The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-06
Gardn0r's Refusal 10 Support
Mann Is Serious.
MOST REPUBLICANS LIKE HIM
But the Minority Leader Has Also Made
Quite q Few Enemies-His Indorse-
ment Of the Presidents Position on
Several Occasions Has Lost Him
Supporters.


BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, Jan. Especial. lit
may be "a tempest In a teapot, put II
had real seriousness In congress-this
revolt OF Congressman Gardner against
Jim Mann aud his announcement that
Mann could not have bis support for
speaker. 1t Ii not yet definitely known
whether the Republicans can control
the next house-probably they an.
not-but I'm case they do have the votes
when the final count Is made 1t ia more
than doubtful about the election OF
Mann as speaker. There are quite IA
number of Republicans who will not
vote for him: there are others who
would not vote for him unless there
had been an agreement to continue the
curtailment of the power OF speaker
as exercised during the terms Champ
Clark has been speaker.
Has IN Imperious viii.
Jim Mann Is almost master OF the
house by reason OF his knowledge OF
everything technical, matters large and
small, and the indefatigable and care
ful study he gives to every question.
But even when his party was In the
majority he made many enemies by
his objections and turning down men
who wanted to get bills through. AS
minority leader he has been an I'm
perious master. He has made his par
ty associates bow to his will.
But there is another fact hat has
caused Republicans to question wheth-
err they should support him for speak
err. That is his Endorsement of the
presidents position on one or two mat
tiers and the tributes he has paid to
Democrats who have retired from con
gress.
Its not good politics" remarked "A
western Republican. Those things
are copied In the Democratic press of
the country and are thrown up to us at
every turn during the campaign"
Democratic Responsibility.
A number of Republicans of promi-
hence In the house, particularly those
who will not get any prominence or
~chairmanships. think 1t would be un-
fortunate for their party to take con
troll of the next house.
The big deficit of $300.000.000 must
be met by additional taxation or the
issue of bonds" one OF them remark
ed. Let the Democrats. who created
this condition, take the responsibility
OF meeting it,
1t Is Their Deal.
1t has always been the fact that of
~iceholders in Washington ride. In the
old days they had horses and carriages.
In these days they have automobiles.
Although the law provides that such
vehicles shall be used only for official
business, they are used for pleasure
and social purposes by the officials.
their families and their friends. Every
year there Is a row In congress about
1t and the practice is condemned, but 1t
is never stopped. The fellows In Office
think II is their deal. and they make
the best Of Ii.
A Warrior Bold.
There Is no party, faction, person,
friend or foe, with whom Senator Reed
of Missouri will not disagree and dis
pute with IL he takes a notion. He
will fight anything and everybody, vo-
cally and verbally, as Senator Ashurst
says; consequently he appears to be
In a wordy row much of the time. The
Missouri senator has a manner which
indicates that he is more vicious than
he really can TO be. Now that he
has been reelected he Is more inclined
70 scrap than ever before. We will
hear much from Reed during the next
six years.
tH~sigessn's job.
Congressman Helgesen Of North Da-
kota Is the self appointed congressional
geographer of the arctic regions. In
several broadsides published In the
Congressional Record he has demolish-
ed the claim of Peary as having reach
ed the north pole. In a recent issue
of the same publication he blows DIR.
Cook out of water, or, rather, out of
the polar discovery. Plainly he says
hat neither Cook nor Peary reached
the pole and attempts to prove 1t by
the facts and data both have submit
ted. Helgesen's presentation shows
that he has made q careful study OF
the whole situation.
Tammany's Control.
Congressman Bennett of New York,
coming to the rescue Of his city In a
debate In the house, remarked that
New York more frequently than other
wise has an anti Tammany comptrol-
Ter and added:
AS a matter Of fact, the city of New
York has ceased to be a Democratic
Gibraltar, and we are just as apt to
elect an anttTammany ticket In the
coming campaign as a Tammany
ticket"
That is not according to the belief
expressed about election time, when II
was understood thai straight tickets