The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-25
CANNON STILL VIGOROUS.
Gives His Views on Education, Poll
tics, Suffrage and Other Things.

Gives His Views on Education, Poll
tics, Suffrage and Other Things.
Joseph G.. Cannon, eX-speaker of the
house of representatives surprised
many persons yesterday afternoon by
the spirited way he delivered his ad-
dress in the Earlham auditorium. In
spite of the fact that he is II years
old, he showed that he has lost very
little of the vitality and vigor for
which he was noted as speaker of the
house.
In his speech, he included his views
on education, politics and Woman's
suffrage, to which latter proposition
he is decidedly opposed. He stated
that he is not believer of universal
higher education and said he believed
the average man is we'll enough edu-
Gated, If he completes courses in the
common school and high school to
go through life successfully.
Life is Much Too Short.
Life is so short" he said. that
most people don't have time to find
use for more than a common and high
school education, and a college or
university education is useless to
many. During this age of specialize
ing, many young persons consider
that they must specialize at college
for their life's work.
THE man or woman who completes
common school or high school edu-
cation today is far better fitted to
enter the walks of life than most men
or women were fifty years ago who
had college educations. At least this
is the case in the Indiana and Illinois
schools.
I'm colleges and universities of the
country, there is a considerable num-
Der of persons who are missing the
true principles of the work they are
engaged in and had better be going
out in life to accomplish something
The Use Of Education.
ANY thing learned in which the
principle is not mastered is absolute
| ly thrown away in the walks of life
Any man will get all the education he
needs, no matter if he be poor or rich.
i II the poor want an education, nothing
utilize a higher education in his life's
work he will secure it some way I
am not sorry for the poor who have
to work for an education and must
get out early in life to earn a living
l am sorry for the rich sons and
daughters who spend as much during
year at Harvard or at Yale as the
average man earns in a life time.
eff I had my life to live over again,
| would rather make a contribution
to the world in medical work than
speak like Demosthones or Bryan 1t
is better to be a laborer than to try
to be something for which you are
not fitted"
When Mr.. Cannon spoke of wom-
ans suffrage, he was greeted with ap-
plause. He stated, however, that he
is opposed to giving the women the
right of exercising the use of the bal
lot
II They Can Vote, They Should
when suffrage comes to Indiana. :"
said the speaker, Il pray that you
women will vote. In Illinois we have
to plead with the women, beg them,
tomobiles and go to extreme measures
to get them to exercise the rights for
which they fought. l hope that the
women will try to conscientiously ex-
ercise the ballot and vote for the. best
government"
Mr.. Cannon denounced the initia-
tive, referendum and recall of public
offices, which is one of the planks of
the Progressive party's platform He
intimated that if the people are given
too much authority it will spell the
destruction of the constitution.
These measures are making COW
ards of the congressman and judges"
he said, land they are certainly cow
ards enough now. They are constant
ly threatened by the labor leaders, the
financial heads of the country the en-
ployers and the trusts. The newspa-
pers dictate to them and others threat
en- them if they do not advocate meas
ures which they know are not right
1t is a brave representative who can
turn to these dictators and say, To
II with YOU"
Addresses by Others.
Following Mr.. Cannon's addresses
short talks were made by three of the
alumni. Mrs. NJ. F. Johnston, wife of
DR.. Johnston of this city. John c. Bar
rett and William c. Dennis. Barrett
is professor of political science at
Hamilton college, while Dennis. who
is the son of Prof, David W. Dennis.
is an international lawyer at Wash
ington.
Mr.. Dennis spoke on the relations
of the United States and Mexico. He
upheld the position of this country in
not recognizing the rebel government
which was set up in Mexico following
the uprising there but stated that the
action of this country had caused al
most every party in Mexico to be op-
posed to the United States.
The Madrigal club of Earlham girls
sang a song.