The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-26
WHAT WILL He DO NOW?
Will He Be Nominated at Chicago7
Will He Support the Nominee7-Wit
He Head a Third Ticket7-These Are
Some Of the Questions That Repub-
Iican1 Will Have to Answer.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

everybody wondered what he would do
next, and there was always some doubt
az to just what position he would take
In various states on political questions.
Even after his positive declaration
that he would not be a candidate for
president again there were four years
of third term talk, and men continually
boosted him for the place, and many
believed that he would finally ac-
cept 1t.
The Republican party Is now going
TO a national convention. and Roose-
welt Is still the big interrogation point.
VIII he be nominated? WIN he sup
port the nominee? VIII he head a
third ticket? And many other similar
queries are heard on all sides.
Why Roosevelt is important.
Roosevelt's position becomes impor-
tant because there Is "A general belief
that what he does will determine the
result in November. At least it is be
lieved by everybody that he can make
1t impossible for the Republicans To
WILL Ju1A 10 liz III IphA SNdAN hEN- ~
Roosevelt refuses TO support the nomi-
nee of the Republicans and runs indie
pendently OF supports an independent
ticket 1t is almost certain that Wilson
will be reelected. once in awhile a
Republican Is heard to say that they
can elect their candidate no matter
what Roosevelt does, but there are
few Republicans who would take any
such position.
And SO the most important thing in
regard to the Republican convention
as important as the naming of the can
didate-is the position that Roosevelt
will take after the nomination is made.
Publicity Bills Wait.
All bills providing for greater pub
lefty OF campaign collections and eX-
penditures and intended to prevent
men interested In politics from spend
ing money have been allowed to wait.
Ii is not expected that they will pass
in time to have any effect upon the
coming elections. In fact. to have
been of much effect they should have
been passed long before the national
conventions. although II appears that
less money has been spent upon the
preliminary canvass this year than
ever before.
Newspaper Man and Financier.
Carter Glass, who before he came to
congress devoted his entire time to
publishing a newspaper at Lynchburg.
Va, has developed into the leading
financier in the house of representa-
tives. Previous to the time Glass was
made chairman of the committee on
banking and currency Ii was almost
impossible to get a measure out of
that committee relating to the cur
rency. Now a number Of bills have
been reported and one, the federal re
serve act, Is in operation. Another, the
rural credits bill, is likely to be in OPP
Grafton before the end of the year.
Contests Not important.
Although there are n great many con
tests from the south, as there are IN
every Republican convention, the set
Element Of these contests will not de
termine the result of the convention,
as has happened several times before
There are men to this day who believe
that the settlement of the contests
from the south In 1896 secured the
nomination of Mckinley. There are
others who went on record as saying
that the steam roller methods in 1905
resulted In the nomination of Taft
And there Is not the least question
that the settlement of the contests In
1912 determined the nomination Of tn,
candidate. The contests this year hav,
no bearing upon the succes of any
particular candidate.
"No Stopping Them"
when a woman becomes interested
In preparedness she stops at nothing
was the remark of q man at the capt
tol. THE women | know who are in
terested In preparedness are willing t
20 the whole length, and they writ,
me that they not only want the gov
eminent to be well prepared. but they
ARE perfectly willing to have their son,
enlisted and trained in the reserves 70
the defense of the country"
Thomas Has Been Learning.
Senator Thomas of Colorado told tn,
senate the other day that he had learn
ed much since he came to the senate
II have learned that ~partisanship dis
appears when W. look beyond on
short lives" he said. Il have learned
too, that 1t disappears when we lool
toward the national treasury. TIL
compelling reason l have also learned
1t is that the people are in each situa
ton behind us and are also withou
the domain of craftsmanship"
Curiously enough, a great many me
clamoring for reforms and for reducing
the expenditures of the general govern
ment forget that the people want thos,
expenditures.