Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-02-15

''Uncle Joe" A pig is always for a
pig, and MIR. Cannon is always for
Mr.. Cannon. A pig is honest, and
Cannon's name is a synonym for rig
i'd honesty the world around. If
pig does not get what he wants he
squeals a little, grunts little, waits
and tries again. That is Cannon.
He set his cap for the speakership.
He was a candidate the time Mr..
Reed was elected the first time. He
didn't get it. and he didn't expect it.
He simply grunted and bided his
time. When Reed, disgruntled, re-
tired from the Office, "Uncle Joe''-
thought his time had come, but the
Illinois delegation answering the de-
mands of the machine, endorsed
Hopkins which resulted in the cleo
tion of General Henderson, Cannon
squealed quite loudly but acquiesced.
A pig is always regular and so is
Cannon. When Gen. Henderson re-
tired, Cannon poked his nose: to the
front and won out. A pig is cunning,
and Cannon is the cutest man in pub
lie life. Over and over again we
have known him to head off a dam
gerous proposition by shrewdness.
During President Harrison's ad-
ministration, the W. G. T. U. ladies,
in recognition of the fact that Mrs.
Harrison refused to serve wine at
the state dinners, presented her with
a, magnificent side-board. When the
White House was renovated this side
board was sold at auction, and it was
reported that it was purchased by a
Washington saloon keeper. A shrewd
democrat, thinking to make political
capital, in an impassioned speech,
recited the facts of presentation, and
then in. a tragic voice exclaimed:
my God! What has become of the
side-board?'' Mr.. Cannon arose in
his place and said: SIT is reported
on good authority that Dolly Madi-
son used to dry her wash in the east
room of the White House. My God!
What has become of the clothes
line?''
"Uncle Joe' in action is worth go
ing many miles to see. He starts in
mildly and gently but as he warns to
his speech he pulls up his sleeves,
c1, h. fao Il
always winds up covered with glory
and perspiration.
A pig is common and so is Cannon.
In his home at Danville, Illinois, he
is known as "Uncle Joe,'' and when
a mans own neighbors affectionately
term him ''uncle" he always posses
ses many lovable qualities. The So
briquet followed him to the national
capitol, and he became "Uncle Joe''
to the nation. Now his fame has in
creased, and he is "Uncle Joe'' to
the world. -
The pig is the most useful animal
in all the animal Kingdom, and
"Uncle Joe'' is the most useful man
in Washington. He has saved the
nation more money, has punctured
more frauds, and in our judgement,
has been and is, without exception,
the most valuable public servant in
the service of the nation. He is of
the Lincoln class -'All Stock and no
i Style.'' He is a little piggish as far
as he and his constituents are con-
cerned, for he is human, very human,
but outside from that natural attrib-
ute he is as broad minded as the
boundaries of the nation. Nothing
but his age prevents him from being
the successor of President Roosevelt,
and even that may not interfere, fol-
owing to correct habits he is younger
than many a man twenty years his
junior.
Justice Ryden of Lancaster issued