Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-20
GROWTH OF CANNON BOON
Launching at Danville Last Week Care
fully Pre-Arranged Affair.
CONGRESSMAN BACK OF THE MOVEMENT
Uncle Joe IL Popular with Members
of the Lower House and Many
of Them Are Pushing
His Candidacy.
CONGRESSMAN BACK OF THE MOVEMENT
lFrom a STAFF Correspondent

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 19.-(Spe-
cial. 1.-The presidential boom of Joseph @.
Cannon has been launched. Its Launching
is not spontaneous in the sense of spon-
taneity but a carefully arranged perform
ance In which some of the master poll
ticians of Illinois not only participated, but
who have had IL under prayerful considera-
ton for months past Just how far Mr..
Cannon's boom will be heard and how long
It will last is a moot question. In fact
il is not vouchsafed TO any man to pre-
dict what vogue 1t will attain before the
presidential convention of the republican
party in 1908. Certain IT is, however, that
there are many republicans in the lower
house of congress and quite few sena-
tors who seriously look upon Uncle Joe
Cannon as a formidable candidate for the
republican nomination and that 1t VIII not
be very long before Mr.. Fairbanks and
Mr.. Cannon meet up as they say in the
parlance of the west for a series of bat
ties royal for delegates to the national con-
vention.
There has been a story in circulation for
several days here in the seat of the ma
tional government that a number of the
very shrewdest politicians. including Joe
Sibley of Pennsylvania. Jim Sherman and
IIttauer of New York, Machter and Mudd
of Maryland, Blackburn of North Carolina
Alexander of Buffalo, N. Y, Cullom, Billy
I.orimer, Mann and Boutell OF Illinois. with
other congressman scattered through the
remaining states, who believe that the hour
has struck for Joseph G. Cannon and that
with Illinois sending forth its clarion call
for the Danville statesman to take the
lead that other states will fall into line and
that by the first Of April. 1908. he will be
looked upon as the logical successor or
Theodore Roosevelt. This is entirely pre-
dicted on the proposition that Theodore
Roosevelt will mean in 1905 what he said
on the 18th of November, 1904, when he
road his title clear to the highest office
IN the gift of the American people, and
there are those entirely friendly to Jo-
seph G. Cannon who are telling II about
the country that President Roosevelt told
Joseph G. Cannon in SO many words that
he would be the next president OF the
United States Be that as 1t may the
Cannon boom does not lack enthusiasm
nor does IL lack sure foundation. Con-
gresham Mckinley of Illinois is authority
for the statement that the president told
him when with other members OF the re-
publican national congressional committee
| that Uncle" Joe Cannon would be nom
mated and elected president.
OF couse Uncle" Joe is coy and he will
not permit his name to be used in a state
convention until the psychological moment
has struck. There is not shrewder nor
a farther sighted politician than Joseph
| G. Cannon Of Danville, ILL., 1t is pride
/ with Joe Cannon to be likened unto the
Iamented Lincoln and he has very many Of
| IAncolns characteristics. But ii is always
the main chance with Joe Cannon. What
seems to be the height OF holiness on his
part is the result Of studied reflection and
analysis Wheat seems TO be the enrerve-
scence of a big brain is the careful result
| of long discussion with himself What
are seemingly expressions Of a mind
stored with world wide knowledge homely
| sayings and expressive comparisons
are the results of deep meditations and
| close examinations.
From this on It may be confidently
expected that the Cannon press bureau will
be working over time, that feature OF the
! boom being in the very competent and
rescurseful hands Of L. Wright Busby,
the speakers confidential secretary and a