Word: cannoneer
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...Bishop Cannon (vanishing): I am at my office whenever a subpoena is issued...
...Bishop Cannon (pushing out): That is in the record...
Senator Blaine, (hurriedly): Bishop Cannon, I desire to put into the record the telegrams and communications between you and the Chairman of the Committee so that it may indicate exactly how and why you came before the Committee. I want you to know that...
...Jonesboro, Ark., home Senator Caraway, Chairman of the Lobby Committee and a Dry Methodist, who has ruthlessly heckled all manner of witnesses before his committee on their private and political affairs, did a remarkable about-face on Bishop Cannon's case. Declared Senator Caraway: "I see no occasion to insist on the Bishop testifying. The investigation is aimed at lobbying and not political matters. As he came at his own request, if he did not care to answer questions, he should be excused." Later Senator Caraway, shamefaced, left-about-faced: "I do not sustain Bishop Cannon for snapping...
...What I would like to know is, 'How Joe can be sent to the pen while Bishop Cannon is guilty of the same crimes Joe has committed and gets complete forgiveness from his people?' Joe gambled with other people's money. As nearly as I can find out Bishop Cannon did the same thing. Joe is in the pen, but the Bishop is able to defy even the United States Senate and still retains his high position in the church...