The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-08
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

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of Upper House.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, Sept. s. Especial. If
there was any danger OF a political
break in the south 1t has been obviated
by recent events. Recent disturbances
in which negroes were involved are
worth thousands of votes in the south
ern and border states. If the Demo
cratic party were In any danger Of
losses In the elections next rear that
danger was snuffed out by race riots
in East st. Louis, the mutiny of the
negro troops at Houston, Tex, the sew
eral assaults upon white women re-
ported from different sections Of the
country and the general evidence of
race antagonisms which have been ex-
hibited when there have been oppor-
tunities for a clash.
Always a Political Issue.
The negro Is always a political issue.
The Republicans make him such in or
der to hold the negro vote In New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsyl-
vania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois, where there ale enough
OF them to insure Republican success
In normal political times.
The Democrats are glad to have the
negro as a political issue because 1t
makes campaigning easy and sure for
them In all the southern states and Is
Of great help in Maryland. Kentucky,
Missouri and Oklahoma, which are
now the important border states. As
long as the race question a be played
high there Is little hope for Republican
success i'm these border states, and pos
sible Republican congressional districts
In the south are made securely Demo-
cratic.
Silver on the Rise.
1t was during his last term in congress
that William J. Bryan delivered a pane
gyric on silver and said that a time
would come when silver would put off
its shroud" and that Ii would have a
glorious resurrection" If Bryan were
stIll active In political life, if he had
any idea Of again running for president,
this would be a good time for him to
come forward with II told you So" for
the rapid rise I'm silver is more than
! many of its friends ever expected after
the unsuccessful campaigns of It's great
est champion.
Increased Mineral Output.
There has beer a tremendous stimulus
to mineral activities as a result OF the
war. Nearly every report and bulletin
of the geological survey gives an ac-
count of greater development of N or
another kind Of mineral. 1t appears
that nearly all the minerals of the o
try are in greater demand than ever be.
fore.
The Phrasemaker.
Senator Lewis is likely to lose his po-
sition at the head of the class as phrase
maker IL Senator Reed keeps going al
the same gait for the next few months
OF course there is a difference. The
Illinois senator's choice expressions arr
sweetened. They breathe perfume and
are harblngers OF peace and good will
The Missouri senator, on the contrary
makes his few phrases into brickbats
and throws them about the senate, hit
whom they may. Here are a few sam
pies:
upon the brazen cheek of i~mpudenct
shame's hot fame must burn"
THE mighty America OF today cal
range her hosts upon her sea grit shores
and hurl back into the ocean the united
armies Of the earth"
1.-The men who sit about me represent
great commemorative, mighty states
whose teeming millions constitute the
puissant citizenry OF the republic"
These were all In one speech con
demning the food bill.
utopia an Improvement.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma, In sup
port Of his resolution for an interna
tional conference or a world o~rganiza
ton, said:
There Is only n way In which Il
have peace for time to come, and thai
Is to end competitive ornaments ant
the ambitions Of military dynasties
This can be done by international gov
eminent and the substitution OF inter
national police In lieu of competing
ornaments and In no other way.
Some critic has said, In relation tt
this world cooperation which | pro
pose, This Is Utopia My answer Is
first. Utopia Is better than hell, and
second, that this proposition Is no
utopian, and, third, 1t is already nearl,
an accomplished fact In the union Of
the great belligerents now wagtng
common wal on Prussianism."
Domestic Relations.
Discussing the exemption of incomes
Senator McCumber referred to the Law
which makes an exemption of $4,0Ot
IL a man and his wife live together, bu'
gives each an exemption II separated