The Washington herald., 1907-04-02
M'CALL FOR CANNON
Endorses Speaker as Presi-
Dental Candidate.
WOULD STAND FOR REVISION
Representative Advances Idea That
s'UncIe Joe" Would Reeede from
the "stand-pat'' Position and AdvO-
cate Tariff Modifications-Says His
Age Does Not Figure.

Representative Samuel ". Mccall. OF
Massachusetts,. in am interview yesterday.
came out FOR Speaker Joseph e. Cannon.
.of Illinois. for the Republican nomination
for President. Mr. Mccall believes that
Cannon viii be a mighty strong candi-
date. He advances the idea that Cannon.
long regarded as the arch standpatter OF
the Republican party, will come out FOR
revision OF the tariff
In reply TO questions. Mr Mccall ie-
clined 10 talk about any possible confer
enee he is thought 10 have had with the
Speaker regarding this question. II Mr.
sfc6all has sounded Uncle and has
learned fhings to cheer tiI9 isearts of
rock-ribbed revisionists he keeps that TO
himself. AS is well known. Speaker Can
non has. through all his political career,
been pretty close TO the people and it
would not surprise his followers TO learn
that he had come out for a party nrinci-
pie demanded by large number of his
feiiow-psrty men.
An interesting sidelight on MIR. Me
Calls advocacy of Cannon for the Presi-
deEcy is the fact that he has Just re-
turned from Panama, where he went with
a large Congressional party. Speaker
Cannon has also been cruising I'm that
ueighborhood with another Congressional
delegation. and there has been ample op-
portunity for an exchange of opinion he
tween some of the most prominent leaders
of the Republican party in Congress.
ConEressmen Are silent.
It is among the possibilities that a
boom for Uncle Joe was fixed up down
there. The Congressman themselves
maintain discreet and sphinxlike si-
lence about IT,
1T is difficult at this time TO give out
even "a fairly good guess as TO who the
Republican nominee viii be" said Mr.
Mccall yesterday
Personally. / should hope that it
would be Cannon. The only argument
really urged against him is his age. but
I believe he will outwork any man in the
House of Representatives who is not
more than twenty years younger He
has remarkably good sense. is an old-Ine
Republican. is progressive and yet at
tached TO the sound principles of govern
ment
As to reducing the tariff, / am salts
Ai0A lti1A iAE VIII AEtAdir 4aiilH5tti tli tuhbt
OF a revision. which shall take place I'M
mediately after the Presidential election "
Pressed on this point Mr. Mccall de-
clined to commit himself further He
would NOT say If he had been assured OF
this by Mr Cannon.
Massachusetts is strongly for reyi-
sion. he continued. and judging from
what / have been told by members from
the great Central West and Northwest. 1
am satisfied that great section of the
country is also for revision.
Mus Take Decided stand.
1T will be necessary for the Republi-
cans, in their next national platform, to
discard the vague promises of revision
some time, and give a definite assurance
TO the people"
Mr. Mccall has accepted an invitation
/ from Henry St. George Tucker, president
4 of the jamestown Exposition 20 deliver
an address at jamestown on Constitution
/ Day, September 30. Grover Cleveland. ex-
/ President of the United States. has also
/ heen asked TO speak ON the same occa-
/ sion, and it is understood he viii accent
/ These TWO men are regarded as the two
/ leading eSponents of the fundamental
( theory of American government in the
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