The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-12-01
UNCLE 6EI|
DENOMINATION
'FOR SPEAKER or HOUSE 0(
RspEEsENrATsvEs ron
THtND TEKM MI
Other Candidates selected -indepenH-
ent consfessmsn Ffom s4tk
New York Distrist Refused
Seat IN Caucus

Washington. Nov s0. Joseph n.
Cannon III Illinois, was tonight n0niI-
mated by the Republican caucus TOR
third term as speaker aud he viii bn
reelected 10 that office nIson c0nven-
ilg III the house Monday. Practically
all ofthe 22G Republican members
were present The cancns was pre-
sided over BY Representative Hep
burn Oh iowa Officers chosen by thin
tcaucus were: KS n.
II Alex Mcdowell. Pennsylvania,
clerk: Frank p. Lyon. New York.
acorkeeper; Henry Casson. Massa-
lcnnsetts, sergeant at arms. and Sam
uel Langnm. Minnesota. postmaster
The latter Ii new officer HE sue
Eceeds the former postmaster, WIN
Idied during the recess
| The only other business transacted
was the rejection of the application
.,of Peter Al Porter. Thirty-fourth aim
Strict of New York. for admission tn
Y, the caucus. Porter was elected as
IN independent and had the support
of the Democrats in his district. Not
7Miin1AdtiIi4iE iGtfS iNIIs HE w i01fr ~ #fFSl~
ter I'd the chairman of the Repnbli.
can caucus claiming I'd bn d Hepnbll-
can and asking to be admitted to
scat III the connseis of the party
Hepburn explained the circumstances
nnder which Porter had been elected
and on motion of Tawnay the appli
cation was laid on the table, which
action was equivalent To denial III
his request. The nomination Oh Cam
ron was made BY his colleague. ri. 81
BoutelI, who declared Cannon To be
file greatest Of all speakers the house
has had He recountea the work the
speaker did In the last two congresses
end declared that In political wis
dem, IN knowledge III the proper
scope Of federal legislation In Init
mate acquaintance with the needs uf
an sections of the country and 0f nh
departments Of the government. and
lin inspiration and force nh lender
lin partisan and nori-partIsan lexisla-
lfion. Speaker Cannon never hsid n
superior \
| Following Cann0n's election biz ac-
cIamatirn.s the committee apppintasl
for that purpose escorted tie speaker
t0 the hall
In his reply accepting tile nunIina-
Ifion. Cannon dealt with number of
public questions. He justified the
large appropriation of the last SEES
sion OF the Fiftyninth congress and
Indicated very plainly his opposition
10 any policy looking toward too
great Capitalization Of the functions
pf government
'sThe recent shock to business that
las arrested commerce. admonishes
US to approach our task with sober
ness and courage, for We are to be
judged BY the work of the present.
not BY the record ofe of the past
said Cannon, and continued.
In my Judgment X III not wise to
Increase the revenues or the govern
mont neither Ii 1t necessary Or ad-
vsable to transfer burdens from local
and state treasures to the federal
treasury, to foster centralizing power
and responsibility. which of necessity
develops quite fast enough,
1t Is my personal Judgment that
we should hold fast the principles laid
down BY the fathers: that the federal
government is one OF limited powers.
but supreme where 1t has jurisdiction.
and that we should leave to the PEG
pie of the states Jurisdiction not
granted to the federal government
and also leave upon them the re-
sDonsibility and burden Of taxation
for same"