The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-18
SPEAKER C4NNOM.


Burlington on Wednesday he said I:
1--WE are sometimes told that the
House of Representatives is the lower
house but, there is no higher assembly
than the one which represents 80, 000.
900 people. The man who stands
above all is the Speaker Of the House
of Representatives. Because of the
influence which he exerts his place is
second only to that of the President
Uncle Joe" Uannons speech was
received with great applause. After
u few Introductory remarks in which
he expressed his pleasure at appearing
in Vermont for the first time he re-
ferred to the policies of the Republi-
can party for the past fifty years and
of their effect upon the questions be-
fore the party today. He spoke of
the formation of I the party, of the
effort to have slavery sectional and
freedom national, of the degradation
felt by the men of the north when
they did the same kind of labor that
was performed in the South by SER
vile class. This he said was the
foundation of the Republican party.
In speaking of the tariff he said
"We had to have money to carry on
the war. Under the lead of the he.
publican party we wrote protection
upon the statute books. First that it
might give us revenue; second that it
might give us protection so that we
could be first in manufactures as well
as in agriculture. He said protection
was put on by the Republicans and
has been there continually, save for
four years when the people gave the
Democratic party full power from 1898
to 1897. We own today one fourth of
all the wealth in all the world that
has been accumulated since the MORN
ing stars sung together for joy.
In speaking of wages he said that
labor on the farm, III the mines, in
the factory and in the machine shop
receives 80 here while in other coun-
tries similar labor gets but 81.
The speaker said that America
wanted foreign markets, but first of
all it wanted the home market. Take
care of both, say some. That is just
what we are doing. Our exports last
year were $40, 900, 900 more than those
of any other nation on earth.
In the first 105 years of our govern
ment the world fell in our debt $40,
900, 600. From the time Mckinley
was elected to the present time under
Mckinley and Roosevelt the world
has fallen in our $4,000, 900. 600. And
that is not all. Since Mckinley took
the oath of Office the deposits in saw
ings banks have doubled and the peo-
pie have today deposited in savings
banks what they have left over after
paying for their homes. So, 600, 600, 600.
The farmers and merchants and bal
ance of the people have doubled de-
posits in other banks until they have
81, 900, 600, 900.
In terse language Speaker Cannon
referred to the record of the Republi-
can party. He put it IN the form of
questions to Democrats. He asked :
If you had almighty power would
you wipe out the amendments to the
constitution? The resumption act?
Destroy the gold standard? Take the
army from the Philippines? Wipe out
the action of the President in making
the treaty with Panama? Wipe out
the action of Congress which put in
motion the machinery that will marry
the Pacific to the Atlantic? Would
you turn back the hand ON the dial
and say if you were President you
would not enforce the law?
In presenting Congressman Little
field Mr.. Foster said, in part, that
the Republican party is under great
obligations to the State of Maine 1t
has given the party three great leaders
Blaine, Tom Reed and Dingley, the
author of this best tariff law ever en-
acted. The State of Maine has also
given to the republic a successor to
these great men and we have him
with us today.
Congressman Littlefield said in part /:
I'm 1892 the Democrats gained control
and for the first time since 1861 there
was Democratic president, a Demo-
cratic House and a Democratic Sem
ate. The people repented in saokcloth
and ashes for having given them the
power.
During the first administration of
| Cleveland from 1885 to 1889 there was
a Republican Senate and no disturb
ance occurred. The people knew that
while the Senate was Republican the
government would be administered
upon Republican lines. In 1896 the
Democrats told us they were unalter.
ably opposed to monometalism. They
were in favor of the coinage of silver
at the ratio of l6 to /, and that they
said was the paramount issue. In
1900 they declared that Imperialism