The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-06
RESULT OF PROBES
OFTEN NEGLIGIBLE.
Those Serving on Commissions
Alone Benefit.
MORE THIRD TERM RUMORS
Democrat Sees Roosevelt Nominated by
Republicans and Wilson as His Oppo-
nent-Both Would Be Third Term
Candidates-Fake Advertising Costs
Nation s3ooooo, 900, Says Stevenson.
By ARTHUR w. DUNN.

Nation $500, 900 900, Says Stevenson.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, Feb. 1.-[Special. l-lf
ome one had the time to go through
he records and show how many in
-estigations have been undertaken dur
ng the past ten or fifteen years, giving
he volumes and pages of testimony
md the expense and then summing
I'D the net results, he would produce
statement which would condemn the
administrations of both parties.
Such a showing could include com
both permanent and tempo |
rary. those appointed by the president
and created by congress.
And, in the final analysis, what 1
object has been accomplished by any
Of the commissions and Investigations
could name score which have ae-
nothing.
Ninety Per Cent Waste.
Chairman Fitzgerald of the appro-
priations committee says that 30 per
cent Of the millions spent upon investi-
cations has been absolutely wasted.
having accomplished nothing. "A com
remarked Congressman Aus
tin Of Tennessee, lis good thing fol
those on the commission and who
draw the salaries. An investigation
seldom, If ever benefits anybody else.
He then went on to enumerate a
number of big Investigations that had
accomplished nothing save to spend
money.
How 1t Is Working.
We get a glimpse now and then OF
the manner in which the movement
for third term is working.
at is a self evident fact" remarked
q Democrat, that the Republicans are
going to nominate Roosevelt in 1870.
We've only one man who can beat
him. That is Woodrow Wilson. Champ
Clark couldn't; Bryan couldn't Well
have to nominate Wilson.
Third term? Why. who could say
anything about a third term If Roose
velt and Wilson were candidates.
Both would be candidates for a third
term
Boil Weevil Expert.
Congressman Cyclone Davis of Tex
as knows something about the bug
that has been bothering the cotton
growers In southern states, and this Is
what he told them one day in the
house. "A word about the boil weevil
We have learned to shift our cotton TO
the other side of the field. and where
he hibernates In the root bottoms we
leave him to eat weeds instead of cot
ton. However, the farmer has learned
this: That you cannot freeze him out
except when he Is In the embryonic
stage. When he is full grown and IN
shape he will go into Information. You
can cook him up in the ice and then
thaw him out like fish in the klon-
dyke region But he will wiggle next
spring when the insects wake up. We
are trying TO trace him back and get
ates in his ancestry, as they do In the
case of the grasshopper. They deal
with the grasshopper by killing his
grandfather before he comes"
A Note of Warning.
Congressman Garret OF Tennessee
Nho has come to be known as a very
level headed individual, has sounded q
note Of warning in regard to the hopes
of the vocational educational bill. He
says that many people are depending
upon that bill to do wonders, and it Is
quite possible that they will be disap
pointed.
1t may work out somewhat like The
farm loan legislation. That is still q
big experiment, and it is possible tha
the farmers of the country will not ge
as much as they expected out Of ii
Garret said of the vocational educa
tional bill that he believed it would
prove a distinct disappointment to til,
! people in the several states.
Must Pay the Postage.
Former Speaker Cannon in the de
bate on the second class mail rate IN
/ the postoffice appropriation bill called
/ attention TO the fact that first class
/ ittttl mail tOuIu Hol Dc Scul ny eA
.lress without the postage being paid
The government has monopoly ol
hat" remarked Chairman Moon of tn,
| post office committee.
why not have a monopoly on sec
ond class mail?'' inquired Cannon.
This question was asked when 1t de
veloped that great deal of secon,
class matter was sent by express o
freight for short hauls and paid cen
a pound for longer hauls, or at leas
that was the charge made while th
matter was under consideration.
Fake Advertising.
j During discussion Of the postofnc