The Irish standard., 1908-11-14
JOSEPH G. CANNON AGAIN.

JOSEPH 6. CANNON AGAIN.
The Evening Journal. of this city,
has the temerity to laud old Joe
Cannon for the speakership. after all
the opposition manifested by promi-
nent Republicans during the campaign.
1r its issue of last Saturday, our
twilight contemporary had not lam
guage sufficiently strong to eulogize
the man who was so bitterly berated
for the past three months by the re-
fern element in his own party.
Senator La Follette, in speech in
Wisconsin. denounced Cannon as "a
traitor" and declared that he preferred
a democrat for Congress to Republi-
can who would vote for his reelection
as Speaker. Judge Jenkins, of Chip
pawa Falls, Wis.,, was defeated by Len
root for Congress, because he was al
legged to have been too close to Cannon.
Adam Bede. of Pine City. was knocked
out by Mr.. Miller, of Duluth, on the
same charge, and ]. T. McCleary had
to promise his constituents to vote
against Uncle Joe" in the event
Of his election. Congressman Tawney
was reelected by a greatly reduced
majority on account of his standing
hand in glove with the old standpatter
of Danville. And despite these facts,
Of which the Journal is fully cognizan1,
1t nevertheless says:
Last Tuesday indorsed Speaker
Cannon, Endorsed him and his lieuten-
ants. together with his policies. un-
qualifedly. New York city and Chi
cago Endorsed him. All the east, the
six states Of New England the en-
pire state of New York, the common
wealth of Pennsylvania. little old New
Jersey. indorsed him. AS did the vast
northern basin Of the Mississippi, ex-
elusive of Indiana in spots, but in
elusive of Missouri. AS did the Paci-
fl: coast. AS did his own district in
Illinois, whose farmers and miners and
merchants hardened neither to Comp
ers nor to fanaticism, but united to in
crease his plurality
The Journal would be glad to say,
Il 1t had any foundation for it, that
Roosevelt and Taft had wired Old Joe
their congratulations upon his hard
fought victory in Illinois. The fact
is that the President and President
elect would rather see him defeated
than reelected to the House of Rep
resentatives. Joe is the obedient SER
want Of the special interests and to
them he is largely indebted for his
reelection. 1t is probable they will
succeed in re-electing him to the
Speakership, for he has proved him.
self worthy Of their confidence. They
are we'll aware that any revision of
the tariff In House where Joe Cannon
is Speaker will be entirely satisfactory
to them
Why the Journal is so enamored Of
"Uncle Joe'' may be explained by its
esteemed neighbor, the Tribune, but
it is beyond our comprehension why
it should pour out its adulation so
abundantly, upon the man, who, more
than any other in the country, pre-
vented the passage of every remedial
measure in the last ongress. 1t looks
to us like sacrilege to have the Jour-
nal. in one of it's cartoons, place
Uncle joe, with cigar in his
mouth, beside Uncle SAM" as If he
were the true embodiment of American
patriotism and integrity.
The Washington correspondent Of
the journal, of course, boons Joe Can
non for the speakership, but other
correspondents Of Republican papers
differ widely from him.. Walter Well
man. in his Washington letter to the
Chicago Record.Herald, says:
About one-third of the Republican
majority Of the. House are new MEM
bers. Among the old members Speaker
Cannon is already at work Aware of
the feeling against him. he is trying
to minimize it. During the coming
session of three months he will have
an excellent opportunity to repair his
fences and strengthen his position. It
Is predicted that he will use all the
power OF his ONCE and Of his person
ality to secure the vindication of a re-
election. Some members he will cajole,
others he will bulldoze. Tactically his
position is as strong as it is morally