The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-17
As tho Empire State Goes So
Goes The Election.
BOTH PARTIES CLAIMING IT
Democrats, However, Assert That They
Can Win Without lt-Say They Can
Carry Enough Western and Pacific
States TO Insure Vietory-Desire For
Peace Their Argument.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, July 17.-LSpecial. Al
the present time 1t is generally beliey
ed that New York state will be The po
litlcal battle-ground OF the nation
Good politicians, those who do not
allow themselves to be deceived by
their desires for party success, agree
that whichever way New York votes So
VIII go the presidential election THAT
has been the case for fifty years
While New York's vote was not al
ways necessary, yet New York has
been the great pivot upon which hing
ed the general result. As New York
goes so go enough states 10 determine
which party wins.
And yet we hear people say that the
election this year can be determined
without New York Men OF both par
ties have the childlike faith TO %
ahead and try to prove that New York
is not essential for success.
Reason Of the Democratic Claim.
The Democrats claim the country
without New York by saying that they
will get enough western and Pacific
coast states TO insure victory. The,
reason that the desire for peace and
the assertion that Wilson has kept IL
out OF war will be sufficient to carry
such states as Indiana, Ohio, Iowa
Wisconsin, Minnesota. Nebraska, Kan
sas Colorado, California and enough
others In sympathy with the peace sit
uation TO insure victory without New
York.
One man makes the claim that Roose
velt's support of Hughes will be suffi
cient TO lose Wisconsin and Minnesota
TO the Republican candidate He does
not seem to realize that the voters are
going TO vote as to choice between
two other men this year. and as long
as Roosevelt is not I'm the running
they are not going TO make his person
ality such great issue as might be
expected.
A Great disappointment.
The abandonment of the Colombian
treaty, even though the amount to be
paid TO that country was reduced TO
S15,OOo,000, caused the greatest kind of
among the little legis-
lative helpers" who would have attach
ed themselves like leeches to the payroll
In case success was achieved These
little helpers had their hooks into that
nice roll. Some OF them. like the
sharks, had arrangements To carve off
large slices, and then there were hun.
dreds Of small bites The ColombInns
would not have received much save the
that the treaty was sup
posed to contain
A Senate Naturalist.
1t is pity that Lane of Oregon
could not have been In the senate
when Roosevelt was president. Lane
aud the colonel could have discussed
natural history. the habits of animals
and birds and even fish, If the colonel
IS interested In fish.
Once in awhile something comes up
In the senate pertaining TO nature, and
the Oregon senator breaks I'm with an
discourse. He does not
talk long. but he gets the facts stated
N plain, homespun language. Ii may
be about bears, coyotes. trees. Indians
DR. any of those things belonging to
nature, but Ii IN soon learned that Lane
knows all about the subject from prac
-ical experience. lie may not know all
he scientific names, but he does know
all about the various natural things
TO the region where he lives
md also In Alaska.
Coming Round to Clark
Congressman Longworth In support
ng the Democratic revenue bill called
attention TO the fierce opposition OF the
Democrats a few years ago to n tariff
and showed that there was
,nly one Democratic member of the
ways and means committee In the last
Republican, house who supported the
commission, and that was Champ
lark. His attitude at that time"
laid Nick, confirms the idea | have
always held, that he is the wisest
statesman OF you all"
Getting and Saving.
Senator Thomas of Colorado was go
ng along on his favorite topic. that of
aving the public treasury from vari-
'us raids, and be was interrupted by
'hafroth, his colleague. with this ques-
ion:
us Ii not recognized fact that when
| man gets back home from congress
he first question is, How much did
'ou getT and when he comes back
rom the state legislature he is asked.
How much did you sayeT"
Thomas acknowledged that such was
true and went on to say that
le was receiving personally abusive
etters because habObjected to the raids
n the federal treasury