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PASSING OF ‘‘UNCLE JOE” CANNON
In the passing of “Uncle Joe” Cannon, the patriarch
of American statesmen, the nation loses one of the most
valued constructive elements in national politics. He
was like a chemical regent which transmutes multiple ele
ments and produces the pure gold; he was the power to
be reckoned with when questions of great national mo
ment were uppermost and the legislative bodies of Con
gress were fraught with possibilities of immature and
unconstructive legislation. A fundamentalist, “Uncle
Joe” clung to the immutable laws that were the product
of experience since the world was young, and like the law
givers of old, was willing to battle to the last ditch to vin
dicate the principle. His power of debate, soundness of
logic, profound learning and the qualities which go to
make up a real statesman were feared by his enemies and
respected by his friends. His ripe judgment intermingles
throughout a half century of national political progress
which in turn has been productive of our commercial pro
gress. Whatever his faults as an unyielding parliamen
tarian, his judgment invariably emerged vindicated, leav
ing its stamp upon ever procedure wherein questions of
great moment were in the ascendancy. WThat was wont
to be characterized as reactionary, later emerged doubly
powerful in the support of immutabilities defying the ap
plication of immature reagents applied to defeat them.
Like a “great tree downfalled,” he returns to the dust
whence he came, but his name will travel down the pages
of history with those o'f the sages of time.
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May 7, 1921, President Harding sent
and asked for $10,000 to build an ex
periment airplane, “Uncle Joe” jump
ed half way out of his chair, glared
at Langley like he thought the latter
had lost his mind and shouted:
“Great heavens! A flying machine
, to ride up in the air?”
Taking a gambler’s chance “Uncle
Joe” approved the expenditure and
fought it through the house. When
the Langley ship fell into the Poto
mac river, Cannon was cartooned
throughout the nation as riding on a
broom. When the Wright brothers
took the Langley machine and de
veloped it later flying over Washing
ton, “Uncle Joe” just chewed his ci
gar and smiled’.
“Uncle Joe’s” features were often
said to be of the Lincoln type. From
ears to chin he wore a fringe of close
cropped beard, the upper lip clean
shaved.
“Uncle Joe” was a Quaker by
chance. His grandfather, a Scotch
Irish Presbyterian from northern Ire
land, settled in Montreal shortly af
ter the revolution, and later moved
to North Carolina, where “Uncle
Joe” was born. When he was four
years old his father, a country school
teacher and self-taught doctor, mi
grated from North Carolina over the
old National road in a prairie schoon
er. They eventually settled on the
banks of the Wabash, near Terre
Haute, Ind.
His father was drowned while swim
ming the river to aid a sick neighbor
and Joe was left to support the fam
ily. He went to work in a country
store, where he spent four years.
Within three months he mastered
bookkeeping. He began reading law
in a friend’s office nights to save
lodging. Going to Cincinnati to enter
law school he told the dean he eauld
pay one dollar a week for board but
could not pay a tuition fee. The dean
took his note to be paid when he was
able. When he left school he had to
walk back to Indiana because he did
not have railroad fare.
Later he moved to Tuscola, 111., where
he hung out his first shingle as a
lawyer. He ran for state’s attorney
in 1860 and was defeated, but a new
judicial district was created and he
was elected, serving eight years. In
all his political career he suffered
but three defeats for office and two
of them were for Congress.
In 1922 “Uncle Joe” announced his
retirement, after 46 years of service.
Mr. Cannon’s bank and other busi
ness ventures were successful and
he amassed considerable wealth.
It is recalled that Cannon fought
for reform in the postal laws and put
through the bill providing for low
rates on second-class mail matter.
In 1908 Mr. Cannon looked forward
toward the Republican nomination,
but when the leaders proposed that
he take second place he refused em
phatically.
Among his last statements “Uncle
Joe” said: “Time softens an old
man’s heart, and when I think of the
House doing me such great honors,
not forgetting how it once tried to
tear me up and feed me to the wolves
I ought to go to my grave with a ser
ene countenance, knowing that my
heart -was glad with the last faint
breath.”
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TODIY’S FOOTBALL GAMES
EAST
Army vs Notre Dame at New York.
Princeton vs Yale at Princeton.
Pennsylvania vs Columbia at Phila
delphia.
Syracuse vs Colgate at Syracuse.
Harvard vs Brown at Cambridge.
Navy vs Georgetown at Annapolis.
Cornell vs Dartmouth at Ithaca.
Williams vs Amherst at Amherst.
Penn. State vs Bucknell State Col
lege, Pa.
Boston College vs Haskell Indians
at Boston.
Maryland vs Virginia at College
Park, Md.
Lafayette vs Susquehanna at East
on, Pa.
Lehigh vs Rutgers at Bethlehem,
Panama.
Holy Cross vs Catholic at Worces
ter, Mass.
Wesleyan vs Bowdoin at Middle
town, Conn.
New York University vs. Davis-El
kins at New York.
New Hampshire vs Maine at Dur
ham, N. H.
West Virginia vs Centre at Parkers
burg, W. Va.
WEST
Michigan vs Ohio State at Colum
bus, Ohio.
Wisconsin vs Iowa at Madison, Wis.
Chicago vs Northwestern at Evans
ton, 111.
Illinois vs Wabash at Urbana, 111.
Purdue vs Franklin at Lafayette,
Ind. *
Minnesota vs Butler at Minneapolis.
Indiana vs Mississippi A. & M. at
Bloomington, Ind.
Missouri vs Washington at Colum
umbus, Mo.
Iowa State vs Drake at Ames, la.
Kansas Aggies vs Nebraska at Lin
coln, Neb.
Grinnell vs Oklahoma A. & M. at
Normal, Okla.
Oklahoma vs Kansas at Lawrence,
Kan.
St. Louis vs Arkansas Poly, at St.
Louis.
SOUTH
Alabama vs Florida at Montgom
ery, Ala.
Georgia Tech vs Georgia at Atlanta,
Ga.
Louisiana State vs Mississippi Univ.
at Baton Rouge, La.
Tulane vs Sewanee at New Orleans.
Vanderbilt vs Tennessee at Nash
ville, Tenn.
Washington and Lee vs Virginia
Poly at Blacksburg, Va.
North Carolina Univ. vs Davidson
at Davidson, N. C.
South Carolina vs Furman at Col
umbia, S. C.
Clemson vs The Citadel at Clemson
College, S. C.
FAR WEST
Stanford vs Washington at Stan
ford, Cal.
Washington State College vs Ore
gon at Pullman, Wash.
California vs Nevada at Berkeley,
Cal.
Montana vs Whitman at Missoula,
Mont.
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