Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 46, 1 April 1908 — Page 2

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SPEAKER JOSEPH GUIRNEY CANNON As a PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITY The following Extracts Are From an Article by ALFRED HENRY LEWIS in the April Iisue oi HUMAN LIFE

Without wronging the gentleman, I think we may assume that Mr. Cannon Joseph Gurney Cannon albeit he ejaculates "Scat!" whenever the subject has mention, is willing, if not pleasantly eager, to be made President of these United States. Personally, I like Mr. Cannon, although our relations have never been intimate, and I hesitate to oppose in him so praiseworthy an ambition. I might, too, were a White House just no more than a buttonhole boquet be in favor of presenting him with it; but since the edifice has a serious purpose, and was not meant to be decorative. I am driven to look another way. With nothing but his forty years of public life to judge from, added to what he has recently said concerning popular conditions and the needs f the popular hour, I could no more commend Mr, Cannon for the presidency than myself for the rectorship of Trinity Church. Mr. Cannon began practice in the Illinois courts, and drew about him a fair circle of clients. Also he was a money getter; and, his habits of 'saving and economizing remaining, he put away two dollars for every dollar he 6pent. He put those saved dollars Into land, at five dollars an acre, which has since gone to twenty-five

and fifty and even one hundred dollars an acre. HI Ship Always Came Safely Home Mr. Cannon, from land purchases, expanded into other fields of effort. Also his ships came always safely home; for his money-sense was as bright and clear and deep as beauty's blue-aye to steal a simile from the romantic' writers. Now, at seventytwo, when he thinks on a White House, he is worth a round two millions, and may call himself, if not the eldest, at. least the richest, of all whose bonnet ever entertained the presidential bee. Has Killed Nothing With His Congressional Gun Mr. Cannon Is honest, but not resklessly so. He has principles; but they are polled angus principles, and never an aggressive, fighting, goring horn in the entire herd. For all his third of a century in Congress, were he to die tomorrow no historian and search through the whole body of our laws could find a Jeast trace of a Cannon Impression. He has brought forth no policies, led forth no wars. His thoughts are of himself and for liimBelf, and he has the same instinct to gather power that he has to gather gold. And at that there is nothing, for particular good or ill, he designs to do with either. Give him gold and he would use it merely to get more gold; give him power, and he would use It merely to get more power. That, from the first, has been his commercial and political story. What does he want of a White House? Vanity, and to please his nose of fancy with the perfume of possession.

There is nothing he would do with a

presidency beyond hold it four years.

There is nothing he knows of that

ought to be done. The times are utterly smooth; the popular prospects without a wrinkle; what more should

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be asked of a President than just to look benignantly on? There you have the Cannon feeling. Should you share it, you ought, for the coming nomination, to be a Cannon man. As Speaker, chief of the appropriation committee, member on the floor, Mr. Cannon has carried a congressional gun for lo these many years. He has killed nothing with it. There is no record that he so much as fired at anything. Given a White House gun, he would burn no more powder, bring down no more game. As displaying the election craft of Mr. Cannon, a story is told. Mr. Cannon, whose region swarms with farmers, would make out a list of ones he ought to see. These were either Democrats grown shaky, or Republicans whose loyalty to Mr. Cannon had suffered a relapse. Taking it township by township, Mr. Cannon would visit these political uncertainties. He carried as his companion a rustical one broad-chested, and taught in labors of the farm. Mr. Cannon would find his doubtful man a-field, busy with scythe or plow. At the cheery hint of Mr. Cannon his sturdy companion took the doubtful one's place in swath or furrow; whereat the emancipated one, with Mr. Can

non, would repair to trie snaae oi u

tree. The farmer, under the restful circumstances, never minded the loss of his time. Mr. Cannon was welcome I to whatever space he required to show that the safety of the nation demanded his congressional return. Having driven the nail, Mr. Cannon would clench it, in cases where the farmer had a watch, by asking the hour, and setting his own particular Elgin by that of the farmer's. This last piece of deference was never known to fail, and Mr. Cannon drove off in his carryall the stronger by another vote. The above are extracts from an article by Alfred Henry Lewis in the April issue of HUMAN LIFE, the magazine about people, and should be read by every thinker, every voter, in America. In the March issue of HUMAN LIFE, Mr. Lewis wrote on the presidential possibilities of William Howard Taft. Mr. Lewis, in the May issue of HUMAN LIFE will cover Secretary Cortelyou. liUMAN LIFE is in a field by itself; a magazine about people. In addition to Mr. Alfred Henry Lewis we have on our staff David Graham Phillips, Charles Edward Russell, Vance Thompson, Hrand Whitlock, David Belasco, Clara Morris and many others. HUMAN LIFE is filled from cover to cover with stories and pictures of people in the public, eye. Mr. Lewis' fingers are always on the public pulse; he knows what the public wants and he gives them running over measure. His knowledge of men and things is as wide as the wide wide world. HUMAN LIFE is up-to-date in its fresh, original matter from the best authors and best artists, and filled to overflowing with human interest. HUMAN LIFE on the news-stands, 10 cents a copy. Let us send you HUMAN LIFE four months for 10 cents.

(By Tort.) Fred Fiant, who was, until he was forced to quit the game on account of poor health, one of the best infielders in the I. 'O. league last year, reported this morning to Manager Jessup. Fiant states that he is now "in the pink" and ready to play a bang-up game at the drop of the hat. last season Fiant played a few games with the locals but his condition was such that he had to give up playing. This year he tips the scales at 176 pounds. Saturday afternoon the Quakers will line up against the fast Earlham team at Re id field, weather man permitting. Last year the Earlham demons put the kibosh on the locals and Manager Jessup has had blood in his eyes ever since. "Better be careful, those collegians are liable to do things to you again," someone remarked to the boss

MASHER MET WITH HIS JUST REWARD

of the Quakers today. "If they do, there will be a lot of promising colts take the next train out of the city" was the come back. Athletic park is a sea of mud owing to the downfall o wet in the past fewdays. If the same weather infests this section tomorrow when all of Jessup's athletes report for their first practice, it is probable that the squad will turn out in bathing suits. The park is in line shape but for the mud. When the gentle sun gets in its dry cleaning work, the going will be good. Nap LaJoie will have a rival this year. Said rival is to be Nat Fleming, fiinger on the Richmond I. O. league team. Last year Mr. Fleming batted .03. This ytar he has accumulated six bats and states that his stick work is to be so heavy that he is quite likely to break up the league.

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Nathan Hilling Gives Sound Thrashing to Man Who Insulted His Wife.

POLICE ARE WORKING HARD.

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HOPE TO CAPTURE THE ASSAILANT OF KATHERINE McKONE MONDAY NIGHT THINK MAN WAS OF UNSOUND MIND.

The epidemic of insulting women on the streets still continues, but one drunken masher last evening got his just rewards and this morninig was fined in the city court. Last evening Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Hilling and their two young daughters while walking along North E street, in front of the Railroad Store, noticed Newton Evans, who was beastly intoxicated, stagger against some young women, who hurried away from him. Evans then approached Mrs. Hilling and acted in an insulting manner. Hilling told him to go away or he would call the police. Evans then struck Hilling, who pushed the insulter of his wife against the building. Evans then called Hilling a vile name. It was then that the masher got his just rewards. Hlling jumped upon Evans and with blows straight from the shoulder, sent him in a heap to the sidewalk When the police arrived upon the scene both men were placed under arrest but no charge was filed against Hilling when it was learned that he had assaulted Evans for insulting Mrs. Hilling. In the city court this morning Evans entered a plea of not guilty. Mr. and Mrs. Hilling each testified that Evans was the man who had been the cause of the trouble. Evans stated that be was so drunk when the affair took place that he remembered nothing about it. Special Judge W. H. Kelley told Evans that this was no excuse and administered a fine of $." and costs. The police are vigorously working to seoure the arrest of the unknown man who brutally assaulted Miss Katherlne McKone Monday night, on the front lawn of her own home. The police have some excellent evidence at their command and it is qtiite probable that the young womatl's assailant will be taken into custody within the next twenty-four hours. Owing to the purposelesness of this assault it is believed in some quarters that the assailant was a man of unsound mind. The report of this assault has had the effect of further terrorizing women residing in the east end of the city.

An Orkney Prayer. The brevity of the Orkney summer precluding the raising of hardly anything except oats ("aits") and barley, the elders had requested the minister to pray for good harvest weather. Ho complied as follows: "Lord, gie ua braw weather and a wee bit saugh of a breeze thac will dree the straw and will nae harm the heads, but If ye blaw us sic a bletherin', rivin', tearin' blast as we has been ha'in' ye'll play the vera mischief wi' the aits and fairly spoil a'l."

Ill Bred. "Mamma, the scenery abroad must be very ill bred." "Scenery ill bred, my child: What do you mean?" "This book on Alpine climbing says, 'A terrible abyss yawned before them.' "London Tit-Bits.

We never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes. Hesiod.

VAST THRONGS ATTEND REPUBLICAN CONVENTION (Continued From Page One.)

in order. Without preliminaries or frills of any nature. Chairman Goodrich presented Congressman Chaney as the presiding officer of the convention. Following a brief address Congressman Chaney introduced Congressman Overstreet, whose address was the feature of the afternoon.

were evidences when the morning came that even, thing had not been adjusted to the satisfaction of all concerned. The temperance plank was the stumbling block and just how the result will please the rank and file of the party, is purely conjecture. Last night it was freely declared on all sides that the county unit rule, as applied to local option, would prevail, thereby going the democratic party "one better." It was stated that the democratic party by declaring for ward and township units had done pretty well, especially for democrats, but. that the republicans would have to take an onward step and frame up a declaration that would put the saloons to route, sure and certain, provided the majority of voters in any county of the state so determined. But the brewery interests, or at least, the interests alleged to be pushed for

ward by the breweries of the state, were not idle last night and at midnight it was stated that a majority of the committee on resolutions would to- j day vote against a plar k which declared for the county unit. The ward and township unit were urged, as all that could be deemed necessary: that such

a plank would be as good as the democratic declaration on this issue and therefore the republicans would have nothing to lose at any rate. Features of Platform. Some features of the platform which was adopted this afternoon and which were not contested in any way were as follows: "The republican notes with pleasure the growing determination to eradicate political corruption from whatever source the same originates; and to the end that the republican party may respond to that sentiment, we oppose the contribution to political parties for campaign purposes by or on behalf of the corporations of the state and nation and we hereby commend the Indiana Republican State Committee, for its refusal to accept corporal contributions. "We demand the most rigid economy in public expenditures and are opposed to the creation of unnecessary public officers. The republican party has always favored a small standing army to represent the nation and notwithstanding the taking over of new possessions the small numbers in our standing army is proof of our erlhcrence to that policy. Railroad Regulation. "We approve the laws enacted for

tne proper regulation ot railroad corporations and their combinations of

capital and we pledge the party to all additional safe-guards neeesjary to a complete regulation of those combinations in the interest of trade and commerce." Tariff Revision Favored. A revision of the tariff wa declared to be essential and immediate action there on urged. It is suggested however that the present term of congress shall not deal with the matter, but that President Roosevelt shall call special session for this laborious task. Senator Hevfridge met with the resolutions committee last night, and he said to the Palladium correspondent that it had been definitely decided that tlie platform should contain special reference to child labor legislation. This is one of Beve ridge's pet measures and one which has brought him into the political lime light within recent months. One feature of the platform is in reference to codification of corporation laws of Indiana and straight out declaration is made that

this be done before next session of legislature. The platform contains reference to Governor Hanly and Senators Beveridge and Hemenway. indorsing their public service. President Roosevelt is eulogized and his administration lauded to the skies. Vice President Fairbanks candidate for the presidency is also indorsed. This forenoon at 10 o'clock members of the party from each district, met ia headquarters in the Clavnool

hotel and went over resolutions prior to their submission -t regular committee of the convention. The country unit local option plank was permitted to remain, though a heated discussion arose as to what would result if the question was put before the people. Concensus opinion was that the anti-saloon people of Indiana, outnumber the liberal element at present and that for this reason the temperance plank should be strong and certainly stronger than democrats gave to people. There is prospect however that further fighting wiil result before temperance plank reaches the convention late in the afternoon.

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CANDIDATES AT WAR. Miller and Taylor Quarreled Over an Agreement. Indianapolis. Ind.. April 1. At noon today even the most astute politicians admitted that they were "stumped" and "up a tree" so far as any definite informatien as to who would be nominated governor was concerned. The situation has grown more complex hour by hour, but the feeling of the Watson supporters is of the most sanguine nature. The sensational feature of the forenoon at thi3 great republican gathering ? &3 the alleged war of words be-

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ers the following estimate on the result of the vote when the first ballot was taken, was given out. Watson. o0: C. W. Miller. 440; Taylor, 285; H. Th. Miller. 1S.". The total vote cast on the first ballot will be 1470. Necessary to choice, 736. Watson supporters claim that their candidate will be nominate,! on the second ballot. Supporters of the other candidates claim t'uat Wjtson will be out of the running after the second ballot.

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