The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-24
CANNON ON RUNNING MATES.
roo HEtLTHY TO
MAKE THE JOB ATTRACTIVE.
SDenker-tO-Be Says Illinois Has No Par'
ticular Candidate -PIau's suggestion
OF Altirtch strikes Uncle Joe Nv Joke
"Trip to Look over New York Harbor.

sIvncle Joe" Cannon of Illinois, who ia
to be Speaker of the next House. spent
yesterday morning with Representative
Gllet of New York and Hemenway OF
Illinois, fellow members of the House Com
mittee on Appropriations. cruising about
the harbor in a Government tug, looking
over channel improvements and having
a good time The shifting OF the channel
will make necessary some important changes
In the harbor Notifications
Mr. Cannon returned 10 the Hotel MAN.
haitian shortly after noon and departed
for Boston Before he shook the dust of
New York from his boots he Cenied once
more tn there wa any politics III his
visit on Wetine day to Oyster BAY
Honest now" said he, al made that trip
to see the President just because he heard
that was in New York and got his secretary
to ask me to come down. Or course, L
couldn't have refused if l had wanted 10,
and | didn't want to. No, there WASH
any conference on the currency or on any
other question. II was just friendly
little visit, that's all"
Mr. Cannon said that his own views "a
to the currency had not changed bit since
he gave ont a statement early in the month
on the subject, At that time he said hat
he believed the country was i'll excellent
condition. so far a. the currency was con-
cerned: that no country ever had better cur
rency, and that the United States now have
more Of il than ever before. He had nothing
to add TO that, he said, and declined TO dis
cuss his course IN relation TO currency
legislation. The country at large, he be-
lieved, 70 he prosperous.
an Illinois everybody is hustlin9," he
said. sIt's the hardest sort OF thing TO get
anybody to do anything, because they're
all up TO their ears in work There isn't
sign of trouble out our way. and we wouldn't
know there was anything wrong anywhere
except for the dispatches from New York
saying that the bulls and bears are having
few little differences Of opinion over the
values of some things
Illinois, Mr.. Cannon declared, was certain
to roll up big vote next year for Roose-
Welt The State couldn't do anything else
in view Of the prevailing prosperity. As
TO the Vice-Presidency, the Speaker-to-be
said that Illinois had no particular candt-
date that he knew of, but he was sure that
the man who would be named for second
place would I've from the Mississippi Valley.
And speaking of the NiCe-Presidency,
said Uncle Joe, with twinkle. that was
u fine bit of humor of Senator Platts
wasn't it, when he suggested Senator
Aldrich a. a candidate? l saw Mr.. Platt
Yesterday down at Oyster Bay and said TO
him:
Say. dern ME. Senator hut didn't
know YOU were anot her Ar-tee-rnas Ward.
That was a great idea of yours about
Aldrich'
But the Senator only looked at me- with
that impressive face Of his and drawled.
What And Mr. Cannon chuckled over
the recollection. repeating Yes, that was
certainly great bit of humor on Mr.. Plat y
part the idea Of taking Aldrich, one of the
strongest men in the Senate, and botthng
him mp in the Vice-Presidential chair for
four wears, where he wouldn't have bit
of power or anything to say-and Aldrich
from Rhode Island, too
Mr.. Cannon was much inclined to think
there would be no very great rush for second
place on the Republican ticket The only
attraction about the Vice Presidency at
any time Is" he said "of course, the possi
biity of succession to the Presidency, But
no sane man could hope TO outlive President
Roosevelt with his present health and Wig
Orous energy"
Representative Cannon said he would
probably return 10 Illinois from Bost on 10y
way of the Green Mountains and the
81. Lawrence River