The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-04-23
Cannon is No Black Sheep
Among Republicans.
Eulogized By Roosevelt in a
Personal Letter.
Extracts From a Speech by
Hon. Champ Clark.
special to The Irish Standard.

is no way of getting around this fact.
To rid the country of Cannonsm it is
necessary to deprive the Republican
membership of Congress of the balance
of power, and to replace Republican
president with a Democrat.
Only a few words are necessary to
place these statements beyond success
full contradiction.
When the Burleson resolution pro-
viding for the unseating of Speaker
Cannon was introduced in the House
OH March 10 all but nine Republicans
voted against it. BY their votes all
but nine of the 219 Republicans showed
they We're Cannon men to the extent
that they were unwilling to vote
against him.
So much for the Republican MEM
tives. AS body it is on record (page
$3.50 of the Congressional RecordD as
standing for Cannonism.
Now as to the last two standard
bearers of the Republican party:
President Roosevelt. in a letter
to James T.. Watson of Indiana in 1906,
said: with Mr. Cannon as speaker,
the House has accomplished a liter
ally phenomenal amount of good work.
1t has shown a courage, good sense
and patriotism such that it would be
nr;0 i,fD fo,, k,0
country to fail to recognize"
President Taft has co-operated with
Mr.. Cannon since the day he became
president. Not long since, at a ban
quet in Washington President Taft
mentioned Uncle joe as being in the
Abraham Lincoln and Andrew jack
son group of statesmen.
TO all practical ends. therefore
Cannonsm and present day Republic
canism are synonymous.
Cannonism dominates all but one
twenty fourth of the Republican party.
This is the answer we get by dividing
219. the total Republican membership
of the House, by 8, the number of Re-
publicans who voted to unseat Speaker
Cannon. Partisan Republicans, by the
use of pencil and paper. may verify
our figures, but they cannot disprove
them.
firing of hearing Republicans offer
technical excuses to every suggestion
OF economy. Minority Leader Champ
Clark turned his face toward the ma
jority side of the House and made
some caustic remarks which brought
prolonged cheers from the Democrats.
What particularly aroused the min
GRITTY leader was an insinuation by
Representative Mann, Speaker Can
mons floor manager to the effect that
stead of a $4,000 contingent fund for
Is the House, was "child's play Mr.
81! Mann's remark brought the Missouriar
to his feet in a hurry.
Somehow" declared Mr.. Clark, enc
concrete proposition of economy APP
peals to certain theoretical economists
Their advocacy of economy is mere liz
service. Now long ago we had prop
| osition to try to save 500 900 per an.
mum on one bill Then they said we
were Gripping the government. few
over the action of the state depart.
ment in spending $23766 for shoeins
four horses one year. Then they came
1 back and said that we were cheese
I parers, and in the polite language o
the great economist from Illinois (Mr
81. Mann), this is mere chld's play!
iSSs you propose to make large economy
III you are Gripping the government, ant
Il If you concern yourselves with small
economies you are cheese parers!
.5s "The gentleman from Massachusetts
III and peanut politics to talk about thi
automobile for the speaker and the ex
II penses for it. I have never said mucl
about it. But l will tell you what
{ II am in favor of. and do not think
am demagogic. ! am in favor of TAX
ing these conveyances paid for at pub
lie expense away from every govern
n ment official in the city of Washington
ajsea1 do not care who he is. II they ar
.g15sn not drawing salaries enough, let u
honestly and courageously raise tn
salaries. That is proposition me
ssscan understand, but this thing of get
ting little here and little there O.
~ the side or in some indirect way neve
ssl did appeal to me.
do not propose to permit the gen
tleman from Illinois or the gentlema
from Massachusetts, or the gentlema
from anywhere else to lecture this sid
of the House about cheese-parin
ssf #Rconomies or any other economic.