The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-29
[RMONT WEsNs VIRGIrIA, MONDAY, IJNI5 29, Tieos
Fight Organized Against
Uncle Joe for Speaker

WASHINGTON, June 29.An q or,
ganlzed effort is said to have been
discovered to defeat Uncle Joe" Can.
non for Speaker OF the Sixty-firs Con.
gress II the Republicans carry the
House. He has been tagged as an url.
desirable reacttonary 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
speakershlp honors for years as a
tribute to her old veteran. Col. Pete
Hepburn. In the second place, thu
State is not in sympathy with some OF
Cannon's policies. ,Is3
The action of Republicans In Guth.
rie county. Iowa. adopting resolutions.
calling upon Representative Walter I.
Smith. one OF the most Influential
men in the House. and one who is gen.
orally regarded as needing no instruc-
tLons, to vote against Joseph G. Can.
non for speaker. Is said to be the first
step In the campaign. Other Iowa or
ganizations will follow suit, anl It Is
predicted that many OF the congress-
men from that state will have the or
ganizations, upon which they depend
for election. demanding the defeat OF
Cannon and the selection OF Hepburn
! to succeed him.
Should Iowa lead off In this matter,
most of the northwestern States will
follow her, 1t is calculated. Wiscon-
, sin is said to be up in arms against
the drastic rules OF the speaker that
have squeezed the LaTollette lIsci-
tples soJhard that they have been abs
to do nothing more effective than to
rake a futile protest. Not one soll-
taryl crumb OF reform have they been
able to bring forth to the hungry re-
, formers in the Badger State. and they
say 1t is all because Uncle Joe" will
not allow them to do anything to save
the natiorh Some OF them have spok-
en- their minds on the floor OF the
House, while others contented them.
selves with breaking over party lines
when the Speaker cracked the whip
to carry out some OF his plans. Us
Minnesota, Michigan. Nebraska. Cal
ifornia and Kansas are. counted on to
vote FOR! a change In afrairs5 IN tie
House, while scattering representa-
tlves. dlsgruntled by the way things
have been run in the House during
the last three congresses are closed
with those who will vote against the
Illinois member. l.;, 3; (
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 antiinjunction
plank in the Republican platform has
whetted the hatred OF organized labor
for him. If some OF the Republican
representatives. booked for the dis.
approval OF the American Federation
of Labor are willing to pledge them.
selves to vote against Cannon. they
y .--T 'rrI
may effect compromise with the Fed
eratlon.
Col. Heburn Is not the only man in
the House who would like to succeed
Cannon. There Is Representative Bur.
, ton, OF Ohio. regarded as the most ef.
fective orator. deepest thinker md
rrofounlest student on the floor. Rep.
iresentatiye Boutell. of Illinois. is also
said to be good timber. 2}
Should the Democrats by any
chance regain control Of the House.
| 1t Is generally regarded as certain that
Representative Champ Clark. of Mis-,
souri,, will be chosen Speaker. In the
last five years, Clark has grown i'm
mensely In the House. and besides be.
Ing level.headel, is first-class ora.
tor. (, &. e ,!....