Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-04
CANNON MAY LOSE
Aggressive Campaign Made Against
the Speaker by Democrats and Ia.
boring Mon Of His District.

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Chicago. Sept 4.-"Uncle Joe" Cam
non is marching to his Waterloo in the
Eighteenth congressional district OF
Illinois, if reports from his enemies in
the territory are to be taken at face
value.
The full force Of all the opposition
which has been manifested at various
periods and during the congressional
career Of Speaker Cannon is to be CEN
tralized between now and November, II
is declared. The, speaker is to be
placed Immediately in front of the po-
litical guns, and the firing will begin
not later than Labor day, when Sam
ueI Gor1pers will call the labor vote in
the Cannon district to the colcrs and
initiate battle in which the speak
er may be compelled to order in every
reserve force.
The democratic congressional COM
mittee would rather defeat Speaker
Cannon for reelection than any dozen
republican congressman seeking re-
election. To relegate the head OF the
house organization to the rear lis q
consummation which Congressman
Lloyd and his associates in charge OF
the democratic congressional campaign
would consider a great victory.
4 Opponent is Aggressive.
The democratic candidate in the
Cannon district Is III. c. Bell of Mar
shall Clark county He was an as
sistant attorney general Under the
Cleveland administration and has a
strong personal following turnout the
district Already he has begun an ag-
gressive campaign against Cannon.
Speaker Cannon has once before felt
the sting Of defeat. In the Fifty-se
ond congress his district was repre-
scented by Samuel T. Busey of Cham
paign, a democrat. Since then there
have been sporadic efforts to dislodge
the Danville man. Usually Speaker
Cannon had disregarded the opposition
to him, and has travelled far afleld,
speaking for the republicans in states
far away from his native heath. Two
years ago, when there was an appar-
emily. serious attack made upon his
congressional seat, Speaker Cannon
campaigned his district but one week
and defeated. easily, his opponent.
Attention is now directed to the de-
feats which have been suffered by
known representatives Of the Cannon
policies in congress, as the situation Is
viewed by the democratic leaders. Con-
gresham James T. McCleary of Min
nesota, one of Speaker Cannon's
staunch supporters, met defeat at the
polls in November, 1906. Tuesday, In
Wisconsin, Congressman Jenkins,
chairman of Speaker Cannon's judici-
ary committee OF the house, was de-
feated in republican primary by a
La Toilette supporter. 1t is the belief
among the democratic congressional
leaders that the point now being raised
turnout the country by William y
Bryan that Speaker Cannon possesses
a one-man power over national legis-
slation will have an effort in the Dan
lation, will have an effect in the Dan
VILE congressional district.
Appeal to Labor Vote.
Samuel Gompers starts in at Dan
vile Labor day to attempt to line UP
the organized labor vote against
Speaker Cannon The democratic con-
gressional committee proposes to send
in every available speaker and scrap
Of literature. The Illinois democratic
state committee is ready to jump into
the same sort of a fight in the hope OF
making votes for Stevenson for COVER
nor.
Republican leaders discredit the
thought of defeat for the speaker Not
withstanding their confident feeling
Congressman Mckinley, Speaker Can
mons neighbor, will see that great
work is performed by the republican
lieutenants in the Danville territory.