The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-24

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ton Lewis. Il told him." continued
the Illinois senator, that he was mis-
taken. AS a matter of fact, there were
but two branches, the executive and
judiciary. The legislative branch has
so completely come within the domi-
nation of the president that 1t can no
longer be called a coordinate branch"
Senator Lewis did not speak In bit
terness nor complaint. He simply
gave utterance to a truth-the fact
that congress is dominated by the pres
ident. Senator La Toilette asserts
more bluntly that congress has de
veloped into a rubber stamp of the
president.
Has Been q Gradual Growth.
Presidential domination began with
President Cleveland. He had his rows
with congress over his numerous We
toes OF pension bills and support of the
Mills tariff bill and with the senate
over appointments. Harrison, who
had been "a senator, was not inclined
TO dictate to congress-. Cleveland in
hIS httOuu ieIIH DOSStu tO1kTtS us
long as he could control. Mckinley
was an easy going man, but controlled
congress by liberal use of army patron
age during the Spanish war and his
ever affable manner.
Roosevelt q Real Boss.
When he finally came into his own
and fell his power Roosevelt became "A
real boss. He made conform
to his wishes In nearly everything.
When he say defeat ahead he side
stepped, but always with the appear
ance OF a Roosevelt victory.
Taft exercised his power in but
n disastrous instance. He forced
through the Canadian reciprocity meas
ure, which destroyed his own admins
tration and that of Sir Wilfrid Laurier
In Canada.
While Roosevelt was a real boss, he
was n mere piker compared with Will
son. No man from the beginning OF
the republic has been able to domi-
nate congress In a manner equal TO
Woodrow Wilson.
A Matter of Grammsr.
Always a stickler for correct gram
mar and spelling, Jim Mann took a
shot at Chairman Fitzgerald for the
construction of u sentence In the de-
~iciency appropriation bill. Fitzgerald
explained that he did not draft the
provision. but that 1t was sent I'm from
the department.
But Ii passed the critical eye of the
gentleman from New York" asserted
Mann.
IF l attempted to reconstruct all
these provisions / would be kept too
busy. When l draw them myself they
escape even the critical eye of the
gentleman from Illinois, was Fitzger-
AIDS reply.
II had the impression that the gen
tleman from New York, with a blue
pencil, usually reconstructed all the
provisions that were sent down from
the department" pursued Mann.
The gentleman can set it down as
a fact" was Fitzgerald's 1nal COM
ment, that when any provision is free
from criticism l drafted it: If 1t is
subject to criticism, | did not"
0allivan on Prohibition.
Congressman Gallivan of Boston
was one Of the men who did not finch
on the liquor question. but told the
house what he thought when the sew
eral liquor bills were under considera-
ton In the last congress. Liquor"
remarked Gallivan, has more enc
v,toO In Dv,hIta aud t,,A, H.
private than any other substance the
world has yer known"
Referring to Randall OF California,
the avowed prohibition leader, CALI
van said that he had taken charge of
the Democratic party and that he had
frightened the Democratic leaders al
most to death for fear he would not
the mex house.
Speaking Of violations Of the prohi-
bition law In some states, Gallivan
said, Georgia and the Carolinas are
but types of their sister states In the
leafy aisles of that terrestrial paradise
called Dixie"
Works Of Art.
There Is wholesale criticism of what
we call works Of art" in Washington
whenever the subject is mentioned.
All over the city are numerous eques-
TRAN statues Of military heroes, and
nearly every one, either horse or rider,
10 the subject Of ridicule. The bronze
cavalry Of Washington" these statues
are frequently called.
But not only is the cavalry criticised,
but the "hall Of fame" or national
valhalla," statuary hall in the capitol,
where each state has two Of its IA
men In marble or bronze, is often
alluded to as the chamber Of efi1gies."
And just at the close Of the last con-
gress Congressman Fitzgerald Of New
York called 1t the hall Of horrors"