The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-02-18
EXPIRE slDENT ROOSEVELT De.
cLAREo BY CANNON TO BE THE
GREATEST PRESS AGENT, EVER
CANNON TELLS Of HIS HOBBY
Speaker Says at is Watching Other
Mems Hobbies"-GHord Pinchot
Has Conservation and Peary Also
Spoke at Club Dinner.

ride hobbies" make excellent ser
wants. but mighty poor mas ers. This
declaration was made tonight by
Speaker Cannon a. the Hobby night
e tcrtalnmont at the National Press
! Cub here. Among the other hobby
lists who spoke were Willis l.. Moore
of the wea her bureau, Or. Harvey
Wiley of pure food fame. Clifford Pin
chot. "s;ill CHIEF of the forestry of
the United States" according % the
! introduction given him by Henry
| Hall. presiding officer of the even
| ing; Commander Pcary of North Pole
renown. and Champ Clark, minority
! leader in the house.
Speaker cannon sat iscning with
close attention to the o her speakers,
and smoking big black cisars. declar-
ed that his hobby" was In watch
ing other mems hobbies" The men
OF one idea. he declared. are all god
/ men and he wished them success
and long life, although he said that
| 1T makes one uncomfortable often IA
watching o,hcr mems hobbies
Taking up those who had preceded
| him he declared that Doctor Wiley
was all right. but that If he had boon
allowed to have his own way entire
! ~ he would have had everybody
] nf, l,f fn, for Of ha-
ing poisoned; that conservation WAS
a good thing. but that he was not
afraid OF all the coal being consumed
or all the timber being used up. and
that much had been done In the WAY
OF conservation from practical
standpoint for many years, and a.
for Commander Peary. he was glad
caucasian had reached the NORTH
Pole, but while Commander Peary
had the glory, Doctor Cook had the
money
Former President RoOseyclt he
called the greatest press agen. that
ever lived" lie asserted that more
]
his seven years in the White House
than in any other similar period IN
the history of the United : ates, eX-
copt during tina. OF the Civil War.
But suppose We ha! passed all the
laws that he recommended in his
message" he said the budget :
the country would be many times
what II Is now"
Emphasizing his words by pouad-
ing vigorously on the heavy leather
cushion ot Morris chair which
: ood in front of him. the speaker
declared that he found great enjoy.
mcut in watching the man who had
hobbies but that 1t would hardly
do to let them De ut the head Of
things. Referring again to Roose-
welt, MIR. CanrOn declared tha' he
had been more popular than ever
Lincoln or Grant. while the latter
we're still alive
Referring 10 press acCusI ions
made against him in connection with
= pure food and certain legislation,
that he had been Fly in the oilt.
mc.t," the speaker declared in al
: the emphasis Of his vigorous man.
ncr that he had always been on The
, side OF legislation which was for the
good and the advancement OF the
country.
Commenting on the coming CON
, grossional campaign in Illinois,
Champ Clark having referred TO the
question OF close votes which had
decided great issues, Speaker Can
, non declared that he did not know
whether he would gc. back TO con
gress or not Then. hesitating 2
, moment he added: Anyway. there
. will be- lively time of It"
Clifford pinchot, speaking on his
hobby" defined conservation as nat
ural resources prudcntly, wisely,
forc-sightcdly and economically han
died and the benefit of them fairly
, and evenly dis ributed so far as the
y natural inequality and capacity OF
= men will allow and so far as IN,
laws of the land could be made &c
: force II, giving everybody fair show
: To get his share,
! Doctor Wiley declared his great
r hobby in connection with his worl
had bcen that he should con luct i
e on the principle tha', ~ there is an!
II doubt about a matter give It 10 IN,
poor man. who has no way OF pro
d tecting himself"
u In every case in which | hav,
4 had anything 10 do with interprc' in!
the food and drug act" he contin