Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-22
GOOD PLAN. SAYS CANNON.
sneaker Commerds Sending OF
Fleet to Pacific.

Joseph G.. Cannon when here last
week enroute to New York, de.
clared himself emphatically in
favor of President Roosevelts plan
to send the battleship fleet to the
Pacific. Although he has had nc
communication with the Presiden
regarding this naval movement, the
Speaker regards it as a natural
developement of naval policy and
unhesitatingly commends 1t.
"Our navy will be of no benefit
to u.s." said "Uncle Joe," "unless
the men know how to handle the
ships, how to work the guns.
Efficiency is more important than
any other consideration, and it can
be gained only through practice.
Therefore it is an excellent thing
that the ships would be sent bv
way of Cape Horn to the Pacific
Coast as q practice maneuver. Ii
it strengthens our diplomacy to
have the battleships IN the Pacific
we'll and good, but whether it does
or not the benefits of long cruise
are apparent.
so far as expense is concerned,
it will cost no more than to send
them to the West Indies or to
European waters. If the fleet is
in good condition it will make the
trip satisfactorially. If it is not
we will learn it's deficiencies, and
they certainly should be known if
they exist
"What will Congress do next
session for the navy?" Mr.. Cannon
was asked.
"It will provide for adequate
manning of the force we have and
improvement" was the answer.
"What new authorizations will
there be?"
"As to that I cannot say, but I
feel there is a strong sentiment
Throughout the country in favor of
maintaining an efficient navy, and,
as said before efficiency is more
important than size. I would
rather have one modern bait leship
like the Dresdnaught or larger
than ten battleships built ten years
ago."
When his opinion was asked as
to the present depression of stocks,
attributed by prominent financiers
to the administrations anti
corporation policy, Speaker Can
non said:
81 assume from what I see in
the newspapers that the President
is obeying his oath of Office by
enforcing the laws. What effect is
it having upon the bulls and bears
in Wall street I do not know, but
I do know that through the Middle
West the people are so busy pre-
pairing to harvest . vast corn crop,
q great wheat crop and the best
timothy crop We have had in a
decade, that if You try politics with
them they say Let's see, when is
election?' and then when you say,
Next year. they say, Good Lord!
There is lots oftime to talk politics.
Come out and help me pitch hay
The banks throughout the
West have more money |
than they have ever had before.
They do not feel any concern. .
$50 far as the fine Judge Landis
imposed on the Standard Oil Com
pany is concerned, I do not feel
obliged to comment, for l assume
that the Standard Oil Company
has the money and the lawyers to
appeal on writ of error if they b
think there has been error, and
that the Supreme Court will decide
The question properly.
"If the Standard Oil Company
we're some poor man who could not
help himself I might feel con-
,erned. For instance, ifit was
,ase like this man Powers in
Kentucky, for whose case I have in
! humble way contributed a dollar
IT two, | might feel that [ should
10 something. HE is without
charged with murder,
RED, convicted and the sentence