The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-05
.CANNON'S FATE
 SEEMS SEALED Insurgent Gains, as Shown in Primaries to Date, Spell
 Defeat INSURGENCY EVERYWHERE Enough New Congressional Dis tricts Won Over to Make Speakers Reelection Look Impossible
INSURGENCY EVERYWHERE

Washington, Aug. 5.-If there was
 ever any doubt that Joseph G. Can
 non will not be speaker of the next
 house of representatives, provided the
 republicans control that body, that
 doubt has been pretty effectually set
 at rest by the outcome of primaries
 for congressional nominations which
 have already been held to date.
 While the showing made by republi-
 can insurgents does not assure them
 anywhere near a majority Of the re-
 publican caucus in the next house,
 the number of insurgents who voted
 consistently against MT. Cannon in
 the last congress added to insurgents
 who have already been nominated to
 succeed Cannon men in the house
 makes it almost certain that there
 will be not less than fifty instead of
 tWenty-eight anti-Cannon, dyed-ln-
 the-wool insurgent republicans in the
 next house.
 In making the above assertion, no
 account is taken of regular repub-
 lican members of the last House who
 have pledged themselves not to vote
 for MT. Cannon again in order to se-
 cure their renomination. To the
 known insurgent strength in the last house is added only the list of those republican nominees of avowed in
 surgent tendencies who have actually beaten Cannon republicans who were seeking a renon1ination. The fact is shown conclusively that while repub- lican insurgency has not swept states in their entirety, there have been con- sistent gains in practically all repub- lican states which have held primar ies up to date.
 In the house at the last session there were twenty-eight implacable insur gents. At times their number ex- ceeded forty, while it is we'll known that the number of ''near-insurgents' in the house was fully as many more. Throughout most of the last session the insurgents on the republican side practically controlled that body. Eth CT by voting with the democrats or by forcing their regular republican colleagues to compromise, they brought about one of the most pro- ductive sessions of congress in the matter of legislation that has ever been convened These twenty eight men were:
 Representatives Hayes, California; Pickett. Haugen, Good, Kena1l, Woods and Hubbard, Iowa; Madison, and Murdock, Kansas; Gardner, Massa- chusetts; Davis, Lindbergh, Volstead. Hinshaw, Norris and Kinkaid, Nebras- ka; Fowler, New Jersey; Gronna, North Dakota; Poindexter, Washing ton; Cooper, Nelson, Kopp, Cary, Da- Morse and Lenroot, Wiscon- sin.
 In addition, Representatives Hol- lingsworth and Johnson, of Ohio vot- ed against Cannon for speaker; Foelk- ner, Parsons and Fish of New York closed the session by voting against the house organization and for new rules with great consistency; and Martin, South Dakota; Cassidy and Taylor of Ohio, and Ames of Massa- chusetts, voted with the insurgents 
 Of this number all of the Iowa and Kansas insurgents have been renomi- mated In fact, of the entire lot, all are expected to be frenominated ex- cept the following: Hinshaw of Ne braska, provided he voluntarily re- mains out of the race; Fowler of New | Jersey who not only has fight on his hands, but may conclude to run for Senator; Gronna, of North Dakota, | who has already been named as re- 1 publican nominee for senator to suc- | ceed M. N. Johnson, regular re- publican, who died last spring; Poin- | dexter of Washington, who is a can- didate for United States senator An | Insurgent has already been nominat- | ed to succeed GrOnna, and another in l surgent is sure to succeed Hinshaw. l Consequently, there is the possibility | of a loss of only two seats to the N the incumbent voluntarily ! from the race in each | instance. In addition, all of the al- l lies of the insurgents named above have been or will be renominated, un- less Representative Ames, of Massa- chusetts, withdraws to make the race for senator against Senator H. c. | Lodge.