Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-11-05
Will CANNON STAY?
VUMOR HAS 1T HE WILL HAVE
TO QUIT AS SPEAKER.
MANY Combinations Named that Would
Be Able to Reduce Him to Ranks
.cUncle joel Says It's All "Pea-
nut Politics, This Talk From Insur-
gent Members in and out of Congress.


mt Politics, This Talk From Insur-
gent Members in and Out of Congress.
viii Joseph Cannon be ousted as
sneaker Of the house of representatives
at the coming session.
viii he gracefully step down from
the throne9
Or will he wage war to the limit
AGAINST his foes and emerge again tri-
nmphant as the iron duke of American
politicsg
These are the three possibilities upon
which the advance guard of repre-
sentatives and senators at the national
capitol, awaiting the session which
opens on December 6, is now speculat-
inc. That the member from Danville,
III, faces the crucial moment of his
career is no longer matter of con-
lecture but whether that engagement
will be Waterloo or victory for
"Uncle Joep no one can predict with
certainty.
Combined Attack on Cannon.
-Four forces will combine this winter
TO secure the political scalp Of the
speaker. These are:
First, the democrats, fighting purely
along partisan lines for the defeat Of
any republican.
Second, the republican insurgents
against the rules.
Third, the disappointed ones in the
recent tariff revision, who hold Speaker
Cannon largely responsible for the fore
ing through of the Payne-Aldrich bill
And finally, those republicans who
feel that g for the good Of the party"
Cannonism must be rooted out Of the
national house of representatives,
Two men at least-Fowler of New
Jersey and Parsons of New York, both
republicans-will personally carry the
fight onto the floor of the chamber.
Senator La Toilette, at the other end
of the capitol, through his magazine,
will pour out his walls Of wrath.
That at this time, five weeks in adj
vance or the reconvening of congress,
the struggle wakes so bitter as to
find outlet in violent personalities on
the part of those legislators against
"'Uncle Joe,'' and from the Danville
member in return, is indicative Of the
extreme lengths to which the contro-
versy viii likely grow
Then, too, from the wake of the
presidential cruise down the Mississippi
come rumors of decision by a number
of republican party leaders that Speaker
Cannon must 60 in order that the ad
ministration asd President Taft, in par
ticular, may be saved embarrassment.
Improbable Possibility.
1t is possible that Mr.. Cannon may
himself solve the riddle by quietly
resigning the speakership on the first
day of the session. 1t may be that
resolution for his dethronement vii
carry. Or the anti Cannon forces may
split again just as they did on thu
question of the rules at the beginning
of the special session, when the defec
ton of certain democratic element Il
voting with the republican machine 10
the Fitzgerald amendment alone save'
the day for "Unele joe.
Members who are in close touch VIII
the situation believe that if Cannon
ousted it will only be after struggl
without precedent in the annals 0
American politics. Uncle Joe is rug
ged belligerent and he has the adVan
tage of the house machine at nj
command.
Meanwhile, folks are watching Pres
dent Taft closely. If he so much a
hints that another hand than Cannon
should guide the -destinies OF the nous
tie insurgent movement will gain ao
herents by the score and the WaVerln
ones in the machine will scurry TO sge
from under.
Certainly Speaker Cannon s only mop
to succeed himself as head OF tne nous
for another term lies with Presloen
Taft. Possibly he may stem the tlue
antagonism and remain speaker loi -
remainder of his term, but not sing
member now in the city believes
will again be chosen. Most OF thel
think Uncle Joe himself is sharp sign
ed enough to see the handwriting
the wall and will not even announce =
candidacy for speaker at the eAPii'
ton Of the present congress A.,
1t is by no means certain pue en'
the house organization itself may staN
off defeat by knitting the Prese,
speaker and putting in his place son =
other man-Tawney of Minnesota :
instance, who is known to have aspn
lions in that direction, or smltn
Iowa, Payne of New York, the Presei
floor leader; olmstead of Pennsylvam
or any one of a number Of others
'.Peanut Politics, {" He Says
New Orleans, La.-''It is al peSH
politics." shouted Speaker oann 4o4;, :,
crowd of 400 senators, representa..ie ],
and water delegates at smoker - ~,
Saturday in the Athenaeum. : 1a ~
Joe'' was swinging tremendous s Il,
and cigar as big as an lnul@ - 20 .
-, his own way W