New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-13
CHEER FOR CANNON
TRIBTTE TO LINCOLN.
Representative McCoH Dis
CusSes Capitalization.

Piusburg. Feb 12-"On n Cairo" rea,a
button that vas pinned to tho coat lapel
Of Speaker J q Cannon when he rose 10
address the Chamber of Commerce at its
annual Lincoln Day dinner here tonight.
When the cheers and table pounding had
ceased il was explained ~ the Speaker that
1t was the slogan Of the Ohio River I'm
provement Society. which looks to the river
and hsrbor bill 70 provide 9-foot stage
in the river from Pittsburs Tn for that.
said the Speaker and the applause vas
renewed. which was not equalled when he
had concluded his "reminiscences of Lincoln.
Representative Samuel W. Mccall, of
Massachusetts. Governor Edwin s Stuart.
of Pennsylvania. and Bishop G. ". Smith.
of the Methodist Church in Alaska, also
paid tribute to Abraham Lincoln.
MR. CANNON'S SPEECH.
Mr. Cannon pictured Lincoln as he knew
him-as the young lawyer travelling on
horseback through the frontier of Illinois.
then the commanding figure in the memo
rabe debates with Douglas. the Presiden-
tiai nominee of the newborn Republican
party. and finally leader of the nation
through four wears Of civil war and the
starting of reconstruction.
Once the reference TO politics entered the
Speakers words. and that was when he
declared the Republican party Of to-day
was the party Of Abraham Lincoln. ana
that Lincoln was one OF the founders OF
the party and it's first great leader.
He said in part:
The most fitting monument 70 Li r9 is Is
the party he helped to organize ana me
achievements of the party he helpeo no
develop for the lasting benent OF me
nrtnC1DleS
in the first platform are still the Prin-
Ciples Of the party
The Speaker met Lincoln when the
former was delegate 70 the Republican
State Convention of 1850 of Illinois. AT
which Lincoln was made the Presidential
candidate of the state Mr. Cannon drove
across the prairie from where he lived to
the convention in vagon-rsiroads we're
few and then only building. The Speaker
continued.
The convention was held in Uigwan
erected between two buildings. but 1t was
out Of doors. covered with green ooue9s
cut from a nearby forest and the ends
of the wigwam were open. TO permit the
crowd outside TO hear,
Before the convention vas fully sns,nr
and Governor and John Hanks brought
upon the platform two walnut ra1IS sald
70 have been split 6ES oP a 1he famous
raj snlitter. The crowd was so dense that
when there was d call for Lincoln it could
not be broker to let nm tnFop b aH a9e re
to the platform. Some one cried out:
Abe did YOU split those rails?
and he replied: John Hanks said We split
those rails. I do not know whether We
did or not bur ] have split many better
met Lincoln only once after hts cleo
ton to the Presidency He was on his Way
70 Charlestovn. Ill. 70 bid his stepnotner
vas travelling on a day train. riding in
day coach and surrounded by other pas
sengers. some congra tulatlng nm otheis
ing around TO shake his hand. They all
seemed to know him or felt that they
knew him He made his last VISIT ror 10 ms
ho13aspnn woman. end to her he remained
until the end Just Ny Boy Abe
Mr.. INGALLS, OPINIONS
Representative Mccall who followed
Sneaker cannon. EXPRESSED the idea that
there was at present a mania, for regulating
things that was raging at Washington more
ar14eIv than az any other place on earth.
Mr.. Mccall spoke. in part. as follows.
The mania Of the times appears to be 70
make man a mere statutory creature and
to regulate his activities by law This
mania for regulating is probably raging
~ en[- Other SPOT in the world Things
that the citizen should do or that the local
community should do are put upon the dis
tant national government and common
functions of the state, and even the ex-
ercise of their police powers are being more
and more surrendered to the central gov
And when law is Put upon the stat
ute books Of the federal govern m only
Take. for instance, the Sherman act. II
has clear. commendable purpose against
but. in addition to that. IFS
njAcent LANGUAGE which has thus far BAT
fed the courts and which no one fully ap-
nrovas of and no one dares to attempt 70
a,1eai The dif7cllltv. therefore, with CEN
trslized far-off regulation Is that II in
evitabv becomes chiefly political ana ~
serves to make the industrial energies or
the country the punching bag OF pohtl-
In NV opinion the cause Of the late man
oiaI manic was almost purely governmental
and am frn1Iv convinced that the same
cause If invoked again, will produce
recurrence of the trouble in worse form
zoon as possiblef1 with the states managing
-heir own affairs under the eyes OF their
7vn people who are So near that they
can see what is being done.
sneaker cannon made known one reason
,-h,- he had come TO Pittsburg instead Of
,hsrine lincoln Day honors with President
Tat1 in New York almost as soon as he
lad left his train this morning Inc
Sneaker Is anxious 70 see John Dalzen re
-rIrned 70 Congress next year.
T have served with John DalSen for
wentv years" said Mr. Cannon to-day
.As a legislator he Is the bralniest and Is
IS well II not better equipped than any man
n Congress He Is able, industrious and
forcefuI. and if he lived in Illinois ] am
sure he would be returned Long tenure Of
,f+ice tts a man for his duties in Congress
IS well as every other place
oh yes" continued the Speaker, in an
,ver To = significant grunt OF disapproval,
We srs in = period Of high ideals where
.ome persons think the old stagers should
be set aside, but in my, short life ] have
7oticed there is mighty little room for high
deals unless along with them are food,
,lothing and shelter
After discussing Mr. DalZell, Speaker
-annor was asked as 70 his idea Of the best
manner to cut down the high cost OF living
10 finished this discussion with.
Y am not damn fool enough 20 say I
,nou the solution of the food question.
JoRokEh REPUBLICANS DINE