The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-18
Kind of Farewell Speech
 Made to Old Settlers
LITTLE V|GOR IS SHOWN
Cannon Talks of Pioneer Days to the Pioneers at Cissna Park and Says Very Little on the Subject
 of Politics

Cissna Park, H., August 17.-Speaker
 Joseph G. Cannon today told the
 old settlers of Iroquois county that he
 probably was addressing them for the
 last time. His speech, which had been
 regarded as the opening of the Illinois | congressional campaign, contained little | of the old-time vigor of the representa-
 tive of the Eighteenth Illinois district. Instead, he talked of pioneer days and entrusted them unfavorably with the | present. The political tinge only was in troduced when he asserted vehemently l that the protective policy of Lincoln,
 Grant and the elder Garfield was respon- sible for the improvement T may never see you again.. he said. 'In the nature of things this is probably the last old settlers meeting I shall ever address in the goodly county of Iroquois. The graves of my forebears are in In- diana and Illinois, and mine when I come to cross over will be in Danvile. My children and your children have a common lot in the general prosperity of this country, or the lack of it. And we have not only to take care of ourselves,
  pered the general progress with their false statements and false promises Cannon Uses Ice During his talk the speaker evidenced little sign of fatigue despite the intense heat, although he often applied the con- tents of bowl of cracked ice to his head and held pieces of the ice in his hands as bo IJo Iicr1Jo vaI ooilf Tn a;d another veteran of the county to mount
 the platform and bowed deeply as the act was app1auded
 | Speaker Cannon spoke of the prosperi- | ty of Iroquois county and declared 1t mainly due to railroad facilities. He ccntrasted railroad rates of the United States and European countries, declaring that those of this country were the best. "The demagogues would have you de- stroy the railroads.F' he said which have | brought about your prosperity. May God
 send enough men into public life--honest,
 brave and courageous men--to stop this racket"
 He referred to the work of the pioneers | in clearing the wooded districts to make | farm lands
 You might think to hear certain par ties talking conservation" he continued, land of the destruction of our forests, 1 tnaI we SnOulQ uepOpuldte our Clllcb duu farms to restore the forests to their old
 time glory.
 Pretty Good System The system we are under is a pretty good system. It is capable of improve ment, of course-there is nothing not cap | able of improvement but you and myself and the way to maintain our present prosperity and to increase 1t is to main | tain the protective policy of Lincoln, l Grant and Garfield. I mean James A.
 Garfield no mistake as to the name.
 we must determine with deliberation. | the policies that are best for us and then adhere to them. I might make myself popular with the populists by advocating destruction instead, but I thank the Lord that there are few popuists in this/dis- | trict.
 There are some who ought to know better in Kansas But we have got to go l on taking care of ourselves while for the rext two years Kansas can take care of itself Then we must take care of 1t again, as we have for the ten years of it's history. But as I said. I am not here to l talk politics. We are here to talk of the good old days. but I am mighty glad they | are gone forever"
 MT. Cannon declared he would make | several speeches in the coming campaign | in his district. but his friends apparently are fearful as to his ability to stand the strain.