Daily Arizona silver belt. (Globe, Gila County, Ariz.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-19

district; his name alisman In every
election precinct; mis- public record ex
prcssivo of the glorious history of ouI
party the radiant triumphs Of oul
| faith.
The reasons givon by his opponents
why Speaker Cannon should not be
president are the very reasons which
commend him for the office. Jnthink
ing critics highly condemn him and his
associates in the national Legislature fol
what they have not done. They dc
not stop TO consider that while il il
the privilege Of all citizens to sugges,
what congress should do, it is the stern
duty of that body to appropriate nc,
cording to the revenues and legislate
according to the constitution. Speaker
Cannon has been censured and abused
almost as severely as were Washington
Lincoln and Mckinley. And for what
For doing his duty. In the face OF
censure and abuse he has gone on with
unfinching courage and joyous serenity
doing tho right as IL was given him to
see the right, using his influence to stem
the tide Of wasteful appropriations and
to prevent the passage Of iil-considered
measures of doubtful corstitutionality.
History will do fun justice to Speaker
Cannon s wisdora and courage, and pos
terity will extl his virtues. But why
should We leave this pleasant task to
posterity' Why not be just and fair
ourselves, and forestaIl the magnsaim.
ity of the historianss Why not give
to Speaker Cannon now his we'll earned
reward, so that he, as well as posterity,
can enjoy iti
The next president will appoint many
United States judges and, in all proba.
bility majority Of the supreme court,
the last bulwark of our national institu.
tions. Speaker Cannon 3 legal training
and high regard for the judiciary as an
independent, coordinate branch of the
government give assurance that these
appointments will continue to be made
with an eye single TO the maintenance
of the lofty standard Of learning and
purity of character that has distinguish.
ed our federal judges in the past.
Legislation of the highest Importance
Will demand the attention of all branch
es Of the government in the next admin.
istration. During recent years the PEG.
pie have given their approval to a wide
extension of the scope of national leg.
islasion. The republican party has
promptly met the wishes of the people.
The president has recommended and
congress has passed in the last FIVE years
many laws of far-reaching Importance
designed TO meet with new remedies
conditions that have arisen from our
rapid industrial development. Each of
these laws bears the signature of the
speaker and many of them have the
special imprint of HIS swisdom and ex.
perienec. During the last day of the
session of congress two measures were
passed that have received unstinted
praise. One law makes the United
States liable for injuries sustained by
laborers and other employees of the
government engaged in extra hazardous
york. The other provides for an emer.
gency currency to move our great crops
in the south and west The first Ia n
long delayed measure of simple JUS
tee; the other wise financial precau.
tion. Obstructionists in the house and
senate nearly defeated both measures
That they are on the statute books to.
day il due mainly 10 the unyielding de-
termination and the wise parliamentary
generalship Of Speaker Cannon. These
same attributes he viii take with him
to the presidency. Can we doubt that
as president he will shaw the same wis.
dom in dealing with the legislative
problems of the future that he has dis.
played again and again as speaker?
His executive recommendations will EN-.
body the wisdom of generation of
legislative experience.
His opponents dwell upon his years
as handicap, but with him years have
brought no signs of age, but only the
wisdom of experience and it's serene
philosophy. Ii he should, be elected
president next November and reelected
in 1912, he would at the end of his
second term be four years younger than
was Gladstone when he made his fare
well speech as prime minister of the
house of commons! Why should not the
United States have her Grand Old Man7
No one of this generation has demon |
strated 40 often or 30 successfully his |
capacity for attracting the confidence
and the affections of his fellow citi-
L 1. n.
ed to high Office by the voters of dis. |
trict that has no superior in the United |
States for intelligence and patriotism.
times the seal of approval has
been placed upon his character, and his
record, by those who know him best. |
Thrice he has been chosen by the rep
resentatiyes of all the people to fill the
highest legislative Office in the land. |
What living man can give like promise |
Of retaining, as presidential candidate, |
the support of the republicans and at
tracing the suffrages of the three mil
lion first voters of the country who can
control the coming elections
Posterity will revere forever the name
Of Abraham Lincoln, not alone because
he freed the slaves, but rather because
he omancipated his countrymen from
thraldom to ignoble ideals in the world
Of business and finance. And the name
Of Cannon will always be linked with
that of Roosevelt as the speaker who
stood by the president and helped to
crystalline his policies into law. To
whom could We entrust with greater
the perfection and extension