The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-13
He Is the Kind of Man to
Have His Way.
DIDN'T WANT EXTRA SESSION
Despite FAC That Sentiment For One
Grew During Closing Days of Sixty
fourth Congress-Severe Flows Dealt
to Liquor-Senator Martin Has Very
Much Decorated Rooms.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, March II. -lSpecial1-
A strong, determined president is al
most sure TO have his way. Theodore
Roosevelt had his way most of the
time, but not TO any such extent as
has President Wilson. Usually there
Is not "A single senator or representa-
tive among those incoming or outgoing
who wants an extra session Of con
gress, but in the closing days of the
Sixty fourth congress there was n very
strong contingent of senators and rep
resentatiyes who insisted that there
should be an extra session. President
Wilson determined that he would not
have an extra session until he was
ready for 1t, and he is the man who
calls the extra session.
A cabinet officer told me that when
they undertook TO drive President vii
son they made n mistake: he was
not the kind of man that would he
driven on any proposition and that
congress ought to have learned that in
the four years 1t had been asso-
ciated with him. Most Of MS who have
been looking on and writing about
what takes place in Washington have
long ago come TO the conclusion that
Wilson could not be driven and that
he was the type of man to have his
way.
Severe Blows to Liquor.
Two severe blows We're dealt the
liquor interests in the Sixty-fourth
congress. One WAS the Sheppard bill.
which makes the capital of the Unit
eel States dry. For a long time ii had
been thought that under no conditions
would a dry bill pass the congress Of
the United States for the District Of
Columbia until there had been a con
stitutional amendment making the
whole nation dry. But the a~nti-saloon
men and the opponents Of liquor were
in a very great majority during the
Sixty-fourth congress, and they have
forced dry legislation upon the Dis
trict.
The other action adverse to liquor
interests was the Reed amendment.
which makes all prohibition territory
bone dry and makes the United States
responsible for preventing the ship
ment of liquor into prohibition states.
This amendment was attached to the
amendment offered by Senator Jones.
which prevented the circulation Of llq-
uor advertising In prohibition states.
Both of these measures will be very
important In future fights for and
against prohibition.
Martins Decorated Rooms.
BY virtue of his position as chair
man of the committee on a%ppropria-
tons Senator Martin of Virginia oceu-
pies two Of the most highly decorated
rooms in the capitol.
In the old ~days-those days before
senate and house office buildings and
general luxurious quarters-there were
two rooms side by side on the ground
floor of the senate wing. One was for
military affairs ard the other naval
affairs. For half a century perhaps
these committees occupied these two
rooms.
But with the changed conditions,
need of space, the erection of office
buildings. there were many shifts. Sen
ators who became chairmen of commit
tees were stationary. They would not
move, but the committees moved.
War Scenes, Etc.
In the course of time Warren of
Wyoming became chairman OF military
affairs. Later he became chairman of
appropriations. He moved the commit
tee, and ever since the appropriations
committee has occupied the old mill
tary room and, reaching out, annexed
the naval room.
In the military Don are pictures of
war Genes. mostly OF the Revolution
ary period, but with much color.
in the old naval room are pictures
Of naval scenes, nymphs, and so on.
But. alas. Senator Martin is some
what cloisteredl He Is an attentive
business senator. | very much fear
that all this art Is lost on him.
Why He Favored the Board.
Frank Mondell of Wyoming told the
house during the closing days of the
session why he was disposed to favor
the shipping board. which was then
under discussion, by saying:
Il was not much fin favor Of the
shipping bill. but | am rather favor
ably disposed toward the shipping
board, because | have discovered that
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