The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-01
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

oming Classed as Doubtful.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, Aug. 30-lSpeciaLI-
Two old men have at different times
made effective pleas for wiping out
sectionalism in this country. one was
several years ago. when General James
Gordon of Mississippi. after a few
months In the senate. made "A wonder.
full speech advocating the end of all
sectional bitterness. He had been a
Confederate soldier for four years.
Not long ago Senator Tillman made
a most earnest plea for "A united coun-
try. with all trace of the civil war re-
moved. The first speech was not so
surprising as the latter, for Gordon
had not earned the reputation which
has been Tfllman's for so many years.
No man has hurled quite so much
vitriol at the north as Tillman. No
man from the south ever appeared In
congress quite so untamed and unre-
constructed as this South Carolina
man.
But he is a changed Tillman: he Is
old; Ill health has lost his strength.
and he is aware that the end Is not
far away. He Is a peaceful. kindly
gentleman. with nothing but the best
wishes i'm his heart for the whole coun
try.
Indiana and Wyoming.
The first campaign table sent out by
the Republican national committee did
not include either Indiana or Wyoming
among the sure Republican states. Ii
is not surprising as to Indiana. for that
is conceded by everybody to be doubt
full until the votes are counted. But
Wyoming Is a surprise. for IL has been
Republican for twenty years. save In
the last election. which was not a fair
test. Wyoming Republicans assert
that their state Is as surely Republican
as Massachusetts,.
Reed Has a Real Fight.
Senator Reed OF Missouri was having
a sort of sham fight with Senator Sher-
man of Illinois owe Samuel Gompers.
Now. Reed likes any kind of a fight.
even a sham battle In the senate. But
on this occasion he was nervous and
seemed iii at ease Finally he arose
and explained:
II have made arrangements TO leave
the city, and | hope the senator from
Illinois will pardon me for leaving
while he il speaking"
Then he left the chamber 10 take a
train for Missouri. where he has a real
fight on his hands. He is up against
Walter Dickey. the Republican candi-
date. who knows Missouri politics and
Is an all around hustler.
Robinson's Way. /,
Senator Robinson OF Arkansas was
congratulated upon the manner In
which he pushed the child labor bill
through the senate.
The way to get a bill through" he
replied. is TO keep your mouth shut.
Some of the senator's In charge of a
bill seem to think they must answer
every assertion made by an opponent.
They keep ON talking and keep up a
long debate, which no one listens to
and no one reads. The newspapers
know what 1t means and do not print
any of 1t. and it is lost. Meanwhile
the bin has been delayed"
TumuIty's Little Joke.
One of the active woman suffragists
ven to the White House and was
telling Secretary Tumulty what the
Democrats ought TO do. particularly I'm
sending out women speakers In the
suffrage states.
You have no n out west who Is
helping the Democratic party" she
said.
"Oh. YES" responded Tumulty:
Hughes is doing that for u.s."
Without Opposition.
Congressman Ellsworth OF the Sec
md Minnesota district. a district that
was for eight years represented by a
Democrat. has no opposition. The
Democrats did not nominate a candi-
date against him. and 1t is not likely
that any one will care to run indie
pendent. Ellsworth has been In the
house only two terms. but seems to
have made good In his district.
No One In Washington.
"Who said the president was not a
good Politician" asked Congressman
Borland Of Missouri. and the reply
was. mo n in Washington" The
fact is that many people who supposed
that Woodrow Wilson was a political
novice have changed their minds.
They think he Is as good a politician
rs Roosevelt was I'm his best and most
successful days.
Without Making a Dent.
1t must be a queer sort Of a con.
sressman who cannot make a dent In
four Years. But 1T seems that there
are men who come to Washington and
remain for that length of time and
they never become known. Generally
such men are retired by their home
people. for the folks like to have a man