Alma record., 1916-01-27
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

NOW All ". ". Y. POSSIBILITIES AFs
Senators Except a Judge and Colonel
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, Jan pc. - Special. J.
Four years ago when there were sc
many Democratic candidates for pres
ident none was from the United States
senate, although two OF the most prom
inent possibilities were in the house of
representatives. This year there are
no candidates for president in the
house on the Republican side, although
there are several candidates and a
number of possibilities in the senate.
And yet the impression seems to be
that the Republican candidate will not
be senator. Something tells the aver
age politician that the Republican
choice viii fall outside of the senate.
A Sphinx With Whiskers.
Very seldom do cartoonists put
whiskers on n sphinx, but It appears
that the sphinx OF the Republican pres
idental situation Is Ornamented with
whiskers. THAT animated feather
duster." as William r. Hearst once re
marked, and Hearst knew. for he ran
against him for governor and was de
feated. Is giving Republicans n great
deal of concern these days. If the as
sociate justice Of whom we hear SO !
much does not break the silence pretty
soon there is danger OF some fellows
blowing up
Clark and Bryan.
All there is 20 the story that Bryan
would be likely TO support Champ
Clark in order TO defeat Wilson for /
the nomination is the fact that one or
two active Bryan men have been I'm
quiring around 10 see if Champ could /
be induced To run against Wilson.
They didn't even 20 SO far as to prof
fer Bryan support. Nor lid they ap-
proach Clark with the pro- ition. one
can readily imagine how much faith |
Champ would put in a Bryan proposi
ton after his experience at Baltimore.
Oleomsrgsrne In the Pot.
we have put everything into the
pot" remarked n member OF the ways
and means committee. We are going
TO put in everything which would seem
to afford the possibility of taxation In
order to raise money for war prepara
ton When the time comes we will
sort out that which seems least bur
densome to the people
Among things which "have gone into
the pot" is a proposition to reduce the
tax on oleomargarine to revenue
producing point. At present II is pro
hiblhve almost, but II II was simply
taxed to get revenue 1t Is estimated
that 100000 or S5.OOO.OOO would be
raised
1--WE will have TO drop IL out" said
the member Already the mere sug
gestion has raised howl from the
dairy districts, which shows that we
could not pass it
Williams Belief In Wilson.
1t seemed almost impossible that
John Sharp Williams should sound the
tocsin that one man power is desirable
he who has discoursed long and elo
quently on the beauties OF democracy
Speaking OF our foreign relations. he
said:
81 am sorry that congress had to
meet right now. | think that our dip.
Iomatic affairs would have been more
wN"ly handled by man OF long
vision and deep vision and tender
vision than they are apt to be when
they are made the game OF battle
dore and shuttlecock on the floor OF
the two houses
The time was when Williams be
lieved congress ought 10 have its say
about the affairs OF the nation.
Preparedness and Peace.
Ii happened that there were two
conventions for preparedness aud
convention for peace and anti-prepar-
edness going ON at one big hotel I'm
Washington. The sessions were being
held at the same time IL was all the
hotel employees could do TO keep them
from getting mixed and to steer the
right people into the right place. We
have our war troubles in Washington
as well as elsewhere.
What's He There For7
What does Jim Mann imagine ne is
minority leader forf Here Is one of
his utterances recently: "1t is one OF
the pcculiarties of politics that when
the Democrats are short of other
things they abuse the Republican lead
er. That Is always safe. IL never
takes either acumen, intelligence nor
any other attribute which naturally
belongs 10 a member Of congress"
or course If the man to whom that
was addressed was anything but a
ball he would have been crush
ed. But IL happened TO be Congress-
man Raker of California, and he re-
covered as quickly as said rubber ball.
Critics Shining Mark.
Senator Sherman unloaded this on
the senate during recent speech: at
Is characteristic Of the most prominent
critics that their chief function is TO
rriticise people who run for office and
are sometimes successful In being
elected. They become shining marks
for the critics"