The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
Speaker of the House RenOIni-
 hated In Party Caucus
PARTYs WORK IS PRAISED
Cannon Reviews the Policies of the Republican Party and the Legls-
 lation Accomplished In
 Ten Years of Power.

Washington, November 30.--Hon. Joseph c. Cannon of Illinois was tonight noml- mated by the republican members of the house of representatives for his third term as speaker, and he will be reelected to that office upon the reconvening or the house at 12 o'clock Monday. The nom ination was made In a caucus in the house of representatives which was attended by practically all of the 226 republican mem bers. The caucus was called to order at 8 o'clock by Representative Hepburn of Iowa, who presided.
 The other officers chosen were:
 Alexander McDowell Pennsylvania. clerk.
 Frank B. Lyon, New York, door keeper.
 Henry casson, Wisconsin, sergeant-at- arms.
 Samuel W. Langum, Minnesota, post master.
 The application of Hon. Peter A. Por- ter of the S4th district of New York for admission to the caucus was rejected. MT. Porter was elected as an independent and had the support of the democrats of his district. Notwithstanding this fact, he sent letter to the chairman of the re- publican caucus claiming to be a re- publican and, asked to be admitted to a seat.
 BestelIe Nominates. To his colleague, H. S. Boutele fell the duty of placing the speaker In nomina- tion.
 MT. Boutelle's nomination of the popular speaker caused very general applause and when it appeared that no further nomifa- tions were to be proposed, MT. Cannon was chosen by exclamation. MT. Boutelle entered upon a brief review of the his- tory of the fouse in the matter of the speakership.
 "In political wisdom' he said, ".in knowledge of the proper scope of federal legislation, in intimate acquaintance with the needs of all sections of the country and of all departments of government and in inspirational force as a leader in partisan and non-partisan legislation, Speaker Cannon never had a superior. ?
 Iu his reply accepting the nomination Speaker Cannon dealt with a number of public questions. He justified the large appropriations of the last session of the Fifty-ninth Congress and indicated very plainly his opposition to any policy look ing toward too great a centralization of the functions of government.
 Must Face Responsibility.
 We have met to exercise the right of the majority to organize the House of Representatives, he said, 'and we must face the responsibility that goes with the privilege.
 Tt has been decade since the re- publicans assumed responsibility for leg islation and execution of law and in that 10 years we have seen such prosperity as never before blessed any nation. The American people are richer by many bll- lion dollars than they were 10 years ago, and their wealth as reported by an in- come from work and wage is more equit- ably distributed than ever before. This has been the triumph of peoples gov ernment, under which laws inspired by the people are worked out and executed by the peoples representatives.
 We must face the responsibility for government without regard to the past The recent shock to business that has arrested commerce admonish us to ap- preach our task with soberness and cour- age, for We are to be judged by the pres ent, not by the record of the past.
 You have for the third time honored me with the nomination as speaker. 1 accept this as duty, as well as an honor.
 'I may make errors of judgment, but hope to be acquitted of any desire or In- tention to use selfshly the power placed in my hands, for, with the sense of the great responsibility upon me, I shall ap- proach this work as though it were to be the final act for which I shall be judged in the summing up of my public life.'