Show i LAPSED m ITO PROFANITY Speaker Cannon at St Joe Mo No Uses Kind of Language for Which ch He Is Noted St Joseph Mo Sept 26 Speaker Joseph G Cannon spoke to an audi audience audience audience ence here this afternoon which over overflowed overflowed overflowed flowed the theatre in which he ap up appeared appeared Congressman James Watson Vatson of Indiana sooke spoke briefly In an Inter Interview interview interview view given out ut here Mr lr Cannon said the Democrats who declare Roosevelt to be he the best Democrat who ever sat satin satin satin in the white house are arc like Jike the tile devil when he offered Christ all an the kingdoms of or the earth if the Savior Savi f would do his bidding The devil claimed all the earth but buthe buthe buthe he did not own o n a dawn f fot ot of it said sai Cannon Before he began to speak Cannon was as ked If he was going to discuss Gompers Gompers What he running for replied the speaker I am going to try to rake a Re Republican Republican publican speech and aul If I refer r fer to Mr Gompers it will be only as the de le delivery livery of a Republican speech de demands demands demands mands How about the Cuban question I have not paid much attention to that question said Mr Cannon The Platt Piatt amendment pledges us to main maintain maintain tain tam law and order in Cuba We will do that And if it Is necessary to annex Cuba in order to tu do it we will annex interpolated Congressman Watson Watson speaking now said Mr lr Cannon smiling I Jont ont say fay that I merely say that this government is pledged tc maintain law and order there and we will take lich ich steps as asare asare asare are necessary to do that I dont know what steps may be necessary and I dont wish to discuss them Fools rush in where angels fear to tread when the angels dont happen to bewell be bewell bewell well posted on a question Mr Taft is down there in Cuba and I have con confidence confidence confidence in our president to meet the N S situation S |