Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-11
UNITE TO HONOR
SPEAKER CANNON.
President, Cabinet and Congress Cele-
brate at Capital Birthday
Party.

WASHINGTON, ID. o., May o
Standing hale and hearty under bower
of roses in the reception room OF the
Arlington hotel, Speaker Joseph Cannon
last night received the fluctuations OF
President Roosevelt Vice President
Fairbanks. members of the cabinet, ana
members Of the Senate and House Of
birthday anniversary. From all sections
! of the country came bundles of kilograms
of congratulation.
Day Is Strenuous One.
The day was a strenuous one for the
speaker He rose ut O'Clock. After Il
substantial breakfast he walked the two
miles between his house and his office III
the capitol building. From the time OF
his arrival until the House convened he
was receiving.
When the speaker appeared in the
chamber to call the House to order thun
ders of applause burst forth from the
floor and the gallery. The speaker was
visibly embarrassed.
But the capstone was placed upon
the celebration at night. The reception
and dining rooms i'll the north wing of
the Arlington hotel were used to accom-
mOdate the gathering. which numbered
fully 1900 people. The room in which
the speaker stood was tremendously dec
Grated with flags and flowers and in his
sight was a model of the capitol, lighted
by electricity. From the drawing room
came the music of the Marine band
Standing the center of line of fifteen
members of the House the speaker pre-
scented Il picture of health and vigor that
made one forget that this was his seven
tieth birthday.
Some of the Compliments.
you look as blooming and charming
as the flowers over your head,' was the
graceful way in which Sir Chentung
Liang Cheng, the Chinese minister, paid
his respects
You have played such a conspicuous
part i'll the affairs of this country for
! seventy years." observed Representative
Crumpacker of Indiana, what may we
expect you to be at HOP
Il shall be wearing a halo them" was
the smiling retort Of the speaker.
You and l entered Congress togeth-
err said Secretary Wilson, land there
are only three of us left. You and | are
two OF them
1t was delightful spectacle to see
the way the speaker put his arm around
the shoulder of his old colleague.
Secretary Shaw, who knows the dan
ger OF the speaker as a candidate for the
presidency, let no selfish desire creep into
his congra tulatiOns.
Il am not only thankful that you have
reached 20 years, he said, but l hope
you will live forever
What Did Roosevelt Say?
And so the Fluctuations went on, each
man saying pleasant things and the
speaker listening and giving back as
good as he received, until the President
and vice president appeared. There was
IA hearty handshake, and the President
smiled broadly and said some pleasant
things i'll Il pleasant way, the speaker re-
spending with his face alight. When
Mr.. Cannon was asked. subsequently
what the President had said he replied:
IN be darned if | recall"
And when Representatives Sherman
and Williams, who hanked the speaker
were asked if they remembered both con-
fessed they did not.
"All | do know" said Mr.. Williams
was that the President did not say de
lighted to me; Nor is there any reason
why he should"
Running through the fabric of the
evening was Il thread of presidential poll
ties. and it wound in and out among the
crowd, touching every man in whose hat
the presidential bee was supposed to be
btlZZing.