The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-07

III Is all very Wen 10 talk ABOUT lNOose
welt raising a division. becoming ma
ior general and going into the war In
Mexico. but first he must be appointed
a major general, and the appointment
must come from Woodrow Wilson. Is
IL 10 be expected that the president
would appoint Roosevelt in view of
what the colonel has said about the
manner In which the administration
has been conductedI Not II he IL the .
kind of man | think he is.
More than that Wilson Is not likely I
to make a man like Roosevelt "a great .
biz political war hero; not just at this
time. when Roosevelt Is doing every
thing possible to elect another man In
Wilson'S place.
Tom Benton's Attempt.
This matter OF political war heroes
started Champ Clark going, and no
man is better equipped than he TO tell
political "reminiscences OF personal
kind.
Tom Benton tried TO make himself
president by becoming the war hero
of the last war with Mexico" said the
speaker "He tried TO have Il bill
passed making the senior colonel IN
the army a lieutenant general, which
would have given him command In
Mexico. as he was then the senior
colonel. although senator. His OPP
ponents were able TO defeat his bill by
three votes Polk would have signed
IL and appointed Benton. Benton knew
that the Mexican war would make n
president lt made two. Taylor and
Pierce"
Choice of Words.
In legislation the word war" was
carefully avoided. In providing for
troops 20 20 to Mexico and paying for
them the word emergency" supplant.
eel that awful word war" Perhaps
the idea was TO maintain peace. and as
4 long as we keep out OF war the better
! the country will be satisfied. IL seems
/ all right TO get involved In an "emer-
gency," but war, never. The avoidance
of the word aroused Uncle Joe Cannon.
There is great deal OF talk about
an emergency" he said. why, you
may call "A spade a trowel, but that
does not make ii trowel You may
say there is no war. but they are fight
ing down there In Mexico"
Keeper of the Records.
Congressman Tess of Ohio Is the real
keeper of the records. From the begin
ming of the present war he has con
tinued to have published record OF
diplomatic correspondence and state
ments by governments. He has done
the same In regard to the affairs In
Mexico. All OF the official documents
have been kept In convenient and chron-
ologieal form by the painstaking Ohio
representative.
Victory For Ashurst.
1t was virtual victory for Senator
Ashurst in his fight against the blue
tag extension I'm the postotfice appropri-
alton bill lie forced In amendments
which make il possible for publishers 10
take their grievances into court Ii they
think they are not getting fair deal al
| the postofiiee department. Heretofore
! ali such cases have been thrown out on
j the ground that the postmaster general
had discretionary powers In the ad-
ministration OF the postal affairs OF the
government The Arizona senator
would have won a fiat victory but for
the amendments offered.
Booming of the Cannon.
Cannon was booming in the house
Uncle Joe Cannon The veteran was
/ asserting that there was war in Mexi-
! co now. and he wanted IL prosecuted
, with vigor Garner of Texas inter
/ rupted him to ask him If he indorsed
; the war we We're having with Mexico.
2 IF you want me 10 say that / in
! dorse the course OF our president
7 Woodrow Wilson, God forbid. Dc
you?"
Z - good deal" replied Garner.
"A good deal the gentleman says,
, retorted Cannon in tone that turned
! the laugh on the Texan.
4 The Trouble In kentucky.
< Congressman Thomas OF Kentucky
l does not talk often nor long In the
+ house but he usually has an audience
+ He started in against the Republican
party the other day with only few
minutes TO talk. He wanted TO tel
the whole world about the Republicans
G II would like to get out on the stumT
j In some other states" said Thomas
: "sf il was not for the fact that there
o are So many Republicans In Kentuck.
: = and in my district | should he asham
J. ed TO vote the Republican ticket io,
have got Roosevelt on your hands ant
i you don't know what TO do with him
& You are simply wandering somnambu
lists with vanished dream. You wh'
are for Roosevelt dare not say so be
cause you are afraid Hughes will no
give you the Offices"