The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-14
CANNON, THURSDAY.
A Big Gathering of Politicians
Coming.

The Republican campaign will be
fairly open in Kansas at the meeting
in independence this week on Wednes-
day. There are four big speakers an
nounced with Speaker Cannon as the
leading attraction. The other three
drawing cards are ]. r. Bristow, w. r.
Stubbs and P. P. Campbell.
AS well as the big Four" speak
ers there will be four brass bands.
On the next day Speaker Cannon
will arrive in Topeka in the morning
and speak at the auditorium in the
evening.
There will be a big gathering of
big politicians in this city on that
day. Speaker Cannon, as not only
guns in the campaign. He is a
fighter and a hater of graft.
He is a positive. real character and
has consequently made some enemies.
The nature of his position requires
often times the use of what seems to
be autocratic powers. Both Demo-
Gratis and Republicans in congress
have found this necessary. II was
only by Speaker Reeds alleged car
ism that he was able to do business.
The minority by filibustering rules
blocking legislation.
Times have changed and a change
in rules in congressional procedure is
necessary. But all of the Republicans
voted for the present rules, and it is
hardly fair for them to blame the
speaker for enforcing them They
can change the rules whenever they
wish to, but up to the present they
have not seen fit to do anything more
than talk about a change. Doubtless
next winter there will be some voting
instead of SO much talking
Meanwhile Speaker Cannon has
saved this country millions of dollars
by his unf1inching integrity, the graft
he has stopped and the straightfor-
ward. although sometimes autocratic'
course he has pursued.
He is a man abundantly able to take
care of himself, and last week at Dan
Vile pinned Mr.. Gompers to the wall
when he showed that that great labor
leader really insulted his own cause
when he undertook to say that he
could take the entire labor vote TO
Bryan. The best working men wear
no collars, and they Will vote as they
please. as they ought to.
In his speech at Topeka 1T is under.
stod that Mr.. Cannon will tell some of
the things about the labor laws enact
ed by the congress over which he has
presided in the lower house.
Whatever may be said for or against
character, and the people who go to
see him and hear him in Topeka next
Thursday will give their attention to
what is worth while.
No speaker has ever done so much
for the Kansas representatives as Can
non has, and by the way, every one of
those representatives was renomina-
tedi. He made Scott chairman of the
great agricultural committee, put Cald-
erhead on the ways and means, made
Miller chairman of the important
claims committee, made Reeder chair
man of mileage committee, put Muir
dock on the postoffice committee, Anth-
ony on the military committee, and
Campbell on the District of Columbia
committee-an alderman of the great
capital of the nation.
Mr.. Cannon has incurred the i'll will
of some we'll intentioned people who
have pushed bills in congress that he
would not favor because high author
itv had declared them unconstitution-
ali measures and Uncle Joe' does not
believe in going to the trouble to try
to annul the constitution by bill in
congress. Kansas loves good fighter
and that is one reason Uncle Joe"
will have a monster crowd here
Thursday.