The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-15
Thousands Of Letters to Con-
gr0ssm0n Against II.
MAY Be FORCED ON COUNTRY
In Spite of Desire to Avoid War, Sena-
tors ar Representatives May Have
to vot. -or lt-How Vice President
Marshall rlans TO Shut OFF Needless
Debate and Hasten Business.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

ny An TGH W.. DONN.
Washington, May 15.-TSpecial J.
Keep us out of war;" il a line hat
appears In thousands OF letters that
are being received by senators and rep
r~esentatives. Sometimes this remark
is applied to a possible war with Ger
many and again with regard to a pos
sible war with Mexico.
The people who write these letters
are not quite so sensitive about Ia
tional honor as many of the publica-
lions have been. and the writers do not
seem to think there Is any necessity
for making war with Germany on ac-
count Of the submarine issue or with
Mexico because rowing banditti have
attacked and killed American citizens.
AS a general thing the senators and
representatives echo the sentiments OF
their correspondents, but they know
that I'm spite OF the desire to avoid var
IL may be forced upon them and that
they may have to vote for It,
Marshall Has a Plan.
Vice President Marshall fills an Office
which Is said to be THE chronic audi
ence OF the United States" He Is the
one mar who Is compelled to listen to
all the speeches In the senate. OF
course they don't catch Tom Marshall
that way, for he occasionally wanders
a,t n~J owxalnu an nInar aud fnrunfa fn
come back.
But the vice president has a plan to
shut off talk In the senate. He pro
poses that three days each week the
senate shall be I'm session and three
days be given TO committee work On
the three days that the senat Is In
session 1t should meet at 10 O'clock,
take an hour off for luncheon and re-
main in session until 5. making Il
solid session of six hours.
During that time" the vice presi-
dent said. 'I would compel every sen
ator to remain In his seat and listen TO
all the speeches. 1t would not be long
before they would get sick OF 1t and
adopt some form of %cloture."
The Present System.
Nobody reads the Record" the vice
president was continuing when stop
ped.
"You are mistaken about that he
was told, "for the lady who Ia so much
interested In my welfare has been tab
ulating the statistics and finds that
there are a District of Columbia Official
and a fireman I'm New Jersey besides
myself who read the Record"
''Then you know" went on the vice
president. chow Il works. A senator
will make a speech of an hour explain
ing something. and then another sen
ator Will come In and ask him a ques
ton which viii force him to go al
over 1t again. About the time he Il
through another senator will struggle
in, and the speaker Is compelled Il
make the speech over a third time"
Eyes," | added, land the next day
the senator will start off again, say
ing, AS | said yesterday and repeal
the speech"
THAT IL just It," INTERCEPTED Mar
shall, land hat IL what we have da.
after day"
No Protectorate.
There should be no halfway bust
ness about the Philippines" said Alfal
ia Bill Murray Of Oklahoma. wv
should have no protectorate. Tha
would mean endless trouble. w
ought either to get out, body ant
breeches. or stay there and rule"
Not Disturbed.
Congressman Gardner came bacl
from Massachusetts not In the leas
disturbed because he failed to carr.
the state for Roosevelt What he hat
ed worst of all, however. was TIL
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and Lodg
felt particularly good because the vot'
for delegates indicates that he will
have n similar vote in the elections TO
senator this fall.
Water Was Important.
The house was discussing a bil
granting a site upon public lands own
ed by the government In the Distric
OF Columbia for the location of a me
mortal fountain which was to be erect
ed by some patriotic society.
"Who viii pay for the water to ru
the fountain r. was a question by Cor
gresham Borland Of Missouri. Boz
land has really got a reputation as on
of the great economists of the house
but the water for that fountain woul
have been only a small charge agains
either the treasury of the District Q
Of the government.
War Referendum Impossible.
Some Of the intense peace advocate
have gone forward with a plan I
have any proposed war demonstrate
by the United States submitted to
vote Of the people. 1t has been poin
ed out several times that this Is in
possible because 1t would mean sue
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