Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-12

living who ran on the same ticket
with Abraham Lincoln back in 1860.
An admiring constituent who recalls
| that his father went early and stay
ed late" with Gen. John A. Logan has
ticket that the republicans put in the
HELD sixty years ago headed by Lin
coin for President and Hannibal Ham
lin of Maine for Vice President. 10
seph q: Cannon appears on the ticket
as candidate for prosecuting attorney.
1t carries the name of Richard Yates,
the famous war governor of Illinois,
later senator. whose son is now a
member of the House. Among those
seeking the positions of electors a: e
the great Chicago lawyer, and one of
the famous Lincoln leaders; John NJ
Palmer. who was governor and later
senator and who was nominated at
in 80, opposing William Jennings
Bryan, and William Pitt Kellogg, who
died in Washington about a year ago.
who was governor of Louisiana in
'I3 and United States senator from
Louisiana in 10.
The candidate for state auditor was
Jesse K. Dubois, father of Fred Du-
bois, who was senator from Idaho. and
who is now civilian member of the
board of ordnance and Notifications,
with Gen. March as chairman.
That was Uncle Joe" Cannon's first
stride in politics, and he has been in
the game vigorously for the entire
sixty years which have since elapsed.
Office since then once, in 1890. when he
was granted leave of absence without
request" from Congress. as he him
self expresses it, and again in 1912.
Uncle Joe "Helps" Brother Bill.
Former Speaker. Cannon takes con-
siderable pride that what wealth he
has came through his confidence in
the future of this country, and that
the very agencies which brought
development of communities and of the
Ablishment of hundreds of happy
homes in a number of states.
Mr. Cannon had brother Bill who
was considered as a youth not strong
physically. Mother Cannon from his
that he must prepare to care for
Brother Bill. which young Joe pro-
ceeded to do. Just about the time
that Joe started in to be prosecuting
attorney. having won election on the
Lincoln ticket, he came home one day
saying: Joe, I've taken you in as
partner" Mr.. Cannon says that he
accepted that taken you in" in all its
slang significance. Partner in
WHAT" he asked "Oh, I've started a
bank was the amazing reply. Brother
Bill had started little farm back in
Tuscc,,. Gradually Bill and Joe in
vestt~ k;e funds in land. A little later
they Started another bank in Dan
vile. Then one day Brother Bill de-
cided that the people Of Danville
- h. frtr1
he established q street railway sys-
tenn. which Representative William B.
Mckinley owns to-day and which he
later extended into an interurban
system.
When the street cars got running in
good shape, Brother Bill decided that
the town must have gas and electric
service and he gave it to them Then
came hard times and the people
couldn't get coal Brother Bill fig
ured out that as a matter Of economy
and conservation the electric plant
ought to sell its surplus steam to the
people for their homes and as a result
Of that a central heating system was
established.
Occasionally when Uncle Joe rem
inisces he rather proudly tells how
Brother Bill, whom he set out to care
for. really did most of the helping
hand business all his life. Brother
Bill died about twenty-five years ago
He fell in the bank as he reached to
pull down a window shade. and broke
his hip.
Representative Cannon always has
had a weakness for land. - bought
large tracts of land in Illinois, in
Nebraska, in Iowa. in Arkansas and
in Mississippi. He bought when the
states were young. He had faith
in them, and when some Of his friends
would suggest that they ought to de-
velop he would show his conviction
on that point by buying large sweep
| of land. He always sold at good
profit, but Invariably lived to see
the same land sold over again for
much higher figures.
He has never called himself a bust
ness man, and he never went out
hunting for land bargains-they just
His having grown up in the great
! middle west in it's boom days helped
| a lot By his confidence in buying
lands he encouraged others to buy
and develop farms. His farm banks
helped to establish thousands Of
happy homes on productive farms in
number Of states.
Representative Bagg a Bowler.
Representative James T. Begg of
Ohio is an enthusiastic bowler He
bowls about every evening, in spite
Of the hot weather. Not only that, but
he is making bowlers out of his entire
family. He takes his wife and his
the alleys with him.
Representative Begg a Bowler.