The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-11-12

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which the rattlc of Votes showed that
he had won. the veteran danced m
and down the floor aild then retfsEd
ID fhc cloak rocmsstV sylosla hishland
fling. fs 81 ~. tl
That was his stylc 81 debate. He
never pretended 70 Be al orator md
he vas not. .,Onoe as nc veas Vnitlinp
up and down the aisle. Speaker Reed.
cycihR kinf closely. acallcd ont, sotto
vote:
"Joe, You can't make this speech on
mileage!" $50 .sfe
IN His lattcr years. "Uncfc Joc.n
standing ut the entrance of the cnpi.
tdl, heard the whirf Of many afr.
pinncs. and saw q flock Of. machines
overhead. II recalled his own nnrt
ilt aircraft dcyclopmcnt. Rack in tho
days when PROFESSOR Lanpfcy-wa sec.
fetary of the Smiths oman lnstitution.
he went before Mr.. Cannon's commit.
tee with an estimate Of needs. Al.
ways modest. the professor WINS ,tboht
ready 70 picl, up his papers and leave
when the chairman asked il that
would be all
langley looked at the chairman and
q smile to9cncd his lips.
would like TO have $4,000 for
experimenting with q flying machine
ne SAID.
I cannon jumped half way out Of his
cnair. He giared at Langley, i'm.
asnnng nc mad ioss'his mind.
Grtat, hcavcns!' he shouted. ~
flying machine to ride up ia the al?
Langley told him 1t was exactly
tnat. Inc committee roarcd. Being
wi.ihg. however, to take a. gamblers
cnance, and impressed by Langlcy's
sincsfity' the chairman, without 9
word to other members, approved tbs
expcndlture, fought for il in the
house aud got it.
And then, when the Langley flying
snlp iell INTO the Potomac river. the
newspapers attacked Uncle Joe" from
Maine TO the Pacific. He was car.
tooned as Mother SYMPTOM. riding
taroueh the mr. on broom. But
YEARS iatcr the Wright brothers took
| the old Langley ship from the Nation.
| q Museum and Mr.. Cannon saw I.
tiy'ng over washington.
In those days he was all energy anu
npvc- stunned fight. He Got III,
ii, notoriety. as he EXPRESSED Il
~ - TX Il CtGSUs NCGSS ago WIN SNn
set Cox, who was attacking the re-
ins for a word, but At first Cox re.
"And for how long asked Sncakt,
Blaine.
"As long rs the gentleman will kcci
his left hand in bis pockct.r Cox rn
piled, and Cannon took the floor, II,
L.. T.: A u
H. miautc when the left hand cam,
swscplsg from the pocket to wave .
gcsts Mating finger.
Times up" shouted Cox. and i
was.
The next year Cannon was cartoon
cd over the country. Il Was 4 root
Joke and posters Of him wore sf,,cj
ON every tree in his district. with IN,
left hand out. sometimes with nddi
tional fingers sproutinr from the 10.
OF his head. But Cannon said il elect
ed him.
"Unclc Joe's" features we're oftc,
said to be Of the Lincoln tvpe. Fron
ears to chin he wore q fringe Of cios'
cropped beard, tho upper lin clea,
shaved. fl 4a
Joe cannon was 4 Quaker ,!
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