Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-21
UNCLE JOE WILL
GET HIS PICTURE ON
WALLS Of The
HOUSE NOW
BY Losing Speakership, Mr.
Cannon Joins Distinguished
Group of Former Occupants
of High Office.
HE Is ONE OF ONLY
TWO WHO ARE ALIVE
special to Evening Herald

N"shlnktuni Npril 81 uIlt
doe cannon Won u distinction which
nom oi his associates in the huus,.
can nave, Tor the present at least. bN
losing III, spcakcrship nr win have
fine oil painting of himself hung tn
IN" speakers lobby back of the hall
oi tic house. This ~ an honor com
hrr'd upun every cN.Spcakrr. and
th"rtior'. when ia, Statesman from
lahN'll, g""s "ut into the corridor
hnd pnccs az ana down a. H. his Gus
tom, putting on a. Havana perf.cto
u" can have the satisfaction ot sreing
through tn, clouds uf smoke his own
hkeh"ss hanging upon tho Wnll b"sid,
Those VII" haNr swung the RaV,l be-
f"rc him
y ncic doe H. one of thr iNn ,R.
ing cN-Spcakcts of the house oi rep
i"s"ntauVcs The Other H. Grn. J war.
rcn keif"r. Who presided over the de-
th'rhti'ns ot q more ur less urbu-
lent housc hack ~ IA. Forty seventh
congress. Then ~, retired and re-.
main.d out of congress tor neatly 80
wears. ui,I which "a, came back fur
t"" terms aud last fan WAS defeated
Tor lc-el,ctiun Despite N, fuci tim,
wears tho same stNl, Spk,.au coat
which adorned his form when ho was
sp'aN"r. Ia" IN noM preparing to
como back again. lf hr remains
out as long this tim. ~ Ia. did wnen
~" icit congress back ia tho eighties
u viii DE along about 1855 hen h.
~ ogain q member of 10. hous. \
lit"-sisrd "i painting of Gcn. kei7or
has been hang ia the Speakers Inuby
II represents him ~ ho is inda, aud
not ~ he appeared W hen he was
spcan"r The painting cusi ia. gov.
crnm.ni Sa"o. hut congress IN an.
rr"priating this sum considered THAT
u was hut paying lust tribute to the
distin s,ishcd o,i statesman. WHO is
ALSO veteran of two wars Untu ia.
new pnutlng was hung a rruyon of
G.n. Keif.r adorned thu Null hut the
work upon II was So poor that the u'd
spruk"r used to turn his head ever,
time he walked past H.
There is now in th. room uf th,
committee an appropriations. over
Which 'i'nvlt Joe presided tor man,
Years before his elevation a. ~"
speakers char. au oil painting 81 Nj
'anu"n hi,h Wa paid tor personal. |
lN bN his UssOcintrs un thu ,ummitir, (
This VIII Il, huns lea th, row of ton /
iu'r speaker Intll cougrcrs author |
i1's another one. The portrait of |
Gen kcif.r is the onl, one for which |
congress has been Obliged to appro-
pr.atr mCuc, with the exception of |
those dour In ,rayon. and of these |
thor, are eleven Thct Ncr. bought |
A l.ftF Y.tt IA
aud IA, uRgrcRut, cost was onl, $500 /
WHIT" the work w. iair these cray0us I
dU not show up we'll bcsid. the hand |
som, pi' paintings OF the "th,i speak /
rTS
About go wears ago Lc"pold Mos- ot .
liostrn was chairman of the commit /
toe on accounts, ana there canic be-
tore him an artist Nho offered to sell [
Ia congress thcs, eleven crayuns ~
former speakers ut vul l-ru'r prices At
first hr Wanted tlun each Tor them
Hut IA, Hon Leopold was an .cono-
mist and pushed - hard bargain. Ne
,lit kcrcd with IN, artist uniil hc ob-
tained IN. pictures to- $500 Thrn
Zee reported from his committee a
apprupriatina TIA" money
tor their purchase ana thus the h"es"
acquired them. All th" other pictures
were donated to the hoIsc,
There are nnl' two pictures miS~-
ing from the gallery ot speakers. one
is the portrait Of Nathaniel Macon of
Nurth Carolina who was speaker of
the seventh. Eighth aud Ninth con-
srcsScs so far ~ known thcr, IL
NO likeness of him from witch -
painting could be made, II there
ever Was one I'm IN. possession ui she
n, knows What the Old fellow looked
Hike. aud consequently IN spit, of th-
Tact that hr presided over the house
iur siN years. and history -hoWs that
hr had 4 distinguished record. II is
urubabl" that his portrait viii ever be
missing The other missing picture
Is that hl Throdur" VI pomernN 81
\rN YORK, Who had the distinction ot
holding the Job fur onN one daA
IIc was elected on March 3. 1869. t.
succeed schuyler 'olfaN wnu had
been elected vice president uu the
.lvkct with Grant ia lN6N, c"lfas
The sp,akrrship on IN day
lcfor. he bccamr vice president aud
'omrroy was dul> elected tn succeed
lim Ne served a. litIi" less than -
lourS, Iiis portrait has never been
ilac.d In the speakers lobby
For MANY years the house puss"ss'd
"a" porirait of Speaker John " raN
or ~ New York. who presided over
he house during the second session
II th. sixteenth congress without
nv "n. knowing Who's, picture II was.
Taylor had h""n chosen SPEAKER when
icniN 'laA resigned tho post to 50
- the senate. There WaS u small
raN"n iikrness "f Taylor among a
objection of distinguished men "t
h" house, hui The nam, had become