Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-02-19
SPEAKER CANNON
IN FATHERLY MOOD
/" Uncle Joe" Sounds Warning TO
Colleagues in House.
HOW TO BECOME WISER MEN

AS ''the Gentleman From Illinois, He
Addresses the House on Rivers and
Harbors Bill and. incidentally, Gives
Advice to the Majority and Minority
Parties-Must Not Lose sioht Of
Necessity to Provide For Orderly
Procedure.
Washington, Feb 15.-'Tf We lose
sight of our own Importance and of
our own position for the time being
there will come in our places better
and wiser men who will not lose sight
of the necessity to provide for an or
derby procedure under which a ma
jority can work its will; where re-
sponsibility rests there must be pow
err with the majority to move on. be-
ing responsible"
"Unele joe" Cannon, laying aside
his gavel and speaking from the fioo1
of the House, merely as "the gentle
man from Illinois" sounded this warn
ing to his colleagues yesterday.
Representative Cannon" arose for
the purpose of lending his APPROVAL to
the pending Rivers and Harbors APP
preparation Bill; but during his speech
which was of about 20 minutes dura-
ton, he took occasion to refer lightly
to magazine and newspaper criticism,
and to remind the minority members
that the power of the majority was
fnti1o tin1acc anf Nv of1AI
machine.
Fitzgerald Gives Way
1t was while Representative Fitzger-
aid, democrat, of New York, had the
floor that members were surprised to
see the Speaker rise from a seat in
their midst and inquire:
will the gentleman from New York
yield to me?"
II will yield to the gentleman be-
lieve from Illinois" replied Mr.. Fitz-
gerald, smilingly
Mr. Cannon told the House how he
had voted for a rivers and harbors
bill during Arthur's administration,
and explained that he had voted to
pass the measure over the Presidents
veto. He said he had some trouble in
justifying the vote before his consti-
tuents, but he said he did so.
Il thanked God then, as I thank
God now" said Mr.. Cannon. "that
that constituency, agricultural district
as it is today, had the patriotism.
crossed with breadth and intelligence,
to stand by me at the polls"
AS the speaker was charging upon
the need of breadth of view to obtain
approval all over the country for APP
preparations for river and harbor inn
provements. Representative Dalzell,
of Pennsylvania, who occupied the
chair, began hammering the desk be-
fore him with the Speakers gayel
"The time of the gentleman has ex-
PRED" he exclaimed in mock sever
ity.
MAY have a minute more?" plead
ed the speaker.
Mr.. Fitzgerald then obtained unani-
nous consent to have his time extend
ed five minutes and Mr.. Cannon pro-
ceeded. With the eye of prophecy he
saw the nations population growing
from ninety to five hundred million.
Il His Prophetic Eye.
ALREADY we have almost a half of
the railroad mileage of this earth" he
declared, carrying one-third of the
products of the civilized world back
and forth to market. Long before
the five hundred million are here, IL
we are to depend upon railway trans
portation alone, we will have the rail-
way mileage multiplied by two, multi
piled by three. multiplied by four 1t
is long work to add to nature suff-
cient depth of water to carry great
and constantly increasing commerce.
Referring to his trip down the Mis-
sissippi with President Taft, in con-
nection with newspaper attacks at
that time, Mr.. Cannon said:
when turned to come back from
New Orleans from the criticisms | re-
ceived and that many others received,
not founded upon correct information
1t made me wonder whether | was
afoot or horseback, whether | was or
somebody else.
81 expect we will continue to re-
ceive all kinds of correct and fake in
formation that is fished for here and
order that our great metropolitan
journals may continue. some of them,
to make their papers from day to day,
like the Yankee made his razors, TO
coll put dacira IN cav IN the GENTLE
men on both sides of the House that
in the last analysis, out of the two
great organizations. the minority from
time to time putting the majoriy on
it's good behavior, seeking to become
the majority, will come correct legis-
lation and correct appropriations for
the greatest good of the people OF the
republic