The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-15
UNCLE JOE WILL
KEEP Up MACHINE
Speaker Surprises Congress.
men by Making Address From
Floor Of House.
WILL OF MAJORITY Is
NOT TO BE THWARTED
incidentally, Newspapers Who
Dare to Criticise Come
in for Rap.

WASHINGTON. Feb. l4.-"If we
lose sight Of our importance and of our
own position for the time being there
will come in our places better aud wiser
men who will not lose sight. of the ne
cessity TO provide for an orderly pro-
cedurc under which a majority can
work it's will where responsibility rests
there must be power with the majority
to move on, being responsible. -
"Uncle Joe" Cannon. laying asids
his gavel and speaking today from The
floor of fhe house. merely as ''the gen
tleman from Illinois, sounded the
warning to his colleagues.
Ostensible Purpose,
Representative Cannon arose for
the pending river and harbor appropris-
ton bill. but during his speech, which
lasted about twenty minutes, he took
occasion TO refer lightly TO magazine
and newspaper criticism and TO remind =
the minority members that the power
of the majority was futile unless en-
forced by a we'll oiled machine.
J.; was while Representative FitzCer-
aid, Democrat. New York. had the floor
that members were surprised TO see the
speaker rise from scat on the floor
aud inquire:
Will the gentleman from New York
yield 10 me-
licve. from, Illinois, replied Mr. Fitz-
gerald, smilingly.
Mr. Cannon told the house how ho
voted for n rivcr and harbor bull dur
ing President Arthur 8 administration
and explained that he had voted 10 pass
that measure over the president s veto.
| He said bc had had some trouble ID
| iustifying that vote before his constit.
ucnts but said he did so,
Thankful for Support.
~ thanked God then as I thsns
God now. - said Mr., Cannon, 4" that that
constituency, agricultural district as it
is today, had the patriotism crossed WITH
breadth aud Intelligence 70 stand by me
ot the polls,
As the speaker was ellarging upoo
the need of breadth Of view to obtaiu
approval all over the country for appro
priarions for river and harbor improve
mcnts. Representative DalZcll Of Penn
| syIvania, who occupied tbe chair, be
( gan hammcriug the desk before hin
with the speaker 8 gavel.
"The time of the gentleman has cx
/ PRED, he exclaimed in mock severity
"May l have minute morel' PLEADED
the speaker
Mr.. Fitzgerald then secured copsen;
| to have his time extended five minute.
and Mr.. Cannon proceeded.
With the eve Of prophecy ne saw the
nation s population growing from 90,
100000 10 SOC. 100000. Already we
have almost half of the railroad mileage
OF this earth, he said. carving almost
Il third of the products NJ the civilized
world back and forth to market.
So Long before the 500,000.000 arc
hcrc' be said. eff VIC arc TO depend
on railroad transportation alone. we Will
| have the railway mileage multiplied by
! two. multiplied by three, multiplied by
| four, II is a long work 10 add To ua.
ture sufficient depth of water TO carlv
the great and constantly increasing
commerce. -
Criticism Of Newspapers
In connection with newspaper at,
! tacks of his trip down the Mississipni
with President Taft, Mr. Cannon said:
"Nhen ] turned 10 come back from
! New Orleans, from the criticism | re-
! rciyed. founded on incorrect Iuforma-
tion. I wondered whether | was afoot
| or orseback whether / was / or some
| body else.
81 expect we Will continue to receive
all kinds OF fake information that our
| great metropolitan journals NAV CON
tinue. some of them 10 make their pa
pers from day Ia day, like the Yankee
made his ra5ors. 10 sell. But I desire to
gay 10 the gentlemen on both sides Of
] The house that in the last analysis of
the two great organizations, the mi
uoritv from timc TO time putting the ma
iority on It's good behavior. seeking 70
| become the majority will come correct
| legislation and correct appropriations
| for the greatest good of the people Of
! tho republic