The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-04-16
Not Necessary TO Stay After
War Bills Are Passed.
THINGS MOVE WITHOUT IT.
Mckinley Mas Given a Free Hand to
Conduct the Spanish War, and II 10
Likely That the Same Powers Will
BE Given to Wilson, and He Is Quite
Willing to Assume Them.

by An u w. DUNN.
Washington, April 14-GSpecial. 1T
is the evident purpose of congress TO
hurry through the necessary business
and adjourn as O as possible. AS
soon as the Legislation pertaining to
the war is passed it is not likely that
congress will remain In session very
long.
There are measures which q major
ity of members would like to have
passed, but the majority-in fact, all
Of the members would prefer to 20
home and enjoy a long vacation rather
than remain in Washington during a
period that they claim as their rightful
release from public duties.
President WILLING.
or course the president is willing 10
let congress 20 as soon as il votes the
war supplies ana passes the other leg
islation. No one need think that con
gress is necessary while IA wal is in
progress. There were long vacations
during the civil war. The regular SEES
sion In 1898. after voting the supplies
for the Spanish war, adjourned and
left the matter in the hands OF Me
kinley.
The Unity of Germany.
we ought not To deceive ourselves
said IA prominent senator, with the
Idea that the German people are not
I4Ifftss 4fn4 fAapt,nuF.- ataat0ar..n atNI -.
Jv%rinleHt. This has been demon
strated by the almost universal sym
pathy ana support which have been
shown among people Of German birth
and ancestry in the United States To
ward the German side in the great
war. In this respect it is useless to
d~itferentiate between the government
ana people" one of the men OF Ger
man ancestry I'm congress said. The
kaiser is as much the idol of the Ger
mans as Napoleon was of the French
Let Us Apply IL Here.
Just take the situation in our own
country. A majority of our people are
opposed 10 war. They so voted last
November. Yet we know that the
people are going TO stand solldly be
hind the president; that the people and
government are one and the same.
More than that, it has already been
shown that. under the patriotic fervor
aroused by war, opposition To the gov
eminent Will not be tolerated.
Senators Volunteer.
Three senators are ready TO offer
their services ia the war. 1t would
not be surprising to see them leave the
senate and 20 into the war. They are
Weeks Of Massachusetts, Lewis of IL,
linois and Nardaman Of Mississippi
Weeks is IA graduate of the Naval
academy and served In the Spanish
American war. Lewis and Vardaman
also served I'm that war.
Wars make presidents. Many Of our
presidents have been elected on &C.
count of their war records.
Marshall and the D~oorkeepers.
Time after time the occupants of the
galleries In the senate chamber break
out In applause when some patriotic
sentiment Is uttered. Vice President
Marshall always warns these enthu.
siasts that such manifestations will
mean that the people will be removed.
Once In a great while some particular
section OF the gallery Is cleared. OF
late the vice president has begun a
criticism of the doorkeepers.
The doorkeepers have failed to dc
their duty" he says when there is a
demonstration. They have failed to
tell the occupants Of the galleries that