The Cairo bulletin., 1906-10-16
THINGS LOOK GOOD
TO UNCLE JOE
CANNON
THE REPUBLICANS IN THE MID
DIE WEST ARE STEPPING
HIGH, HE SAYS.
WILL AROUSE INTERE ST
And Get Out a Big Vote Is the FIan
of Roosevelt and corteiyou--
Speaker Doesn't Think Much
of Gomepr's Threat.

Washington. y. G.. October ~
lt"fhe Republicans III the Middle Wet
are stepping high. can Tell yon,'
That was Uncle joe Canaons re-
sponse TO question, in pired hy a
statement made by Senator HcFeF-
idge, Ct Indiana, this morning, that
Iparty spirit had disappeared this faN.
l"lf they arc not stepping high coh
tiuucd the speaker, 4 don't know
What you'd call IL"
Big meetings. much enthusiasm
Ictc2' The speaker was askea
| WeIl not such deep interest as
live cen in some campaigns he rc
ipied In fact. some apathy has been
Iapparont The people arc too busy
with their daily occupations to pay
. great deal Of attention to politics.
except over n New York, whore from
lall ! hear they are haying 4 real can.
7aign BVt the general situati29.
/ from what I've observed during my
tour, looks highly good for the Re-
publicans.'
How about the invasion of your
own district by Samuel Gompers. &c
the American Federation cg Labor
Uncle Joe" smiled as he replied
why, he Republicans In my district
arc as good Republicans Az ! am.
There are great many woehingmcn
among them but they all are il ga
TO walking under Their own hats. N
Irther words, they can 10 their own
tthinkng and voting
Money Situation Mot Serious,
When the speakers attention WIS
Icalled 10 interviews given out BY Sen
laiur Spoonod and oihef public men
recently. declaring that q agree must
ltate up The snhicc' nf currency re-
| form at IT'S ncxt session he said,
with Just q touch Of irony In h's tome:
Why. / didn't discover any special
ointment of that character during
my trip The bankers snclatians
lisc SIS the subject al their conyen-
tions. but they are usually divided as
% the means Of nercast- s The supply
1f money guess the situat on Is not
scrieus."
what Is Tho outlooh for ltepresen-
ativc Grant r. Mon er In he Thir-
centh Ohio District where yop
spoke last week."
The speakers expression changed
to one Of sadness as he replied
THAT was the most pathetic meet
ing ever attended Just AS WIS
about to speak word came that Mon
ser WAS dying of oplic pneumonia
But and his face lighted again, III
be lives he'll find he has great many
enthusiastic friends
That was the nearest "Uucle Ice"
would go 10 making a prediction az 70
thc result of the election ia the Thir-
tecnth He came here today from
Grafton, w Va. with Representative
James Il. Watson. of Indiana PREFER.
ing TO spend the day in Washington.
they eNpla ned to "loafi7gr all day On
& railroad siding But while IN Inc
city they had a long visit with the
pre- ident and Postmaster General Cor
fciy0u, the chairman of the national
Rep blican committee.
During our call n he White
House. said aWtson. I'VE old Tho PRES
dent what we saw and heard in The
NJ ddIo West We explained ihai
there was a palpable apathy every
whore except in Missouri. where the
Republicans we're making sple7d .
fight TO hold wha' they gained n
i9oi. when they oieeed the state
ticket. wiz hthe exception of The Gov
crHor. and nine congressman. Thov
arc going to carry thc state again and
win In nine congress- al distr cts
Now. that's prediction. Prosperity
and Roosevelt WIS our slogan in tho
Middle Wes aud ifs soluc to win
The people will vote to sustain the
pres dent by returning 2 Republican
majority to The house of represc-ta
iivcs on of colrse Z don't expect
we wiii have such bic majority. III
ar 1iz. as we have nov nobotv does.
The only danger 10 the Republicans
lies IN their failure to get ont the
vote on election day. We toii fhr
pre- ideut with he vote out orr suc-
ress is assured
As result Of the report of Messrs.
Cannon and Watson. the president
and Chairman Cortefyou wiH exert
lil their influence in rous ns she Re
1ubiicans Of The country from their
cthargy on the day of election. While
lt the White House The wisdom of
ne speakers going 20 New York II
I'll engagements Wa5 discussed but 81