The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-18
PROHIBITION AND
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Antl-rum Movement Ahead Of
That For Votes For Women,
LIQUOR QUESTION AN ISSUE
Next President May Be Chosen on Ac-
count Of Position He Has Taken In
Fight on Alcohol Banishment-Tilts
Between Senators Lewis n Reed
Enliven Debates In Upper House.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

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BY ARTHUR W.. DUNN.
Washington, July Is. = Especially
For a number OF years prohibition and
woman suffrage have been going side
by side. Not long ago there was es-
tablished In Washington a branch of a
suffrage association, and Ii was found
that 1t was working just as hard for
prohibition as for suffrage-in fact, II
coupled the two together to "a great ex-
tent.
But see what has happened. Prohi-
bition has rome ahead by leaps and
bounds. Ii has not only occupied the
limelight, but ii has got the votes. In
spite of suffragists making a great
play by picketing the White House and
clashing with the police they cannot
get as much publicity as prohibition,
because prohibition has had the votes
in congress and has put Demon Rum
on the run.
Politics and Prohibition.
There is u great deal Of politics In
the prohibition question. a great deal
more than In the suffrage question. al
though politicians have catered to suf-
fragists for a long time. But the next
president may be chosen on account of
the vote be cast or the position he has
taken I'm the fight over prohibition dur
ing the present session OF congress.
There are men In both house and
senate who are presidential possiblli-
ties. Their prospects may have been
marred or frightened by the position
they tool on the liquor question.
One thing is very c~ertain-the liquor
question is going to be a big issue In
the next campaign.
Continue TO Disagree.
Senator Lewis and Senator Reed
continue to disagree. Differences be-
tween Illinois and Missouri. so to
speak. were enlarged when Lewis talk
ed about the constitution being ''sus-
pended" That idea struck Reed as
something impossible. And now he
jabs at Lewis from time to time, and
Senator James Hamilton Lewis In fiow-
cry ~eloquence replies.
only a few days ago. remarked
Reed, the senator pronounced the
constitution dead"
The only thing that seems dead to
me-" blandly responded Lewis, us the
capacity of my friend to understand
the distinction | made"
1T would require some one who has
been dead and had gone to the upper
regions to detect the distinction"
quoth Reed.
Il accept my eminent friend from
Missouri as wholly complying with
that standard" retorted Lewis.
Has No Lesders7
The Republican party has no lead
ers." remarked one of the observing
onlookers of politics. For that reason
he could see no possible hope of the
party succeeding In the coming cleo
tions. Just look at u.s." remarked a
member of the house, commenting on
that statement, "Why. we are all
leaders. For several weeks Jim Mann
has given us a chance. or course the
house has been doing nothing, and that
was why Mann took off the bride. but
we have leaders. any quantity of them.
Your friend Is not well Informed
about us"
Cry For Farm Help.
Is Ii not about time that something
was done In the direction of obtaining
labor for gathering the crops? Ii will
be a great calamity II millions of dol
lars worth of crops should rot ON the
ground because there was not enough
labor to gather them. This has been
pointed out to the senate and house
many times, but both bodies have gone
along devoting much time to nonessen-
tails In the war legislation, particular
ly the espionage bin and the revenue
bill. both of which could have waited,
and nothing has been done about the
most important matter of all-the gath
ering and storing OF the crops To- In
the fields to be used during the next
crop year.
In Their White Suits.
The navy officers now have to ap-
pear In their white suits at all times
because the decree has gone forth that
they must wear their uniforms. The
uniform for this time Of year is white.
1t takes a lot of laundry work to keep
a white suit clean. They have to wear
two or three suits every day. And
they don't like to. In this respect the
army officers I'm their somber looking
khaki have the advantage No one
ever saw a dirty khaki suit. No one
could tell by the color whether or not
il was dirty.