Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-17
CANNON rs CONFIDENT
HAS NOT THE LEAST DOUBT OF
RoosEvELT's ELECTION.
Apathy in Many States More From
Hostility or Indifference.
Special From a stan Correspondent.

Special From Stan Correspondent.
PARKERSBURG. w. Va, October IL
There is noticeable apathy toward political
matters in many states" said Speaker Can
non today, but my information leads me
to believe that it is contentment with ex-
listing conditions rather than indifference
or hostility. OF Mr.. Roosevelt's election /
have not the least doubt.
President Roosevelt Is stronger than the
party organization, so far as it concerns
the House of Representatives, because Of
factional feuds or Indifference toward local
candidates in some fifty districts which
gins.
However, I feel confident that If we
work hard we will hold the House by
twenty or twenty-five majority, If not by
be small losses in the east, but I am GER
tain that our gains in the west will balance
them"
His Warning to Voters.
In his speech at Huntington Saturday
night Mr.. Cannon avoided any reference
to the tax issue, as his custom has been in
other states, but during the coming week
he will probably warn the voters of West
Virginia against the danger of allowing a
local issue to becloud a great national is
sue, and quoting Senator Elkins to the eff
feet that the essential feature Of the law
is to cause all real estate to be assessed for
taxation at its real value. He will tell
them that the Senate of the United States
Is accustomed to accept statement or
fact from Mr.. Elkins as conclusive
Speaker Cannon'S speech at Huntington
is typical of the speeches he Will make
throughout the state. He had an audience
of loo men in the opera house OF that
town. In that fatherly way for which he Is
known he told in simple words the story OF
the protective tariff which apples to the
great coal and allied industries of West
Virginia. just as it does to Pennsylvania,
and warned the people against repeating
the experiment of tariff tinkering, which,
he declared, brought on industrial disaster
under Cleveland.
Reply to Davis and Hill.
In reply to Mr. Davis and Senator Hill,
who have charged extravaganza on the re-
publican party, he will during the coming
week show, as he did Saturday afternoon,
that the two hundred and twelve millions
paid into the sinking fund to reduce the
national debt since 1900. and paying Off the
one hundred and seventy-two millions of
borrowed money paid by Cleveland for cur
rent expenses of the government, mas Deen
charged against the republicans as a part
of their extravaganza.
Senator Hill has said in this state that IN
1896 he passed through the Senate a Dill
against government by injunction. Mr..
Cannon, in his speech, wanted to know why
Mr.. Hill had not passed such bill when
his party was in control of the Senate and
House with Cleveland as President, ana
when there was just as much reason tor
such a measure.
Industries and Tariff Tinkering.
He declared that if the manufacturing
industries that consume coal are crippled
by tariff tinkering coal will suffer by de-
creased demand The Dingley tariff he re-
garded as the most perfect the country has
ever had, although it has defects.
when the tariff is revised he said,
1.-THE republican party will revise 1T.
LAS for the talk about militarism, ne
said, 1.-The ratio in this country today is
only one soldier for every 1,4OO inhabitants
so that a soldier is just one-fourteen hun
dredth of a man. l have been travelling
since September Is and have covered more
than 10000 miles, and in all that time and
distance l have not seen single Unlted
States soldier. The one issue that we want
to meet in this campaign is the very one
they refuse to discuss. That issue Is pro-
lection and the Dingley tariff law
&. Il. h.