The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-09
WHERE WILL
he Be next?
The Weather Vane Has
Nothing on w E. Hum
phrey When it Comes
to Rapid Shifting.

Congressman lIemphrey at the Ia
coma convention paid the following
eloquent" tribute to "t'ncle Joe
Cannon. Mr.. Humphrey didn't know
when he delivered this peroration that
he was to have opposition in the pri-
maries:
II believe in the obstinate integrity
of that grand ODD man who for SO years
has held as With hoops of steel the
confidence and esteem of his consti-
tucnts and his colleagues; who tor more
than generation has stood between
wild cNtrayaganccs ana the national
treasury: who has savcf this nation
more money than any other man that
ever lived beneath our flag; who knows
more about the wants and needs of this
nation than any other man in the re
public: who for years has borne his
own sins and the sins of every internal
coward in congress-; under whose lead
ership during the last eight years con
islation than was passed in all the 30
years prior to that time; that grim
old fighter, that never asks quarter
nor never gives 1.-THE iron Duke OF
American politics Speaker Joseph G.
Cannon. Congressman Humphrey at
the Tacoma convention.
Less than three weeks later Mr..
Humphrey became really alarmed over
his political prospects. Returns from
Iowa, Kansas and California began to
come in and he made the following
crawling reputation of Cannon:
"Whilc | have had no official infor-
nation upon the subject, press dis
patches in the last few days have an
nomccd that Mr.. Cannon has said he
would he candidate for the speaker
ship of the next house of representa-
tiycs. | do not believe tnHt ne will be,
however. | have waited several days
for an authorativc denial from him,
but he has not seen fit to make one.
This action on the part of Mr.. Cannon.
which | regret very much, makes me
feel that it is my duty to state pub
Iicly what my closest political friends
have known for moro than a year; that
is. that ! did not think it to the best
interests of the republican party for
Mr.. Cannon to be a candidate for speak
er of the Sixty second congress, and if
he was that | should not support him.
So long as he made no announcement, |
felt should make no statement in re-
card to the natter
Suppose That the Cannon ship should
show signs of righting itself in the next
congress. would Humphrey climb back
aboard? Guess the answer
Really though the claim that if
Humphrey is not returned to congress,
this state will suffer in appropriations,
is udcrous. Elections so far held
strongly Indicate that if the next house
is not Democratic. it will at least be
controlled by the Democrats and In
surgent Republicans. They would un
doubtedly break their necks to treat
Mr.. Humphrey grandIy in the matter
of distribution of appropriations. Yes,
they would-NOT!
There are two men running on the
Republican ticket in this district, either
one of whom if elected to congress will
be in entire accord with the anti-Can-
non majority in the house. Thos P.
Revelle of Seattle and ]. w. Bryan of
Bremerton. Under the provision of the
primary law you must vote both first
and second choice for congressman.
Revelle first and Bryan second, or
Bryan first and Revelle second, is the
proper ticket for the voters who want
to send a real progressive to congress,
Humphrey is needed in Seattle more
than he is in Washington. d. C. Better
let him take rest. He needs il and
so does the State of Washington.