The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-17
Speaker Cannon Forced to Dis
continue His Speech at Win
field, Kan, Chautauqua Aft
err Speaking for Two Hours.
RAPIDLY RECOVERED
FROM HIS INDISP0SITI0N
Travelled Thirty Miles in an
Automobile and Made a
Speech From an Open Air
Stand at Arkansas City,
RAPED THE INSURGENTS

w WINFIELD. Kan. July 16.-Joseph'
'" G.. Cannon, speaker Of the ma
tiOnaI House of Representa-
lives, collapsed this afternoon on the
Chautauqua platform, after speaking
for nm hour and thrce-qunrtcrs. Prompt
aid prevented him from faInting. hut he
was unable 60 continue his speech. and
begged the audience 20 excuse him,
speaking with the greatest difficulty
The Intense heat affected him, and
brought on the sudden sinking spell.
Ice water and fresh mir partially re-
vived him, and he thanked the nudi-
encc for listening to him for 40 great
away by his friends and taken TO the
home of J. r. Rafferty,, where he was
n guest. His secretary declared short
" nfferWard fhnt the attack WIS not
serious, and that the speaker was plan
ming for nm automobile ride later In
the evening.
Affected by the Heat.
During the latter part Of his speech.
Speaker Cannon was nOticeably af-
fected by the heat He became weak.
He backed up against a table on the
platform and. half seated, he continued
to talk His face assumed an unnat-
ural Dallor. He reached back and took
the ice from a pitcher and placed IL on
chest.
Il cannot talk longer" he almost
gasped. There are many more things
I should like to have said. but I can
not I am overcome with the heat"
EEltllos TuSntu FORWARD WIN a
chair and an electric fan was turned
on him. water and ice were procured.
and the platform was cleared OF the
curious. The audience remained in
tensely quiet. Finally Uncle Joe"
arose with friend on either side and
n am sorry l can't continue. but I
have been through three years OF hard
work and worry. and this intense heat
has been more than l can stand. I
thank you"
4 temperature OF los prevailed here
today.
VT. CannOn-s Address.
II had been reported that the speech
OF Speaker Cannon would be an answer
TO one made here by United States SEN
ator Joseph L. Bristow a week ago. but
II did not prove to be such. Senator
Bristow made sensational charges con-
corning the rubber schedules of the
tariff bill.
Mr. Cannon smoke Of the folly Of
Withdrawing" in the Senate. He said
the Senate should reform its rules so
It could bring bill TO a vote within
a reasonable length OF time. He then
turned to Senator BristOw.
II have no personal quarrel with Mr..
Bristow." he said. HE and I are on
quite friendly terms personally. I call
him senator when I meet him and he
calls me Mr. Cannon 7 only quarrel
with what he and his little knot of in
surgents stand for. II Bristow. Cum
MINIS ana company tfall alonE aINeT
Champ Clark Il viii be sorry day
for Kansas. That little knot OF in
surgents told US 10 do as they wanted
us to or they would join the Demo-
Gratis. I told them they could do so.
so far as I was concerned. They lacked
that wise plan which predOminatSS in
churches and secret societies. They
are selfish I wish that the spirit of
cooperation which is carried out by
Methodists and Masons would abound in
Wisconsin for a while"
Two Breeds of Insurgents.
He said there were two factions of
insurgents. one led by Senator LaFol-
lette and one by Senators Cummins
and Bristow. MurdOck he said be-
longed to the LaFollette and Madi-
son to the Cummins faction.
Now I want to do Mr.. Murdoch jus
tice. although that he has peddled 60
around the speaker made the special
rules. a charge that he always knew
was false. because a special rule is
vitalized by a majority vote of the
House before it becomes effective"
He then told how Mr.. Murdoch had
stood up i'm helping pass at least one
Republican measure, the postal savings
bank bill, platform pledge.
Speaker Cannon dismissed the tariff
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