The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-04-05
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.


They are talking about speeding up"
legislation. If congress wants to get
through before the elections IL is high
time that the speeding up process
began. But even with all manner OF
speed IL Is doubtful whether much
haste viii be made.
There never was n time I'm congress
when there was such n desire to talk
upon n"onessential matters. Page aft
er page OF the Congressional Record is
devoted to n discussion of minor mat
tiers, propositions that ought to be dis
posed Of In a minute, and those which
need not more than ten minutes for
explanation take an hour. 1t is be
cause one man after another wants to
talk, wants to see his words I'm print.
or for some reason the talk goes on and
on with repeated explanations.
Cheering Hughes.
There were cheers In the house the
other day for Justice Hughes, but no
echo came from the supreme bench,
only n short distance AWAY. Congress
man Fess OF Ohio mentioned him as
n of the products OF Brown univer-
sity. There was loud applause on the
Republican side.
rs Hughes nominated now?' in
CURED Gallagher of Illinois.
when Ohio leaves off the habit OF
supplying the nomination we may come
TO the supreme court" replied Fess.
II did not YIELD" remarked Burnett
OF Alabama, in charge of the immigra-
ton bin, I'm order to allow you to
nominate a president"
II withdraw the nomination." re-
sponded Tess.
What VIII Wilson Dor
IL the immigration bill gets through
the senate, and 1t will pass that body
II 1t Is brought up, the question nat
urnlly arises as TO what President VIII
son will do with IL. lie vetoed 1t with
some reluctance the last time Ii was
presented TO him. To veto 1t again In
view Of the larger vote in its favor
may have quite n ~farreaching political
effect. The opponents of the bill doubt
whether he will veto IL this time.
Let Us Have EN- All Back"
"Oh. let US have 'em all back! Let
US enjoy the good old days for another
four years. | say bring back Teddy.
DIR. Wiley, Willis Moore and all the
fellows who were constantly doing
things, who stirred up the animals and
kept 'em growing day and night"
The fellow who made that statement
vas n Of the men who has a desire
for excitement In public affairs. He Is
jaded by war news and bandits.
Does Not Expect It.
William Alden Smith does not expect
to be nominated by the Republicans
next June. IF my people want to
vote for me that is all right" remark
cd the Michigan senator. II shall be
grateful TO them. They have already
honored me more than | expected. I
shall not do anything to secure the
delegation. / rather think there IL a
strong sentiment In my state for JUS
tice Hughes. / do not delude myself
into expecting the Republican nomina-
ton. or course / would be pleased IL
1t came my way, but my head Is not
turned because my name has been
mentioned
Ashurst Remembered.
When Senator Ashurst was trying to
get his Indian appropriation bill
through the senate the suggestion was
made TO him that he let 1t be laid aside
while other matters were considered.
II will not do that" replied the Ari-
IONA senator. II was accommodating,
yielded often and tried to be nice to
everybody last year, and lost my bill.
/ am not going to be caught out on
that limb this year"
Gallinger Shocked.
A paragraph relating to Florida In
dams was reached during the consid-
Grafton Of the Indian appropriation
bill.
"This Is a real shock to me-" remark
ed Senator Gallinger. "Here is an ap-
preparation reduced from $1,000 to ST.
600. / suppose there must be some ex-
PLANTATION of It."
TT Is in line with Democratic poll
cy," remarked MARITIME Of New Jersey.
"An evidence of Democratic econo-
my" sarcastically remarked the New
Hampshire senator.
Will Look After Their Fences.
An opportunity is going to be given
many members Of congress to go home
and look after their fences. But MI
nority Leader Mann has determined
that there shall be an equal division
and that the Republicans will be grant
ed just as much time off as the Dem
ocrats. Two years ago the southern
Democrats stole q march on their op-
ponents. They went home early In the
session, and when their primaries were
held their campaigns were over. Then
Leader Underwood clamped down on
leaves Of absence and held the Repub-
leans here In the most exciting periods
Of the canvass.