The Cordova daily times., 1915-08-23
JUNGLE JoE's" ODD POSITION.

Uncle Joe Cannon occupy anomalous position in the coming He may be known the member without committee
 Owing to the fact that Uunce Joe sbumpng around 80 years of Che 79 May ast his friends going insist that he shall take service any committees thus in curing the hard grind of committee dudgey but shall his for action the floor and thus become of congressman at large
 Whether Uncle Joe be made stand htched this program remains to be but it is considered unlikely that the end the of h1s friends prevail lis long committee in congress the committee appro prations which of the hardestworked committees Uncle Joe first elected to the 43d congress and tnousy the 5st He defeated for reelection but when he back in the 53d Speaker Reed jumped him the head of David Henderson of and made him chairman of the appropriations committee Henderson forgave Reed for s although Reed made Henderson chairman of the important committee the judiciary Now when Can comes back the time the democrats in and there chance of of him being restored to the chairmanp of the appropriations committed ranking republican member of the committee is Frederick H. Gett of Massachusetts, and there visible indication that Glet intends to step aside with Aphonseke of the hand and the cherry invitation After you, my dear Uncle Joe."
 So the outlook that if Uncle Joe should go back on the appropriations committee he would become taener minority sde which would bodies of particu lar glory.
 Cannons friends say has no business on any com meeha he ought to leave hard committee work to the younger boOds and perform his service to the country talk ing part the floor debates which easy as agreeable to him. He has very comprehensive general knowledge of the workings of the and nothing peases him more than to participate in rough and tumble floor fight Among those who will urge Mr. Cannon to abstain from committee work IS his secretary and close personal friend L. White Busbey.
 The threatening weather of the past day two seems to indicate that we due for a storm.
 Bethlehem Stees annual profits are being estimated at $3OOOOOOO again showing that is glorious crcum stance.
 Caranza is in his glory now-writing manifesto A Mexican loves nothing better than blowy language his own pen.
 Something like $1OooOOOOo is its way from England to New York; to be added gold surplus whose gmmer beginning to hurt Uncle Sam's eyes
 It is said to have England $67 100000 to take those little German possessions in South Africa Real estate men should perk up. Land is selling high.
 One of the pasmes of the silly the construction of an imaginary munitions trust to be knocked down. amped and spat upon at the next session of congress.
 The state of Pennsylvania evidently still living long about 1885 The Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph employs half column denying that there such serpent hoop snake.
 The solicitor of the Department Commerce said to have found defect the passed by the last con- gress. Any old tub point dozen more more serious
 The story of modern war, with its digging in its wire en- tangements it's machine guns bombs and told when the British commander deemed worth while tell the world of advance along i,200-yard front
 Congressman Taggert proposes great munitions depot Kansas City and believes such depos placed many interior points Here magnificent pork barrel on portunltes The department has been close posts and the navy department has working to- ward the elimination of unnecessary yards Congressman have witnessed the slipping of odtme fodder great alarm Taggerts idea likely received with acclaim n thao