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Show SPEAK. R TALKS TO OLDJETTLERS MTSSNA PARK, 111., Auz. 17. Speaker Joseph G. Cannon today told the old BPttlcrs of IroqUol county that he probably was nddrera.-lnK them for the last tlmo. HIb BpeecL which had been regarded aa the opening open-ing of the Illinois congressional campulpn contained little of the old-time old-time vlcor of the representative of the Rlrhteenth Illinois district. Instead In-stead he talked of ptoneor days and tho present. A political tinge only W3s Introduced when he averted vehemently that the protective policy of Lincoln, Grant and Garfield won responsible for the Improvement. "I may never nee yon again," he fuld. "In the nature of things this Is probably the last old settlers' meeting I ahall ever addrees In tho Godly county of Iroqnolse The ravee of my forebearers are In Indiana In-diana and Illinois, and mine, when I como to cross over,, will be In Danville.. Dan-ville.. "My children and your children have a common lot In the general prosperity of this country or the lack of It. We have not only to taka care of ourselves but of the Jema-gopnes Jema-gopnes who hav hampered to general gen-eral progress with their false statements state-ments and false promisee." During his talk this afternoon h9 evinced little sign of fatlie, desplto the intense heat, although he frequently fre-quently applied the contents of a bowl of cracked ice to his head and held pieces of the ice In hla hands ah he upoko He dlaplayed agility in aiding another veteran of the countv to mount the platform and bowed deeply as the act was applaud- ! ed. Cannon spoke of the prosperity of Irofjuola county and declared it due mainly to railroad facilities. He contrasted con-trasted railroad rates of the United, States and European countries, declaring de-claring that those of this country were the best "The demagogues would have you destroy the railroads," ho said, "which have brought your prosperity. pros-perity. May God Bend enouch men into public life, honest, brave and courageous men to Rtop thU racket." He referred to tho work of tho pioneers pio-neers In clearing the wooded districts dis-tricts to make farm landa "You m'ght think, to hear certain parties talking conservation." he continued, con-tinued, "and of the destruction of our forests that we should depopulate our cltlea and farms to restore the forests to their old-time glory. "Tho Bystem we are under is a prctfy good system, it Is capable of Improvement, and the way to maintain our present prosperity and to Increase it. is to maintain the protective policy of Lincoln, Lin-coln, Grant and Garfield. I mean James A. Garfield; mako no mistake us to the namo. "We must determine, with discretion discre-tion tho policies that pre best for us and then adhere to them. I m'ght t make myself popular with the popu-j popu-j llrts by advocating destruction in-I in-I fiend, but I thank tho Lord there are no populiBts in th's district. "There are forre who ought to Inow better in Kansas, but we have i got to go on taking care of ourselves, while for the next two years Kansas can take care of Itself. Then we must take care of It again, as we have for the last ten ears of Its history, his-tory, "But as I sa'J, I nm not here to la'k politics. We are here to ta'k of the good old days, but I am mighty glad they are gone forever." Mr. Cannon declared he would make several speeches In the coming campaign in this district, but hi3 friends are fearful as to his ability to stand the strain. |