East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-02
MOVE To DEFEAT
JOE CANNON
HAS BEEN TAGGED AS
UNDESIRABLE REACTIONARY
Iowa VIII Lead Revolt to Prevent His
Reelection as Speaker OF the
House-All Northwest States Ex-
peded to Join in the fight--"UncIe
Joe" Prevents All Reform Legisla-
ton.

An organized effort is said to have
been discovered to defeat "Uncle Joe'
Cannon for speaker of the sixty-first
congress II the republicans carry the
house. He has been tagged as an
undesirable reactionary and must be
eliminated, so the report goes.
Iowa Is expected to lead the revolt
against the Illinois congressman. In
the first place, Iowa has wanted the
speakership honors for years as a
tribute to her old veteran, Col. "Pete"
Hepburn In the second place, the
state is not in sympathy with some Of
Cannon's policies.
The action Of republicans in Guth-
rie county, Iowa, adopting resolutions
calling upon Representative Walter /.
Smith,, one of the most influential
men in the house, and one who is geii.
orally regarded as needing no instruc-
uons, to vote against Joseph G. Can
non for speaker, is said to be the first
step in the campaign. Other Iowa
organizations will follow suit, and It
predicted that many of the congress-
men from that state will have the
organizations, upon which they de-
pend for election, demanding the de-
feat OF Cannon and the selection OF
Hepburn TO succeed Him.
Should Iowa lead off in this mat
ter, most of the northwestern states
will follow her, It is calculated. Wis
consin is said to be up in arms against
the drastic rules OF the speaker that
have squeezed the La Toilette dis
ciples so hard that they have been
able to do nothing more effective
than to make futile protest. Not
one solitary crumb OF reform have
they been able to bring forth to the |
hungry reformers in the Badger state |
and they say it is all because Uncle
Joe" will not allow them to do any
thing to save the nation. Some of
them have spoken their minds on the
floor Of the house, while others con-
tented themselves with breaking over
party lines when the speaker cracked
the whip to carry out some OF his
plans.
Minnesota, Michigan, Nebraska.
California and Kansas, are counted on
TO vote for a change in affairs in the
house, while scattering representa-
tives disgruntled by the way things
have been run in the house during the
last three congresses are classed with
those who will vote against the ILL
nois member.
1t is said that organized labor will
urge on the. fight against Cannon. The
speakers opposition to the passage of
legislation demanded by the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor and his fight
at Chicago against the anti-injunc-
tion plank in the republican platform
has whetted the hatred of organized
labor for him. II some of the repub- {
lican representatives, booked for the
dlsapproval OF the American Fedora I
tion OF Labor are willing TO pledge
themselves to vote against CannonI {
they may effect a compromise with
the federation.
Colonel Hepburn is not the only ,
man in the house who would like to .
Cannon. There is Represen-
tative Burton of Ohio, regarded as the
most effective orator, deepest think
er and profound student on the floor. y
Representative Boutell OF Illinois, is
also said to be good timber
Should the democrats by any l
chance gain control of the house II is
regarded as certain that
Champ Clark of Mis-
'ouri, will be chosen speaker In the 6
asst five years. Clark has grown i'm e
nensely in the house, and besides be- /
ng level-headed, is a first-class ora O
or