The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-08
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.


Nations Part to Hold On.
BY ARTHUR W.. DUNN.
Washington, May ESPECIAL. Phil
ippine independence having received a
severe check by the opposition of thir-
ty-ive Democrats In caucus and the
promise Of several more who did not
attend, those who favor action at the
present time are beginning to ask what
they should do.
The probabilities are that some sort
of an arrangement will be made by
which a promise of Independence will
be given, and the bill to which the In
dependence measure was attached ia
the senate can then be passed.
Church Influence.
Church influence was important In
checking the movement toward Philip
pine independence. In this matter the
Catholic church took the most promi-
nent part. although other churches also
used influence to have the United
States retain control OF the islands.
The Catholic prelates believe that a
great work Is being done by their
church In the Philippines, and the flea
is expressed that If the United States
should lose control and Japan should
take the islands the peculiar religion
of Japan might be imposed upon the
people OF the islands.
A Moral Obligation.
Dozens of men, Republicans as well
as Democrats, have expressed the de-
sire to be rid Of the Philippines. but at
the same time they say that there Is a
moral obligation on the part OF the
United States to maintain control and
to educate and lead the people Of the
islands until they are capable OF man
aging their w affairs. When 1t
comes to giving the Philippines indie
pendence or a measure of independ-
ence 1t is also found that our people
must either 'scuttle' or retain control.
As to Gag Rules.
Ever since Tom Reed In the Fifty
first congress provided for a special
order, generally known as gag rule"
both parties have used 1t In such dras-
tic manne as was necessary to ac-
complish their purposes. 1t is Idle for
one party or the other to claim that
either one is going further and doing
worse, for each has gone as far as Ii
necessary at all times. When this mat
ter was under discussion recently Len
root of Wisconsin vas vigorously be-
laboring the Democrats for the gag
rule proposition, which brought out the
statement from PAT Harrison of Mis-
sissippi that 1.-The Republicans when In
power used the gag rule as often AS
we have"
And you remember what happened
to them" replied Lenroot.
And, while that sounded pretty well.
1t must be acknowledged that Ii was
not because OF any procedure I'm con-
gress that the Republicans were de-
feated In 1910 and 1912.
Hampton and Pegasus
Something has got to be done with
]. Hampton Moore. who represents a
Philadelphia district. He has broken
out into poetry In a way that is almost
shocking. Not long ago he turned loose
seven ~stanzas, all about Sloan Of Ne
DIhShd. Ildhlptpn Sdtd Lhut bG uuShSA
Off the verses In the early morning.
having risen with the sun for that pur-
pose.
Sloan said that IL this latest effusion
of Moore had been written sooner he
would have had Moore's name included
I'm the fifty immortals which were pro-
vided for in a bill which recently pass
ed the house. "He Is the veritable little
early riser poet of the Delaware" was
one of Sloan's remarks during the dis
cussion.
A Well Deserved Tribute.
One day there was Il discussion In
the senate which related to western
affairs. Senator Gallinger of New
Hampshire took a hand, saying he de-
sired to do what the western men
wanted. A little later Senator Mark
Smith Of Arizona, who Off and on for
more than thirty years has represent
ed his state and territory In both
houses of congress, said:
II take pleasure now and have taken
pleasure ever since / have been in
public life In paying what slight tribute
l could, and / do it from my heart, to
the broad generosity that the enato
from New Hampshire has shown In
the fight which has been made by the
western states for a broader recogni-
ton by the federal government !
want that senator to feel that when
he shall have quit a busy career IN
public life, when he shall be known
no longer among us here, there will be
grateful words everywhere In the west
for his services to them and that those
people will pay a tribute Of their In
tense admiration-aye, Of their affec'
tion-for the honored senator who new
er once In all our struggles has aban
doned our cause, but who has Otter
stood alone among all New England
senators In advocacy Of justice to the
people of the western states"
It Is an interesting fact that when
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