The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-06-30

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Washington, June 29.-[Special J.
The situation in Mexico complicates
the political situation. 1t is conceded
that war helps a party In power at
the ensuing election. There is much
talk about swapping horses while
crossing a stream" and the further as
serti0n that "in time OF war the coun-
try should stand behind the president"
During a war the administrati ton in
power is considered the government.
and the people stand by the govern
ment
( There has been an impression among
many Democrats that a war with Mex
leo will be an advantage In the cam
paign, while the Republicans do not
believe such a war viii prove popular
Destroys a Slogan.
HE has kept US out of war" was to
be slogan for President Wilson. All
through the west 1t was said that
/ the peaceful attitude of the admins
tration would be Il mighty force I'm
helping TO re-elect the president
War in the east peace In the west
thank God for Wilson, was blazoned
all over the country in 1914, and the
same phrases were to be used this
/ year.
They can't make a campaign on
/ peace and carry on war at the same
time" was the remark Of one Repub-
lican senator, who added that the war
In Mexico had come too late.
Withhold Criticisms.
+ There was desire among several
Republicans to assert that the strong
note which Secretary Lansing sent to
/ the CarranZa government was a con
tirmation of all that had been said by
Republicans concerning the attitude
toward Mexico, but remarks on the
subject were withheld because II was
said to be inopportune to make political
capital out of a situation while the
troops were marching While the Mex
lean policy OF the administration has
been strongly assailed during the past
two years, the Republicans feel that 1t
would not do to continue the attacks
when troops in every part of the coun-
\ try are being assembled.
Passed Many Bills.
During the convention period the
senate tied itself up so that it could
not transact any business whatever,
but for a few days before the agree
ment went into effect and when there
was no quorum present many unop
posed bills were passed The house
was without quorum during the con-
vention period and in this state did
more business than In any two weeks
in its history. With only a few mem
bers present hundreds of bills were
f passed. or course a single objection
or the raising of the point Of no quorum
would have stopped the wheels, but
everybody seemed anxious to clear up
the pending legislation. and it was
done expeditiously.
Clark Was Reminiscent.
On a question as to whether the SEN
ate was violating the constitution by
adjourning three days at time, four
days including Sunday, Champ Clark
4 took the floor and grew reminiscent,
telling the house how Tom Reed fixed
up an automatic adjournment arrange
ment by which the house met twice
week and adjourned SO as to bring
criticism and contempt upon the SEN
ate. That was I'm 1897. At that time
James Hamilton Lewis, then a mem
ber from Washington state. made
quite a reputation by insisting that the
constitution was being violated by the
action OF the house Nothing was ever
done about It. and nothing will be
done about the point recently raised.
this time by Minority Leader Mann.
Pushing Toward Adjournment.
There are quite number of men
( trying their best to secure an adjourn
ment of congress before the end Of
August. Just now the primaries in
different states are interfering to some
extent with the attendance of mem
bers. and oftentimes the senate waits
quite long time for quorum. This
has tendency to delay business. The
absence of senators during the debates
often requires speeches to be repeated.
AS usual. the house is more anxious to
secure an early adjournment than the
senate. Senators who want to be alb
sent to attend to the primary elections
do not hesitate about going away and
staying away.
May Be Another Sutherland.
There may be another Sutherland Ia
the senate after the 4th of March
Howard Sutherland. now serving as
member at large from West Virginia.
has been nominated by the Repub-
licans of his state. There will be hot
contest between Sutherland and Chill
ton. who Is the incumbent and Dem
ocrat. The other Sutherland Is from
Utah, and it is expected he will be re-
elected next fall.