The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-17

'Ennu men competent to ieEtSllte IN
the House and Senate. and not merely
in the newspapers and ma sazines.' said
/ he.
SIN in tbe Ring.
winfield, Kan. July 16.-Accom-
! panied by Congressman Phillip Camp
| bell, and declaring he was not a bit
sick" Speaker Cannon OF the House
/ OF Representatives. who collapsed while
delivering an address before the Win
/ field Chautauqua this afternoon, left
/ here tonight for Arkansas City. where
/ Campbell was scheduled to speak to-
/ night. The speaker had recovered from
/ his collapse and insisted upon making
the trip.
speaker Cannon's physicians urged
/ him tonight TO abandon his Kansas
| speaking tour. The speaker. however.
| seems determined to continue IL, and
70 inquirers he said he would say
/ that he is strong enough TO continue
/ his tour. but today's collapse was due
20 the excessively warm weather which
/ he was not used TO.
Mr.. Cannon had sufficiently recov-
| cred by the time he had reached the
home OF J. T. Rafferty,, whose guest
| he was while here, to say few words
/ to his friends and the newspaper men.
IT'S all right" he said; nothing to
| The speaker was prevailed upon TO
rest a while and two local physicians
were called to attend him.
Tired when He Arrived.
/ Speaker Cannon appeared tired when
/ he reached here today. His all-night
| ride from Kansas city and the excite
| ment incident TO his debate with Gif-
/ ford Piuchot before the Knife and Fork
| club at Kansas City last night, to-
! gether with the hot weather here.
he did not walk with his old-time firm
/ step as he advanced to address his
audience. The speaker seemed to re-
! alize he was in the enemy's country"
| While the audience was not hostile.
| IL certainly was not friendly and this
made Uncle JOe's' task more diff
! cult.
! Almost from the beginning. he aban-
doned his manuscript and spoke on the
development OF constitutional govern
ment. After an hour and three-quar-
tiers, he tOek up the Payne tariff bill.
He had spoken but few words lauda-
tory OF it, when he grew pale.
Speaker Cannon's Itinerary in Kan
sas arranged included five speeches
the first two days OF next week, as
follows. Emporia. Monday night; Bur-
ingame. Monday night. Alma, Tues
day morning; Harrington. Tuesday aft
ernoon, and Marion, Tuesday night.
speech mt Arkansas City.
Arkansas City. Kan. July 1s-speak-
| er Cannon addressed n great audience
in the open air here this evening after
he had come from Winfield in an auto
mobile with Representative Campbell
The leader Of the House spoke from ar
marks chiefly to defense OF the tariff
bill.
The speaker. in his talk, referred e
his collapse at Winfield in the after
noon. lie said he had been sufferine
| from indi gestion and that perspira tior
was retarded. Under these conditions
he said. the intense heat became 50
oppressive that he was unable to with
stand IL. and his temporary COLLAPSE
followed.
II was apparent that Mr. Cannon wal
not feeling as vigorous as usual. and NJ
made no effort to conceal his indispo
sitfon- Both during the address anC
afterward. he admitted that he wa,
feeling far from in satisfactory physi
cal condition. The vixor that has char
acterized his addresses for many year
was lacking, and he spoke in more re
strained and measured tones. As III
turned his words to discussions OF DO
iitical topics so familiar to him. M
followed set forms rather than EN-
ploying the picturesque phraseoloEy N
frequently has used
Defended Tariff BILL
The entire talk OF Speaker Cannon
did not require more than IS minutes
. | Representative Campbell introduces
Mr.. Cannon. The House leader aros
slowly in the automobile, and withou
a word in lighter vein began his dis
cussion Of the Payne tariff bill II
| defended IL in terms similar to thos
used in the afternoon at Winfield. bu
very briefly. Then he gave his atten
ton. also briefly. to Senator Bristov
and the Insurgents" in Congress. IT
denounced their policy and said Senate