The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-26
KANSAS COMMENT
UNCLE JOE CANNON.

The visit of Uncle Joe Cannon to
Kansas and his enthusiastic reception
are good answer to the Democratic
candidates who are making an anti
cannon campaign. The rugged hon
eSty ana common sense of Speaker Can
non should never be lost sight of and
while he would object himself to pos
ing as a pink of perfection his enemies
can make no attack on him which re-
fleets on his character or his states
manship.
He is abused as a GEAR" when in
Iact he IS merely carrying out the
rules of the house, the same rules that
the Democrats adopted when they last
controlled the house. the same under
winch all speakers have acted since the
time of Tom Reed.
NO charge can be made against Can
non which is not a charge against the
majority At any time the speaker
loses the confidence of the house he
can be removed by a majority vote.
AT any time fifty members of the Re
publican side want to rebel against a
rullng OF the speaker they can call a
party caucus by simply signing a call.
Then II majority Of the caucus vote
to agree with them they can change
the rule or force consideration of any
measure.
The fact is lot of cowardly con-
gressmen are hiding behind Speaker
cannon. They elect him speaker and
u. L
result is unpopular the rabbits run to
the brush to tell the other rabbits that
the trouble was caused by Cannon's
despotIc rule-when in truth 1t was the
judgment of a majority of the men,
bers.
Every CRATER and faker wants Can
non out of the speakers chair. Not all
the men opposed to Cannon come I'M
der these names, but his experience,
ability and integrity stand between the
treasury and the would-be looter. Can
non has saved hundreds of millions of
! dollars for the country by his alertness
and his honesty.
Uncle Joe Cannon is a fighter He
never runs away-you never hear of
his bowling and crying over what the
| majority wants. If it does not suit him
he carries out the will of the house.
That is all there is to it.
PerhapS the rules are oppressive.
Perhaps the necessity for organization
in the house is overestimated But
that would be the fault of the rules
into execution. The honest, decent
way to do if you don't like the rules of
congress is to say so and not be ding
ing away at Speaker Cannon who is
merely the expression of the will of
the majority of the house.-Hutchinson
News.
DIR. SHOWS DEATH.
During the years in which he lived
on this earth, Francis Huntington
Snow did good life's work Chiefly it
benefited the state in which he lived.
But his influence was not restricted,
and the material work that he did
the work of graduating an insect pest
for the Kansas farmers, was not so
important as his spiritual influence.
For he came in contact with thousand.
of Kansas young men and women and
implanted in their hearts a reverent
love of learning, and these men and
women have gone all over the world.
spreading the seeds of influence which
he sowed.
DR.. Snow was pioneer evolutionist
in this Mississippi valley. Time was,
before the churches adopted the es-
sence of that doctrine, when he was
under suspicion and fear. But his gem
tie nature, his kindly heart, his wise,
shrewd charitable soul won thousands
who might have been repulsed by a
mere debater, or mere scientist.
For DR.. Snow was first of all man
practical-but most of all kind and
just. He accomplished much, but never
through force, always by persuasion,
and his best argument always was his
own candid, serene SOUL which
brought conviction for his purpose by
it's very essence.
Kansas has had no more useful citi-
zen. He has served mankind, and he
will go on serving God in some way
that We cannot know, through eternity.
-Emporia Gazette.
AND PRAY, WHY NOT?