The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-11-17
WELL, THIS IS
HOW IT HAPPENED
Both Parties Are Doing Z Lot
Of Explaining.
COL. ROOSEVELT IN 1920?
That's the Way II Lsoks to . Great
Many-Thsrs Never Was an Election
In Which Honsst Fc~rscastino Was -
Difficult ~ In This ors--Caldsr .
Hard Worker.
~ ARTHUR w. DUNN.

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began 4 series OF comments which
showed that there Is still u line Of
demarcation between the Old Guard
stsndpat element and the progressive
element In the Republican party.
During the trying days after the
election there were rumors and rom
ments and intlmations. For instance.
II was asserted That there should have
been no reason for doubt In the strong
Progressive states like Minnesota and
California and a number OF other
states In which the colonel ran 50
strong In 1912 unless his friends did
not want a Republican elected, the
idea being that the Republican party
must turn to Roosevelt In 1920.
This comment IN not quite fair when
Il Ii remembered that the former FRO
gressives saved rhe Republicans Ia sew.
Roosevelt votes which made Illinois.
Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin Re
publican.
When Il Wa Tee Late.
OF course 4 number OF politicians
saw their errors when II was too late.
Very early the Republican managers
chalked up as surc states Kansas.
Minnesota and California. II was
found before election that the latter
two were In bad condition for the a..
o. r.. but Kansas did not wake M
the management TIL election night.
Party Prophets.
-Four years hence there will be Just
AS many party prophets predicting
election sweeps ~ there were this
year, and they will he m near ana
far on Ms this year. Political forecast
Ing. like weather ~forecasting, depends
for success upon a wide survey Of n
large area and the Judgment ms to
what the signs mean. This year n
WAS never easy Il tell who was going
To he elected.
Why7 Why2 Why7
IL Will be a long time before people
get through asking questions about the
e~lection--as. for instance. why should
there be such 4 difference In sentiment
between people Of Iowa and people or
Minnesota. In adjoining states. WHY
should North Dakota differ SO much
with Its twin. South Dakota. when
they are SO close together? Why
should Kansas and Nebraska differ 30
much In sentiment with Iowa? And.
more difficult to fathom than all else.
why should Ohio differ so much with
Pennsylvania on the east, Indiana on
the west and Michigan on the north?
These questions will give the poll
ticians cause for speculation for many
years to come.
Tho Meman's Special
The trail Of the woman's special
which went out to capture the west
for Hughes seems to have left con-.
siderable doubt ~ to the effectiveness
OF that kind Of campaigning. A man
running his finger over the political
map called on the names OF the fol
lowing states: Minnesota. North pa
kota, Montana. Ideho. Washington.
Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mex
leo. Utah, Wyoming, Nevada. Colorado.
Nebraska. Kansas and Missouri. II
was expected that all OF these states
were to be Influenced favorably by the
o u Of the women. but In scanning
the election returns 1t is observed that
there Is mighty little comfort for the
Republicans In those states. nearly all
OF which have been Republican In
times past.
Calder . Hard Worker.
The newly elected senator from New
York, William NJ. Calder, il known Is
OF the hardest working mel ever
In the house. Calder began early and
kept going all day. He was persistent
In the departments, and many = man
secured = job because OF Calder's con-
slant vigilance and many visits 10 the
appointing power. 1t Is said that he
could keep more employees In the
Brooklyn navy yard than any two
Democratic congressman. although
franklin Roosevelt. the assistant sec
Rotary. who has charge OF these mat
tiers. has done what he could to get
Calder's men ont. One reason for Cal
ders large vote II because he IL al
ways doing something for somebody.
sA Net Properly Advertised.
There is 4 very large amount Of tilla-
Bile land In the United States. much
OF Il located SO that It can be irrigated,
which remains undisposed OF because
It = not properly advertised. Take
It or leave It. seems 10 he the business
method Of the government. There
ml1st be many thousands OF people
who would be glad Il 70 on good farm
lands II they knew where they could
get them or II such lands were brought
to their attention. 1t wal advertising
1ar0s by the Canadian governnont
thatstoeksse many people - Canada.