The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-30

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Party Defeated Than Have Colonel
Eiected-Story Of Hazard. Perry
County. ky.-Length Of Presidential
Term Again Discussed
BY ARTHUR W. DUNN.
Washington. Jan ~. lSpecial Re
publican leaders In Washington are
very much %concernrd over the sifun
ton that has developed IN the party
Trouble has been brewing ever since
the election, when the Standpatfers
and the p~rogressives showeisa tend
ency to blame each other for the de
feat In the recent presidential contest
AS soon as it was known that Wilson
was elected both elements Ia the re
publican party began 10 find fault. and
complaints Of all kinds were made
In congress IL was found that the
old lines OF cleavage were M marked
element for the election period. bat
as o as the defeat came the lines
were again drawn and both elements
were as hostile as ever. In the senate
these differences are more apparent
than In the house. This Is because
there Is a bare possibility hat the re
publicans may control the next honse
IL all elements are united. and they
are making an effort to get together
Blaming Roossveit.
One Of tha ,aao. propusuaut naprh
licans told the that 1t looked as II
Roosevelt was going TO play the same
role In the Republican party that Bry
an had played In the Democratic par
~. He said that Bryan had kept the
Democratic party divided He rom
pared the Parker candidacy Of 1901
with the Hughes candidacy OF 1916. a.
sorting that Roosevelt's position In the
party In 1916 and what he said during
the w made Hughes election IN
possible.
George w. Perkins" said this man.
"has one sole interest, and that Is to
make Roosevelt president. He has no
other interest In the Republican par
ty. He Is a dominating man. and he
wants to dominate the Republican par
~ now with the sole object OF making
Roosevelt the candidate I'm 1920"
Other Progressive Candidates.
Ii must not he understood that Per
kins II supported by all the progressive
Republicans or that they are all for
Colonel Roosevelt On the contrary.
there are at least three senators OF
progressive tendencies who are quasi
candidates for the Republican nomina
ton. IL Is TO be very much doubted
whether any one OF them would sup
port Roosevelt.
There is another fact to be borne In
mind: There f. yet enough strength I'm
the stand pat element Of the Rcpub
iican party to prevent Roosevelt's nom
ination unless there Is a great popular
demand for him four years hence And
that element In the Republican party
will continue tn go down TO defeat if
II has TO choose between defeat and
Roosevelt.
Looks Like . FiIibuster.
Ii Ii % often that any group OF SEN
ntors will acknowledge that they are
conducting a filibuster. but there IL no
doubt about the intention OF q number
of senator's with respect TO the water
power site bill. They intend 90 XIII IL
by talking II to death.
Hazard. Perry County. Ky.
Hazard. Perry county. Ky. has gone
upon the map with "A big splash. IL
burst upon congress with n big bang
and a fter when we think OF the
victory OF Oliver Hazard Ferry on
Lake Erie in the wal Of 1912 WE must
also recollect that a part OF the brave
force which participated In the defeat
OF the British on that memorable occa
sion Went 10 the mountains of Ken
lucky. created a county and named IL
Perry and a village and called II Haz
ard.
Explained by Langley.
All this was set forth In u speech by
John W. Langley. a representative
from the Tenth Kentucky district. OF
which Perry county is an important
part.
Ii so happened that Hazard was In
ciuded hr the omnibus public building
bin. Some fellow with undertaking
prociyities found that according to the
census OF 1910 Hazard had a popula
ton of 537 people and pounced upon il
holding II up to ridicule as a stnpen
dous example of pork
But Hazard came back. IL was
shown that there has been a wonder
full coal development In that region.
and the place boasts Of 1000 people i'm
a very prosperous condition. All this
Langley set forth In a good natured
speech and many newspaper clippings
Hazard has come to stay.
A Four-ysar- old Subject.
When Senator Shafroth of Colorado
vas making his speech In favor of a
six year term for president Senator
Sutherland Of Utah could not forbeal
to call his attention to the fact thai
In Q1O tho nontacratie Marty adaptaS