The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-07
CANNON TO
 MAKE SPEECH Before Rivers and Har-
 bors Congress. ONE OF EXTRA. TALKERS Charles P. Taft Looks Certain for
 the Senate. s1ost People. Conceds That Senator Forusser Cannot be Returned. Lively Rumpas Expected
 Before Contest Ends. 

Washington, Dec. 6.--(speeial.l-- Announcement is made that Speaker Cannon is to be one of the extra talk CTS before the National Rivers and Harbors. Congress during the period that big and interesting convention is in session at the Willard hotel.
 Mr: Cannon seldom, if ever, prepares is to make. For so many years he has been member of the House here that he is used to being mixed up in what are called rough and tumble" he is one of the, readiest takers in public life. And although Uncle Joe" is not what might be called a pleasant talker to listen to. as compared with the tine orators in Congress he has way of making points that are cal- cHlatsd to rtvet the attention of his auditors. He ts somewhat wild in his gsstieuIations. and gets worked up to quite high pitch when he discusses q subject of great importance.
 There is much interest being mani- fested in what he will probably have to say regarding the waterways question. Last December a delega- ton from Memphis called upon the Speaker in his rooms to present to him the resolutions that were adopted ct the Memphis convention held a few weeks before. Uncle Joe" being a little out of sorts that day let drop remark which nettled the Memphi- ans no little bit. and Mayor Malone, who headed the delegation. had sharp words with the presiding officer of the House. It seems that Congressmen John Wesley Gaines was indirectly responsible for this thrust. Speaker Cannon does not take kindly to the Nashville man, and while out of hu- mor. ridiculed the notions of Mir, Gaines.
 Speaker Cannon generally has the reputation of being opposed to voting large amounts for the Improvement of the rivers and harboFs. He denies that he Is, and so do his close friends. They assert that Speaker Cannon is willing enough to have sums voted for this purpose if 1t can pc shown where the money is coming from to meet the payments. The Speaker has been heard to remark on various occasions during the past two years that the projects being pushed would swamp the treasury of the United States in no time If Congress were to listen to the demands of the various waterway improvement conventions that are be- ing held He and those who help him 10 put on the brakes in the House complain that In the construction o8 d river ana harbor bill many insignih- cant propositions are linked with the more important ones. and that is why those responsible for legislation at Washington, they insist have to draw the line and place obsticles in the path of those who are trying to dig too deep Into Uncle Sam's cash box with out providing for the replenishing of the same when 1t gets empty.
 A River and HarbOr Bill.
 The prevailing impression Is that Congress at this session will pass 8 general river and harbor bill. It has been customary to have one put through about every two years.
 Representative Burton of Ohio Is an enthusiast on the subject of river and harher improvements, and no man in public life has made a deeper study of the subject than he. Mir. Burton Is much in the limeliaht just now. The papers publish almost daily re- ports that he and his supporters ara anxious that he should be gent to the Senate in the place of Senator Joseph B Foraker If that cannot be brought about there is much talk to the effect that he may land in the Taft cabinet alther as Secretary of state or Secr0- tary of the Treasury. It seems to he conceded on all sides that Secretary CorteIyou will be left out next time. and already there is an intimation that a bank or trust company in New York city will angle for him. It is aston ishing how those big banks ignore old, experienced, business men who have rubbed up against the how-to-maie- money proposition for so many years and Insist upon securing men who have been connected with the govern ment. Fourteen years ago Mir. Cortel- you was a stenographer in the Post once department He has never had any experience to make him better business man than hundreds of others who are now taking dictation in the departments here. but Cortelyou was fortunate enough to get very much in the public eye" and that goes ap- parently with the New York crowd of GnRncierG
 Reports which reach Washington from Ohio indicate that Chas. P. Taft, brother of the President -slect, stands the best show to be elected senator Judge Taft is declared to be keeping hands of. It will be mighty hard though to make people believe that he is, if his his brother wins the light Most people eoncede that Senator