The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-08-24
CANNON TO FIGHT,
WILL ENTER HOUES CAJJCITS
AND ASK FOR SPEAKERSHIp
Thoroughly NettIed by Assumed
Enmity of Taft, Car Declares He
Will Not Give Up.

Danville, ILL.,, Aug. 1S.-Despite ths
declaration Of Congressman Long
worth that he will not again vote for
Joseph G. Cannon Of the house of
representatives, Mr.. Cannon will con-
tinue in the race, according to his
own statement to the Associated
Press this evening.
He will go into the caucus as
candidate, no matter how many Re-
publican congressman declare they
VIII oppose his reelection. All he
asks is that those who go into the
caucus abide by it's vote, and he
promises to do the same. He does
not ask any man to pledge himself
to vote for his reelection if he be-
lieves that pledge will work against
him in the election this fall. Nor does
he want any candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for congress to
repudiate his party by failure to
enter the caucus.
That Mr.. Cannon was considerably
nettled by the dispatch from Beverly
was apparent this afternoon when a
copy of it was handed him. Mr.. Can
non is usually ready to grant or re-
fuse an interview without a moments
hesitation. But today he read and re-
read the Longworth statement, then
dictated and redictated a half dozen
statements before he got one which
} finally suited him.
Thinks Taft His Enemy.
| There is no doubt that Mr.. Cannon
believes the Longworth statement
was inspired by President Taft. He
did not say so in so many words bu,
he intimated as much when he said:
1T is time enough to answer the
president of the United States If he
has any such statement to make
touching on the Republicanism of the
speaker Of the house of .epresenta,
tives when he makes that statement
{ under his own hand. 1 will not figh
: windmills filled by breezes blow,
t from the lungs Of personal enemic
E or towards"
0 Following the reply made to Long
;. worth early in the afternoon. NJ,
- Cannon supplemented it with the fol
e lowing, dictated this evening:
= "The legislation enacted and tn
f records made by the Republica
e party during the eight years I hav
:. been speaker speaks for itself.
= have contributed what I could to
d ward the enactment of that legisla
= ton. I have coOperated with RepulI
t iican majority in congress in the eff
= Tort to put on the statute books tn
:, policies Of the party and 1 have n
: apology 10 make for the part 1 hav
. taken IN the Legislative councils.
To Fight Cor Party.
I'm the present campaign. so IA
:as 1 am concerned, I shall do wha
L can TO bring about the election of
/ Republican house of representative
/ lin the Sixty-frst congress and with
out Republican majority in the mex
house there win be no Republfca,
speaker.
In the evertr of my reelection q
"a member Of the house I shall AT
I tend and abide by the action of tn
republican caucus and from hi
E'statement Mr.. Longworth will do tn
S;same as every Republican member O
the hOuse. Therefore 1 have no uuar
rel with Representative I.ongworth q
, ITO whc shall be speaker of the mex
mouse of representatives and there d,
$40 room for disagreement touchin,
this matter between Representative
A0ngworth and myself.
IF any Republican candidate fo
congress feels that his position as ;
candidate on the Republican ticke
would he strengthened by pledgin:
: ffslt he will not support me in tn,
Republican caucus I have no obiec
t'oM to his making the pledge"
The speaker reMerated his inten.
Ilor 70 attend the caucus if reelected
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