The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-30
Considers That Its Work Has
Been Finished.
WILL ADJOURN IN A MONTH
Shirt Sleeves Barred In Senate, but This
Does Not Apply to Khaki Clad Sol
diers-Former Senator clspp Now q
Farmer In Every Sense Of the Word.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

Congress Will not remain In session
simply for the purpose Of overlooking
and attempting to supervise the ad-
ministration's war policy. Nothing
could hold a quorum OF either branch
OF congress I'm session for any such
purpose and especially as 1t would be
entirely useless.
There was a time when a disposition
was apparent among many members OF
both houses that 1t would be well for
congress to remain In session In order
to be ready for any emergency that
might arise I'm connection with the war.
This vas especially true among men
who were I'm congress during the Span
ish war and thought they knew how
wal should be conducted.
But 1t long ago became more than an
apparent fact that the president felt
amply able to conduct the war himself
with those whom he has chosen to as
sist him and had no desire or purpose
to ask congress for any help.
Men and Means.
What the president wants Of con-
gress has been granted-men and
means to carry on the war. Money
has been voted: bonds authorized to q
very large extent; the food bill has
been passed; an espionage law has been
enacted. and, although 1t did not CON
tain the censorship provision, II La
found, with the rulings Of the post
office department and the war power
of the president, that the administra-
ton has all the censorship 1t needs.
Having done this much. congress com
pleted what the president wanted, and
1t will probably adjourn within a
month.
A Compliment TO Jones.
The senate gave Senator Jones OF
New Mexico quite a high compliment
I'm according him an attentive hearing
when he made a speech on the revenue
bill. 1t does not often happen that a
senator In the first year OF his frst
term when making a speech on such a
dry subject as taxation can command
an audience OF the most thoughtful
senator's. IL happened that Senator
Jones vas presenting a phase of the
income tax features OF the bill I'm
which the senators were deeply inter
ested. More than that, they had come
to the conclusion from their associa-
ton with him that he is q man who
knows what he is talking about. Con-
sequently he received very hattering
attention.
Farmer ciapp.
Senator Kenyon recently returned
from a pilgrimage somewhere In Mary
land and SAYS that his former colabor-
err I'm the senate. Moses II. Clapp OF
Minnesota, Is now a farmer In every
sense of the word. "He was sitting
there I'm his shirt sleeves said Ken
yon, "or what would have been shirt
sleeves IL he had worn more Of a shirt.
He seems to be very well contented
and has dropped out of public life on
to his farm and means to make a sue
cess of his new vocation"
Law Must Be Preserved.
Senator Ashurst of Arizona has taken
a great deal of interest I'm The strikes
and riots which have occurred in v
eral western states. THE courts must
act, and the officials must preserve or
der" said the Arizona senator, "or the
people OF that section will take the law
In their own hands. OF course We pre-
fer that everything should be done
with due regard for the peace OF the
country, but our people will not put up
with attempts at Ia ~wlessness, and they
will preserve their own institutions"
Will Not Return.
There are a number OF senators who
viii not return to the senate under any
consideration. Quite a number OF them
have said from the beginning that they
were willing TO stay al long as there
was any necessity and attend to the
public business. but they objected
strenuously to remaining In session
all these months simply In order to af-
ford a lot Of other senators opportuni-
ty to unload a lot Of long wtnded
speeches to be printed In the Record.
Shirt Sleeves In the Senate.
No senator Woulu appear Oh the HooT
Of the senate In his shirt sleeves. o
would any employee be allowed to ap-
pear In any such costume, nor would
any ordinary visitor be allowed In the
galleries without a coat. II Is differ
ent, however, with the private soldiers,
who rarely wear coats. Khaki clad
soldiers I'm shirt sleeves are quite Oftan
sean In the galleries listening to the de-
bates.
From WesAhsr to Peaches.
Willis l.. Moore, who gained a great
deal Of fame by building up the wealth.
er bureau and making 1t a great inst
tuition Of the government, has become
one of the great peach growers Of the
country. He has extensive orchards
and a very large farm In connection
with his orchards. 1t is just possible
that he will have to abandon his farm.
ing operations in order to serve the
government as a weather expert In the
VA.