Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-06

Is absolutely honest and knows mors
about running this government than
any other candidate" Certainly in ihi,
Major Lacey could not be bidding for :
good cou mii'ee assignment The same
ieeling, ioa great extent. prevails among
men all over the country Who know Mr.
Cannon ami the other candidates men.
toned la saving what | did ahou,
"unele Joe" in the reported iuteryies
! dld not pretend to speak for Vermont,
hut for myself alone. aud | know the
man As have also AN acquaintance wiih
the Others except Gov, Hughes. Meth
er have ever claimed that Mr.. Cannon
would receive the nomination. hut il
the President adheres 10 his declaration
made an election night predict that
Speaker Cannon will become an inn
p"rtant factor in the national conven.
ton. ] want to say further. that in the
reported interview do not think used
the word conservative" at all, certainly
not as applied to candidates nor in tn.
sense of maintaining on adhering to old
policies in the administration of the
government, hut in continuing the poll
cies of the present administration in the
enforcement of the laws against indi-
viduals aud corporations who violate
them with firm hand aud in an effect
i've manner, which can he done quietly
through the department of justice and
without the sound of trumpets. What
| did say with reference TO the Presi-
dent lying awake nights devising plans
in aid of the people of the country was
inter died. as a compliment to his honesty,
since y and integrity of purpose, and
in no spirit of criticism only in so far as
he would stretch the constitution by
judicial construction To secure the end
sought. know the President very well,
probably much better than do my critic
aud have most sincere regard and
respect for him personally and for the
great office he occupies.
During my service in Congress | have
never been classed as an "iusurgeut,"
but on the contrary am recognized as
one of the administration standpatters, 4"
as | have supported and voted for every
pending bill when before the house
known as an administration measure.
In one instance | differed with the
President as to the provisions and de
tails of certain bill that had much to
do III framing. In an open letter he
held mp the committee that voted to re-
port that bill to undeserved censure
and for that took occasion to pubic
~ criticise him and to Justify my own
action, and had | not done it | would
have been false to myself and to my
constituents who had honored aud trust
ed me.
On my return to Washington from
Vermont | found thai during my ab.
sense he had addressed a second letter
To the chairman of our committee
stating, in short. that he had been miss
informed and wrote his first letter un-
der missNpreheusion of the exact terms
of the bill This correspondence is
matter of record and am well content.
1t is common knowledge that the House
under the leadership of Speaker Cannon
gives the President, as "a general thing,
whatever he wants, but it is in the Sen
ate where lie runs against stumbling
blocks i'll matters of legislation. With
the Argus x Patriot let me say, | am
not found on the fence; and to conclude
want to say TO Brother Whitney of
the Mortified News that the ''harrov y"
which he seems to think | am under
is wholly toethless as far AS | am con-
cerned kITTREDGE HAsKINs.