Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-11-14 | Page 9 | 'Uncle Joe' to be Buried Tuesday

I UNCLE JOE TO ID Of BE I Body to Lie in State at Old Cannon Home in Danville Sunday DANVILLE DAVILLE VILLE Ill Nov No 13 United Pr Press Press Uncle ss Uncle Joe Cannon wilt be buried burled next Tuesday as he lived lived lived- with quiet dignity and simplicity Plans for the funeral were announced announced an an- flounced to today ay after a family conference con con- ference at which it was definitely decided that the burial should be in cemetery In the Vermillion Vermil- Vermil lion hills from which C Cannon as ascended ascended as- as cende to a place of power in the land The body w I lie In state stale at the theold theold theold old Cannon home on Vermillion street from 10 a. a m. m until 5 p. p m. m Sun Sunday ay Thereafter the public will willbe willbe willbe be barred and only his mourning rel relatives tives an and immediate friends s will wm I attend the body Funeral servi services es will will- willbe be conducted conducted conducted con con- I ducted Tues Tuesday ay at 2 pm p.m. from St. St James Methodist Episcopal church I Post commanders of the Curtis C. C Redden post American legion will serve as pallbearers and the guard of honor will Ibe be be composed of ot former former for for- mer commanders of the Knights Templar A tombstone which Uncle Joe himself selected and which is al already already already al- al ready erected on the family plot plot- in Springhill cemetery will mark his last resting place The city which gave Uncle Joe to the nation today was a city of mourning No man in all Danville's history b brought ought so much attention to the city as Cannon No man who ever walked those streets was better known to the city's men of affairs and the city's school chil chil- dren ren Love and rC respect for Uncle I Joe In his home town was without without without with with- out a single ex exception At the height of his vigor when all the nation knew and respected his Ills political power Cannon was the idol of Danville and that status was never lost through ugh the days as of his waning strength In death it was magnified I MESSAGES POUR IN IN N. Messages of ot condolence to members members members mem mem- bers of the Cannon family streamed In toda today adding to the hundreds that were received immediately following Uncle Joes death at noon Friday ay They came from front virtually virtually virtually vir vir- vir- vir every state in the Union and from men and women In fn all walks of life for life for Cannon like the man with whom he so often was compared compared com corn pared many years cars ago Abraham Lincoln was a man of the people not unlike any other man In his traits except that they were more pronounced and stamped him as a aleader aleader aleader leader among men Cannons Cannon's personal appearance his loose fitting clothes his grIzzled grizzled grizzled griz grIz- whiskers his rakish and omnipresent omnipresent omni omni- present presen t cigar were among th the e things which h especially marked him himas himas as a target for cartoonists but hardly to th those se characteristics characteristics charac charac- in making him appear often often In public print was his long list of pithy pith witty comments comments- often made before public gather- gather ings Among the most famous of these were If its it's right in Gods God's chance chancery Its It's right in mans man's chancery Much misinformation abounds in declamation I am very much of the the belief without being a sailor that a good place to to train seamen is on the sea There are vultures in the world but jut before they perform there must be the presence of carrion So free was Cannon in granting Interviews so unusual were some of the remarks he ma made e that he was often imposed upon Reporters frequently quoted him without even seeing him and occasionally the words which were put in his mouth cause caused him hint embarrassment but Uncle Joe neve never denied any statements statements statements state state- ments attributed to him He usually usually ally laughed at his plight on such occasions