The New England magazine . e men who forone reason or another are now patting himon the back and feeding him on flatterywere calling him that narrow-minded oldjackass. Cannon never was broad; thatis a fact. He is a stand-patter now on thetariff, just as he has been until very recentlya cheese-parer with regard to legislation,governing his conduct as regards appropri-ations largely by the standard of Danville,Illinois. It is impossible to make a states-man out of Uncle Joe. He is not builton that model. Personally, Mr. Cannon is a medium-sized, thin, angular, ruddy-faced man, withstraw-colored
The New England magazine . e men who forone reason or another are now patting himon the back and feeding him on flatterywere calling him that narrow-minded oldjackass. Cannon never was broad; thatis a fact. He is a stand-patter now on thetariff, just as he has been until very recentlya cheese-parer with regard to legislation,governing his conduct as regards appropri-ations largely by the standard of Danville,Illinois. It is impossible to make a states-man out of Uncle Joe. He is not builton that model. Personally, Mr. Cannon is a medium-sized, thin, angular, ruddy-faced man, withstraw-colored hair, always disheveled ex-cept when he first emerges from the barber-shop, and a sandy beard which in theearly days of his public career reached tohis chest-bone, but which is now trimmedquite short. He is free and almost recklessin manner and speech, careless in attire,and much given to gesticulation and pic-turesquely unconventional language. He is approachable to all, and will talkto anybody who can get his ear, and on. George B. Cortelyou, the new Secretaryof the Treasury 356 NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE
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