The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-04-12
Cannot Give United Support
to Any One Man.
HUGHES THE MOST POPULAR
Meeting Between Colonel and Root Did
Much to Bring the Old Guard and the
Progressive Wings of the Party To-
gether - Expected That Roosevelt
Will Forgive Others.


The prominence of the Roosevelt can-
didacy may force the anti Roosevelt
in the Republican party to rally
around some other one candidate In
order to prevent the nomination of
Roosevelt at Chicago.
The trouble they have thus far ex-
perienced Is In rallying around any
man. OF course Hughes Is
the real possibility, but there are a
great many men who do not want
either Hughes or Roosevelt and who
say they prefer Roosevelt to Hughes
II they have to make a choice.
The Partial Forgiveness.
There Is no doubt that the meeting
between Roosevelt and Root threw n
great scare into everybody who truly
does not want Roosevelt to come back,
and 1t caused the real Roosevelt men
much citation. If Roosevelt can for
give Root, who presided both as tenn
porary and permanent chairman over
the convention I'm which he claimed
TO have been robbed of so many dele
gates. then he will be able to forgive
many others who opposed him four
years ago. But 1t will be found that
his forgiveness will not go to the ex-
tent OF accepting them as president.
Like the men who bolted Bryan I'm
1896 and by Bryan We're made forever
ineligible as presidential nominees of
the Democratic party, so the men who
took n prominent part In the defeat OF
Roosevelt at Chicago will not have a
clean bill of health from Il. II. for the
presidency. The reconciliation did not
mean that Roosevelt would support
Root for president, but 1t might have
meant that Root would be permitted
to support Roosevelt for that office.
The Great Prejudice.
We have begun to hear something
more about the great prejudice" eX-
listing I'm this country against taking a
nan from the supreme bench and max
ing him a presidential candidate. Late
ly this talk m from Democrats
who acknowledge that Hughes might
make IL difficult for the Democrats to
win. "We do not want TO see the su-
preme court made the hotbed of poll
tics" one OF the able Democrats said.
The political decisions of the gu
preme court, such as the bred Scott
decision, the greenback decisions, the
insular decisions, the lottery decisions
and the income tax decision are thus
recalled. They were not all party pc
litical decisions. Some OF them were
expediency decisions, but party poll
ties has played a great part In the
supreme court, even when there was
no talk Of taking one of It's members
for the presidency.
Patronage Disclosures.
During the criticism Of a certain
fund which Ii was said was being
used to get employees In the govern
ment service without occurs to the
civil service regulations Gardner of
Massachusetts asked:
"How did hat provision get into the
lawT'
II drafted II myself" replied Bennett
of New York, who was the chief critic.
II once got an employee In without
passing the civil service" said Gard
ner, land l rather liked that"
YES" replied Bennett. Under this
provision you got not one. but two. and
your father-in-law got two more"
Socialistio Logic.
talked thus about the pursuit of villa
when he got the floor for n short time
n day: You canno chase a bandit
with an army of $4,000 men, Just as
you cannot use a locomotive to chase
a bird. Within n few weeks we will
find our army deep In the territory of
Mexico and the people of Mexico rally
ing around the bandit MS n patriot"
What to Do With 100000 o
During the discussion OF the river and
harbor bill, which carries $4O,OO0,OO o
no one has suggested that the best use
that could be made of that vast sum
would be to improve the terminal and
harbor arrangements around the At
lantic seaboard SO that freights would
not be so congested. The expenditure
of these large amounts for rivers and
harbors is supposed to be for the pur-
pose Of benefting commerce, but no
greater benefit could be afforded com
merce than to remove the great cause
Of congestion at the seaboard.
Pension Legislation.
There seems to have been q truce ar
ranged In regard to pension Legislation
and the pension bills are passed with
out any objection. The southern men
who fought pensions so earnestly a
short time ago have all subsidized. Their
northern associates have persuaded
them that it is not good policy just as
a campaign is approaching, and so the
bills come In and pass as a matter OF
course. The old soldier Is being cared
for In these bills, but no one seems TO
begrudge a pension to any man who
fought In the civl wal.