The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-11-12
JUNGLE JOE \. = ~
I CANNON DIES
AT HIS HOME

49,
= Continued from race one.) Is,
ney Cannon years arc, ersh the mutton
had rechristenci him unelc Joe.r'.
And under that title, confirmed 81
millions who never saw hins yet
knew every line of his worn face and
every whimsical trait Of his intense
personality, "Uncle Joe" came at last
to end his career as eldest statesman
of the nation; the man Of longest
service in Che congress: tho objcct. Of
honors among his colleagues that took
no thought Of party or political diff.
ferences.
First Election IL 1879 :
In the rhusty files Of the Congress.
sional Record there stands written d
moving tale Of this mans great serv.
ice. It begins buck in 1873 when first
he came out, Of Illinois to take his
seat In the house, even then Il pic.
turesquc, fire eating political gladfaA
tor to whom the uproar Of debate and
the tense moments in committee were
the breath Of life. The ycll6wcd pakts
show day by day how the hot blood
Of youth drove him into every nffray,
his tongue lasting out ut his oppo.
nents. his quick mind formulating ct
the weapons Of political combat.
Month BY month he climbed toward
| leadership. growing moro knowing as
each session. brought its new con-
flicts; hardening with time into the
forceful, relcnteess champion OF his
party, Until that day when the gavei
was placed in his hands and he mount
[ cd The speakers rostrum Ms mnstet
of the house to rule, alone for four
years rs few men before him hnd
ruled that body.
.Uncle Joe" was then q veteran and
in the heydav Of his power. Around
HIM had gathered lore Of tales, some
true, some false, but all picturesque
| and through the news columns Hnd
cartoons his personality had been
! stamped indclibly on the minds 81
!, men all over the land.
| Yet great as his place and power
had grown, great, too, was his fall
when the house in 1910 rcvoltctl
against his. czar.likc rule and strip
! ped him Of his power through a com.
bination Of insurgents in his own
party with the democratic minority
Even then, however, when the battle
| in the house reached pitch of cx.
| citement that swept every other hap.
pcning in the world into the back.
! ground for all Americans, "Uncle
joe" fighting with grim courage. t.
the last, was to know something OF
the feeling men would have for him
later, The triumphant rebels Of the
house refused to take tho last stcf
and GUST him. from the 3pcakcrship
Content with stripping the post o.
its power, they voted to. hold him still
in place.
Under the form Of organization. ia
the house Mt that time the speaker
participated in al almost autocratic
! control Of the appointment Of COM
Mittces and it was said that no mem.
Der could be recognized on the floor
unless he previously had arranged
with the speaker. In the upheaval
committee appointments were given
to committee on committees and
the house rules were revised. The so.
called Cannon rules were defended
on the ground that they wrc neces.
sary to get business done in so large
and unwieldly body ms a house Of
more than 400 members.
!. Defeated For Second Time
In the political delngc that fell upol
his party two years later, "Uncl,
Joe" failed Of reelection for tho sec
! ond time in his national career. Ono,
!, before he had practiced law in Dan
| Vile after his defeat for congress
}, When he came back again at the mex
i election, age had begun to cool hi
, ariOr. He sat many days withcu
sharing in debate and It was only il
flashes that his old fire showed whcl
| he took the floor.
nsaA - - l. :,
; doubt rs to the hearing the hOus,
would give him.. never did he fail 0
q. full audience among his colleague
and Of deep interest in his remarks
Born in a little Quaker scttlencn
near Guilford, N. c., May I, 1880, ant
/ named for Joseph Quincy, famous
Quaker, Mr.. Cannon often rcmAfkc,
that he seemed to have driftcd awe!
from the faith and habits OF tn
pious people whom Quincy lcd. Fo
he was fiery, rough and tumble
fighter always. On tho floor he Tough
with whirling arms and contortion.
of-his body to drive home his words
In one exciting bst≤. tho lat
Champ Clark, dubbed him 'the Dane
ing Dervish Of .Danviile' and broueh
down upon his head the wrath. o
!. "Unclc joe" Once, in the heat o
d0batc, Mr.. Clark said he saw Mr.
Cannon don /trick-not duplicate
by speaker since the confusion o
tongues At tiBabcl-n1akcsn' coMrlct.
circle on his heel. ~ r..
|, >8moked 1ncessantly
! sUncics Ioe9 smoked Acessantiy,
cikbr tilted sharply upward toward hi
hut brim, and caftooniSts never failtt
toadraw him that way. Whenehe eel