Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-07-22
SPEAKER CANNONILL
WHILE MAKING AN
ANDRESS In KANSAS.
,p;raeld, Kansas, Chautauqua Sat
law Afternoon, but Recovered
,sucicians Urged Him to Abandon
81. speaking Tour, but Not for Him,
He Goes On.

Cressman Pnlllp NahiPNNAA' On" N00A1A
] 10 was ''not bit sick,' Speaker
= S,nb G. Cannon of the house of rep
' s.sntatives, who collapsed while deliv-
.iSr an address before the Winfield
%aetanoua Saturday afternoon, left
.rs for Arkansas City. The speaker
= recovered from his collapse and in
si.tpd upon making the trip.
sneaker Cannon's physicians urged
IN abandon his Kansas speaking
onr hut the speaker seems determined
eontinue it. Mr.. Cannon feels that
tse collapse was due to the excessively
rorm weather, temperature 105, which
he was not used to.
Sneaker Cannon appeared tired when
10 arrived here. His all night ride from
Kansas City and the excitement Incl
aoDt TO his debate with Clifford Pinchot
,ofore the Knife and Fork club at Kan
sas CITY the night before, together with
he hot weather here, seemed to un-
nerve him. The speaker seemed to
realize he was in "the enemy's coun-
rvu While the audience was not
hostile, it certainly was not friendly,
md this made "Uncle Joe 8" task
more difficult.
Almost from the beginning he
abandoned his manuscript and spoke
Cn the development of constitutional
povernment. After an hour and three
buarters he took up the Payne, tariff
BILL He had spoken but a few words
audatory of it when he grew pale.
BE reached back and took the ice
rom pitcher and placed it on his
head. His head dropped to his chest.
1T can not talk longer" he almost
gasped. "There are many more things
should like to have said, but I can
hot. am overcome with the heat. -
Friends rushed forward with a chair
Ind an electric fan was turned on him,
water and ice were procured and the
platform was cleared of the curious.
The audience remained intensely quiet.
Finally "Uncle Joe" arose with a
friend on either side and said:
~ am sorry 1 can not continue, but
have been through three years of
bard work and worry and this intense
eat has been more than 1 can stand.
thank you" And he sank back.
Summary of His Speech.
"Discontent of a population, - Speak
Cannon in his address at the Chau-
suqua association said, sis not meas
pred by complaints in the press. 1t
measured in more significant man
Der and makes a more indelible impress
ion than that of penny paper bought,
eruSed, thrown away and forgotten.
The pocket nerve is one of the
most sensitive nerves in our civiliza-
ion and that nerve is always the first
feeted by any general discomfort or
want of confidence. I have seen no
violence of weakness in the pocket
eTe' out here in Kansas, where you
re reveling in high prices for farm
rOducts and showing no sympathy for
hose in the east who complain about
he high prices of beef and pork, of
meat and corn.
| have seen no evidence of attack
the pocket nerve anywhere in the
vest, where business is moving with
nigh speed rarely SEEM"
speaker Cannon declared the oppo
tents Of protection had misrepresented
ne tariff; lied about its schedules, and
SS0rted to every conceivable trick to
eep the tariff in place.
The demagogue, he said, "may
lex out an item here and there and
y That duties are too high; but the
sw is to be tested by all it's provi-
0lS and not by an isolated item here
nd there.''
Inc speaker referred to the unsuc
'Sslu opposition to Representatives
,Il!n and Kennedy in the Iowa pri
Is s recently, and continued: "My
lOinatlon is that in Kansas Senator
o.i s with his allies, Governor
.' Representative Murdoch and
s%' is opposing the denomination
", representatives Campbell, Anthony
aiue[nead and Reeder, for the rea
~ mat these representative voted
!. 'le tariff bill and co-operated will
'T republican brethren in the hous,
! Washington.
m government by the People.
ms Is a government by the PEG
~ out In order to govern it i
o ooo1sSary, with a population of 80
WV that those who substantial,
Slss' touching economic and othe
~ should cooperate and the.
IN Unly cooperate through organiza
said Mr.. Cannon.
speaking of Representative Murdocl
ny. Kansas, Mr.. Cannon said: eth
E''iai rule for the consideration o
ro..I postal savings bank bill was ad
Dar t'eu by Mr.. Murdoch and othe
p.;ne sllen' who, in the past, com
Tn.1 eu of special rules. And Nj
au %uOck in his vote on June 7, 1917
,g,i tenned all his previous action
Aouse.'' on uioS u "
NJ. speaker declared Mr.. Murdoc'
een,d ieady to adopt any means t
'for the postal bank legislation an
ama Once IN his legislative career be
h constructive legislator instea
toD mere obstructor against legisli
VIM. nope he may take the advic