The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-19
Congressman Says He Will Not Vote for Speaker
FULL STATEMENT ISSUED
Longworth Explains Why the Speaker Should Retire From the Race in Congress and Expects Him to
 Resign the Position

Beverly, Miss. August 1S.-Refiecting the views of the administration 1t is gen.
 orally believed Nicholas Longworth of Ohio today gave out a statement in which he says he will never support Speaker Cannon again and that he does not be- lieve MT. Cannon can ever be reelected. This Is regarded as the actual beginning
 of the real fight on MT. Cannon. It had
 been regarded as significant that MT. Longworth had been called into all of the recent conferences of 8 political charac-
 ter held by the President. MT. Long
 worth was present yesterday afternoon when the President and Vice President talked together. It was reported then that statement then adverse to MT. Cannon was being prepared in quarters close to the administration and it was
 also intimated that MT. Sherman, who like Mir. Longworth, has always been
 supporters of MT Cannot has been recon
 ciled to the fact tht MT. Cannon must go There may be further significance in
 the fact that Representative Longworth Is going to Oyster Bay on Saturday to
 spend several days with Colonel Roose- welt. The fact that le was present at
 the interview between MT. Taft and Sher-
 man that he is going to Oyster Bay is taken here that a close understanding
 between Beverly and Oyster Bay as to
 recent events in New York is to be pre- pared.
 MT. Longworth's statement in full is as
 follows
 Beverly, Mass, August 1S 1910 Tn view of Mir. Cannons unequivocal declaration that he intends to be candi-
 date for the speaker of the next House
 think 1t is incumbent upon us who are
 candidates for memberships of the next
 House, who have made up our minds up- on our course of action and have posi- tive views upon the subject to state our
 position publicly Had MT Cannon not
 made Us announcement and had it re-
 mained doubtful whether he would be a candidate oF Ttrt. if was not my inten-
 tion to commit myself before election as
 to whom or should not support for speaker. But since MT Cannon. in his
 speeches so far in the campaign and In
 his recent declaration, has made candi- dacy for the speakership an issue. I for one do not propose to dodge that is-
 sue.
 T shall oppose MT. Cannons election as
 speaker, and I shall do so in the man.
 ner that I consider proper and effective
 on thel settlement of the controversy in
 my party, namely. in the republican cau-
 cus I made up my mind before the ad-
 Journment of the last session that Mir
 Cannon could not be reelected speaker,
 and my opinion has been strengthened
 since through talks and correspondence with my colleagues.
 T am not referring to those who have openly opposed him in the past, but those who, like myself have supported him.
 T am absolutely convinced that if there Is a full attendance at the republican eau GUS that Mir Cannon cannot again be elected speaker. N
 "I have genuine affectfon for MT. Can
 non as man and the highest respect for his splendid fighting qualities I have supported him five times for the speak ership. having voted four times for hls
 election and once against his removal but I cannot do so again. I repeat that shall oppose the reelection of Mir. Can
 non to the speakership, and that l am firmly of the opinion that his reelection Is impossible. I want 1t especially under
 stood that I say this solely on my own | responsibility and upon the suggestion of no one else."
 MT. Longworth said today that he had hesitated as to whether he should give
 his statement out here at Beverly where he is sojourning. or whether he should wait until he returned to his home in Gin cinnati The fact that the statement was given out immediately after the confer ence at the summer White House yester- day afternoon regarding plans for the coming congressional campaign is taken here as indicating that President Taft as well as Vice President Sherman is be- hind the movement to eliminate MT. Can non. That a movement was on foot to this end was indicated in these dispatches a week ago. Since that time 1t has been
 believed that sentiment rapidly crystal lized and that the fight is fairly on. whether the speaker accepts the situa- ton which has developed since yester- days conference with the President or not 1t Is felt here thatt MT. Cannon is all ready eliminated
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