Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-26
CANN0NCOMESBACK
House Speaker In Trim for
Short Session.
EXPECTS NO TARIFF ROW
Appropriations and Reapportion.
ment to Consume All the Time.
COMMENTS ON THE ELECTIONS
Majority Made q Mistake, He De-
clares, In Putting Democrats
in Control. 4,
COMMENTS ON THE ELECTIONS

Joseph Guernsey Cannon, Speaker Of
the House of Representatives. living
refutation OF the Osler theory, and the
syryest conversationalist and cake-walker
Of political life. came back to town last
night. After summering at his Danville
home, drinking deep Of his own private
fountain Of youth. and securing re-elec-
ton to the House by his usual fat ma
jority, Uncle Joe Is on the job again.
ready for anything that may turn up and
hoping that 1t won't be long delayed.
Confident that the intellect of the com.
mon people was little under the weather
when a democratic House Of Representa-
lives was chosen. and frankly exultant
because he believes the democratic party
will not be able to redeem its promise to
reduce the cost of living and increase the
price of labor. Mr.. Cannon chatted last
evening. shortly after his return. about
political conditions In general and in
particular.
No Special Session, No Tariff War.
Incidentally, the Speaker does not think
there will be special session Of the Six
ty-second Congress, or that any serious
effort will be made at the coming short
Nor does he expect to see much legisla-
ton enacted at this session outside Of
the passage Of the necessary appropria-
ton measures.
TT is useless to discuss what is behind
u.s. said Mr.. Cannon. 'Of course. in
my judgment, a majority has made q
mistake in giving our friends the demo-
Gratis control Of the Sixty-second Con-
gress. 1 understand from last reports
q CtXfV.Qi~-o
landslide. 1t is not the first landslide 1
have witnessed during my service as q
representative. and possibly not the last
one shall see. The republican party has
cies and the legislation enacted In pur-
suance thereof.
1.-The American people were never more
prosperous than they are today. We are
favored with the best crops throughout
the country We have had for years. and,
while the price Of cereals Is decreasing,
the size of the crop. I believe, will bring
the farmer as much as he would have
received for smaller crop at q larger
price. It Is a saying that corn is meat
and the decrease in the price Of bread
stuffs will benefit the customers of the
farmer without materially affecting his
income. At the same time the wages Of
labor were never higher than they are
today.
Big Foreign Trade.
"Our imports and exports in the aggre-
gate will exceed those Of any other year
in the history Of the country. While the
exports Of breadstuffs have decreased, the
exports of manufactured and other prod
ucts have increased.
Sixteen years is a long time for one
party to remain in power in the House.
Probably half the present voting popula-
ton has no recollection of the time when
the republican party came into power in
the House in 1894, or of living under any
other policies than those of the repub-
lican party.
"Our pohtical opponents, having a large
majorityHn the House In the Sixty-second
Congress, will have full responsibility.
do. 1 should be glad If they ind them
selves able to redeem their promises In
the campaign"
do you think there will be much gen.
eral legislation at the approaching short
session." Uncle Joe was asked.
Including the permanent appropria-
lions. the appropriations for the public
service for the coming fiscal year will be
in the neighborhood OF $1,000. 600.
The session will expire by limitation on
time to enact efficient legislation making
the necessary appropriations.
New Apportionment Due.
I'VE have just completed the census of
1910, and under the Constitution 1t be-
comes the duty of Congress to make a
new apportionment The recent practice
has been to do this work at the short
session following the taking of the ems
sus. This will necessarily consume some
time. There are also a number Of impor-
tant bills On the calendar, some of which,
l presume, will be reached and disposed
Of in the ordinary course OF business.
General legislation that affects the we'll
being Of 9O,OOOOOO people should not be
enacted without receiving proper consid-
Grafton.
''It has been my experience in the
House that when a party has been de-
feated at the polls 1t has been unable to
enact much partisan legislation at the
ensuing short session of Congress-"
Speaker Cannon Is inclined to believe
that in passing the apportionment act
Congress will increase materially the
unit of representation. He admits that
this will bring forth protests from the
representatives of such states as Maine.
Vermont, Nebraska and Iowa, which will
lose members by an increased unit, but
he believes that there is general dis
position to keep the House at approx
mately its present size.