
people Of the far west when the Hans
brough-Newlands law was enacted pro-
viding for ~irrigating the arid lands OF
the west. But now doubts are express
ed about its success.
Il say with sorrow" said Senator
Fall of New Mexico. speaking in the
senate. that the reclamation policy of
the United States is an absolute fail
ure.'
He went on 10 explain that the cost
was too heavy for the settlers on the
lands reclaimed 10 bear. y man can
pay $50 per acre for water and live"
he said. 1T may be in our Socialistic
state some fifty years hence that peo-
pie will cultivate one. two and three
acre tracts, where the wife and every
member of the family will work all the
time, but that is the only way In which
these lands can be made TO pay the
money now required by the govern
ment for watering them
Want to Hear Chamberlain.
Since Senator Chamberlain OF Ore
gon made his American speech In New
York he has created "A demand for
other speeches. There seem TO be a
lot of people in different parts of the
country who like to hear him. Cham
berlain hit Great Britain rather hard
i'm his speech. and he does not hesitate
to say other things along the same line.
Scratch q true American deep
enough" he remarked the other day,
land you will find an anti-Briton. 1t
is because Great Britain has outdone
US in every diplomatic negotiation we
have ever bad with her"
California Delegates.
A remark was made about the alb
sence of William Alden Smith from the
senate. and a Michigan man said:
william Alden has been handicapped
as a presidential candidate because it
is said he has no strength outside of
Michigan. | would not be surprised
TO learn that he is out In California
now for the purpose of taking some of
those delegates away from Hiram
Johnson
VIII Lead the Delegation.
1t is expected. In fact. almost GER
tain. that Senator Lodge will for q
fifth time be the head of the Massa-
chusetts delegation to the Republican
national convention. 1t is a place he
has had In every convention since 1896.
save only in 1912. when he did not go
because his personal relations with
Roosevelt ard his political relations
with Taft made it impossible for him
TO take part In the contest. II shall go
and do all | can for Senator Weeks"
remarked Lodge when speaking Of the
coming convention. although | have
felt that / had served my time at ma
tional conventions"
National Anthem.
Senator Clapp OF Minnesota would
have the Star Spangled Banner made
the national anthem by law. There Is
no objection, although common consent
and usage have already accomplished
that result. When a whole audience
will rise and stand at attention as the
air IL played 1t shows the general feel.
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