Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-29
HOUSE FEuC|TATES
UNCLE JOE CANNON
Illinois Member Breaks All
Records for Membership
in Congress.
WOULD SERVE UNTIL 100
Surpasses 43 Years, 8 Months and
"a Days Established by Jus
tin Smith Morrill,.
WOULD SERVE UNTIL 100

Uncle Joe" Cannon today entered
upon a new stretch of longevity, hav-
ing broken all records for length of
service in Congress. and the House
paused in it's drive to get the appro-
priation bills passed to cheer him on his
way.
Uncle Joe" expressed the hope to
serve until he is 100. and beat Glad
stones record of fifty-three years in
the British parliament. Mr.. Cannon
recalled happily how the youngsters,
now leaders in national affairs, have
developed while he has been in the
House more years than any other man
ever served. Representative Isaac R.
Sherwood of Ohio is the only man now
in Congress who came with Mr.. Can
non, but Sherwood took long interim
vacation from the Forty-third to the
SiXtieth Congress. 1t was felicitousiy
recalled today that Mr.. Cannon is the
only man living whose name appeared
on the ballot with Lincoln. He will be
eighty-five years old on May Z.
Passes MOrrilrs Record.
The former Speaker set the new
mark SURPRISING in length of service
Justin Smith Morrill, of Vermont. who
forty-three years, nine months and
twenty-four days in the House and
Senate. Mr. Cannon long ago exceeded
all others for length of service in the
House, and last November was elected
to the House for the twenty-third time
Champ Clark, the veteran Missouri
member and former Speaker. now
minority leader, started the speaking
ceremonies, and other "old-timers''
followed. ''Uncle Joe" was placed last
on the program. to permit him to
thank his colleagues. and made some
"reminiscences.
Event In Political History.
This day marks an important event
in the political history of the ccra-
try" said Representative w. A. Ro-
denberg, and he reviewed some of the
marvellous changes in the national
life since Mr.. Cannon first became a
member of the House.
Mr. Cannon, in calling some of his
veteran colleagues in TO share honors
with him in the House felicitations
reminisced. in part. as follows:
Mr.. Cannon's Remarks.
Mr. Speaker, we have had so many
of these wakes that l am beginning
to wonder if 1 am not already realiz-
ing the hopes of those who desire to
return from the other shore and con-
tinue to communicate with their
friends who are Stlll participating in
the ordinary affairs of this mundane
sphere But it is a compliment that
l appreciate from my fellow members
of the House, and / thank my per-
sonal friend and colleague. the for
mer Speaker. for his sentiments, which
I fully reciprocate.
81 realize that it is a rather long
time that l have been here, but it
has not seemed long, for time never
dragS in the House. and the realiZa-
ton of the years that have come and
gone comes to me only when l look
into the faces of my colleagues and
note the changes.
THE year of 1872 was a memorable
one in many respects. Vesuvius had
a violent eruption that year. and Gen.
Sherwood and j were elected to the
House. There were other happenings
the organization of the German
empire and the French republic, the
emancipation of slaves in Porto Rico.
the connection of Australia with the
rest of the world by cable. the great
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