The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-28

Makes Good impression With His
First Speech.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, Feb. 2S.-[Special. i
During the few years OF the war In
Europe there has been a great deal OF
complaint In this country about the
censorship over everything. Often
times II has been asserted that I'm case
the United States became involved
In war the people would not permit
any such censorship as has been ex-
ercised in European countries, but the
legislation now proposed, which will
probably pass, will institute as rigid
a censorship as has existed I'm Europe.
II will not only be a censorship of
what goes into the newspapers, but 1t
proposes to make people very careful
AS to what they say, and many per
sons will be liable TO arrest and i'm
prisonment for expressing their opin
ions.
How Will Our People Take III
1t will be interesting 10 observe just
how our people will submit TO this sort
Of restriction. The probabilities are
that the fathers and mothers of young
men who are fighting the battles Of
the country Will want to know where
those young men are located and how
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about the manner in which the war
fare they are engaged in Is conducted.
But In case the laws which have been
proposed are vigorously enforced the
people at large will be as much IN the
dark as to what is %transpiring on land
and sea as the people of European
countries have been concerning their
soldiers and sailors.
War Spirit.
The question of war or peace has
showed some interesting situations In
Washington. Men who were supposed
TO be as mild as May have shown a
belligerent spirit which was not deem
ed possible until after the war talk
became rampant Curiously enough.
some of this war spirit develops to
such an extent that men want to see
an expedition with 10000 American
troops sent to France to help fight Ger
many. While this war spirit may have
its eommendable features, we must ad-
NIT that 1t lacks some judgment, as II
would take a very long time TO drill.
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army of a hundred thousand men to
go across the Atlantic pecan.
Reed and Prohibition Senators.
Senator Reed of Missouri made "A
long speech In the senate denouneing
the attitude of prohibition senators
who We're trying to eliminate his
amendment from the postoffice ppro-
priatiOn bill. The Reed amendment
provided that no liquor should be ship.
ped into prohibition states and was
made Ia part of the Jones amendment
prohibiting liquor advertisements in
such states. In thunderous tones, Wig
orous language and with most threat
ening manne the Missouri senator full.
minated against the prohibition sena.
tors who were trying to prevent an eff
fective method of stopping the impor-
tation OF liquor into prohibition states.
And a few moments later he was
over ~hobnobbing, smiling and chatting
with these same senators as If moth
ing had happened.
Taking a Broad View.
Senator Lewis of Illinois became
somewhat interested I'm the attempt TO
increase the rates of postage on news
papers and periodicals. 81 take the
broad view" said Senator Lewis.
that the circulation of the newspa-
pers and periodicals is one of the best
things for the benefit of the people Of
the United States. If | had my way
| would reduce the postage and in
crease the circulation. The dissemina
ton of reading matter. and the dis
tribution OF advertising are good for
the country. I am sorry that all of
these publications cannot go through
the mails free"
Looking to the West.
hi1hacl bdhss u DIOOhtNH uldH Nuo
has been a delegate to Republican ma
tional conventions for twenty-five or
thirty years, was i'm Washington a
short time ago and said that it is use
less for any eastern man TO think of
being a candidate for president on the
Republican ticket.
If we are going to elect a president"
said Dady, I'VE must go into that re
gion where the votes come from which
are necessary to elect. The eastern
states a no longer name and elect a
man."
FernaId's First Speech.
Senator Fernald of Maine did not in
tend to take any part In the debates in
the senate during this his first SEES
sion In the senate, but he had some
information to give when the fight