The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-01
SEES LINCOLN In CANNON
CARNEGIE DECLARES THERE'S
4 STRONG LIKENESS.

says speaker Bssh Locals ana Acts LIKE
war President-Thlnka senate d
the Woria's FInest Legislatlng Bsdy
A WOrd Absut aubsadlRed Prrss.
CHICAGO. March Si.--The United States
Senate IL. IN my opinion. the finest legis-
lative body In the world
-JoS Cannon looks and acts more like
Abe Lincoln than any man ever knew -
SHOW me q man who has always done
thu right thing
These striking remarks we're made TO-
day by Andrew Carnegie. who got 70
Chicago at 1.SO A. NJ. He was accom-
panied by hls wife and by his daughter.
Margaret.
Two hours later he entered an auto
mobile and started for the Field Museum.
Of the city.
that you have been following Mr.. Roo~e-
velt's movements in Africa suggested a
reporter for THR SIN
well. should say So he chUcklej.
And you are doubtless well enough
acquainted with English politics to have
an opinion on the speech the sx-President
made at Cairo
Yes. thought Il was lust like Mr..
Roosevelt. But personally don't believe
God ever made any man or any nation
good enough TO rule any other men or any
other nation. I'm enough Of a republican
for that
DO you believe that God ever made
any man good enough to pile the United
States Congress-
Mr.. Carnegie hesitated I'm tell YOU
this. he finally answered. 4 don't believe
God ever made a much better set of men
than those to he found TODAY in the
United States Senate and striking his
fist into his hand he added. The United
States Senate IL. in my opinion. the finest
Legislative body In the world. and joe
Cannon-yes. let me say just this about
him-Joe Cannon looks and acts more
like Abe LAncoln than any man ] ever
knew. and ! was with Lincoln n good deal
az the time % the war. when ] was tele-
graph operator. Joe Cannon has stood
guard like a watchdog at the door 81 the
United States Treasury
And you really believe that in every
thing he does he IL actuated hy his CON
scienceP Do you think he always doea
what he thinks 70 right and best for the
country at hrge7-
-Show me a man who has always done
the right thing, challenged the iron
master. NO such man ever existed
But you think Cannon always does
what he believes u right n the time
Il do, certainly And a. for h, hing
him why why. you couldn't any more
do il than than anything l know Il.
.Have Won decided vet 20 subsidiye a
newspaper Mr.. Carnegiel-
LET me see. Well, now. I'll tell you
A Subsidized newspaper At hest would te
under the domination OF capital.
And you believe that newspaper
should be the voice Of the people rather
than OF the moneyed interests;-
We'll Il should have a man back Of u.
man with strength and push and
thoughts.- Mr.. Carnegie emphasizes
his right fist
a man like Horace Greeley. for in
stance?-
Well. Greeley wac a good man. | re
memb@r during the war. when he was
fighting slavery. ! vas a telegraph onera-
tor and I used TO help distribute his pagers.
Why the first words | ever wrote on a
public question were printed IN his paper.
And tell me a newspaper to-day that has
as much influence az that paper had with
You think tho influence Of the papsr il
entirely due to the man behind it,
Exactly
Its getting 20 he awfullv hard nova
days Ia become a millionaire. IN spite "
all they say that was the keynote -
MIR Carnegis's -p.Hch befor- the Press
club at luncheon thus afternoon Tie also
had a word Ou international peace How
ever, nilltonalr.- were ms speciality. hs
sand hence he devoted most of his atten-
ton 20 them incidentally praIsing CHI
Cages younger generation Of mIlllonairUs
because Of their energy. honor and the
freedom 81 their family records from
scandal. divorce courts and mlNed
relations
MIR Carnegie and his party. after rest
ing up a bit. left az y o clock for the East