davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12
BY ROBERT B. PECK

Assemblymen either, for that matter tellin'
'em they gotta set their clocks ahead on a
certain day an set 'em back again on a cer-
tain other day.
"You can tell 'em till you're black in the
face that they was settin their clocks by law
all their lives. Maybe they don't know you
we'll enough to tell you you're liar, but they
will tell you that they guess they know what
time it is we'll any Alderman or AS
semblyman either, for that matter, an they
didn't elect no Alderman nor Assemblyman
to tell 'em how to set their clocks.
"There's a lotta people never did take
drink, but there amt many that amt got
clock or watch, an SO this daylight savin'
hits more people than prohibition, an it makes
some Of 'em just as sore. When it comes to
regulatn' habits, whether it's clocks or drinks,
a fella get in awful bad.
II got brother-in-aw that lived IN Ca
narsie for years an he says the farmers are
all against the daylight savin' proposition.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12

Them farmers are sore enough at city folks,
anyhow. | was down to Canarsie once on
racket an one of 'em bounced rock off my
head"
There's coupla ways so far's see, to
fix things up all polite an peaceful 1t oughta
be fixed up, too. It's bad enough to have half
the country jawin' the other half about pro-
hibition.
"One way to fix it up would be to leave the
clocks alone an let shops an Offices where day
light savn' was popular save their own day
light by comm to work an hour earlier an
quittin' an hour earlier. That oughta suit
them, an it oughta suit those that think their
clocks is sacred, too. What's more, it might
help some in the subway rush hour.
"The only other way to keep everybody
agreeable, SO far's I can see, is to have the
government give away land in Alaska to them
that don't want daylight savin' an move 'em
all up there. They don't have no daylight
savin' law there, understand, an won't stand
for none. Maybe that's the best way"
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12
AtWoys Found Women
Useful in Politics

Although noted as a reactionarv in politics
Cannon does not see any cause for alarm in
having women vote or hold office
Il have always counted on the women in nv
district to get the men to vote for me-" he de
clared. "In fact | never could have got along
without them Women are six to the mems
half dozen and I've found that the wives in
fuence their husbands votes lust about as
often as t'other way around, now they've both
got the ballot"
How would you like to see woman sue
ceed you?" asked
Well, it's not likely" He chewed the end
of his cigar vigorously and spat after a mo-
ments reflection "But I'd be for ber-jf
there was a woman who wanted to take nv
place"
"Uncle joe has not INDUCED in oratory
since October year ago when he fell in she
house at Danville and broke his left arm
That left arm Of his has been an essential part
OF every speech he has ever made in the House
since 1872. One time during an acrimonious
debate in the House he asked 'genternan
from New York" to yield the floor The
speaker hesitated then grinned
All right he said, "E'll yield for just g.
long time as the gentleman from Illinois re-
trains from using his left arm
Il got up said Cannon, "and stuck MY left
hand in my pocket, determined to keep it
there until | could get all had to say out Of
my system But habit was too strong for me-
had just got properly warmed up, when my
left hand jerked out of my pocket and was
shaking its forehnger at the gentleman from
New York, who promptly called time on me
and had to quit.'
1t may come as a surprise to his colleagues
to know that Uncle Joe" believes that Swed
enborg has sthe right dope on heaven and
hell had asked him if he meant to make a
study of spiritualism like some of the English
elder statesmen. He looked his scorn
i never had any time to bother about such
fool matters" he said. THE English have
more leisure than we have up here on the hill.
Besides, I'm not Interested. Swedenborg said
it all
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12

that lotta people hate to give up their habits,
an another trouble with it is that it's habit
that amt so easy to get as the one you got
already. There kid last year in the
family that lived under US that was the most
set in his habit of anybody l ever met.
"Ee wasn't two years old at that, but it's a
cinch them daylight savin propagandists
woulda called him a mossback. He didn't
want no new fashioned time in his; not any
at all. He didn't believe there any such
thing All summer long he woke up mad be-
cause he figured they roustin' him out at
o'clock. You couldn't a'told him no differ
ent If his room had been full O. clocks, all
strikin' 6.
"Al summer long he yelled fer hour
regular when they put him to bed at o'clock,
figurin' he still had another hour comm to
him. He was just like Grant when it came to
fghtin' 1t out on that line.
"There's lotta people like him, too. They
hatA Like poison to have lotta Aldermen OF
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12

a man was condemned to DEATH Not few
of these death orders were carried out in
Guiding the assassination of Governor Nor
ton OF Indiana Cannons district was on the
border between Illinois and Indiana right
in the heart Of the section where the Knights
boldest. His duty was to cause the
arrest and secure the conviction of these
men duty requiring courage of the high
est kind.
There may have been. however, another
being shot in the back than to shoulderng
arms against his fellow men, His parents
had been orthodox Quakers and he was
brought up in that faith which believes in
Peace earth, good will to men," even
after has been declared Although h
read out of meeting" for marrying q
Methodist girl, it is quite likely that he still
retained the fundamental beliefs of his for
bears
"Uncle joe tells q good story on himself
in connection with his marriage beyond the
pale. To be restored to his membership in
the Friends meeting all he had to do was to
get up in the meeting house and publicly
acknowledge regret for his marriage An old
Quaker met him the street shortly after
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12
"Can'f DO Much Worse
Than Fall Heodlong"

Il was laid up one time for about three
months, and somebody gave me Swedenborg's
books. | read 'em all. II said when he was
caught up into heaven in his spiritual body
he was told that everybody had their own
place, and for himself, he fell down headlong.
| don't know where my place will be, but I'm
willing to take a chance I can't do much
worse than fall headong"
This was too cryptic for me, but it was all
could get by way Of explanation, although
"uncle Joe' was plainly serious about it.
| asked him if he would predict what was
going to happen in political way in this
country in the next ten years, but he shook
his head.
81 am neither prophet nor the son of a
prophet" he said. "A | know is that the
debts and problems Lett by the World War
with satisfaction to she nation at large, al
though Pm likely to be wearing a cotton halo
before that happens"
1t was time for him to go to his committee
meeting, and he turned me over to Mr. Busbey
for any further information | needed. Before
l had time to verify single date the door
reopened and Uncle Joe was back again
That committee room is full OF drafts.
There used to be a saying in my young days,
Your back to draft and your face to
coffin I'm not ready for my coffin yet Bus
bey, where's my hat?"
Then, with his soft black felt clapped on his,
white hair, "Uncle Joe" took his departureI
jauntily, fresh cigar stuck at the familiar,
angle in his mouth
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12

the wedding and pointed out the advsability
Of this course.
If he had only waited year or so,' said
"Uncle Joe' with whimsical SMILE" might
have been willing to express regret. AS it
was told him to go plum to hell"
None the less, he has remained widower
for thirty years out Of respect to the memory
of his MARY" Oddly enough, the Cannon
line of descent has been all feminine. He has
two daughters, two granddaughters and two
great grand daughters. Miss Helen Cannon,
his daughter, keeps house for him in Washing
ton and for eight years, when he was Speaker,
presided the big house on Connecticut
Avenue which was noted for its hospitality
"Uncle Joe" always favorte in society,
with capital S, because Of the refreshing
candor of his speech and manners.
Of recent years he has been living in an
apartment on II Street and has left the
society" end of his job mainly to his daughter
and debutante granddaughter, Helen.
"Uncle Joe" does not have any prescription
for keeping young at eighty-six He eats
hearty breakfast of fruit and cereal. bacon
and eggs and coffee, sometimes varying it
with sausages or scrapple. His luncheon is
very light, usually only glass of milk, but
he eats a four course dinner at seven He
gets up early and goes through a ten-minute
period of exercises.
"They are just the old fashioned calls
themes" he said, land I suppose most folks
would laugh at them, but they set me up for
the day, so they're good enough for me-"
Not SO long ago Senator Blair came in to see
him and told him that certain piece of
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12


IL the retired bartender. "If we do, /
wonder will all hands do it, or just
them that wants to? Some ways it's kinda
like prohibition-ths daylight savin' PROPOSE
tion. It's somethin' that hits everybody, an
hits em in what they'd come to call their
personal liberty.
"O' course, when you come right down to
it, suppose the old-fashioned time couldn't
hardly be called gift Of providence Some
body doped it out, and some place there's
law that says you gotta figure time thus
an 30.
"But It had got SO kinda fixed an mossy
lookin' that nobody ever stopped to think
about why that was tho way Of fsurin' time,
They just went ahead an done 1t, same as
you do with beef an bean sandwich. When
you stop to think about 1t 1t looks complicated
but once you get the habit you never stop to
think.
zone trouble With this new tangled time II
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12

courage enlistment and to encourage Union
soldiers to desert. They held midnight meet
ings at ''castles' in the woods where manv
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12

there was a secret order called the Knights
of the Golden Circle, with headquarters in
Canada. The Knights were pledged to dis
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12
By GRACE PHELPS

,r YNCLE JOE" Is checking out. He
~ from that decree there is no an
peal. He has notified his CON
ailments back in Illinois that he will not file q
ecaration to run again, and since the con-
,sntion form of nomination is not in existence
n Illinois he cannot be drafted to serve.
ats about time for me to give somebody else
chance" he said. "Forty-six years of Con-
rress is pretty nearly enough for one man."
And so March a, 1928, will witness the
Dassing of Joseph Gurney Cannon one Of the
most picturesque figures that have ever plaved
spart In the drama of national politics. man
who has known every President from Lincoln
down, politician who has welded greater
cover in Congress and for longer period
A.n any other individual; who could-and did
make or break men at will
Tired Of "Loofne
Around Congress"
as Speaker of the House, when "Uncle Joe"
was referred to despot and was car
TONED with a crown on his head, has long
since passed. The bloc has dislodged the boss
Cannon has outlived his day, politically.
There is no fun in the game any longer He
IS tired Of "loafng around Congress- He's
going home-back to the banks Of the Wa
bash, where he can relive in memory the DAYS
Of his former greatness.
It was on Washington's Birthday that saw
him. In spite Of the holiday, meeting Of
the Committee on Appropriations had been
called, and Uncle Joe" was rejoicing. The
habit Of work is strong upon him, for all his
tghty-six years. Holidays, he said, didn't
mean much to him. He'd much rather be
working.
Aren't you going to find it rather tire
some, then, when you get back to Danville and
hsve nothing to do?" asked
"0h, I'll find plenty to do" he answered.
but fancied a bit of wistfulness had crept
into the blue eyes.
tried to discover whether there were not
some pet ambitions untitled because of his life
long devotion to politics. But apparently
here was not even one. Politics had met
very desire for half century and more
lmggested facetiously that he might follow
Will Hays into the movies. At once there was
fash Of the oldtime profanity which has
helped make "Uncle Joe" famous:
Maybe you're damn sight nearer right
than you think you are.''
Uncle Joes homely habits-of which his
celebrated profanity was but one-put visitors
at their in the old days. when his office
was besieged every hour of the day. Time has
not changed his geniallty. When was intro
duced by his secretary, l.. White Busbey, who
has been veritable man Friday for his chief,
Uncle Joe was smoking one of the inevitable
long cigars, without which he never has been
seen,
do you smoker" he demanded.
"Yes," 1 said meekly, 'but suppose ought
not"
mo reason why not" Uncle Joe said vigor-
ously, much to my surprise, for I expected 4
drsde on the modern woman's evil habits as
compared with the ,nobe woman Of the days
When Uncle Joe was young. 81 used to see
women smoking pipe when was boy"
He fished in his vest pocket and pulled out
companion to his cigar
i don't suppose you'd care for one of
tnese! I'm sorry haven't cigarette to offer
you"
Uncle Joe Gracefully
Does the Horors
declined his cigar and opened my own
cigarette case Whereupon "Uncle joe gal
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12
Uncle Joe Gracefully
Does the Honors

declined his cigar and opened my own
cigarette case, Whereupon "Uncle Joe' gal
iantly rose TO his feet and gave me light.
You see" he added by way Of explanation
"hen he sat down, "when women smoke it
makes it more comfortable for the men,
mus Will conventions be abolished.
Pufhng away, therefore, in ease and COM
'adely comfort, we sat and talked. That is, /
0a0 and Uncle joe talked. His talk wan
uefeo leisurely from "reminiscences of the Lin
con-Douglas debates, when he yelled himself
ooarse for Lincoln, down to the women who
ssued on him to support the Sheppard -Towner
O'i' Just few weeks ago.
l remember" he would say. And then he
would be off to the time he rode on the rail-
''ao when the thin iron top Of the timber rail
snapped and curled through the wooden floor
Z the car he was sitting in and the rail had
|" be rebolted before the train could go on its
way.
VI perhaps he would recall the time he was
orought over the mountains from Guilford
oourt House, North Carolina, into Indiana.
"oen he was four. His parents were dead
"uo ne was being "raised" by two maiden
'au'es' They moved in big wagon, with all
''e'r household goods with them, and though
lucy didn't meet any Indians on the trip. the
,'Ss'e boy could scarcely sleep at nights for
N'~1 Their camp would be surrounded and hs
14o 30 killed Not, Of coarse, that thsss
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12

pected to believe grown-ups who were plainly
trylrg to keep him from being afraid. He
knew all about Indians. Thew cou]dnt toll
him!
Again and again he would bark back to
Lincoln.
There are statesmen NOWADAYS to COM
pare with him." he declared. "There have
been great Presidents-Cleveland was one of
then,--but nobody could hold candle to Lin
coin. They don't grow that way these days"
Uncle joe ran for his first political Office
IN Illinois on the Lincoln ticket in 1860 One
OF his most treasured possessions is twelve
inch strip of paper, yellowed with age, with
the name, Abraham Lincoln for President"
at its top, and somewhere down near the bot
tom Of the ballot among score of names
long since forgotten the name of Joseph G.
Cannon for Prosecuting Attorney.
loo Young TO know
Lincoln Ultimately"
was only young man." he said, "and
though / knew Lincoln, naturally / was not
one of his ntimates was delegate to the
Illinois Republican Convention that voted for
him as the states candidate for President
and made my campaign with him. 7 had
met him before on the old Ninth Judicial Cir
cult of Illinois and later ! Travelled on his
circuit myself"
Uncle Joe" never said word Of defense
in all his political career to the accusation
frequently hurled at him that he was
Stacker" during the Civil War. MIR. Busbey
told me the story as he had got it from Major
Oglesby many years later.
The Major had gone to see Yates, then
Governor of Illinois, and demanded TO know
why he had not commissioned Cannon, who
had reputation for being good scrapper,
instead of letting him go to waste in court
room. The Major was indignant and the
inference was not exactly favorable refec-
ton on Cannon's courage.
"Down there where I've got Cannon" the
Governor said, "they shoot men in the back,
not face to face. He asked me for a commits
sion, but I wouldn't give it to him. need
him right where he is, and right there he is
going to stay"
Ny knowledge Of history being somewhat
rusty had to ask for further enlightenment
about the dangers along the Wabash at that
time. 1t seems that during the Civil War
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12

WONDER will we set the clock ahead
this year?" said Marty Mcmahon,
IL the retired bartender. "1f we do, /
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-03-24
Easiest Way Out

Recently the Woman had a friend
visiting her from the South. She en-
joyed immensely the friends stories Of
Aunt Druscilla. negro nanny OF the
"old school," and her daughter Sally.
one OF Aunt Druscilla's proudest days
was when the first grandchild--a girl
was born. The friend, laden with
some things for the mother and little
plckanlnny. went to see them. On ask.
ing Aunt Druscllla what they intended
calling the new baby she wns greatly
amused by the answer:
"Yo' see. Mis- Kate, ls bound Il
should be called after you and your
sister, Mis- Rosnllnd. But then I says
20 Sally n we calls her Katie Mis-
Rosnllnd will git mad, and II we says
Rosallnd you won't like II. 10 l jes'
decided TO name her Katie Rosallnd
and call her Gladys."-Chicago Jour
nal.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-03-24
Y. w. c. A. Notes

An evening millinery class
will begin next Monday even
ing, 7 80 to $50. Any one
wanting instruction is welcome.
The Dependable Club, under
the leadership Of Miss Clara
Nelson, gave a very delightful
st. Patrick's supper and party
20 the II. X. s. Club from the
Williams school last Friday af-
ternoon from 4 to . o'clock.
The table was beautiful in a
green and white color scheme
and all the work was done by
the girls. Isla Haynor is the
president and she showed great
skill in entertaining. Places
were made for thirty girls at
the table, and songs, yells and
original stunts were features Of
the program.
Last Monday afternoon sixty
girls, including High School
girls, met at the building to
hear Miss Hatch, membership
secretary from the Central AS
sociation, speak on member
ship. Mrs. G. A. Morden,
chairman Of the st. Johns
Branch and recording secretary
Of the Y. w. G. A. board, was
present and offered pcnnant
TO each club which became 100
per cent members of the Y. w.
&. A.. Great enthusiasm was
shown and all enjoyed the
meeting. Other guests were (;
Mrs. A. NJ. Stearns, Mrs. Ken
nedy, Mrs. II. q. Brand, Miss
Clara Wilson. A program was
given by the girls and games
followed. Chocolate and wa
fers were served.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-03-24
THE BARGAIN COUNTER

Have 10 acres OF bearing orchard neaI
Rugene, Oregon, on paved road. vii
trade for city property. Scales \ Blew,
For Sale-6 Canary singers, very rea
sonable, Call COS T.. Allegheny 81. 2i
Modern z room house. built ms, fire
place, cement basement, Good location
Price $500 $500 cash. Balance easy
monthly payments, Scales & Rlew,
For Sale room house, corner lot
lOONlOO, ccmeut walks, maCadam street,
fruit and herrirs. Price $1,000 $lOO
down, balance SIS a month aud interest
8 per cent. Scales 4 Blew.
For sale Dry short slab and block
wood 81 80 per load; green fi0 per
load, planeT trimmings $500 per load.
Transfer Call 4OS n. Jersey, Col. is1b,
-Four room house, sleeping porch, $3.50,
400 will handle. See G.. W. Cochrane,
n Jersey, between baltimore aud Chi.
cago,
Hatchiug Eggs tor Sale-BlSck Minor
ca, Nickosou strain, $500 setting of is,
900 ). Syracuse street. 20
Seven nom house. New plumbing,
$500 on easy payments. Scales \ Blew.
Did YOU ever buy home at 90 good a
hargainl Seven room modern house, full
concrete basement good garage, hard
surfaced streets, IA block OF car line,
near school, all kinds OF fruit trees, Der.
ries, grape vines; electric lights, gas and
telephone, All this going for $500; $500
cash, balance terms. See AmiEich. 500
\. Jersey street, for great big bargains.
For Sale-rwo goats, very reasonable.
Call at 1881 Il, Tyler street.
For Sale-A few nice seed potatoes,
white, 81 10, or 10 lb, for 25c, SOS 5,
Crawford street,
Wanted Wood or coal range,
fitted with hot water coils, Must be
a good bargain. Phone Col, 1853.
II you have a J, 4 or S room
house for sale list II with Amizich,
500 N, Jersey street, You will be
sure II will be sold In a short time
il prices and terms are right. can
sell this kind of property; have
buyers waiting,
For Sale-Pour room house, lights
and water, hne fruit; lot 5NiOO, sewer
paid hnest location, $500, $500 cash,
balance $50 per month. Mast b. sold in
ten days. J. p, Gilmore, 1854 n. Jersey
street, Columbia 81.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-03-24
FEAT or GIANT LOCOMOTIVE
Biggest In the World, u Pulls Load
Of Approximately Sixteen
Thousand Pounds.

Visualize, II you can, a freight train
over mile in length, the longest train
that was ever hauled, carrying a load
of coal approximatiDg thirty-two mill
lion pounds, pulled over the Blue Ridge
and Allegheny mountains by the big
gest locomotive In the world, and you
have mental picture OF the feat In
heavy hauling that was accomplished
recently on the virginian railway, be-
tween Princeton, w. Va, and Roanoke,
Va, In the presence of 50 prominent
representatives of the leading railroads
In this country, which is described as
inaugurating new era In modern
railroad development.
These demonstrations represented
tests and trials covering a range OF a
wide and exhaustive nature. IL was
shown that the operation Of the loco
motive, consuming on an average SIX
tons Of coal per hour, was an easy
matter with the duplex stOker, a
mechanical device which takes the
place OF firemen.
The following are details connected
with the largest demonstration train {:
The locomotive aud tender weighed
4I0 tons and measured approximately
125 feet In length. The train was COM
posed Of 100 cars, each Of which
weighed 40 tons and measured 51h
feet The load carried by each car
represented 100 tons Of coal, making
the total weight pulled by the engine
approximately 10000 tons or 32,00000o
pounds. n
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-03-24
That Fellow Feeling.

"You admit you were speedlngr'
"Ycs, your honor"
"a frnnk confession goes n long
way In this court. what excuse have
you to offer for exceeding the speed
llmltT
"a man In a little old rattletrap
nlyyer drove up behind me and
bawled 10 me TO get out OF the way
and let somebody use the street who
could get more out OF one cylinder
than | could get out OF SIX"
"Umphl do a little motoring my
self. I'll let you on with the minimum
fine this timc."-Birmlngham Age
Hernld
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-03-24

Mrs. Vinson does hemstitch-
ing at 52S South Ivanhoe; phone
Columbia l044. tf