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II : . . UNCLE JOE CANNON
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1 to take more chance There
was an improved ! condition in the
{ market which everyone saw , and
the wheels began to turn.
f The Rcpubtican Party believes
i that this change was duc to thc
principal of protection.
Now I want to touch my final
point in this address , and I wilt
conclude. 1'0 do that I must go
back and give a little history.
. . . South of an , , imaginary bile called -
ed Mason's and Dixon's lincthere
was in 1860 servile labor-owncd
and drivcn lahor. Many of us
were born south of that line ; 1
was. This labor worked without
com ) cnsatton except support.
North of that line there was free
labor , which had a voice in thc
control of thc Reoublic , sovereign
' in respects -
labor , and doing , many
spccts ; thc same kind of work.
Tiiey voted , and to bc educated
to assume thc responsibilities and
burdens of our high civilbmtion.
And they therefore could not
work tinder the conditions surrounding -
rounding the servile labor. 'fhc
- out.
great contest was fought
Our Southern friends wanted to
. . sell their products , cotton and
tobacco of great value and little
bulk , to foreign countries in exchange -
change for the productions of
heap labor there , shipping- their
goods across thc water by cheap
freight t6 thc old world , Therefore -
fore they did not want protection
and , as I said before , wrote in
\ their Confederate Constitution
' its
a distant prohibition against
enactment at any time. 'Ve
loug'ht it out. They said then
- that protection was robbery , and
the platform recently adopted
f r I and dominated by the Southern
( I , Democrats , says the same thing.
Now how do you , democratic
friend , expect to elect Parker ?
i Vhy , the first thing you wilt say
is i . " 'I'I1C'rc an 151 votes in thc
I electoral i ' l college - from thc South
. I thc solid South , and that docs
I , not include either West Virginia ,
I Maryland or Delaware , " Yes ,
and that is so ; and further , that
151 votes represent two-fifths of
, the entire five-lifths , or total
electoral \'otc. Now all the
'Parker mcn want is another half
.of Qne-fifth , and one vote added ,
and they have a majority. There
is no doubt about thc 151 votes.
Would any of us think of going
down South to make political
I speeches ? As welt try to drown
I a luck by pouring water on him.
Those States arc solid , though
their orators arc coming up here ,
1'illman , Senator Bailey and my
; good friend John Sharpe \Vi11iams
of Mississippi , and others , to instruct -
struct us emi economic questions.
" " Vie have the freest discussion
here , and we w elcomc them , because -
cause if they have , a better policy
than we have to stand upon , we
will follow .
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Now should Parker be fortu-
nate enough to secure enough
electoral votes from the , North to
elect him , what portIon of the
Democratic Party would control
' it ? Would any of thc States in
the North have cicnt-repre-
" .entation to do it ? Why no , of
course not. The 151 votes , the
large majority of that part ,
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would dominate everything and
all1cgisla tion' Every law would
bc cut out by thc South and every
enactment subject to its temper
and its vicwpoint. Under John
Sharpe Williams , thc present
leader of the Democrats in the
House of Representatives , : and
who would bc the Speaker if thc
Delmiocracy secured Congress ,
every imporant committee of
that body would have a Southern
representation sufficient to con-
trol it. So let us see what a blow
that would bc.
Seven millions of people in the
United States have deposits in
saving banks , and the aggregate
of savings slmomnts , to three
thousand millions of dollars , that
is , three billions ; and thc average
interest received thereon is three
and onc-quartcr per ccnt. How
much of that money is in banks
in those States from which thc
151 votes would come ? Three
and a quarter millions only , as
against three thousand millions ,
or a very insignificant perccntage.
Now another thing. There
arc five millions of assets in build-
ing associatians in this country.
Building associations-that is
. the way 'you get your homes , and
I suppose you have them here.
You pay ' so much per month in
most cans , subscribing for thc
stock , and continuous employ-
mcnt and remunerative salary is
essential to the success of" thc
proposition. Yet only one-sixth
of all thc building associations
of this nation arc in thc States
from which thc 151 votes and
thc dominating- majority , will
come to elect Parker , I
Another thing. Since McKin-
took oath office life insurance
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surance in tIllS country has
ublcd. There '
arc twcnb'-threc
million policies held in life insurance -
surance companies , and they
have an aggregate of seventeen
thousand millions nf " doll trs
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That is for the widow and child-
rcn when death overtakes us.
Less than onc-quarter of that
life insurance i is held in hc
States from which these 151 rul-
ing votes of Democracy would
comc.
lain talking business , and if
the ' : " Northern States are to help
bring about a condition of this
kind , they should have their eyes
opcn. Dare you , farmers ; dare
you laborers and workers , dare
you , artisans , give Ivlr. Parker
the power hc seeks ? Let them
bring fruits meet for repentance
before the'Y get power a second.
time.
There is a condition here in
Nebraska that is very interesting
and very remarkablc. The state
of Nebraska is known as an agri-
cultural state. Well it is an agricultural -
ricultural state and a very good
one too , but if you consult the
last census " report you will find
this fact , that the value of your
agriculture product in 1900 wa
lfi3OOOOOO and at the same time
thc value of your manufactured
product was $144,000,000 or al-
most as much ; so you can bc clas-
sed as a manfacturing state as
well as an agriculture state.
Now in conclusion , for I have
already talked too long , we pre-
sent Theodore Roosevelt .as our
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At this pf ice I can cell . . . .4\ \
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you 'a . 6 hole 18 inch
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with Re.cerwoir
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and Free i1.
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Alex F. Meyer
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candidate : for Presidency.'WC do
it with great confidence , wc be-
lieve in him , we stand by his
every act. You know him , yon
know his record , you believe il :
him too. Ours is a government
through great parties , and it is
absolutely essential , if. you bc-
] tie\'c in the policies of thc republican -
lican party , that thc president
who is clothed only with execu-
th'c power , should have congress
with him and behind him.
You have a congressional dis-
trict here with about 200,000 peo-
pIc in it. You will elect your
reprcscntative thc 8th of November -
vcmber , and it is a part of my
mission to you to ask you in this
district , to see . to it , if you ap-
prove these politics and want
continued , that your vote is cast
in thc hcusc of representatives as
you would cast it if were person-
ally present. I want to say one
thing further , that thc state of
Nebraska has , in the house of
representatives , as strong a dcle-
as , and stronger than most of
them. Time dean of that delega-
tion and the head of it with res-
pcct to service , is your repress
tath'e , Elmer J. Burkett. He
has a committee position that is
second to none in the house and
as to his ability and integrity you
know. The good state of Nebraska -
braska is honoring itself when it
honors Mr. Burkett , and I sincer-
ely hope hc will bc returned to
that great body in which he is so
much at home and where hc has
so many fricnds.
. Cannon here introduced
lIon. James \\Tatson-who for
thirty minutes entertained thc
audience with thc rapid fire as-
sault on the democratic party and
its position , Mr. Watson is an
excellent speaker and delighted
thc audience with his telling
poin ts.
NOTES.
The Speaker's party left for
Red Cloud and Oxford over thc
Burlington at two o'clock Satur-
day morning.
Gov. John H. Mickey was on
the platform but declined to
speak because of thc lateness of
the hour and thc insufferable
lie at.
Among thc many prominent
people present we noticed T. C.
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Cunningham , J. D. Griffith , Vin-
cent ArnoldJamcs Morris , Jess - . (
Jameson , ScipStringfie ldGeorge
Moore , O. L. Bants , Allen D.
May , O. A. CooperE.A. Tucker ,
Judge S. P. Davidson , Henry
Rieger , George Smith , W. H.
Hogrcfe , R.E. Grinsteadl\1r. and '
Mrs. Marble , W.H. Morrow , M.
raylor and many others. -
Speaker Cannon is like a father - .
er to his boys , the congressmcn.
He fussed about Burliett and
Watson their sore throats an d
their general health like an' old
lady with her grandchild. In the
etiquette of official tife. The . . ; L-
speaker of thc house of representatives -
s-cntativcs is always address as
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"Mr. Speaker. " -B.urkett and
Watson called him "Uncle Joe"-
and he called them "Elmcr and
Jim. "
A. Galusha
candidate for sec-
rctary of state , E. earle candi- .
date for state auditor , Henry
Eaton candidate for land commis-
sioner and J. L. McBricn candi-
date for superintendent . of public
instructions arrived .on a late
train and found places in the
body of the house. They con-
contrived to meet mdny of our
people after the speaking.
\V C. McCool of Salem and H ---I
C. 'Vorthan formerly of Pawnee
City were school mates of Speaker -
er Cannon. They spent a very
enjoyable hour talking togetfler
talking over old times ; the girls
they used to "spark" the old
swimming hole and like subjects
so dear to a boys present and so
precious to an old man's past.
The Cannon party consists besides -
sides the two orators of I ; . White
Busby secretary to the speaker
and associate editor of the Chicago -
go Inter Ocean ; H. E. Dodge pri-
vate secretary to Jesse Overstreet
congressman from Indiana and
David Moore of Washington , D. + "f' (
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representing .
the National congressional -
gressional committee under whose
charge the trip is made. Mr.
Dodge furnished thc extract of
Caunons speech which we 'print.
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The part will make each of the
congressional distriCts in this
state. They go to 'Visconsin
from here and thence to Rhode
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