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BECAUSE representative government starts with the Legislative Branch, TIME has had an enduring interest in Congress-in its leaders, its foibles, its glories, its failures. Our first issue, dated March 3, 1923 (Time Inc. had been founded four months before), carried on its cover Joseph Gurney ("Uncle Joe") Cannon, who was then 86 and about to retire to Danville, Ill., after a colorful and historic career. Since then we have published some 150 cover stories and many other major articles on Capitol Hill and its leaders. This week Uncle Joe reappears on our cover, framed by the pictures...
...Reed who told a colleague in 1892: "I have been 15 years in Congress and I never saw a Speaker's decision overruled, and you will never live to see it either." The apex of House rule was reached under TIME'S first cover subject, Speaker Joe Cannon (see box, page...
...Joseph G. Cannon...
NOTHING annoyed "Uncle Joe" Cannon more than the idea of change, and during the eight years he ruled Congress as Speaker of the House, most calls for reform were icily snubbed. From 1903 to 1911, Congress under Cannon was at the height of its power, intimidating-and thwarting-even so aggressive a President as Theodore Roosevelt. Snorted Cannon at one piece of forest legislation: "Not one cent for scenery." Wrote a contemporary scholar: "There is some room for saying Cannon is even more powerful than the President of the United States...
...when TIME first asked the pro-football scouts to pick the top college players at each position, the experts agreed that Billy Cannon, L.S.U.'s much-publicized All-America halfback was just about the best ball carrier around. Their other favorite runner, though, was a surprising star from a lesser-known school: Dick Bass of College of the Pacific. Both players fulfilled their promise by running off with all-pro honors. This year, as in the past, the scouts' choices include a number of Saturday's heroes chosen for All-America honors, as well...