Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-05-24

standing next to men who dig and
men who work
Clapp is an elk, magnificent grand !;
never doing very much, but doing
what he does with an air that makes
people think he moves the world and
the powers of the world.
McCleary is a weasel; insignificant
! in appearance; but when he fastens
! himself on an opponent, either Of his
ambitions or his ideas, It IL the oppo-
nent that always loses blood, and
not McCleary.
Tawney reminds one of king bird
not great OF large, but pestlferously
active: one who by sheer energy
courage andforce Of will can make the
larger birds and beasts nunt their
holes; a bird who never knows when
| il Is whipped, and who crows as loudly
when driven into a corner as when he
was cock of the walk,
| II would take too long and weary
! the reader too much If / were to tell
Of all the prominent men and what
they remind me Of, but the subject Of
this sketch, Uncle joe" always re-
minds Of a Chester White pig, and we
mean no dsrespect to the present
Speaker of the American Congress in
this statement,
The pig naturally is the cloanest
animal in the world and Uncle joe
Is one Of the cleancst men In public
life. The pig is obdurate, and Mr..
Cannon cannot be made to do thing
he does not want to do. The Presi.
dent and the Senate have made this
discovery. There Is no style about n
pig, and there Is none about Uncle
joe A pig is honest, and Cannon's
namc is a synonym for rigid honesty
the world around. II pig does not
get what he wants he squCals little,
grunt3 a little, waits and tries again.
That Is Cannon. lie set his cap for
the Spcakership, lie was candidate
the time Mr.. Reed was elected the
first time. When Reed, disgruntlod,
retired from the Office, Uncle joe
thought his time had come, but the
Illinois delegation, answering the de-
mand Of the machine, Endorsed Hop
ldns, which resulted in the election OIL
General Henderson. Cannon squeaIcd
quite loudly, but aCquicsced. A pigI
i3 always regular and so Is Cannon.
When General Henderson etiroa
Cannon picked his nose to the front
and won out A pig is cunning ana
Cannon Is the Cutest man In publicl
life. over and over again we hayeI
known him to head off a dangorousI
proposition by shrowdnoss
During President Harrison's admin
lstration Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union ladies', in recogni
tion of the fact that Mrs. Harrison re.
fused TO serve wine Mt the state din
nors, presented her with magnn.
cent sidcboard. When the WhtoI
House was renovated this sIdeboard
was sold by auction and 1t was re- |
ported that It was purchased by al
Washington saloonkgeper. A snrcwd |
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