The Washington times., 1906-04-22
CANNON SATISFIED
WITH THREE TERMS
May Want to Fix This As
Speakership Limit.
PRESIDENTIAL CHANCES
Burton, Tawney, Hepburn, and Sher-
man Mentioned as Possible Sue
cessors to "Uncle Joe."

The future of Uncle Joe" Cannon
and. indeed, the future OF the Speaker
snip OF the House. have been the subject
OF comment lately. incident to the report
ahoat in political circles that the
speaker Will not be a candidate for the
Speakership after thenext-the Sixtieth-
Congress
Ihere does not seem to be any positive
confirmation Of the statement that the
Speaker Will not ask more than three
terms as Speaker. In modern times AT
least nobody has been Speaker more
than three times, and it is said to be
the ambition OF the present Speaker to
establish the precedent of limiting ser
vice In that capacity to this period. by
enabling himself to decline q fourth
term
1t is suggested by some that the Speak
er is willing. after three terms, to go
back on the floor as a plain member OF
the House. The more common rupor.
however. is that after the next term as
Speaker he Is willing TO retire from the
House.
Kills Boom.
He Will be seventy years CID on May
4 and he recently remarked 10 a friend
who was discussing his Presidential boom
country is not going 10 nominate and
elect Presidents who would be seventy
three years old al the time OF taking the
office
Notwithstanding this disclaimer, II is
common understanding that the Speaker
Is rather interested IN hts Presidential
boom. He is q decidedly vigorous man
for his years. and is not old enough to-
day 10 be out of the running. To large
and influential conservative interests he
looks extremely good as a Presidential
possibility.
But the story that he considers retire
ment from the chair OF authority is
taken seriously enough by his colleagues
to have been made the basis for some
Speakership movements.
Possible Successors.
Burton OF Ohio. Tawney Of Minnesota.
Sherman of New York, and Hepburn OF
Iowa are already talked Of as being
rather more than willing 20 be consid-
cred IN connection with the speakersEtp.
Sherman has been made chairman OF tn.
Republican Congressional campaign
committee, and II IS gossipped that II
he makes a successful campaign Il Will
add immensely TO his strength as a
Speakership figure.
When Henderson was elected Speaker
the first time, sherman was the man
around whom the Eastern element
chung 10 the last as against the Iowan.
Nobody accused Mr.. Sherman OF having
taken the chairmanship OF the COM
mittee with the Speakership directly in
mind: but the possibilities OF the com
bination are so obvious that they do
not escape consideration.
Burton IS one Of the Independent fig
ures in the House. He was talked
about last fall before Congress met.
in connection with the story that there
was protest against Speaker Cannon
or the ground that Cannon was too die
tatorial. Mr.. Burton is very strong IN
his Cleveland district. and nobody will
beat him so long as he wants TO come
back, according to Ohioans-
Tawney IS at the head Of the great
Committee on Appropriations and vice
chairman OF the Congressional cam
paign committee. He has ambitions
and has been quite successful with his
committee. Hepburn is liked by the
element that protests against the pres
ent rules.