Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-25
HUncIe Joeo Cannon Merely
Bows to Cheers of Big
Crowd at State lnterSchoI-
aStic Track Meet.
CITY FAIRLY SWARMS
WITH BIG LAWMAKERS
Many Distinguished Senators
and Congressman Besides
Cannon on Santa FEES Ha-
walian Special

The Hawaiian special" with more
than one hundred passengers aboard,
consisting of United States senators,
representatives, wives and children
of the congressman and a num-
her of private secretaries of the
statesmen, arrived in Albuquerque at
] o'clock yesterday afternoon and
left for the Pacific coast at s o'clock.
Accompanying the party Is Hon. A.
A. Jones, first assistant secretary of
the interior, the department charged
with general supervision of the. Ha-
waiian territory. the objective bolnt
Of the congressional party.
Easily the center of interest was
Uncle Joe" Cannon, 20 years old. the
marvellous old gentleman who ruled
the house of representatives so long
with a rod of iron. 1t was expected
that former Speaker Cannon would
make brief talk at the track meet,
but a bad cold, coupled with sharp
thunder shower in the afternoon, pre-
vented him from doing more than
bowling 10 the crowd.
Floor Leader In Party.
The Hon. James r. Mann, the re-
publican floor leader of the house,
also attracted much attention, almost
as much as that which centered about
Senator Ollie James of Kentucky,
who lowered above his fellow travel
ers much as Jess Willard overtops the
average man he meets in the streets.
Also the gigantic senator's head, bald
and shiny as q billiard ball, was look
ed upon with awe by those who could
observe ii from the vantage point of
an automobile. Otherwise they had to
guess at what might be on top of his
elevated dome of thought
BY contrast, Sen. T. w. Hardwick
Of Georgia. was the most diminutive
adult in the party, though Hon. Car
ter Glass of virginia, chairman of
the house currency committee that
framed the present banking law. was
a close competitor with Senator Hard
wick for pigmy honors.
Richest Congressman Here.
Always a center of interest, the
Hon. William b. Mckinley. probably
the richest man in either house OF
congress and once upon time chair
man Of the republican national com
nittee, was geniality itself with every.
one who could approach him.
c. Baseomb Slemp, of the Ninth
district of Virginia, with his sister
Miss Slemp, was one of the visitors
who undertook to see everything see
able in Albuquerque. Mr.. Slemp is the
lone republican congressman from
Virginia. His father represented thu
Ninth district for many years, and OF
his death, the son succeeded by in
heritance in 1907, and has been OF
the job ever since. Sometimes he hai
to bear the brunt of Virginia's con
centrated democracy, but landslide
may come and go in other parts o
the country without ever affectinl
Slemp's grip on his constituents, TIVE
years ago he tried to get out, refus
ing to allow his name to be consid
cred, but the convention met, nomi
mated him and the voters elected hin
in spite of his own efforts to retire
in spite of the fact that there was
bull moose candidate In the field. ant
in spite of the fact that the democrat
of the entire state conferred thei
fight to redeem the Ninth"
Jones the Cynosure.
When the "Hawiian special arriv
ed, the New Mexico people VIII
thronged the platform, took little not
Of the lawmakers when they saw tn
Hon. A. A. Jones get off the train. II
spent about twenty minutes of vigor
GUS handshaking, before he could ge
time to commence introducing hi
fellow travellers.
After luncheon the whole congress
sional party was taken in automobile
10 the university grounds and theme
back through Central avenue to OF
Town, where much interest wa
shown in the quaint adobe residences
Of another generation, in the plaz
and in the old cathedral.
See Indian Museum.
Returning to the city, the rest
the time was put in by the part
visiting the Fred Harvey curio room
at the Alvarado and sending pos
cards TO friends. or chatting wit
friends whom they found in ADJ
querque. Among this cosmopolita
population every stateman came
contact with some one who ha
been resident of his district an
personal acquaintance back east.