Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-29
SP PEAKtR CANNON
He Talks on a Variety of
Topics,
A LOT OF GOOD TIMES
CoNTENTMENT IN THE MIDDLE
WESTERN STATES.
Will Wait for the Presidents Views on
Tariff Revision-Line-Up
Next Week

day to give the glad hand to those OF
1.-THE boys" as he calls the members of the
House, who might drop in to see him. He
Is in good trim, notwithstanding the long
and arduous strain of the campaign, and
apparently is in condition to keep up his
old-time supervision of the expenditures Of
the government.
To a Star reporter who called on him the
Speaker talked warily about tariff revision
and extra session, the topics that are just
now interesting incoming congressman most.
Well, now," he said, he bit off the
end of big, fat cigar and stuck it at the
familiar old angle in his mouth, there
isn't any hot box in this extra session and
tariff revision proposition. Since the cleo
ton public sentiment has been running
empties,' as the railrOaders say, and had to
fill up with something, which accounts for
a lot of talk about tariff revision and extra
session
Looking around over the middle west,
from Ohio to Nebraska, find that there Is
a lot of contentment and good times. Out
in Illinois people are glad they are alive
and doing we'll. Even the democrats, as
they view the present and see the reason
able foundations Of hope for the future.
are kind of glad that the election came out
as it did.
There are magnificent crops; the rail-
roads cannot move them, although they
are rushing orders for additional rolling
stock. A large portion of the corn Will
have to be cribbed and carried over till
next June, because the growers cannot
get it to market. Lord, but the whole
country is just plumb prosperous. --
Let Well Enough Alone.
"I spoke my little piece good many
times during the campaign. 1t was al
ways the same tune-Let well enough
alone But / am not called upon to give
my views on tariff revision and extra ses-
sion now, and it would not be apprOpri-
ate for me to do so. It is the Presidents
time to talk The Constitution commands
at stated times, and other times we may
expect him to say his say. Until he does
/ haven't anything to say.
I'VE have three months in which to
think 1t over and I allow there will be
considerable of talking, up one side apd
down the other, of the proposition be-
fore action is taken. We will have our
hands full to pass the money bills at the
coming session. The expenditures have to
be sawed off at even lengths with the re-
ceipts, and that will keep US busy for
some time. We will get around to tariff
and extra session in due season..
Some other callers dropped in at that
point and the conversation drifted on to
the election.
with our big majority in the House
and Senate" remarked Speaker Cannon,
to both drive the wagon and put on the
brake. 1 think we are competent to do 1t.
II never had any doubt about Roosevelt's
election, and toward the end Of the cam
paign l had no fears of good ajOrity
in the House, but l never expected what
we finally received"
THAT reminds me of what representa-
tive said the other day. put in one of the
callers. He remarked that he knew Joe
Cannon going out into the campaign would
overdo the thing, and here he has gone
and rolled up majority in the House that
will poster US to death to hold in leash"
Don't you fret replied the Speaker, I'VE
are mighty glad that so many of our boys
got in and we wouldn't have had one of
them shut out. We will get along all
right"
remainder of this week with the republi-
can chairmen of committees, as they come
to town, on the shaping up of the work
Of the session, so that some of the COM
mittees can get down to business next week.
The appropriations subcommittee are at
work, the legislative subcommittee starting
in today. The river and harbors commit
tee is getting up its bill and the post office
committee will start its bill next Tuesday.
Lineup on the Tariff.
Next week the tariff factions of. the re-
pubicans of the House and Senate will be-
gin to line up for the coming struggle over
revisons. The "stand-patters" are throw
ing up fortifications and the revisionists
are bringing their heavy artillery to the
front. 1t is something in the nature of
siege, for the stand -patters are intrenched
behind the law and the other fellows will
have to get them out before changes can
be made.
Senator Hale came out last night in an
interview, which was widely quoted, in
Weighing against revision, and 1t is under
stood to be the program of the stand-pat-
ters to have some prominent man in the
House or Senate say something each day