The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-06
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

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The leak investigation may prevent
any action upon the woman suffrage
amendment. the prohibition amend
ment or the bill providing for prohibi-
ton in the District of Columbia. There
does not seem to be any way in which
a vote can be reached on any of these
measures except by a special rule,
which must be reported by the com
mittee on rules. If the leak investiga-
ton takes all the time OF the commit
tee on rules until late In the session,
then the legislation necessary to be
passed before the 4th of March will
crowd out these measures, which have
been urged by many people.
Prohibition In the Capital.
Only one of them has any show of
becoming eff%ective-that which pro
vides for prohibition in the District of
Columbia and is intended to make a
dry capital. If the rules committee
should report a rule providing for the
consideration of that bill and it should
pass without amendment IL would be-
come a law.
But the chances OF any such action
are growing less day by day. Many
people believe that a vote will not be
reached ON the bill.
II observe" remarked Senator Shep-
pard of Texas, sponsor for the District
dry bill, that the committee of the
house finds Ii necessary to give extern
sive hearings. OF course we under
stand what that means There is no
better way to defeat a measure than
to give hearings upon it. The longer
the hearings the greater prospect for
the defeat of the bill"
A Very Serious Matter.
One of those ever recurring discus
sions-inequalities between north and
south-was taking place in the senate.
1t arose over the difference between
the votes cast In southern states and
northern states and 1t so happened that
Hardwick of Georgia and Sheppard OF
Texas became involved with MARITIME
of New Jersey, all Democrats, and
MARITIME expressed his grievance, say
ing:
New Jersey. which cast $4,000 votes
in the recent presidential election, has
twelve congressman and fourteen votes
In the electoral college. Georgia,
which cast 1877 ,056 votes, has twelve
congressman and fourteen electoral
votes. With less than one-fourth as
many votes as New Jersey Georgia has
the same representation and counts for
as much In the election of a president.
One voter in Georgia has the voice in
government of four voters in New Jer-
sey. 1t may be that he is four times
as valuable. l will not attempt to say
that, but the people of New Jersey
would not believe It."
MARITIME also complained that New
Jersey contributed SAT $4,000 to the
cost OF the government and Georgia
SO, 163,000, yet Georgia received as
large a share of the appropriations.
What does it matter?" asked Hard
wick.
II say" roared MARITIME, you are
NioAhihh6 VI thC pau iOtiSuh anu BcltihE
all the cash. That is a very serious
matter"
Whereat there was loud laughter in
the galleries.
Moore's Suggestions.
Congressman Lenroot of Wisconsin
is, or was, Congressman Gardeners
candidate for speaker of the next con-
gress. But they sharply disagreed the
other day over some subject which
caused J. Hampton Moore to remark:
II very much regret to see a differ
ence Of opinion between my distinguish
ed friend from Massachusetts and my
other distinguished friend from Wis
consin, and l trust 1t forebodes no po-
litical disaster"
Floated One Day.
AS long as there has been a White
House an American flag, Old Glory,
has t1oated from a Flagstaff of that
historic building when the president
was in Washington.
Not long ago some II conceived the
idea that 1t would be a good thing to
have the presidents flag hoisted over
the White House when the president
was actually In the building and pulled
down when he was not there.
The idea was carried out for a day.
and after that only the American dag
appeared.
This flag of the president-quite a
banner, by the way--was originally de-
signed to be hoisted on the mast of a
ship when the president was aboard.
An Impossible Gardner.
Isn't 1t about time you stirred up
something's" was a query addressed to
Congressman Gardner.
The Massachusetts member looked
%languidly at his questioner and replied;
II guess I'm getting too proud to
fight"
But that was not true. When Angus
tus p. Gardner gets to a point where
he can't or won't dght hs y ready for
eulogiss.