The sun., 1902-12-07

! Young Joe Cannon was only II when
hlN iolher, physician, who had left
North Car olina for Bloomingdale, Ind, was
drowned in crossing a swollen creek TO
! attend patient, and the boy was left TO
! make his own way in the world. be had "a
| little II hooling and he educated himself, for
| the rest Of II, from books,
He studied law IN 1efre Haute with John
! p Usher, "a famous lawyer in the Wabash
/ Valley, and later went 10 law school in Gin
! Cinnpii. Finally hc hung out his shingle in
Shelbyrille, ILL.,. then moved TO 1uscola. and
| ron that time on his progress Was steady.
IL" "a- 80 poor that IN trying cases he
walked from town To town TO save travelling
| expenses, hut he MADE hls way. He MAJ =
| ind, and one Of the good stories he tells Is
| of his inst attempt to found "A household.
Ills mother. an economical QuakeIess, had
d tot him:
Joseph. now that thee il married thee
/ must get thee COW, pig and hive Of
! bees.
Il took mothers advice" relates Mr.
/ Cannon,
| Il tied 10 milk the COW. but she kicked
me over. and had to give that up as bad
| job.
| Il tried 10 feed the calf and it butted me
all around the yard and tore my clothes
| nearly off. When the bees got ready TO
| swarm thought would 20 out among them
| nke father used 10 do and swarm them.
| ! ne bees got among me; crawled up
| undor my shlit and >tung me in hundred
different places and had To let them go.
| Il he Only thing | could get along with AZ
| all was the pig | could iced that, scratch
its sizes and It would grunt. got it good
| anu fat and gave II away 10 farmer.
why, ! could no more kill and eat that
| hog than could one Of the members of my
own family. thought too much Of il.
la 1861 lie welt l. to politics 10y run II 2
for the Office Of States Attorney Hi
| opponent was Ward II. Lamou. orce Abra-
! ham LII, oil, : law artIcr, and he vas Top
uiar il Hi. oi~.
! Nobody hu, himself thought that young
/ Joe Ia.ion had a CHARGE. But he did
| The roads were almost impossible, ut &
| bought horse AID made a house. -house
| canvass in the Quaker district. ll,y
| knew him and all agreed to vote Tor him.
When election cay came around he wGs
elected by comfortable majority. He
| held the Office for seven years.
Three wears later be was sent 10 Congress
TO become, as IL turied OUT ore of the mos,
irteiest ii.g figures in the < eat assemhlags
| al WashI gton AZ q ore of te most Origin al
men ever destined for Tie Speakers chair.
Since his first term lie has been romr az ed
hy acCiama ion in his district every tire
but orce ard from mai rty Of 800 or 40
al his first eleCtion he has won by as may
~ $500 votes
He krow, mon and how 70 handle them
He is himself known a. man of absolute
i,tegrity. That. some Of his friends say
is the secret Of Lis success.
But he has a Kind heart, willingness 70
listen TO others ard practical way oi help
ING them. In every towr ship in his dis
triCt there are men who are glad 10 s'ard
up and cav: -See what Joe Cannon did for
me-" Mavbe there l. some hint of his
success there, to.
He looks after every mans case h msef
He will 20 out and look IN matters for his
constructs. ard when he undertakes to
do anything no amount Of opposition daunts
him
He has obtaired places for many young
men IN Wash" cton. but he loofe after the
appoirtees with great care. Wee be 10
the ore who is arnu-ing himself instead Of
attending to ti- duties He will tird him
se'F l"-t h0rra - S""-' c-l"r
In Congress he has made his reputation
as chairman of tho Committee on Arrro-
rriation- of which ha has been a member
for tveutv vaars Tho title Watch Dog
~ tho Treasury" can hardlv be apnlied 10
him for others have proamptnd IT, He
keens his r-in on tho nurse strings and he
can saw NO" with eruphasis.
He * a strong speatcr. vet no one would
ever think of calling him an orator There
are two points in his forensic abilities
earn"S'no-s and common sense
If these do not win his case he fails He
Is no adeut in sophstres, and his ora'orical
manner when he is in earnest is sight TO
marcel AT
He wriggles from head 10 toe as he talks
his arms whirl about like the sails on
Windmill. his coat,ails aap. his head wags
and vi, bands pound, first each other. and
then the doSk The wrenchng and racking
he urdorgoes in "A fve-minute speach leave
him purnle and exhausted. His voice
reveals his Quater training and when he
speats in earnest II rises and falls with the
regularitv Of an elders at meeting.
But what h" saws tells. He has a rough.
but ready wit He knows whereof he
erests he hos a voice in four-ftths of the
legislation of Congress. ard in action he
" often Of more account than the whole
De- ratio minority. After ono of the
r,alcd-amatic speeches of the Hon William
Su7er not long ago Congressman Cannon
con-r'l-nd the House bv rising and re-
marking in his stridcnt tones:
"And now let rs proceed TO tho public
business and fool tho reople some more"
He is n practical statesman. Congress
appreciates him and Danville and the rest
| Of his home district idoli7e him. What
| they think of him there was summed up
| n few davs ago hv a man who has fought
| for nnd ag"in~t him. in this fashion.
Hes honest from the ground up. When
no savs thing he can be depended u~on.
| have ivod he~e ever since he was in Com
| oress and have vet to end y man who no :
| said that Joe Cannon did not do by hir a. he
promised He does not make promise he
| cannot tulfl,
"Ha has no political tricks If man
comes 20 him astinr for a rlace and he
| knows some ono else l. entitled to II or has
tho rhinp excd he will saw 80 at once.
"He will not le' man spend money hy
| ooiro to WASHINGTON He will tell the
| aurIicaut iur'ediat civ that there " no hopo
| fo- him Rut the man, II he j. deserving
win got soruethipo some Other time.
-Uo is honest With hi- rolitical opponents
We will never di-tort things TO yin out
| II he is doubtful Of certain statistics he
viii ehun them
10 will ,,rpvuviCosn o. a color Thin us