The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-27
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pose Either 7. R, or Hughes.
DELEGATES ARE IN CONTROL
No Convention of Recent Years Has
Been Under Such Absolute Domino
ton of Representatives of the People
as Will Be the Gathering In Chicago
on June 7.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

~ NJ w UNIV
Washington, May 25.-[special1-All
sorts of political stories are set afloat
I'm Washington these days. We hear
from time to time that a group of pow
erful politicians and a group OF money
ed men have agreed upon the Repub-
lican candidate. Sometimes 1t is Is said
that former Senator Root has been Sc
lected, at other times Burton, Weeks
or some man who IL to be sprung as "a
dark horse ut the suspicious time.
One interesting feature about these
rumors IL the fact that 1t Is never stat
ed that the groups Of politicians or
business men have agreed upon either
Justice Hughes or Colonel Roosevelt.
Perhaps this is because II is quite well
understood that politicians and many
OF the big business men would prefer
almost any other candidate than either
the colonel or the associate justice.
Delegates Will Decide.
1t is well to state that there has not
been a Republican convention I'm many
years that will be so thoroughly under
the control of the delegates chosen by
the various states as the one assem-
bling on June Z. No group Of politi-
clans or business men will he able to
control a majority OF these delegates,
according TO the best information that
has been received thus far.
Probably there was no time when
groups Of politicians and big business
men had n greater control than I'm 1883.
and In the ina determination il Is well
known that they had much TO do with
the selection of the nominee. Since
that time the candidate has been Sc
lected long in advance of the assem-
bling OF the convention.
In this year of 1916 the Republicans
assemble with more doubt as to who
will be the ultimate choice than ut any
time since 'SS. The general impress.
sion seems to be that either Hughes or
Roosevelt viii finally land the prize.
Thinks He VIII Be Elected.
Senator Ashurst OF Arizona thinks
he will be reelected next fall. His seat
Is one of those which the Republicans
have In view with the idea of gaining
control OF the senate. "Of course |
will be reelected" remarked Ashurst.
"If | did not think so | would issue
n statement saying that my personal
business demanded my time and that
| could not afford another term I'm the
senate. | believe that IL the general
formula OF men who come to the con-
clusion that the people prefer some
other man."
"CaIcimining the Mississippi"
When the flood control bin was I'M
der consideration In the house Con
gresham Fitzgerald. chairman OF the
committee on appropriations. remark
ed that they are calcimining the Mis-
sissippi river" lie referred to the
statements then made that I'm order to
make the Mississippi river n naviga-
BILE stream the banks would have to
be reverted nearly its entire length.
at is not for navigation said this
New York member, and he then quoted
a remark frequently heard during the
discussion, 1T In to prevent the over
flow OF many millions OF acres OF lands
which I'm time will produce seven or
eight hundred millions of dollars
worth OF crops each year."
The chairman OF the appropriations
committee was 0 well pleased with
the flood control bill.
Regarding a Suffrage Plank.
One delicate question which the Re
publican national convention will have
to decide is whether TO incorporate "A
woman suffrage plank In the platform.
There Is going to be IA greater demand
for n suffrage plank than ever before.
and the argument win be made that n
majority of Republicans have general.
ly voted for suffrage.
On the other hand, a number of
prominent men In the party are op-
posed to suffrage. and the action of the
states of New York, Pennsylvania.
Massachusetts and New Jersey. which
voted on the subject last year, will be
cited as a reason why this Is mo- the
time to make suffrage al issue.
An argument which the su~ffragists
will use Is that the women vote for
presidential electors In eleven states
and that the party which puts suffrage
In the platform viii be sure Of those
states. This will be met by the oun
ter argument that the suffrage ques-
ton ought not TO- to be made an is
sue between the parties, especially
when there are so many other subjects
of prime importance which must be is
sues In the campaign.
Had Heard the Expression.
Speaker Champ Clark I'm advocating
the rural credits bin quoted from the
Democratic platform a plank in sup
port of the measure and then turned
to the Republican platform. 1.-The Re
publicans raised us at our own game"
remarked Champ. ITO use the phraseol-
Ogy of a game l have heard much
about, but do not understand" There
were not many members of the house.
however, who did not understand the