The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-17
Uncle Joe Cannon Also Has AS
-. surances Of % More. s..
- 4, III to Come. .~,-: ..-..:. :.
How the --latest Poll Of the. situa-s
- - s.
ton, Made in Washington,
Stands.
The East Feels That Tariff Revision
Will Be Pushed Off Till
After 1904.

Fron, The Journal Bureau. Room zS, Pess
Washington. Nov. 17.-Mr. Cannon's
election as speaker Of the fifty eighth con-
gress now seems assured. He has 80
votes pledged and % more in
sight, or exactly the los necessary to con-
troll the republican caucus, which will be
composed Of 2oS members. The eighty
two votes are:
Illinois, II; Indiana, 9; Iowa, 10; Kansas,
8; Michigan, IL; Minnesota. g.; the Da-
kotas, 4; Nebraska, s; and Wisconsin, 10.
In addition to these he has had these
assurances:
Massachusetts,. 10; New Hampshire, 2;
Connecticut, S; Tennessee, q; Colorado, 2;
Montana, L; Idaho, /.
The Illinois man thus has enough votes
in sight without the aid of Pennsyl-
vania. New York. New Jersey or the Pa
cif1c coast.
AS prospective speaker of the next
house, Mr.. Cannon will enjoy unusual
eminence this winter and an eminence
such as has not fallen to any member of
the house, at least in recent years. Ever
since the abdication of Speaker Reed he
has been tacitly regarded as the virtual
leader of the house But the organiza-
ton has been in other hands and his only
ma NOT the appropriations committee
That condition will continue during the
coming session and in view of his ap-
preaching responsibilities, Mr.. Cannon
words and actions will take on new mean
ing before the country. In every session
for many years, Mr.. Cannon has been q
very active member on the floor, and has
frequently dipped into many measures
which were outside the jurisdiction of his
own committee. .,...
There is talk that Cannon may place
Mr.. Babcock at the head Of the ways and
means committee, but it is probably not
well founded, for Cannon would probably
not care to create antagonism in the New
York delegation at the beginning Of his
career of speaker or to offend the protec-
ton interests whom Payne, the present
chairman of that committee, represents.
However, Mr.. Babcock's talk about
committee arrangements for the Wiscon-
sin delegation looks somewhat significant
At present he has two good committee
assignments, chairman of the District Of
Columbia and member of the ways and
means committee. His colleague, Mr..
Cooper, is chairman Of another big COM
mittee, insular affairs and other members
of the delegation have been we'll looked
after in committee places and few minor
chairmanshfps. ~
Tariff Revision.
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Opinion is becoming fixed in the east
that there will be no tariff revision until
after; the presidential election and that
the republicans will tide over the cam
paign by the appointment Of tariff COM
mission in accordance with the recon-
mendation Of President Roosevelt The
president is thought by several high au-
thorities to be more anxious for anti trust
legislation than for tariff revision at this
time and his message will show this It
is said he will press the trust question to
the fore front and recommend action at
the short session, and If it fails for want
of time. he may call an extra session after
March to take it UP. Having cleared the
decks by thus disposing Of the trusts he
will be ready for tariff revision after 1904.
Both cannot possibly be attended to be-
fore that time, and Of the two. the trusts,
he thinks, are the more pressing. This
is the latest explanation of the extra ses-
sion talk.
w. w. Jermane.