The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09

ject was M important feature of the
political campaign of that year. Not
only that year, but again In 1912, the
cost of living was "A leading issue, al
though 1t did not figure In the result ms
1t did In 1910.
From time to time the subject has
been debated in congress. generally
from a political standpoint. Partisans
have tried to make 1t political. and nat
urally, because ii was a subject which
was disturbing the people, and when
the people are disturbed 1t generally
affects politics.
Beyond Politics Now.
But the question has gone far be.
yond politics now, although IL may
have "A farreaching political effect at
some time In the future.
In a period Of ''the greatest prosper.
ity the country has ever known" to
quote a phrase familiar from one end
Of the country to the other. there ap.
pears the greatest kind of distress. Ii
has finally begun to dawn upon the
minds of those who have enjoyed that
great prosperity that a large portion OF
the people have not shared i'm IL.
They are the people who have caused
SO much annoyance In government cir
Giles. They have agitated Washington
as well as big industrial cities, and
the agitation seems to be taking on
greater proportions every day.
There has come to the national cap
ital enough to make men look grave
and try to find a solution for the crisis
about food.
How Did II Happen7
During the discussion of one OF the
big appropriation bills Speaker Clark
took a hand I'm the debate and asked
IL 1t was not true that congress rarely
appropriated as much money as the
various departments asked for and
recommended. He was informed that
such was the case. and then he put
this query:
How did the impression get abroad.
then, which Is almost universal, that
congress Is the e~xtravagant body of
the government instead of the admin
istration being the extravagant bodyf"
THAT Is the falsest impression that
ever got into the public mind" remark
ed Congressman Borland of Missouri.
''Of course 1t Is" responded the
speaker, and a little later he pointed
out that because the various depart
ments often exceeded the %appropria
tons of ngr a law was finally
passed making IL a criminal offense for
them to do IL.
Speaker Clark is always found stand
ing up for congress.
Lewis Boyhood Days.
Senator Wadsworth was discussing
the oleomargarine proposition In the
senate, and he was interrupted by Sen
ator Lewis of Illinois, who thus told
what he knew about making butter:
II remember as a boy in the south.
where | was reared, | would go out to
what we called the negro quarter.
where they would churn, using a little
wooden instrument with a top to 1t.
through the center of which a pole OF
some kind ran, and 1t was my JOY TO
be permitted to jiggle 1t up and down.
III Il Nh&h Ah1 wi was a
cd Off seeing little Jumps of what Inn
pressed my mind as a little boy as
looking like little yellow worms on
the surface of he contents OF the
churn. That was in the state of Geor-
gia. and l presume that that must have
occurred In the summer time, for, as |
gather from the senator's remarks, II
1t had been In September or November
the senator's Idea is that these little
particles would not have been yellow
Would Expose Too Much Surface.
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania was
criticising the administrations policy,
and Senator John Sharp Williams of
Mississippi, who was a great admirer
of Penrose. broke into the debate. say
ing:
What are you going to do with
those people? Suppose you stop the
'watchful waiting Of which you make
so much fun, and suppose that $4,000
American troops headed by the senator
from Pennsylvania go down to reduce
Mexico to order-what are you going
to do with themT"
I'm all my criticism Of the Mexican
situation" responded Penrose, II nevel
offered to go down there myself.
early became convinced that | exposed
too much surface to the enemy"
They Will Miss MARITIME.
Notwithstanding the fact that Sen.
ator Frelinghuysen is welcomed in the
senate Jim MARITIME is going to be very
much missed. Everybody liked the
blur, honest speaking and hardy New
Jerseyman who frequently got into de
bate, but was never a long winded or
atOr. While wild at times, he was al
ways genial, and 1t is doubtful IL he
left a single enemy In Washington
when he took his leave from the Unit
ed States senate.