The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-30
"UNCLE JOE" IN
THE SPOTLIGHT
FACES A HoT6ED or OPPOSITION
IN HIS OWN HOME IN FIGHT
FOR ELECTION.
COMP CAUSESSTRIFE
by Stirring Up Labor Union Agita
tion Against cannon--Taylor
His Opponent, Has Mixed
Following.


Following.
Danville, ILL.,. Ocf 29.-The contest
of Speaker Joseph G. Cannon. for re
/ election to congress has ceatereA the
political eyes of the country on this
CITY, his home town. and the Elgh
teenth Congressional district OF M.
4 nois. Despite the fact that he de-
termined to make no more speeches
here he returned this week and ma e
one more effort
Republicans throughout the United
States generally, and In this districj
and in this city particularly. have
long cherished the hope that "uncl4
Joe might receive the greatest in
dorsement OF his political career this
year, since he Is looked upon as the
logical and only candidate for tie
presidency in 1908. and a good m
jority in his favor at the November
election would be a ratification I
the action Of the party in selecting
him from among the very fow
! eligibles
On the other hand. Charles Tav
lor, the farmer.lawyer. is making
valiant fight against annon, end he Il
not only receiving the undivided suD
port OF the Democratic parry but h,
is enlisting the support Of the lgbo-
forces and has called 10 his aid u
very large number Of disaffected Ro
publicans and no incorsidetable nur
ber OF Socialists, and this in spite of
the fact that the Socialists have a
candidate of their own in plain .Fohn
Walker, miner and labor union
leader
Gompers in the Breach.
Since Gompers raised the distress
signal union labor forces In Canncns
district have expressed their approval
af hi attitude IN mum arous resoiu
tions and Endorsements that run copn
ter to the platform on which Cannon
is making his campaign. The oppoSi-
ton took definite and rgible form
on the afternoon Of August lG tfa
day upon which Speaker Cannon w5s
nominated for the seventeenth con
secutive time for congress. ana maf.
memorable because Of the fact that
he wa first officially indorsed for
the presidency on that day
While a hos of cheering, tanning
Republicans were giving
Cannon an ovation in an upper room
Of the court house in Danvlle. H..
faltering, timorous handful OF Demo
Gratis, in another room of the sa'e
were engaged in the gloomy
work of nominating an oppositi can
lidate The individual upon whom te
mantle of the martyrs fell on that
lfternOon is Charles G. Taylor a ia.
ner boy. Taylor is Democrat by
ieredity a politician by accident ami
! candidate by necessity. His cand.
lacy is a convention afterthought. H.
vas ch sen after two other men. I'm
il that moment considered ava liable
lad positively refused to stand for
he nomination. But in the few weeks
hat have elapsed TAYLOR has sprusg
series of surprises by gathering I'D
be fragments of the opposition and
rystallizing anti Cannon sentiment in
s own candidacy. He has talked
With GOmpers and the Federation
hief. it is understood. has promised
o use his good offices" in behalf of
he Democratic nominee
SWeated and orlled
He hrs been grilled by the National
federation OF Peoples Rule and has
satisfactory replies to
her questions dealing with tie
and referendum he has
a sed through fire. of the Reciprc.
ity league, he has been sweated'
y the froakish guilds and clidue7
hat axe no pleasure in conservatism
specially when conservatism h3ldi
le sco9ter: and Taylor now seems 70
@ stronger than when he began With
b iudoieement of only a dozen Demo
rats. aud when hi, name was known
,arcelv beyond The boundaries OF hs
wn city.
There are 5000 union miners il
annon's district. quite 1000 Of whom
ve and vote I'm Cannon's own county
hen there a-e The various groups
pliers affiliated with the American
ederstion Of Labor. the Socialist
nd tha no inco1siderable numb e
isgruntied Republicans, and laL
hat cias- Cf apathctic voters who
are nothing for party fsalty. hu
h1 love 20 pay trjbute ta a hero
or every friend thus made. Tayl1r
b the most philo=ophic sort ol way
cunts one vote. and with the JUNCTION
{ absolute confidence in his abilt-
3 hold these friendships 10 the en'.
'1ss fe-ward 70 the fall elections to
ring him his frst poll ical victory.
Taylor entered politics two years
GO at a county convention in Da--
lie. He came into public noti-e by
ccident. A division in the eonven-