The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-04
Congress, However, Considers
II From Political Angles.
AN ISSUE IN THE CAMPAIGN.
Although There are Plenty Of Other
Points That Could Be Discussed, the
Leaders Always Fall Back Upon Idea
of Protection - Gallinger Points to
Mistakes Of His Party.


over the old course. This question,
which ought TO be one OF purely bust
ness consideration and is made one of
purely political consideration, occupies
more time In a congress than any other
subject.
Perhaps this is natural when IL Is
recognized that congress Is composed
mostly Of politicians and few business
men find a place In the legislative
branch OF the government. Even those
business men who do come TO congress
soon become politicians.
Although there has been enough and
to spare OF other things to make live
topics for campaign discussion, the
men of both parties have fallen back
on the old reliable tariff and have been
hammering away at IL as IL they had
made new discoveries and the parties
had found. after careful investigation,
that one was for protection and the
other for a tariff for revenue only.
GalIinger Reminiscent.
That sturdy. rock ribbed, unwaver-
ing protectionist from New Hamp-
shire, who is as immovable as his
granite hills. grew reminiscent In his
discussion OF the tariff in a recent
speech and told over the mistakes of
the Republican party on that subject.
According TO his view, the first mis-
take was in acknowledging that tariff
revision was necessary when the
try was so prosperous under the Ding
ley law and entered the campaign of
1908 with an apology for protection.
Then he asserted hat the Canadian
reciprocity was unfortunate" as well
as some OF the criticisms of the Re
publican leaders In both branches.
Ii was a sort of retrospective re-
view of the mistakes which he thought
had caused the defeat of the Republic
an party.
Continue TO See Jim Mann.
Every time the house is In session
there is a procession OF members to the
desk OF Minority Leader Mann. They
go trailing along with copies of bills
In hand which they wan to pass.
They have to get the consent OF Mann
to get their bills through. The process
sion Is now to the minority leader In
stead of TO the speaker, a In the days
OF Uncle Joe Cannon.
What 10 Needed.
Senator Sherman of Illinois says
what he thinks. Thus In "A speech In
the senate: What we need In this
country is not rural credits; We need
more men who will work. There is
more laziness In the country than there
Is want-more men looking for jobs
than are looking for work"
"Defenders' Always Defeated"
or course II Is not expected that the
country will get interested In "sham"
battles, which are always and eternal
~ sham" of the worst kind. The peo-
Pile have been much more interested In
the few stray shots across the border
with hostile intent than they have been
with recent great sham" battles
fought between wv opposing fleets. the
red and the blue" But the important
point always In evidence is that he
attacking fleet is always victorious;
the defenders are always beaten, and
the Invaders are always able to "ef-
feet a landing and establish a base.
The idea is to impress the country with
the fact that a foreign fleet can lane
on our shores and that in order TO pre-
zen such a calamity there should be
much larger expenditures for defense.
Different Methods Of Defiance.
When men break away from their
party and are lectured by their lead
ers they take different methods 70 DEFY
those leaders. vardaman of Mississip-
pi, Underwood of Alabama, Hardwick
OF Georgia and quite a number OF 9TH
er Democrats go at Senator Stone OF
Missouri, the lecturer In chief, ana
hammer him with vigor. Then take
Myers Of Montana. He Is meek ana
mild, apologize, pathetic and bears
down heavily upon the ~sacredness or
his promise to his constituents, the
necessity to keep his plighted faith,
rather than obey the orders or the
Democratic caucus.
In these days OF irritation and heat
the disputes of the senator's furnish
occasional diversion.
Had to Close Up.
oh, the vanity OF people! On Penn
sylvania avenue near the capitol there
is a vacant building where once a
thriving business was carried on.
Once there vas a large sign saying,
"Your Picture With the President For
10 Cents" The tourist, his wife and
children could get into pictures shak-
ing hands with the president, chatting
with him at the White House and In
other ways shown as "chummy" with
the chief executive for the modest sum
OF 10 cents and the aid OF the photog-
rapher's art.
The vanity Of thousands led them
to get such pictures and send them
home to friends. But the shop Is
closed. That kind OF pictures were
barred. and 1t went out Of business.