The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-12

In Election.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington. Sept. Especial. l.
No complaint can be made that free
speech was denied 70 the members Of
congress during the first session of the
Sixty-fourth congress. or course there
never has been any question OF deny
ing speech to those who want TO talk
In the senate, because 1t would be of no
use. There every man talks as long as
he desires.
In the house there have been the pre-
vious question and other means of cut
ting off debate. On most questions, es-
pecially The more important measures
that have been considered, long speech
making has been cut off by a special
rule. But in the long run there has
been no such thing as stopping mem.
bers from talking. BY simply asking
permission to address the house any
time during the past six weeks any
member was allowed to occupy any
part Of an hour in talking.
leave to Print"
Besides that, there has been no denial
Of the leave to print" privilege. and
the result has been a very fat Congress
sional Record. Many members prefer
to make their speeches In their rooms
and let their stenographers write them
out. Those who want to give their en-
ployees a holiday or employ them on
more useful work talk TO the empty
benches In the house and have the Of
fetal stenographers take down the re
marks for publication I'm the Record.
The result Is about the same. for 40
one listens to the kind of oratory that
has beer spilled for weeks In these dull
house days.
Far Fetched Conclusion.
While Ii IL true that the liquor inter
ests were somewhat disturbed because
Governor Hughes came out so strongly
for woman suffrage. mainly because
prohibition and woman suffrage
amendments have always been coupled
In the movements I'm congress-. yet IL
took rather a long stretch OF the i'm
~agination OF the part Of a man who
was recently interviewed In Washing
ton TO figure out that Hughes was a
prohibitionist. This man seriously as
serted that Hughes would u~ndoubted
ly bring prohibition upon the country
II elected president. That is going
some" even for political purposes.
Now Willing to Sell.
For a long time Jefferson Levy of
New York resented the efforts of Mrs.
Martin w. Littleton of New York TO
secure by purchase Monticello, the old
home Of Thomas jefferson Finally he
consented to the sale as an act OF pa
triotism. Now he is quite anxious for
the government to buy the property.
But the government has not shown
much of a disposition 20 become the
purchaser. The government does not
ever own the old home Of George
Washington.
Votes In John Ericsson.
There must be votes In John Erics-
son. Come TO think of 1t. there are a
lot Of voters of Scandinavian descent
In the country. 1t appears that after
more han fifty years the government
discovered that John Ericsson with his
Monitor was one OF the great figures in
our history, so congress has appropri-
ated $50 900 for a monument to him.
Nearly the same amount will be spent
first and last In printing and Thanking
xh-.. %hO pnotg- CnAaahnC an fhfS
man. Scores of congressman have
made speeches about him and his ex-
ploits. Congressman Sloan of Nebras-
ka furnished the keynote and the
greater share of all that has beer said.
for many members simply said a few
words about the inventor and then In
corporated Sloan's speech In their re-
marks. But Ii makes a tribute to he
Swedish engineer.
The Strike and Politics.
The eight hour railroad legislation is
going to figure In the election to quite
an extent. That was a %foregone con
clusion. Members and senator's recog-
nized that from the first. Senator
Hoke Smith Of Georgia was asked
about the outcome Of the presidential
contest while the subject was still
pending and replied: 1T depends upon
how we handle the strike. We have
shown III capacity In everything we
have undertaken so far. and IL we
handle this In the right manner the
success Of the Democratic party this
fall is assured"
Had q Unique Experience.
Assistant Attorney General Graham.
who returned from campaigning In
Maine. had a unique experience. He
said he never In two weeks saw a
drunken man nor a saloon nor heard
any one ask for liquor.
Like All Commissions
The tariff commission Is the result
Of sentiment created throughout the