Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-02-18 | Page 2 | Dies of Texas Takes Fall out of Cannon

DIES OF TEXAS TAKES FALL OUT OF GANNON WASHINGTON. Fob. 17. Making an appeal for general restrictions in tho immigration im-migration laws and denouncing Cannon-ism. Cannon-ism. Representative DJos of Texas delivered deliv-ered a stirring speech In tho house today. "Speaker Cannon." he said, "like a colossus, sits astride tho houso qf representatives. repre-sentatives. Has tho tlmo corno when only Cannon Republicans can form tho majority of commlttocs and only Cannon Democrats be placed upon tho minorities of theso commlttocs?" Most of tho conslituonts, declared Mr. Dies, "would rather seo their representatives representa-tives In congress grab for them than cm re for them." For himself, ho preferred to lend aid In preserving the liberties of tho people rather than to bow down to tho "flesh pots of Egypt."