Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-11-25
CANNON MAKES STATEMENT
Speaker Says There Will Be Honest
Revision of Tariff.
CONGRESS Is COMPETENT TO ACT
Says Members VIII Garry Out In
structions of Their Constituents
Too Early 90 Consider
SpeRkerships.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Declaring that
there will be an honest revision of the
tariff and that there is not a present need
of "fretting" about the selection of
speaker for the house in the siNty-first
congress, Speaker Cannon arrived here from
his home I'm Illinois late today for the ap-
preaching session OF congress. He added
to the newspaper men who greeted him
that he believed the people would get the
sort Of tariff revision that they voted for.
Later he issued a statement in which he
declared that he was not attempting to die
tate to the house and that through the
system Of election OF members the people
were reasonably certain OF having their
views enacted into law. Citing an example
of hasty action leading to a misinterpreta-
tion of public sentiment in regard to tariff
bill, he expressed an opinion that there
would be no mistake made next summer
in the revision of the tariff.
Text of Statement.
The full text of Speaker Cannon's state
ment was follows:
The election of a speaker for the sixty
first congress is yet a considerable distance
In the future When that congress Is about
to assemble-which, l presume, will be some
time in March-the republican members OF
the house of representatives will hold a
caucus. as has been the custom from the
foundation OF the party and select a candt-
date for speaker, to be supported by the
party at the organization Of the house. /
presume that the representatives will be
! perfectly competent to select their speaker,
and do not see any present need for fret
| ting about the matter.
OF course there will be an honest revision
, of the tariff. We made the campaign on
I that issue and every republican member
/ those republicans, without an exception,
/ will l believe, strive to the best OF his In
/ teligence 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 alto
gether.
! Result VIII he satisfactory.
There must be mutual concession and
/ compromise. out Of which will come tine
result which. on the whole, is most accept
able or least objectionable to all. That is
/ according TO civilized and enlightened gov
ernment. II is the barbarian who expects
: TO have everything his own way without
/ regard to his neighbor. Whoever is elected
I speaker OF the next house must perform
arriving at the result which will best pre-
I sent the views of the responsible party In
! OF the people who elected him. In over
! thirty years experience in the house some
time under one party control, some time
under the other. ] have never seen the
! responsible political party go wilfully
/ against what IL thought 10 be the sentiment
Z ~ tie people Mistakes have some times
been made, as in the case OF the Wilson
! bill, enacted by the democratic congress,
but / believe that the representatives in
[ the house earnestly tried TO do what they
Z thought the people wanted They were
{ misled by the hasty judgment passed on
| the Mckinley law in 1880 and which would
/ not In my opinion, have happened had tho
! republicans had more time 10 explain that
bill on the stump.
The house republicans made no mistake
wnen Jney enacted Jne D1ugley law as the
lcng Hfe-as the lives OF Tariff laws go-of
Z at law shows, ] believe. they VIII make
no mistakes In the bill which they will
erect next summer with the concurrence
OF the senate and the president.
COngFessmen to Obey Orders.
There is one thing which you may be
sure. These representatives will do their
very best 10 perform what the people want
for they must go before the people In lsl'
! ard account for their acts. A senator ac-
I courts fer himself once In six years, a
/ president once IN four years, but the repre-
/ sentative accounts once in two years The
I speaker Of the house has double account
ing 70 his constituents his own distriC
! and 10 his associates in the house who
! no speaker, will fail 10 do everything within
his power 10 carry out the well considered
Constitutonsny expressed viii OF the ma
/ jerity Of the people.
/ This is why I believe that We shall gel
the sort OF tariff revision the people voted
/ for. ! do not pretend 70 prophecy or die
tate II is and should be beyond any mans
power to dictate 20 the house Of represent
atiyes. | merely speak from long experi-
! Cncc and the teaching OF what believe "a
be reason and common serss