The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-20
Audience Apparently in Sym.
pathy With Speaker.
HE MINCED NO WORDS.
BrOadside of Invective Hurled
at Insurgents.
Closes Kansas Engagement With
Speech at Marion.

L
that in half of his statements on the
rubber trouble he was telling a lie"
| and that if he was given following in
Kansas the Republican party as well as
| the voters would be dragged into
| ditch" Joe Cannon, speaker of the ma
| tional house OF representatives. fiayed
and ridiculed the platform taken by
| Senator Joseph Bristow in his recent
| campaign against the regular" con-
gresham in this state, in a rousing
speech before an enthusiastic crowd in
the Herington City park late Tuesday
afternoon.
| The afternoon was cool and refresh
! ing and with the aid of frequent a2pli-
ances of ice water to his head, the rub
| ling of chunks of ice oyer his bald
| scalp and the close attention as we'll as
appreciation by the big crowd, the vet
| eran speaker gave one OF the best
| speeches; in his Kansas campaign.
This wGs a great afternoon and
greater crowd. he said when he had
| finished and was able by the physical
force of his friends to push his way
through tile .hrongs who. attempted to
shake his hand. After the speech Speak
| er Cannon was taken to the home OF
Robert t. Ray of this city where a big
| banquet was spread in his honor and
where 20 of the representative men OF
the city had gathered to welcome him
as a guest of honor. -
The afternoon was one of the most
pleasant and most welcome Of any on
his trip in the west. The appreciation
| of the crowd, the hospitality shown by
| the citizens of the city, the welcome
| given to the veteran speaker from the
| city as a whole and the weather itself
| all pleased the speaker
/ We'll, tEis is finei" was his comment
as he :.tepped off the train which ar
1 rived here about o clock. A big crowd
| had gathered to greet the speaker and
i - Il ---<.- IL
| the station platform He was escorted
through the city with a parade OF dec
orat ed automobiles
| well now should say this is finei"
was the similar comment when he was
escorted back to the station after the
banquet, and led onto the private car
/ of Superintendent Rourke of the KAN
| sas division of the Rock Island. A
special train in his hcnor was waiting
| at the depot-a train arranged by the
Heringron admirers of the speaker
and he was taken to Marion where an
| evening meeting had been scheduled.
Not in Hostile Territory.
| When Cannon came to Herington he
| did not come into hostile territory
| there are plenty of insurgents mere
| tional character welcome that he
would remember, AS a result his audi
! ence was an appreciative one from the
start-and even the regulars were
Toilette and Bristow the people shout
ed and clapped their hands. If the 'sin-
surgent'' element of Herington was in
| the crowd they failed to make their
| presence known during the speech
! every stand taken by Uncle Joe was
taken up by the crowd and cheered.
There is no doubt at all that Speak
er Cannon mixed an excellent prescrip-
/ ton for Congressman Calderhead and
Miller Tuesday afternoon. At every
| chance he inserted their names in his
| complimentary remarks and with every
comment on the good works of the last
congress he associated Calderhead and
Miller with the construction of this
work.
Good Words for Miller and Calderhead.
There have never been in congress
nor ever will be two more faithful.
able, clean. honest and efficient men
than Congressman Calderhead and
| Congressman Miller" said Mr.. Cannon
/ in his opening remarks. at have ap-
pointed them on every important com
mittee possible and I will do 1t again if
get chance
| This brought tremendous applause
from the crowd and Calderhead and
Miller in the speakers stand smiled.
So did all of the leaders of the "regu-
lars" Even a small boy who was
hunting birds eggs in nearby tree
grinned.
''It is true" Cannon continued. "that
| If Calderhead or Miller should die this
very minute the sun would still come
UP tomorrow" and the speaker rose
on his toes and with a characteristic
gesture pointed his right hand full to
the northwest. Then everybody grim
ned
During several passages in his
speech Mr.. Cannon attempted to give
certain prices and reductions on tariff
schedules and either Congressman Mil
Ter or Congressman Calderhead would
break in with an audible correction.
After one especially noticeable correc-
Cannon turned to the representative of
the Fourth district, and said:
ct am mighty glad that you tell me
these things. The people here know
lyou-they know that you tell the truth
land with me, well, guess everyone
thinks that 1 cut the truth in thou
sand pieces and that I have horns
growing out of my head
This brought laughter and applause
from the crowd.
| All through his speech Cannon
Ispoke in bitter irony of Bristow and La
Follette-also of the sslittle knot of
Iseven senators who are attempting to
most instances this was greeted with
lapplause by the crowd.
Those Seven Insurgent Senators.
''They are talking about Cannon
czarism and all that-but let me tell
you know of nothing that approaches
a monarchy to such an extent as that
knot of seven senator's who got to-
lgether and decided that they would or
ganize a party of their own-decided
to overthrow President Taft and the
| Republican party.
| Cannon's favorite expression con-
cerning the actions of Bristow and the
other .insurgents" was to designate