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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-25
~ NlM ( Uncle Joe as Speaker l Glimpses of Joseph G. Cannon, Who Presides
 Over the Nations Legislators
 In by His Whcisms
 Still Vigorous, Though Nearly Seventy He Hard Hitter. M but Fair Fighter r Believes In Enjoying Life and / IN Making Others Do the Same .-s v

keeps his body in constant motion ana is as lively as fly in bottle. In fact, members in his. immediate vicinity have to get out of the way for personal safety. He does not do these things for effect. but because he can't help 1t. They bubble out of him as spontane- ously as song out of katydid.
 No Dull Moments In His Vicinity.
 When Cannon first loomed into prom thence he was referred to as "a big gun" but that pun became hanging offense twenty years ago. Besides, Gatling is more in keeping with his rapid fire style. He usually keeps his temper but now and then there is an explosion that clears the atmosphere for hours afterward His blue eyes alternately twinkle with humor and flash with the fire of battle. His mouth turns up at the corners, ready to slip into a smile at any moment He is straightforward startlingly frank and always interesting. There are no dull moments in his neighborhood If a camp meeting exhorter and horse jockey could be combined and the com posite result was incarnated as poll tician the result would be something like Uncle Joe.
 When he was chairman of the appro- priations committee, place that he held for many years he attempted one day to cut down the salaries of the sci-S entists in the agricultural department It was objected that good scientists could not be hired for less than $3,00G per year.
 Why" retorted Cannon, "there are hundreds and thousands of scientists who would be glad to take the position at $2,000, and whenever there is a va. cancy scientists come rushing in for the place like duck after June bug"
 "Spirit of Beauty
 Here is characteristic Cannonesque thing that Kate Carew declares the speaker got off in one of his inspired moments;
 T wouldn't give three Whoops ln h. tor any man whose heart would not beat faster, who would not breathe deeper, whose eyes would not take fire, whose spirit would not swell as if to strangle him, who would not be moved to the shedding of tears (and that with put any shame) by the voices of birds and children, by mothers smile, by song that is sung greatly from the heart, by the face -pf;R beantifrk 1n4 man and the voice of her pleading, by noble oratory or the noble acting of actors on the stage, by any human art through which the spirit of beauty in one speaks to the spirit of beauty in another"
 Think of a congressman getting that off without ever stopping to take breath! If proof were needed that Cannon iS a man out of the ordinary, that would furnish it. But proof is not required, for no one questions the state ment.
 It was Uncle Joe, by the way, who originated that pun about high cities.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-25
W%HE second officer of the govern

%K%HE second officer of the govern
 K ment is the speaker of the
 N house. Yet most people in re-
 ferring to the present holder of the title would not aliude to him as Speaker Cannon, but simply as Uncle Joe. The Uncle Jee-ness so. sticks out all over him that it eclipses any official glory, however bright He Is not like any other man, past, present or to come. He cannot be classified. He is not type, but an original. He says that The made himself and did darn ed poor job at it." At any rate, he did job that no one can duplicate.
 In speech he is not an orator, but q cyclone He indulges in no circumlocu- .tion, but goes straight after an idea sGnd either kills or cripples it at the first shot, If it happens to be man he is going after Ee adopts the same process with similar results. He uses splain speech and homely silIustrations. Though nearly seventy years old, he can fight all day and all night and be sas chipper as a dancing master for the next days scrimmage. He never bears spite, and the wounds he leaves on aothers are of the sort that heal quick fly. Tn other words, there is no malice in his attacks. He is a hard hitter, but fights fair He looks like q dea- con and swears like, pirate. Yet his Soaths are of an amiable sort that con stain no blasphemy. They are simply vigorous adjectives. He always has a cigar except when asleep or in the speakers chair. The cigar is usually cheap, long and black. and the various angles at which it is tilted indicate the mood of the possessor as certain fly as the barometer indicates the weather He wears spectacles, but de- tests to be pictured in them; says he looks old enough anyway
 I An All the Time American.
 ' He is fiorid of face, nearly bald, slaves his upper lip and wears whis- kers that once were sandy, but now are almost white. He is only of medium height, thin, gnarled and wiry, slightly stooping in posture and careless as to dress. His vest is usually half unbut- toned, and in action be sheds his coat and vest, often ev3n his collar and cravat, and not infrequently rolls up his sleeves. Rather he did these things when he was a fighter on the floor. Since taking the chair it is essential for him to keep his wardrobe intact. He uses desk for putting his feet on more often than for any other purpose, chews tobacco when not smoking, slaps his friends on the back. tells capital stories and generally enjoys life and makes others do the same. He has never been known to have the swelled shead. but is the same Uncle Joe now that he was before made "the king of the house." He has not a musical voice, but one that rasps its way home In private conversation he drawls more or less. but says mo" with a fnality that leaves no doubt of his meaning.
 Yet for all his breeziness he Is not without certain dignity. Perhaps that
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-25

John's Medicine. It xfvez me strength and keeps me well MF little daarh- ter is crpupy ct times and q Spcsnfnl cf the Medicine relieves her at unr1.- Aly wira would not be without it in the holss-
 Remember. Fatber Jehns Medicine Es not a ratent medlcfne. but e1e pre- scripfiol of the eminent specialist wb9 prescrfbesi h for the late Rer Father John OrBrien by Wbem ft was rsocu- needed aud frum ukua if aeriTesI ifs name. Tt ss ire frpu upizu- uarrkine or anV of fhe pofz11sus EeFTe-deafen- frr drnrs or wesksn1nE elfn1alsnls
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-25
Greatest Pie Eater In Congress.

Cannon has the record as the greatest pie eater in congress. His doctor for bade meat eating because of gouty tendencies, xo the speaker fell back on pie. Four pieces for lunch is not bad for man approaching seventy.
 Soon after being elected speaker Un. cle Joe gave the newspaper boys a recipe for spending Christmas. He told them to take one drink, DO more, and that should be straight whisky. After describing the ideal Christmas dinner he added that one should tilt back his chair. put his feet high up and light a cigar.
 Be so eontented," he said. 'that you even forget to cuss the scoundrel who wrote lies on you"
 After giving that advice Uncle Joe went out to Illinois. When he got back he found several bushels of letters from temperance people protesting against his advice to take one drink of whisky.
 Upon wading into these warm epis- ties for an hour or two Uncle Joe gasped to his secretary:
 Good God. Busbeyl What would they have said if I had made 1t two drinks of whlskyT'
 As speaker Mir. Cannon has not so many opportunities for his wit as for merly. Still be frequently gives vent to something that convulses the house. At the time the Philippines bill was on passage the Republicans paid little at- tention, and only a few scattering ayes were heard. But the nays from the Democratic side were united and vociferous.
 The nays seem 10 make the most noise" said the speaker. "but the ayes have t. and the biIl is passed.~
 On the eve of his first election to the speakershfp one Of the members came to bid him goOdby.
 'What do you mesnf- said Cannon
 The member. remembering the meta morphosis through which other men had gone who had been elected to the position. replied.
 T suppose you'u be speaker now
 Waving his cigar toward the house. Uncle Joe said.
 Tn there III be speaker. away from there you'u find that I'll he Joe Can nom
 1t has been even so.
 There's nothing ike power.- re- marked a new member to Uncie Ice. TOu feel lfke a regular ear n- sultan at tines
 Ts.- said Csnnoa rs6ectfvsfy. There are tines vhs1 do. These gre whea I mediate oa she fzef fhsf I Fave coUplete c11trol oFeT the ta-bers i1 the two shzviaE essa bl1zhnsnta af ns hg1se I bo.a the szfeks-zuze o4E
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-25
IN STEEL SYNDICATE
Hughes Probe Unearths Some
 Startling Payments.
MORGAN AND CORIELYOU TO TESTIFY
Maftison, New York Life Clerk, Tes. tified to Large sums Paid G. W. Perkins-Money, He Said, Went
 to sNylic Fund.-

NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-That George W. Perkins, vice president of the New York Life Insurance company and partner of J. Pierpont Morgan, last year took profit of $40000 which be- longed to the New York Life for loan of $939,000 1t had negotiated in Boston and that J. P. Morgan & Co. in 1902 paid to Andy Hamilton $60000 out of profits which the New York Life had made in steel were facts dragged out of a clerk of the Insurance com pany, at the. legislative insurance com. mittee's inquiry.
 It Is said that Morgan will have to go on the witness stand and tell why he was dealing with Hamilton, the yellow dog" handler and fugitive, and Perkins must unbare to the probe of Chief Examiner Charles, E. Hughes what right he had to divert money be. longing to the New York Life Insur- ance company.
 Milton M. Madison, dummy loan clerk, who figured in the early part of the life insurance investigation, was the person who bore witness as to Per kins' and Morgan's dealings. He said that it was he who paid over the S40.- 900 to Perkins. At first he told Mir. Hughes that he didn't know what Per. kins had done with the money Then he recalled that he had heard that the $40.0O0 had been put into the "Nylic fund" of the New York Life, of which Perkins Is the trustee and which is used for rewarding agents for "good business"
 It is said that the New York Life participated in the steel syndicate to the extent of $2,325O00 and that it made q profit of $52,41T.13.
 7 The Mccall company had been called upon for statement of all of its syn dlcate participations., It sent Mattison to present it to the committee A glance at the paper revealed to Mir. Hughes the absence of any reference to the steel syndicate engineered by the banking house of J. P. Morgan X SVs MdttisOli was liiihtufdltiS liuI Ou the witness stand and the truth drag ged out of him.
 It is said that Postmaster General Cortelyou may be called before the in- vestigating committee to explain what he knows about campaign contrlbu- tions. It is stated that Cornelius N. Bliss will also be questioned by the committee.
 Postmaster General Cortelyou when seen in Washington declined to make any statement on the subject and would neither affirm nor deny the re- port that he is to go before. the com mittee.
 George W. Perkins of the firm of l. P. Morgan & Co. has given out the fol. -lolEinE stafement in relation to the testimony brought out in the insurance investigation:
 'The transactions referred to before the insurance Investigating committee were perfectly proper ones. If the nat ural course of the inquiry does not make this clear I am sure the commit tee will give me an opportunity to offer further testimony in the matter"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-25
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A movement Is now on foot among Yale men to rid the university Of the "old cloes- pests-In other words. men who hang around the campus for the purpose of buying the oasto1 garments of the students. says a New Haven dispatch to the New York Tribune. he majority of the men Of the aca- demie department have agreed to turn over their casto6 clothes 10 the Rev. Fl. Roswell Bstes of New Tork eity. vho is working i1 the sluns of the uetrop- olIs. and the sheMeid scientlac school win follow suit or will follow with ita suits fn a few dMya
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-25

He was taking to a Chinese prince fhruuEh an interpreter. of course- when souething was said about sky suzpers.
 -T@. said Cannon ToEr Celestial srceIe1ey vm fnd that ths nost char ac-e-istfe ttree citiez zn thzs land are dlsti1zuished by so11e usanlfestafioa of hHzess. In New Tc-k ws hare hzk1 buisiinzz h Chizgo hlzh ~Indz asd in ssn Franciseo h.zh rslszz
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-25

6 not just the term. foF theTe is more or less a1ectatio1 about that Idea of dignity. and there is 10 s1ecsation about Joe C2nr1n- let there i< a eer- tain dignity of the soFt I E@n sren abogt a yefor jacket- ard this Is the kind fiat apperraiaz to ya-r Taeis Joe He s Ee1ui1e- EAEfis- partEssn to his szrsr ttps sn1 1a e1 tae t1ne Arsrf
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-25

Joe afterward tried to ring in some thing about hlghbinders, but that was too much, and the interpreter baked.
 The Illinois statesman is thorough believer in the victor taking the spoils, and it is asserted that he has secured his share. In every department he has secured appointments for his friends His style of going after these places is characteristic. He pounds the desk in the same way and brings as vigor- ous arguments to bear as he would in advocating bill in congress. Per haps the dread in which Uncle Joe has been held as chairman of the appropria- tions committee had something to do with his success in landing jobs for his constituents.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-25


 partment and one of the best known detectives fin New England. having had over twenty yeaE ex- perience in his profession, gladly gives the follow ing testimony: -I am subject to cold in the win ter and I find immediate relief llr fski1E Father
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-25
pride Said to Be Drtnn.

LOGANSPoRT. Ind, Nov. 25.-Mrs. Frank Felker. the one day bride of a popular young man. is seriously ill and reported to he dying from the ef- fleets of practical joking on the part of some 90 called friends.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-25
Att.mpt to wreek Train.

TWISTED, Conn. Nov. 25.-An at tempt was made to wreck a passenger train running from this town 10 Hart ford on the New England railroad. A large powder was placed on the track near what Is known as the Horseshoe curve
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-25
BaIks at High Hand Shake.

The speaker baIks at the high hand shake. A young man tried 1t on him one day. but Joe said be didn't belong to that lodge and was not familiar with the grip.
 But everybody shakes hands that way now said the young man
 "Everybody!- cried Cannon. Then exc1se me. I shall continue 10 asso- ciate and shake hands with nobodies."
 A young naval ofHcer who did not know Cannon went into the apprO- priations committee on business and wondered vho the deacon rss sitting at the hesd of the people. He was suddenly trsnshxed by having the sup posed deacon turn around and say:
 well. young man. what the devil can we do for yoaf-
 Sunset Cox once allowed Cannon time in s debste provided the Illinoisan would keep hIs hands Ia his pockets Tn.ide Of a minute. however. rnris Joe's famous left cane oat for q ges ture. and be had to rpiinquish fbc floor.
 One morning the speaker came tg his ofnce with two collars en and Hs crzvat He oould not tel how 1t hap peaed.
 Some one vas eouueufinx ca the Lack of patriotism cf a certain Esu and wss Vo1dsrfnz bow n couid be since be cane of god ola RsToiutioz arT stock
 Wen. vhat of HT sxclsfEed Nr C1n1rl Tea csn-t pwp pzfrsetsD ouf of pediEree
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-25
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
cIo.inE stock Quotation..

Money on call steady at 5lz per cent; prime mercantile paper. 5izds per cent: exchanges. ts426s5. .s4s: balances. tl0. .3ss0s7: total imports of dry goods at the port of New York for the week ending yesterday were ealued at s273s,939
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-25
A STATEMENT BY
 INSPECTOR LAFLAMME

Charles Lafamme. Chief of the Bu- reau of Criminal Investigation of the -~.,rfT t.,lton Ala
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-25

A very fine line of ChiIdren's Suits and overcoats at astonishing low prices.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-25

theit heads, every one of them. and I get pigeon breasted when I contem- plate it."
 -n!Some one asked the speakart1his desil milton of pessimist. rast -,'--itr
 "A pessimist." said he, Ifs a fellow that goes around looking for thorns to sit on"
 One day an obstreperous member re- fused to be seated and cease talking.
 The gentleman might as we'll quit, {" said the speaker, vigorously pounding the desk. T can make as much noise as he can."
 The member saw the point and sub sided.
 Here is another Uncle Joe-ism:
 "A president without both houses of congress back of him doesn't amount to much more than eat without claws in that place that burneth with fire and birthstone"
 "Knows Whom to Bark at and When. |"
 Holman of Indiana used to be called ''the watchdog of the treasury But Cannon" said a man who had served with both, ''is better trained dog than Holman was. Holman parked at every body and all the time: Cannon knows whom to bark at and when" . A visitor once asked for an appropri- ation, and Cannon said No so frank ly that the man who had made the re- quest seemed surprised and almost gratified.
 You asked me. didn't youf" said Uncle Joe. Well. told you. What did you take me for7 Did you think was going to i'll you up with hot air and then not do anything"
 Cannon has an original sort of bow. all his own. He needs about six feet square for the maneuver.
 'I can't figure out" said the late Postmaster General Payne. whether Joe thinks he is planting corn or hitch. ing horse.r
The Newtown bee., 1905-01-06

port of the assertion they point to tEe following figures: In the United States, with population of 80,o00, 900 people, there were s,97O murders. In London, with population of 6,500,- 900 people, there were only "A murders and every one of these was brought to justice. Chicago, with one-fifth of that population, had 12S murders and in 55 cases no one was convicted of the crime. It looks as though criminals got off easy in the United States. Our immi grafton laws are too lax and we are getting the scum and otfscouring of the earth. Too much poor whiskey is made and sold and that is the pr1n- cipal cause of the murders. MT Mo- Cure wants to start a new crusade with the watchword, IA new right eousness which shall become new passion-the love of country"
The Newtown bee., 1905-01-06

the recent guest of her cousin, Miss Maude NorJhrOp, has returned to her home in Silver Mine. -.--~-
 Grover Foot of New Haven has been spending the week with his aunt, Mrs May Bates.
 MT ana Mrs-M. H. Hunter, Misses Katharine and Bessie Miller and J. c. Miller spent New Years day with MT and Mrs D. H. Miller of South Nor walk.
 Miss Lillian Olmstead is visiting friends in New York for few weeks
 Samuel Beardsley, who is ill with diphtheria, is reported to be improv- ing. The house is quarantined.
 There was union praise service held in the Congregational church, last Sunday evening. The Methodist church was closed.
 The Misses Miller gave very enjoy- able Whist party, last Wednesday evening. There were eight tables. The first prizes were won by Miss Fan ny Perry and Chester Mills and the consolation prizes by Miss Beatrice Jennings and Louis Amber.
 Mrs Lucy Northrop, who has been quite ill, is somewhat improved.
The Newtown bee., 1905-01-06

were served tt the close of the even- ing. Those present were: Misses J ulia Plumb, Edith Plumb, Hanna Yelling ton, Evelyn Smith, Alma Plumb and Gertrude Smith, and Messrs Sydney French, Maurice Curtis, John Curtis, Edward Smith, Berton Smith, of Mich ols, Miss Laura Smith of Stratford, ], Messrs Cecil Hawley and Robert Gard her of Bridgeport.
 Miss Edith Plumb has returned to Orange, after spending the holidays with her parents.
 MT and Mrs B. l.. Nettleton of Mil ford spent New Years at W. Nichols.
 John Curtis gave finch party to his friends, last Friday evening.
 Mrs William Potter of Ansonia and Mrs H. E. Baldwin and son of Glen don, Me-, spent Monday at William WellingtOn's.
The Newtown bee., 1905-01-06
BLUMAN, Salesman and Agent, Gas St Sandy Hook.

who has been employed by the Mine Hill Quarry Co. for some years, went to New York City to spend the holi- days with relatives. On Friday morn- ing, December 3O he was taken sud denly ill, and when the ambulance ar rived he was dead.
 The Quarry Company had the mis- fortune to lose one of their valua ble horses, recently. As one of the men in charge was exercising it, without warning the horse fell dead with heart disease.
 Donald Forbes has reached Scotland safely, where he has gone to spend the New Year with his mother, who is 90 years old. She had not seen her son for many years.
 Richard Brown is visiting his sister, Mrs August Patard, and taking in the sights of New York City.
 Charles Bender left the Creamery, on Saturday, to take position in the creamery at TOwnerS, N. Y.
 Miss Mary Daley was at Walter Da- ley'S for short visit, recently.
 Mrs Donald Forbes and her daugh- ter, Grace, spent Thursday in Danbu- ry.
 Mrs Marie Benson is home from a pleasant visit with her daughter, Mrs Sturges, of New York.
 Miss Helen Goodsell has spent part of her vacation out of town.
 Walter Daley has been visiting his daughter Mrs Robert Barker of Pater- son, N. J., for few days.
The Newtown bee., 1905-01-06
GREENFIELD HILL.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

NEWS IN BRIEF. Miss Eunice Perry of New York City spent the holidays with her parents, MT and Mrs Uriah Perry, of this place. Miss Emma Ferris, who has been under the doctors care, is convales- cing slowly.
 Mrs B. w. Burr and daughter, Lu- ella, who have been late victims of the grip, are reported we'll again. Miss Millie Jennings and friend of NOrthfield, Mass, are here for a vaca- ,.on of two weeks.
 Miss Bessie Banks is home from weeks visit with relatives in Danbury. Miss Carrie Banks, student at a medical college in Boston, spent her vacation with her mother in this place.
 Master Elliott Gardner and sister, Esther. children of Prof w. B. Gard der of Meriden, spent the holidays with their grandparents, MT and Mrs Uri- ah Perry, of this place.
 Mrs Kittie M. HOltOn has returned to her duties at the Danbury College of Elocution, after an enjoyable visit with her mother, Mrs B. B. Middle brook.
 Mrs Eugene Godfrey visited her daughter in New Haven, last week. -
 A party of about 30 young people SereDaQeQ MT 3hO MrS U. D. BdnkS, Whe-recently returned from their hon. i eymoon in Chicago, at the residence of Sherwood Banks, Thursday evening. The boys were treated to an elaborate lunch and were royalty entert aimed by the genial nOst ana hostess.
 MT and Mrs s. Everett Lobdell en- tertained a number of their friends at a New Years dinner, Monday after noon, at their newly built home on Merwin's Lane. Among the out of town guests were MT and Mrs George Sherwood of Weston and Charles Lob dell and family of Easton.
 J. K. Robinson of Verna Farm, Greenfield Hill, made all his hired men present of turkey for Thanksg;v- ing, also cranberries and celery. One of the turkeys weighed 1Sa pounds. At Christmas he gave all their child ren a Christmas tree, and to the boys he gave sleds, mittens and each a stocking full of candy and an orange To the girls he gave dolls, mittens and each stocking of candy and an orange. MT Morgan dressed as Santa Claus, and Miss Walsh delivered the presents and deserve great praise. MT Robinson will get his reward in Heaven for 1.-The Lord loveth cheer full Giver."