The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-25
UNCLE JOE FOR IT
Speaker Cannon Puts Stamp of
Approval ON Tammany
For Its Help to the Needy and
the Distressed.
FOOLISHNESS AND FAD
OF the Idle Rich Constitute a
Real Evil
Because They Furnish Material
for Demagogues, He Says.

| w dSIlInStOH, MAY % u nCle joe
Cannon, in his address to the national
conference on city planning. placed his
stamp of approval on Tammany Hall
said that If he had been a New York
Democrat he probably would have
served in that organization.
| 81 couldn't be elected a constable in
New York. said he, eff 1 was a Dem
ocrat and not a member of Tammany,
and I am not sure but that L would
| join that organization if I lived in that
great city and had Democratic lean
irgs.'
"Uncle joe had other interesting
things to say to the body of eminent
/ soclologists, architects. statesmen, and
philanthropists who had gathered for
a banquet at the close of their city
pl&nning conference in this city
1t was great night for the speaker.
He let himself out in colloquialism and
sarcasm. The city planners" are try
ing hard to pick crumbs of encourage
ment out of the frank observations he
advanced.
i Future Too Big for Plans.
1T is well enough to plan for the
future of this country" said Mr. Can
non this country which Is to have
SOC, 100000 inhabitants in the years to
come. There are great many things
winch can be done in planning for
those years, but no plans that we. in
this generation, can map out will be
big enough or broad enough to meet
the coming needs
In commenting upon the idle rich
Speaker Cannon said:
often you'll hear all about the ac-
tfvities of the idle rich, their foolish
| ness and their fads. They are of no
| real consequence. They bear about
the same relation to the great mass of
American people that a fly on an ele-
plants trunk bears to the elephant
but they give excuse for demagogues
who live not by the sweat of their faces
but by the sweat of their tongues to
inveigh against the economic condi-
lions existing in this country. That is
why they constitute a real evil Once
in while, when other methods of
seeking notoriety have failed, they de-
| clare themselves to be friends of the
people and proclaim themselves to be
socialists.
Let me tell you that the people who
| do most harm are the people who give
to what they call charity either for
notoriety or to bride God, the people
who would pauperize the poor. They
are real and a crying evil"
Glad to Welcome Immigrants. -
| r. The speaker also diseoursed upon i'm
migration. and declared that he was
| glad this country had welcomed immi-
grants of the great Caucasian race
II don't regret immigration. said he
IT wouldn't be here If 1t wasn't for
that. I'd be scattered over the CONT
nent of Europe. There would be a lit
tie of me in the low country. mite in
France a portion in Ireland, and
some more in England and Scotland.
The great bulk of our immigrants live
by the sweat Of their faces. and any
! one who does that is worthy to be
given recognition in this country OF
ours
Mr.. Cannon's reference to Tammany
was made with a view to showing the
| great work it has accomplished among
| the common people of New York and
what political success it has attained
through these efforts. His statement
that he probably would have been a
Tammany man himself had he lived in
| New York was met with a roar of ap-
plause, especially from the New York
delegates.
Compliments Woman Speaker.
After he was introduced, and had
said that his Office was the most con-
gested place in the United States, he
! paid a great compliment to the woman
| speaker by saying to her that If she
| could multiply herself $4,000 times civ
ilzation would be infinitely better off.
There had been much to say about con-
ditions in New York and about a street
| they call Jones over there, which must
| be much congested, according to all
accounts. Mr.. Cannon said about 1T:
| II have high opinion of New York.
| They tell US all sorts Of things about
| New York, how they vote and how they
| DO THIS ana Unal. Iney get along some
how, but God knows how they do. it. 1
couldn't be elected constable over in
| New York-unless I Joined Tammany
Hall. Tammany is wonderful insti-
tuition. 1t furnishes help to the sick
and aid to the poor. Some of our friends
criticise it; and I've said to my friend
Olcott here that if he was to run for
mayor I believe I'd break the law and
go over and vote for him. But I can't
talk to you about New York, or any of
the problems there, so I'll just jolly
you along a while, because 1 couldn't
manage Jones street.
He made a plea for the weak and
urged the strong to help them.
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