The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-25
SAYS REVISION
WILL BIZ HONEST
Speaker Cannon at Washing
ton Makes Statement.
Framing New Tariff Law-Not Fret
ting Over Speakership for Cau-
Gus Will Decide.
HE WILL OBEY THE PEOPLE.

Washington, ID. @, Nov. 25.--De-
elaring that there will be an honest
revision of the tariff and that there Is
no present need OF "fretting about
the selection of a speaker for the
house in the Sixty-first congress, ="
| Speaker Cannon arrived here from
his home In Illinois for the approach
ing session of congress. In state
ment issued today Cannon said;
| 'The election of a speaker for the
lSixty-first congress is yet consid-
cradle distance in the future. When
that congress is about to assemble
which presume will be sometime in
March-The Republican members of
the house will hold a caucus as has
been the custom from the foundation
of the party, and select a candidate
for speaker, to be supported by the
panty at the organization of the
house. presume that representatives
will be perfectly competent to select
their speaker, and | do not see any
present need for fretting about the
matter.
"Of course there will be an honest
revision OF the tariff. We made a
campaign on that issue, and every
Republican member was elected with
that in view Every one of those Re
publicans, without exception, win, !
believe, strive to the best of his in
telligence and ability to attain the
tariff results desired by the people
who elected him. All will not have
the same views and each one cannot
have his own way altogether. There
must be mutual concession and com
promise. out of which will come the
result which. on the whole, is the
most acceptable of the least objec-
tionable to all. That Is according to
lcivilized and enlightened govern
ment.
1t is the barbarian who expects to
have everything his own way with
out regard to his neighbor. Who
ever is elected speaker of the next
house must so perform his functions
as to assist the house in arriving at
results which win best represent the
views Of the responsible party in the
house. striving to carry out the will
OF the people who elected him.
In over thirty years experience in
the house. sometimes under one par
tvs control. sometimes under the
other | have never seen the respon-
sible political party go wilfully
against what is thought to be the sent
iment OF the people Mistakes have
sometimes been made. as I'm the case
OF the Wilson bill enacted by a DEM
ocratic congress. but / believe the
Representative i'm the house earnestly
tried to do what they thought the PEG
pie wanted. They were misled by
the hasty judgment passed on the Nc
Kinley law in 1890 and which would
not. in my opinion. have happened
had the Republicans had more time
to explain the bill on the stump
"The Republicans made no mistake
when they enacted the Diugley law as
the hong life-as the lives OF tariff
laws go-of that law shows. | believe
they will make no mistake in the bill
which they will enact next summer
with the concurrence of the senate
and president.
There is one thing which you may
be sure. Those representatives will
do their best to perform what the PEG
pie want for they must so before
the people in 1910 and account for
their acts. A senator accounts for
himself once in six years. the presi-
dent once in four years; but the rep
representative accounts once in two
years. The speaker of the house had
a double accounting to his constitu-
ents in his own district and to his
association I'm the house who elect
him. No representative and especial
| by no speaker, viii fail to do every
thing within his power 20 carry out
the well considered constitutionally
Expressed will of the majority of the
people.
This is why believe we shall get
the sort OF tariff revision that the PEG
| pie voted for. | do not pretend to
Iprophesy or dictate. IL Is, and should
be. beyond any mans power to die
tate to the house of representatives.
merely speak from long experience
and teachings Of what believe 10 be
reason and common sense"
Cutting Appropriations.
With the prospect of the second
half of a two billion dollar congress
looming up before 1t, the house com
mittee on appropriations will begin
next Monday its work of attempting
TO cut down estimates, submitted by
the secretary OF the treasury for run
ming the government during the COM
ing fiscal year.
The legislative, executive and ju-
dicial appropriation bin will be taken
up first Estimates are about s32. 1000,
O00 and vary a little from the current