The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-24
Makes It Plain in Speech De-
Iivered in Chicago He Will
Work to Fulfill Pledges of
Party.
NEW CONDITIONS SHOULD
COME SOON AS POSSIBLE
Not Definitely Known Whether
Taft Will Work to Wrest
Control of House From
Speaker Cannon.

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 24.-Speaker Jo-
seph G. Cannon has made it as plain
as possible without a direct statement
of his purpose, that he, if reelected
speaker of the national house of rep
resentatives, would work in harmony
with the republican administration.
1t has been reported-and denied
that Mr.. Taft in Virginia Hot Springs,
while having no intention of throwing
any administrative influence into any
contest which might be made over the
house organization, was not wholly
convinced that an organization with
Mr.. Cannon at it's head would be en-
tirely friendly to white house policies
Mr.. Cannon came up from Danville
in the mosning and was one of the
guests at the luncheon at the Union
League club given by Alexander Re-
veil and other Chicago business men to
the visiting rear admirals here for the
naval banquet of the western alumni
of the naval academy last night at the
Auditorium Annex.
Says He Followed Roosevelt.
He made a short talk at this gather
ing, declaring himself in favor of i'm
mediate tariff revision, and then went
on east to Washington.
In the brief portion of his talk
which he gave to his statement on tar
iff revision he said that his stand
pat" attitude in the last three years
Oft "a Of hinh or
tributed to his own personal convic.
tion-was the result of the stand taken
by President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Cannon said that he had follow.
ed the lead of the president to whom
he attributed the policy of not revising
the tariff until after the general elec.
| ton.
ANY change in the revenue laws OF
the country of necessity is followed by
depression of business Mr. Cannon
said. Three years ago 1 followed
the lead of Theodore Roosevelt, who
declared that there should be no revis.
ion of the revenue laws-which means
the tariff-until after the next general
election. His policy was not to
change existing conditions before then
THE republican platform on which
the national contest has been won
says: Revise the tariff That revis-
| ion should be with due regard to the
protection of American industries and
to the penalizing of discriminatory ma
| tions.
| Uncle Joe Wants Prompt Action.
"As a member of the next house oil
| representatives. coordinate branch
of the government and equal to the ex-
ecutive and the judicial branches-ano
I will be in the next house if live
| is concerned, that the policy of the re
publican party on this question is
written in the national laws as prompt
| ly as possible.
"This should be done as soon as DOS.
sible. so that business can adjust itself
| to changed conditions The change
of necessity will bring disturbance and
it will fall chiefly on those of you
who are business men"
Taft Determined on Law.
Washington. D. c., Nov. 24-Tha,
President-elect Taft is determined to
secure the passage Of tariff revision
bill conforming to the platform pledg-
es of the republican party was made
clear here by Representative Theodore
e. Burton. Mr.. Burton had just
come from Hot Springs, where he had
full opportunity to discuss the sub
ject with Mr. Taft. He was willing to
talk about the tariff. although he de-
clined to say anything about the
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