The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14

lie no uOuDI fecelNeu u StIOHB HulNh
that the campaign must not neglect
the tariff this year.
Big Promises Made.
Another feature OF the meeting was
the big promises made. Senator Hard
ing promised Il majority OF 100000 In
Ohio; Senator Curtis promised the cleo
toral vote OF Kansas, a delegation OF
eight Republicans In the house instead
of two, as at present. and as a mem
Der Of the Republican senatorial com
mittee he promised a Republican sen.
ate after this election.
or course this confidence is neces
sary to offset the confidence every
where expressed by the Democrats, or
at least by most of them. Just what SO
much confidence is based on, in view
OF the general apathy everywhere pre-
vailing and the good times which the
country is enjoying. is hard to see. but
these Republicans and Democrats are
just as confident In private converse
ton as In public utterance.
Penrose and the Plain People.
During an interesting running de
bate between Senator Stone OF Mis-
souri, and Senator Penrose of Pennsyl
vania Stone frequently twitted Penrose
for his absence from the senate. &c
which Penrose replied:
Il have taken advantage OF my op
portunlties to go home and mix with
the plain people and derive inspira-
ton from that association. which to ms
is as refreshing as
"a shower BATH" interrupted StoIA
A drink Of water from a pure
spring on a mountain top" went on
Penrose.
Inquiries About Hitchcock.
The question is frequently asked II
Frank Hitchcock is TO have any place
In the Republican campaign. Quite l.
number OF persons regret that his
knowledge is not made use OF at this
time. Perhaps 1t does not occur to
them that a man who has been chair
man of IA national committee would
subordinate TO some other man unless
It was under some very exceptional
circumstances
HilI's Seventy fret Milestone.
Ebenezer j. Hill, the man whom
Champ Clark named Young Figures"
In the house che day OF account OF his
always being prepared to back his ar
guments with facts and figures, has
passed his seventy-first birthday.
Champ used the word young" because
he had named General Grosvenor "Old
Figures"
Although seventy-one years old. the
Connecticut man Is mighty active and
industrious. He has a wide range OF
information on all economic and COM
mercial questions.
Hopes to Defeat Sutherland.
william II. King OF Utah was III
Washington some time ago. lie hopes
to be elected In place OF Senator Suth-
erland and talks about Utah going
Democratic. King was in congress sew
eral years ago, and i took occasion TO
look over his biography and add up
the years he had held different offices
at that time, and | found that they
amounted to more years than he had
age. 1t happened that for many years
he held two offices at "A time.
Jim Watson, Campaioner.
Former Congressman Jim Watson Is
running for senator In Indiana and
has a right lively fight against John
W Kern but they are going 70 Use
him I'm Maine because 1t Is regarded
as important to cur a good Repub-
lican victory In that state In order to
give the campaign a boost. Jim Wat.
son was an active man when a mem
Der OF the house.
Washington Widows.
Senator Nelson amused the senate
one day in discussing taxation In the
District OF Columbia. Zone reason
why you don't increase this tax" he
said, rs because II may affect the poor
widows Of Washington. those poor
widows who live In magnificent resi-
dences In the fashionable part of the
city and ride In automobiles and dress
in silks. | am not hostile to these
widows, but | do think they ought to
pay taxes 0 IN money, stocks and bonds
which they own and return them an In
come OF which they make such z law
ish display"