The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-19
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

Washington, July 19.-ISpecial J.
The house OF Representatives decided 4
not to exclude its members from serv-
ice on the proposed tariff commission.
Just why congress should desire such
exclusion is no mystery Men who /.
proposed to exclude members OF con
gress did not want a tariff commission f
loaded up with lot of "lame ducks"
after the next election.
Every election sees the defeat OF sew
eral popular men I'm both house and
senate. Immediately their friends ap-
ply to the federal administration to
secure places for them. the idea seem
ing TO be that men who have served ia
congress and who have been defeated
by their constituents are entitled To a
place on the payroll. The men who
framed the tariff commission bin did
not want the commission composed OF
this lame duck brigade They knew
the brand. But Nick LongwOrth went
TO bat and had the provision stricken
out In a way he was right. Ii was
reflection upon congress 20 legislate
that Its members should not hold these
positions
The Old 6.ttIesround.
According TO a shrewd observer, such
as Senator James Hamilton Lewis OF II
nnois, the presidential contest this fall
viii be the same old battle ground.
New York. Ohio and Indiana. He ex
presses the opinion that Mr. Wilson
will carry all these states and be elect
ed, and he indicates that these states
are likely to settle the presidential
election. IL Is a good guess any year
that man who can carry those three
states WIN carry enough others In
fiuenced by the same conditions. 10 be
elected president
AT War or Peace.
Perhaps the militia boys. those who
have been drafted into the service OF
the United States and are now on the
border or on their way there. would
Ike 10 know whether we are at war or
at peace. or course IL was a war con
dition that caused the passage OF the
resolution providing for drafting these
militiamen. There was no other rea-
son for sending them against the Mex
lean frontier, but what seems To puzzle
quite a number OF people is whether
they are to be used for war or simply
as a precautionary force.
Buy or Conquer.
Meyer London. the New York Social
list In congress- spoke frankly about the
condition In Mexico. He asserted that
IL we ever went into Mexico we would
not come out unless we had taken a
large slice OF the territory as indemni-
". And that Is what Is lurking I'm the
minds OF most people. Now comes the
proposition that the United States
should buy a large slice OF Mexico. the
northern territory and Lower Califor-
mia. We won't buy because Mexico
won't sell Ultfmately-no one can tell
when-we win take By conquest this
territory and then pay Mexico an in
demnity.
HsmIlton's Eplgrams-
Congressman Hamilton OF Michigan
I'm an epigrammatic speech passed
number OF good natured thrusts at his
Democratic associates. Here are sam.
pies:
Most OF you are conscientious and
patriotic and come from districts
where they vote the Democratic ticket
from force OF habit, so that 10 be a
Torrance But the sum total OF these
automatic results is an aggregation
controlled by executive dictation."
There are a good many luminaries
among you, OF course, but each one OF
you wants to be a separate solar sys-
TEN all by himself. when I'm reality you
are only sparks In the tail OF the presi-
dents comet"
Honest congrsssmen.
One OF the members OF congress
wanted to be excused from voting on
the Kitchin revenue bill because he
owned stock in dye factory.
III that rule should prevail we
would have no vote" said Speaker
Clark, "as every member of the house
Is more or less interested I'm the bill"
Every honest man In this house
pays an income tax under the law" as
serted Minority Leader Mann.
He pays 1t not because he is hon
est" replied Champ. but because the
sergeant-at-arms takes 1T out Of his
salary"
Martins Bills Go Through.
It might be interesting to inquire why
1t IS that the big appropriation bills
which are In charge OF Senator Martin
OF Virginia go through with rapidity
while those In charge OF outside com
mittees are 30 long delayed. Martin Il
no dress parade man. He likes to have
!. xbA power his chairmanship gives him
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