Show DOHS IO n C SR H f Governor Cutler declares Congre Congressman Joseph G. G Cannon of Illinois can never ne ho bo President of oC tho the United States State because he swears profanely But Dut that I is because tho the governor Q doesn't understand r Speaker c Cannons Cannon oath oaths I If ho he could follow tollow that that g gaunt lUnt grim rim old man about through tho the varied varlet cares ares cares of or a da day either elthor at home or In tho the house hour of or representatives he wo would ld not bo be shocked at an occasional mouth oath In the stress o of feelIng feel feel- Ing lug or 01 the demands for fal emphasis Ho lie would pause In wonder now now and again that Mr 11 Cannon didn't sW swear oftener oftener and and harder halder Joseph G. G Cannon I w was waa born horn In North orth Carolina and Is le seventy of aga aa S' S Nobody knows what tho the JiCa or I for tor but hut it might well woJ bo for there bag has always s 's been a quality of ot the theUn vital Un biting and acid effective so sort t fn n his m manner t 4 VL 1 w v. 1 V w. v- vt t t I t of or procedure urt With the exception of ot two t years ear he has been a n. congressman of or Illinois since 18 1873 1573 3 and his present term tf expires In 1 1009 1909 09 That Is avery n a vcr very long JonI service and t tells better than nn any eulogy hl well he has served ed the people of or his state II lie He lieI I has ilas thrice been elected speaker of or the national hoU house o of or representatives and that shows shows shows' how ef effective ef- ef e C he tic o has hM been In serving the people of or th the nation As Asa a rulo rule tho the electors of oC the tho district I In Illinois arc good and orderly people Th They ar nr are about the same as aa other communities of oc tho the mIddle middie middle mid mId- dle die West est with man many churches and If educational Institution with th all the accessories and all th the evidences c of or refinement and high Ideals They ar arnot are not wild people at nt nil all And thc they are arc not goin going t to indorse Indor e wild men with their votes otes Speaker r Cannons Cannon's oaths are re not the vicious explosions explosions ex ex- of ot an intemperate mind Tho They are arc rare and when the they do come are simply the rugged and methods of or emphasizing on occasion th the very cry strong sentiment ho wl wishes to express H Hcan Ito Ho can speak peak as smoothly as any man Ho lie usually doesn't lard his converse with oaths But Dut when a proposition itlo 1 needs emphasis ls or an opponent needs condemnation or a cause cauro needs Judgment o os or t 1 s story sory ory of or the soil soli ls the vernacular In which It was cast then cast then tho the thin lips curve and the grim jaws relax and the thc speaker gives Si currency to the tho expletive which was waa minted in tho the necessity of or the tho case He lie says ays D Damn mn That is what the captain of or the good ship Pinafore std raid you ou remember And Ani church choirs all aU over oer the country countr sang ang It ten thousand times limes His swearing will not J keep Speaker er Cannon from being President of the tho United States State because It Is Js not the distinctive e characteristic of or tho ho man Ills ability his truth his strength his honesty honest his 10 loyalty to the nation to tho the TI Republican publican party part to the people people hIs his u usefulness to the tho nation and so far Car as tho question may bo he locally considered his friendliness for Utah will Utah will erase e from Crom cr c every memory mor tho the record of or nn any sweating swearing he ho ever r mn may have ha done llono Cod God send tho the republic many more men mon as ns able and as good as Joseph G. G Cannon and against ns whom no more can cnn bo ho char charged than that the they at intervals say sa- saD D Damn mn |