The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27
CANNON ROASTS
TARIFF ENEMIES

ators Cummins, La Toilette, BTstow
and their so-called progressive fol-
lowing join hands with Mr.. Bryan in
making war upon Republican mem
bers OF congress, who passed the tariff
bin and upon the president who
-- 'f '1 that contest. | know Of
only one way TO treat them and thai
.-. -- -a-e ,aJm Just as we tight Mr.
Bryan and his following"
Such was the declaration OF Speak
er Cannon. who delivered the princi-
pal address before the annual ban
Quet OF the Knife and Fork club here
tonight MI Cannon said Senator
Cummns alone had read himself out
Of the Republican party. He defend
ed the rules OF the house, saying they
Will remain substantially as they have
been and are so long as there Is q
congress.
Ever since history began" said the
speaker. "the man In the minority
has been seeking some device by
which he could overcome the will of
the majority"
Mr., Cannon asserted that, while
the Payne tariI law is not perfect,
IL Is the best ever passed under Re
publican leadership. that, since the
enactment Of the new law. produc-
ton In this country and imports. have
greatly increased, and that day by day
conditions are improving.
The Insurgents and their follow
ers. he said. are seeking 10 hinder
the progress OF prosperity by criticism
and denunciation. and within three
months of the passage of the tariff
only such agitation can halt the pros
pecuve era Of prosperity. he declared.
The demoagogue.' said Mr.. Can.
non, we have always with us, and.
as ours IS a government Of the peo-
pie, the only way to dispose Of him
is to move on. | am perfectly will
ing TO trust the verdict of a prosper
Gus and happy people, In the cleo
tions In November 1910. after the new
tariff law has been In operation for
more than a year"
At the conclusion of his prepared
speech, Speaker Cannon INDUCED in
some eXtemporaneous remarks "a
which he became vehement In his OBJ
lection to the attitude Of local paper
toward him. He quoted the paper as
stating today that Speaker Cannon
realizes that his popularity Is on the
wane." and declared in response 10
that statement that in all his long
life he had never turned his back upon
a friend, nor his face away from an
enemy
viii you print that?" he yelled
toward the press table. and added
Il am sorry the editor of the paper
is not here to answer me himself
Speaker Cannon deplored what he eX-
planned as the custom of some news
papers to mislead their readers by an
ingenious arrangement of headlines,
and intimated tha: tho support OF
newspapers was not always necessary
for the success Of the man in public
life, he cited recent elections in the
Sixth Illinois congressional district.
where. he said, the successful candi.
cate was opposed by reading papers OF
Chicago
Ridiculing the charge that the
PAYNE tariff law was enacted for the
benefit OF New England interests. the
speaker cited numerous statistics TO
support his declaration that products
OF New England manufacturers had
shown a decided increase under re.
publican policies, as compared with
tho increase of manufactures in other
states.
Former Congressman John Allen OF
Mississippi who also addressed the
club, supported the arguments uf
Speaker Cannon in defending rules
of the house, but he said he could not
agree with Speaker Cannon. Senator
Aldrich and President Taft that the
Payne law was the best tariff law ever
enacted,
Washington, Nov 26-"Speaker
Cannon never was stronger before the
thinking people than he is today"
This statement was made at the
White house today by Representative
Boutell Of Illinois, who had called to
see the president and was asked about
the situation In congress.
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