Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-07-23
SPEAKER CANNON Ill.
COLLAPSED WHILE MAKING AN
ADDRESS IN KANSAS.
At Winfield, Kansas, Chautauqua Sat
urday Afternoon, but Recovered
Physicians Urged Him to Abandon
His Speaking Tour, but Not for Him,
He Goes On.

Winfield, Kan.-Accompanied by Con
gresham Philip Campbell, and declar-
ing he was "not bit sick" Speaker
Joseph G. Cannon of the house of rep |
resentatives, who collapsed while deliv-
ering an address before the Winfield
Chautauqua Saturday afternoon, left
here for Arkansas City. The speaker
had recovered from his collapse and in
sisted upon making the trip.
Speaker Cannon's physicians urged
him TO abandon his Kansas speaking
tour, but the speaker seems determined
TO continue it. Mr.. Cannon feels that
the collapse was due to the excessively
warm weather, temperature 105, which
he was not used to.
Speaker Cannon appeared tired when
ne arrived here. His all night ride from
Kansas City and the excitement Incl
dent to his debate with Clifford Pinchot
before the Knife and Fork club at Kan
sas City the night before, together with
Che hot weather here, seemed to UNI
nerve him. The speaker seemed to
realize he was in "the enemy's coun-
try.' While the audience was not
hostile, it certainly was not friendly,
and this made "Uncle Joe So task
more difficult.
Almost from the beginning he
abandoned his manuscript and spoke
on the development of constitutional
government. After an hour and three
quarters be took up the Payne tariff
bill. He had spoken but few words
laudatory of it when he grew pale.
Ue reached back and took the ice
from pitcher and placed it on his
head. His head dropped to his chest.
''I can not talk longer" he almost
gasped "There are many more things
/ should like 80 have said, but l can
not. L am overcome with the heat.
Friends rushed forward with a chair
and an electric fan was turned on him,
water and ice were procured and the
platform was cleared of the curious.
The audience remained intensely quiet
Finally "Uncle Joe" arose with a
friend on either side and said:
81 am sorry 1 can not continue, but
have been through three years of
hard work and worry and this intense
hsat has been more than 1 can stand.
] thank you" And he sank back.
Summary of His Speech.
S'Discontent of population" Speak
er Cannon in his address at the Chau-
tauqua association said, els not meas
ured by complaints in the press. 1t
Gil Han pf m
ner and makes a more indelible impress
sion than that of penny paper bought,
perused, thrown away and forgotten.
=" sThe pocket nerve is one of the
most sensitive nerves in our civiliza-
tion and that nerve is always the first
affected by any general discomfort or
want of confidence. l have seen no
evidence of weakness in the pocket
nerve out here in Kansas, where you
are reveling in high prices for farm
products and showing no sympathy for
those in the east who complain about
the high prices Of beef and pork, of
wheat and corn.
'sI have seen no evidence of attack
of the pocket nerve anywhere in the
west, where business is moving with
a high speed rarely SEEM"
Speaker Cannon declared the oppo-
nents of protection had misrepresented
the tariff; lied about its schedules, and
resorted to every conceivable trick to
keep the tariff in place.
"The demagogue, he said, "may
pick out an item here and there and
say that duties are too high; but the
law is to be tested by all its provi-
sions and not by an isolated item here
and there"
The speaker referred to the unsuc-
cessfui opposition to Representatives
Smith and Kennedy in the Iowa pri-
maries recently, and continued: My
information is that in Kansas Senator
Bristow with his allies, Governor
Stubs, Representative Murdoch and
Others, is opposing the denomination
of Representatives Campbell, Anthony,
Calderhead and Reeder, for the rea-
son that these representatives voted
for the tariff bill and co-operated with
their republican brethren in the house
at Washington.
Government by the People.
ssThis is a government by the peo-
ole; but in order to govern 1t IS
necessary, with a population of 90
10000. that those who substantially
agree, touching economic and other
policies, should cooperate and they
can only cooperate through organiza-
ton. - said Mr.. Cannon.
Speaking of Representative Murdoch
OF Kansas, Mr.. Cannon said: "The
special rule for the consideration of
the postal savings bank bill was ad-
voeated by Mr.. Murdoch and other
gentlemen, who, in the past, com
planned of special rules. And Mr..
Murdoch in his vote on June 7, 1910,
condemned all his previous actions
against the committee on rules Of the
house.
The speaker declared Mr.. Murdoch