New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-25

ana iailrd of recollection 10 the Fifty-third ONci-5)
ana SiNtyseeoHd G9ll-I3) congresses. lie was
SPEAKER in The Fifty-eighth. Fifty-niuth. SlNtieth
ana SlAt%-trst congresses G90}- 19lD. His district
comprises the counties Of Clark. Cumberland. Ed
ear, lrGquols, Kankakec and VermiIlon. with a
population of about 2d0o00. lie lives in Danvilc
and is a lawyer and banker. lie was born In
t'Hili"ri, y. g, ana will be cighty-ivc years Old
MAY !. 1921.
"ln'lr Joe" 'annon's name is exceedingly IA
miliar IL the United States at large; probably
rev pubic men are NOR" widely known. So the
foregoing facts about him are pretty generally
known. While The veteran is interesting as an
individual and IA legislator he is also interesting
as i landmark hy which the progress of things
may be measured. The .iuhilation held by the
mousse W!len II htle Joe" set the new service mark
was therefore II decidedly interesting affair. Times
have changed and We have changed with them
since he was elected to congress in 1872 and here
are some of the utterances which hint at the
changes Of nearly half II century.
Former Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri
When Joseph @. Cannon was born on the battle
iicld q: tiuilford Court House, Il victory for Lord
CORVALLIS, the fruits of which We're repealed by
General Greene, We did not have any railroads,
any tcleglaplls, any telephones, any sewing ma
chimes. any repeating rifles. and Il thousand and
one things that We consider necessary to our mod
ern civilization. When we celebrated Uncle
Joe's c~lEltirth birthday | laid down the conditions
ON which, a man could serve as long as he had.
In the fiiSt place, tho politics of his district must
rcInain the same, In the second place, he must
be II man of force and ability. In the third
place. lie must remain rs faithful as the North
Star. | said that Uncle Joe" filled those con-
ditionS. think yet that he does.
William \. Iiodpnbcrg of llinoiS-JOSeph G..
Cannon was first elected in 1872 ~ representa-
Tive in thc Forty-tbird congress from the four
tcenth district of Illinois, and he became Il member
OF this body ON March /, 1873. the same day on
which Ulysses :. Grant wnS inaugurated for the
second time rs President of the United States.
How far We have Travelled since that day may
he understood when we recall that at the time
Of Mr.. Cannon's first election The population of
the United States was estimated nj 4O.59G.OOO as
against 1uG0oo0D today: there were 81 states
Then rs against ~ today; the public wealth, which
was estimated mt something over 30,oOOO00OOO
in 1877, is placed at more than SjO0,OO0OO0.O0O
now the bank deposits, which then amounted to
~ .250cooO@ have grown to So, 7OoOo0,O00. and
our railroad service has expanded from G6up
miles Of track in operation Ia more than 2GS0O
That. in brief. summarizes the vast strides
that We have made in material progress since he
has been "a member of this house.
Sona Idea Of how the post office department has
expanded can also DE had when We remember that
in 1873 the receipts aggregated S23.UOoOD and the
disbursements S.9OO0VW, while last year the ~
rripfs we're S4J7. 100000 and the disbursements
45l.OODOU
but il will not he because Of his services upon
The committee on post offices and post roads, val
liable as they were. that his fame viii rest. After
serving for six years upon that committe he was
assigned by Samuel j. Randall. a Democratic
speaker. to the COMMITTEES ON appropriations in
he Forty-sixth congress. and it is because Of his
IDENTIFY with the workings Of that important com
down to the time of his elevation to the
,IeakerShip that his fame will remain assured
the ages. II can be t%ruthfully said
hat no man has proved a stronger bulwark Of
to the federal treasury at all times
md under all circumstances.
Irrespective Of the temporary Interruptions in
as long and distinguished career. the event We