The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-01-06
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

Washington. Jan. 5.-tSpecial. If
he real mission OF Colonel House II
hat which has been guessed hy
shrewd Observers he viii have quite
4 job on his hands and will be entitled
to a great deal of credit IL he succeeds.
IL is said that Colonel House Is Ia
Tx things up with the German govern
ment SO that there will be n better un-
Outstanding between the United States
and Germany. The idea is that such
an understanding win have n reflex
action ON American voters Of German
nativity and parentage who are now
~antagonistic toward the administra-
ton.
Ii that Is the true mission OF the
Texas colonel he has his work cut out
for him.
lacking Up" Diplomats.
The published version OF the mission
Of Colonel House il that he goes
abroad and win lack up diplomats
who represent America I'm Europe.
That mission Will be more delicate
than the other if he intends 20 tell the
ambassadors and ministers where they
have failed and what they should do
in the future. Ordinarily such action
would result in designations. but
House may be diplomat enough TO tell
these Americans what's what without
mourning real displeasure.
Want to Get Inside.
1t has been years since there was
such pressure for invitations to White
House functions as exists at the pres
ent time. The curious are anxious TO
see the first lady OF the land. the
White House bride. People who have
no claim whatever upon the president
or his official family. who are not in
>ocial life in Washington nor i'm any
amer connected with the govern
nent or what it Is doing, have boldly
gone to the White House and asked
for Invitations 10 the receptions. Ii
a be very easily understood where
a person Is invited that he or she
might ask for an invitation for a Wis
iting friend. but TO go and blindly ask
for an invitation for oneself seems
Just n bit strange.
Philippine Legislation.
In the last congress the Jones bill
for enlarging the government of the
Philippine Islands TO the advantage
OF the natives was held back. and no
action was taken by the senate until
late I'm the session. The senate com
mittee did not report IL until a short
time before the end OF the short SEES
sion. which meant Its death. This
year Senator Hitchcock. chairman OF
the Philippine committee. reported the
bill before the holiday recess. Ii Is
evident that something Is going TO be
done for the Fillplnos-not much, but
something.
What Mondell Knew.
During Mondells speech against pre-
paredness he was interrupted by Gard
ner. the real war scare, who asked:
do you compare the amateur strate-
gists with the naval expertsy"
"Oh, l am an amateur l admit
that" replied the Wyoming man.
$50 am l." said the Massachusetts
agitator.
IL am, however, continued Mondell.
like the fellow who had beer crit
icised for expressing a view 10 which
he had given some thought and who
said, Il may not know much. but what
little | do know | know as we'll "a
anybody"
Marshall In Uniform.
A rather strange looking figure en-
tered the senate wing OF the capitol
one day last week just as big Ollie
James was going out.
you don't know who / ann cried
the figure. and the bystanders recog-
nized the voice of the vice president.
II do not wonder. j nave just come
from the pan-American scientific con
gress and have been substituting for
the president, hence this high hat, this
frock coat. these other togs of aristoc-
racy."
Tax Goods In Cold Storage.
There is just a hint which sounds
good to q lot of consumers. 1T Is that
a tax may be levied by the United
States upon goods in cold storage. a
light tax for the first few weeks. but
increasing according to the length of
time the goods remain in storage. This
would give the government supervi-
sion OF cold storage and would also
make it expensive for the cold storage
plants. which now increase the cost OF
living.
Cooper For a Change.
Congressman Hal Cooper of Wiscon.
sin has been an insurgent of one kind
or another ever since he was In public
life. He is now serving his twentieth
rear in the house, and no one can say
just when he will break into a new
line Of thought and action. But he has
been a Republican all the time. though
enough Of an i%nsurgent to be a follow
er OF La Toilette in 1905. Just now he
II anxious to have n change in fho