The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-09
HUGHES CHANCES
NOW SEEM BEST
II He Refuses Party May Nom
mate Roosevelt.
BOOM OF ROOT REVIVED.
Experts Say That if There Is a Siam
pede at Chicago Convention IL Will
Not Be Toward Colonel, but Toward
Supreme Court Justice-Expect Ac-
ton on One of the Early Ballots.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

supreme Court stice-ESp Ac-
ton on One of the Early Ballots.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, May 9.-[Special. I-Po-
litical interest centers around the Re
publican candidate for president. Ev-
erybody continues to ask, "Who will be
the Republican candidate?' Another
question of striking importance is,
What will Roosevelt dot"
The general opinion continues to be
that Justice Hughes will be nominated.
and the belief is that he will accept I'm
case the nomination comes to him with
such substantial unanimity as to in
dicate n general desire for him upon
the part of the delegates who will com
pose the convention. This would nat
urally mean the nomination on an early
ballot after favorite son had received
the complimentary votes under the in
structions Of their states.
Should the Contest Be Long.
The attitude of Justice Hughes may
be governed by conditions In the con
vention. If the contest should be long
drawn out and many ballots necessary
there il n possibility OF a statement
coming from him declaring that the
use of his name Is unauthorized and
demanding hat his name be with
drawn from consideration. In that
event IL would be almost anybody's
fight. with the chances much i'm favor
of Roosevelt. 1t Ii doubted by Repub-
lican leaders whether Roosevelt can be
nominated If Hughes name remains
before the convention, and many of
them predict that in case of a STAN
pede il will not be toward Roosevelt,
but toward Hughes.
Revival of the Root Boom.
About the most interesting phase of
the political situation mt the present
time Is the revival OF the boom for
Elihu Root. just what authority there
Is for the belief IL doubtful, but 1t Is
claimed that delegates now favorable
10 Hughes. In ease the justice should
peremptorily decline to have his name
used, viii turn to the former New
York senator. 1t comes from men who
say that Roosevelt would be willing to
support Root. The probabilities, how
ever, are that no one will know whom
Roosevelt is willing to support until
after the convention is In full swing
and that his preferences will not be
made until developments indicate that
he cannot be nominated.
The House Can Make Speed.
The house of representatives is equip
ped with machinery To make speed in
the enactment of legislation. This was
shown in adopting three important
amendments to the agricultural bin
with only four hours debate, although
more than two weeks had been con
sumed In the consideration of unimpor-
tant and almost i~nfinitesimal matters
which the bill contains every year.
The cotton futures bin. the grain grad
ing bin and the warehouse bill would
have consumed a great deal Of time In
the house il brought up separately and
without limitation as to debate. Com
plant Is made that these bills were
made Il part of the agricultural appro-
p~riation bill, but that Is about the only
way that they could be passed. as the
unlimited debate privilege In the sen
ate would likely have caused the de-
feat Of all of them.
Opposed by Madden.
One of the bills that were attached to
the agricultural appropriation bin was
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Madden of Chicago. 1T is ridiculous,
outrageous, unjustifiable and has no
business In the house. It is ruinous &c
the country" were his comments Or
the bill, and he added, after you have
enumerated all of the iniquities l have
described and a hundred others the
bill is all right"
ut seems the gentleman is opposed
to this bill" was the comment of Con-
gresham Cox of Indiana.
Uncle Joe In Water.
= An admirer of former Speaker Can
0 recently sent him a photograph
showing the picture of Nevada falls,
n of the western scenic features of
the Rocky mountains. 1t happened
that one part of the waterfall made a
good likeness of the speaker. To his
correspondent Uncle Joe wrote. 81 sus-
pect that the profile of water is quite
as close a resemblance as the cartoons
IN the public press and. / hope, with
out the same suggestion Of wicked
ness" The absence Of the cigar in the
picture probably led Uncle Joe to make
that last remark.
School Children and Documents.
The printing bin, which has been
pending for some time, furnished an
opportunity for the discussion of the
distribution Of public documents. For.
mer Speaker Cannon told the house
that he frequently received requests
for as many as 200 copies of certain
documents. He said that these re
quests were prompted by a round rob
in of some kind, for each boy and CIR
asked for the same identical document