Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-30

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W.T. W. Joe" Cannon or IL
NV linois. None of the
~ M IL A prodigals of the FIJI
IkS AHIp MMNli ty-frst Congress re-
NMWI MN\\l' ceived a warmer well
fW WMp come than he: for,
u MUll though Mr.. Cannon
has enemies in the democratic party. he
has warm friends on both sides of the
House. To an old member Of Congress it
is almost like losing a brother to see a
coiieague or ten or twelve years standing
retired from public life by an ungrateful
constituency. So Mr.. Cannon found
pleasant welcome awaiting him in Wash
ington.
Mr. Cannon represents a rural district
ne therefore carries about with him, in
splte OF mis- long residence at the nations
caplta! an agricultural air which must be
tne delght OF his farmer friends who come
to Washington. There is nothing "dudish"
ABOUT Mr.. Cannon. as he himself would
looks as though 1t had been made to fit
an average" figure His necktie is a plain
butterfly bow, tucked away under a turn
over coliar. He wears an Abe Lincoln
Deard. His race Is weather beaten and
suggests the long ploughed field and the
hot SUM- He wears a black SLOUGH hat,
whose brim Is usually pulled down over
his eyes. Altogether Mr. Cannon's make
up Is distinctly, though not excessively,
bucolic. Perhaps In justice to Mr.. Cannon
1t should be stated for the benefit Of those
who may have forgotten him in the two
years of his absence from public life that
| he was for years one Of the leaders Of the
republican party in the House, was a cam
| didate FOR Speaker at the time Tom Reed
mittee on appropriations in the Fifty-f1rst
Congress. That committee contests with
| the committee on ways and means the title
of the most important committee Of the
House of Representatives.
| l asked Mr.. Cannon few days ago to
tell me something of the republican party's
overthrow in Illinois: Of his personal ex-
perience; of the party prospects for 1894,
and of the possibility of the passage Of a
radical tariff measure by this Congress
-! think that this Congress will pass a
tar1n BILL said Mr.: Cannon. You say
Mr.. Allison does not believe the. it will go
through the Senate? Well. of course I
don't know what the Senate may do, but
am sure It will pass the House."
by republicans"
"Filibustering? No. Why should there
De-that is. except to assure reasonable
time for discussion and for offering amend
OF ninety. They can bring in a special
order at any time and put the bill through
as they please. 1t cannot make any differ
tariff Bill passes or nat at tSe S %nesnea
party does not redeem the pledges Of the
last election the people will sweep Il out
OF existence-if 1t does establish a tariff for
revenue only. the people. when they see the
results Of the democratic policy will sweep
1t out of existence anyway 1t will be
damned If 1t does and damned II 1t don't
fore the next election there Will be a re-
ate in 1885.
The Trouble in Illinois.
What was the cause Of our overthrow
In Illinois? Well. the conditions were about
the same there that they were in other
parts OF the country. The tariff had some
kinley law too late for the people to have
an opportunity to judge 1t before the ,xt
election. The House passed it in May and
1t did not become a law until October Then
many of the schedules did not 20 into effect
for some time.
Merchants did us a great deal of harm
some OF them unconsciousiy. Some of them
had good stocks on hand. They wanted To
get rid of them, SO they advertised widely
that that was the time to buy: that when
the Mckinley law went into effect prices
would go UP: 1 think that a great many
democratic shopkeepers did this Tor poIiti-
cal effect: But republicans took the cry
up. and thus unconsciously contributed to
our defeat. That was In 1890. The defeat
Of 1892 was a natural sequence. In the
meantime the democrats had been telling
all the lies they could think of about the
tariff. Their principal appeal was to the
laboring man. They pointed to his en-
ployers brownstone house and carriage
and said to the workingman: You are not
getting your share. II there was a fair
distribution you would have your carriage
too. Oh. they promised them anything and
beat us in Illinois, and 1t was under the
control of the demagogues They promised
the workingman a higher wage and told
him that his money would buy twice as
much under the democratic policy. Woe to
! the democratic party II 1t does not re-
deem that pledge. Organized labor will put
Its heel on that party's neck and crush 1t
out of existence.
against the republican party. 1t was the
class that wanted a change You NAV re-
member that when Aristides was banished
from Greece he met one Of those who had
voted for his Punishment and asked him
| why he had done 1t, and the man replied !:
| Because I had grown tired of hearing you
called Aristides the Just Well, there was
| big class of American voters-the major
fty, In fact-that has grown I'D since the
war and that knew nothing Of what DEM
ocratic policy meant to this country You
know there has never been a time since
1861 that the democratic party has been in
| full control OF the government-never a
| time that the republican policy was not in
| force. These people did not rely so much
| on the promises Of the democrats, but they
wanted a change; they We're restless.
In His Own District.
"As to myself. I was beaten by about 500
| votes in one Of the closest republican dis
tricts in the state. The democrats gained
| other district in the state except Posts
There are ninety townships in my district,
| and 1t did not take a very great change
in each Of these to change the majority
| from republican to democratic. 1 had time
| for only three weeks of campaigning be-
| cause the Senate kept US here SO late
| When i left Congress I went back home
| and rested for a year Then I began my
work for the election Of 1892 made a sew
| enty days canvass of my district I at
| tended meetings In each of the townships.
| made speeches all over the district And
| 1.50o
| 1.-The farmer is the most firm and con-
| sistent protectionist in the country today
| two mouths to consume his grain in this
| country for every one that there is now
than to have two competitors producing
grain for a market at the other side Of the
world. And the farmer understands the
| protection question more thoroughly than
the average man. A great many people
canvass an agricultural district On the
vass. The farmer usually understands the
| man who lives in the city You must be
very careful what you say to an agricul-
tural audience Yes, 1 have been inter
sometimes by the enemy for the purpose OF
disturbing me. and sometimes bv our
| friends who wanted information
| IAN that we have to do in our next cam
| paign" said Mr.. Cannon. sis to have Har-
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