Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-07
CANNON'S SERVICE

tC"ntinu"t from i,AI,. 80.
favori,e rcla>arsou. Bu' .tu,.e Jo,
+ is = poor loser.
4 year aco the speaker sa' in i
game with a former Coz crnur Of &
Western territory. III" trrm"r Cow,
ernor ven con.'I-, emily. Finally
Uncle Toe. growing uladLcr ard MAI
der, looked at his adversary across
the table With a savage CLEAN in III,
eve and said:
George, is there anything i'll tha,
story about your leaving -Oklahnma
hidd, il away in load Of haI Doc auSe
Won were afraid TO lake a railTra0
train ont Of the Territory"
Companions in the game VIM had
heard a very ludiCroUs story of an i'll
cfdcnt in tho cA-Governors fareer de
c!arcd then and there that nclr Joe
was simply barbarous in his desire
for revenge.
Sneaker Cannon has a h0mCly way
OF illustrating hi, remarks that once
got him lin bad" in social way.
Walking home one evening from a
| dinner party Al the residence OF a
distinguished statesman in company
with other guests Of the evening one
! Of the party fell to comparing the
qualities, of the hostess, who was de-
! lightfully cffcrvesCcnt, with the host,
! who wIe prONCrbially cold.
"Weli. boys looking that team over.
should say that t1esmarc was bet
ter animal than the horse. sara UnCie
| Joe
! This repaIK af;Crward reached the
hostess, who has never forgiven Mr.
| Cannon.
Ceases to be Quaker
Mir. Cannon ceased to be Quaker
about the time OF his marriage. Early
| in his professional career in Illinois
| Reed, a school teaChCd, who had come
he fell in love with pretty Molly
! from Ohio into Illinois to teach. She
was not a Quaker. Mr.. Cannon laid
violent siege to her heart and had
married her before the officers Of the
church were thoroughly aroused as
to his intentions. He was mildly ad
monished for not at least comforting
with the brethren and securing their
consent He stoutly reBeled at the
greet for what he had done. In short,
Brother Joseph told the other breth-
rem that if by marrying Molly Reed
he had done anything he ought to be
sorry for he was glad Of it, and from
that time Uncle Joe has not been
rated in the latest church directories
as a consistent Quaker, although he
has the greatest generation for the
faith of his fathers.
MIR Cannon has been a widower for
many years. Three children were
born to him, a son, who died in child
hood. and two daughters. One of
his daughters is the wife of A. S. lie
Seur, prominent banker of Danville.
The other daughter, Miss Helen Can
non, acts as hostess for her father
and is a remarkably bright and tai
cnted woman, universally esteemed
in Washington.
The lie Seurs occupy the old Can
non home in Danville.- Uncle Joe has
his rooms and library. set apart there,
where he usually spends his vacations
out of Congress. His health is re-
markedly good for a man who is near
ing so. Years ago he was dyspep-
tic, but he beat that, as he has nearly
everything else.
Absentminded Man e.
Mr.. Cannon is usually a preocCu
pied man. Not infrcquently he neg
lects the little details of dress. One
morning he appeared at the Speakers
room without a necktie. His mes
senger called attention to- it and was
sent out to buy one. When he re-
turned Uncle Joe removed his collar
for the purpose of adjusting the tie. !
Suddenly the messenger discovered !
that Mr. Cannon had put on two col /
lars instead of one. which accounted !
for his having neglected the tie. Lest |
this story may tax the Credulity of
the reader, it is simple justice to the
writer to say that Uncle Joe himself |,
is authority for the story.
When Uncle Joe speaks in the !
House he has a way of waving his |
hands frantically in violent gestiCula- !
ton. Sunset Cox, who served in the |
HGuse with Uncle Joe, insisted that
he was mcnaCed and OvPrawed by
this form of gesture and one day he
refused to yield to Mr. Cannon unless
Cannon would agree to keep his
hands in his trousers pockets while
he spoke. After Mr.. Cannon had
once or twice broken the rule i'm
posed on him, much to the amuse
ment of the House. Mr.. Cox reclaim
ed the floor, declaring thatLit was, a
physical impOs6ihiIity for Uncle Joe
to observe the rule
Now that Uncle Joe's day is nearly
passed his friends and enemies alike
say amen to this statement express
ed by Henry Watterson:
Here is man who may be de-
pended upon in whatever he under
takes. whether for good or evil. Here
is a man"