The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-25
CANNON NOT BEHIND
 FAIRBANKS BOOM Uncle Joe Surprised to Hear of
 Alleged Agreement f0RAKER-DICK TURN DOWN Roosevelt VIII Not Consider Their
F0RAkER-DICK TURN DOWN
Roosevelt VIII Not Consider Their Recommendation for Toledo Col IcctorshIp, But Puts Editor
 Friend of Taft In.

Washington. April 24.-(Special) Joe' Cannon came to town this morning from Indianapolis. where the reports of his close harmony conference with Vice President Fairbanks set all the political thinking machines to working overtime.
 When asked concerning the report that while at Indianapolis he cried into MT. Fairbanks back hair and assured the vice president of his support for the nomina- ton. MT. Cannon said:
 "I did not see nor hear of the report until I arrived in Washington, and did not suppose that anybody took 1t serious ly. It is the dull season, and I suppose the enterprising correspondents had their orders to fill space
 "Is there much talk in Illinois" the re- porter asked Mir Cannon, "concerning the presidential situation?"
 No" the speaker replied. "the dele gates from Illinois will be selected the latter part of next winter or in the spring, and the state Is not in the habit of crossing a stream before it is reached. It would be a bold man who would as- sume to deliver the state of Illinois to anybody"
 Called On Vice President. From what MT. Cannon did not say, and his friends did. it appears that the speaker dropped off when passing through the vice presidents town, just as the vice president always stops to see MT. Cannon when in the vicinity of Danville. Later the speaker went to the big club of the town, where he met a whole raft | of Fairbanks boomers, who, to make I things comfortable for Uncle Joe," jos- ingly rendered him the vote of the In diana delegation for the presidential nom ination. The newspaper men present couldn't see 1t that way, however, and reversed the proposition in their stories. 1 making it appear that Mir Cannon was pledged to the vice president. But as MT. | Cannon says "Everybody's happy and there's no harm done.
 The speaker was then asked what he ,taought of the President booming Taft. over ali tne5shthar candidates. Uncle Joe" simply tilted his cigar fifteen or twenty degrees higher, gave a couple of vigorous puffs and remarked that spring was farther advanced in Illinois than in Washington.
 Not Surprised at President. Following his warfare upon Wadswortn of New York and his declination to re- gard recommendations for office from that source, little surprise is expressed here over the Presidents failure to take into consideration the Foraker- Dick fac tions recommendation for the Toledo col lectorshp. Ever since the New York af- i fair last week it has been evident that the President intends to shut off all pa | tronage from those who will not support | Taft or any other man he advocates for l the nomination.
 General McMaken, who will not be reap | pointed collector at Toledo. has made a 1 satisfactory collector in every respect. l The only trouble is that h. was recom- i mended by the two Ohio senators.
 Editor Curtis of the Toledo Blade. which has been whooping things up for Taft during the past month, is slated for Gen eral McMaken's place.