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Ism. forcing a declar,tion from Buchanan
/ that IL successful he would affiliate with
the insurgents. Buchanan's switch.
Massachusetts Republicans say. Lost him
good many votes. hut they admit that
he was forsionmed To failure anyway.
Republicans here conceCie that through
Out the country Fosss elcctiOn will he
construed a slap at Cannonisrn and
that It will have "A widespread moral effect.
Some regular Republicans. the HoUss
insurgents aud tho Sanats progressives
believe that bCfor. many weeks have
passed. heroic action must he taken
! within the party " disaster is 10 he aver rtsd
in November. II il gen rally recognized
even by friends of the Speaker. that.
Can non ism. 40 called j. still an ISSUE full
OF danger despite the fact that the Cannon
organisation Was humblcd IN the HOuas
lest week
There iS good authority for the state
ment that Speaker cannon himself soon
will he invited to solve the problem
On saturday Just before the great hght
in the House prominent Republican
SenRtor visited Mr. CGnnOn. This senator
stands close 90 the Administration. is
a leader in the Sen te organisation and
intimate The si;uatiOa was di=c,ss=sA
nc length and Mr. Cannon's caller aug
gested In q tactful manner that a party
crisis was imminent and that the emer-
gency call~d for the Speaker n the in
tereSt- Of the party to resign. The
Speaker replied that he would not do 80
but thai he would give the House an
opportunity 10 declare the chair vacant
Speaker Cannon quit the House on
Saturday hero. but his Characterization
OG Republicans who failed to vote TO de-
po-s him as tho cowArdly 60 swallow their
medicine when IL was held To their lips
made a big impression. In his speech
in the House saturday Mr.. Cannon de-
clared that " he resigned state of chaos
would follow that might endanEer the
enactment of legislation that the party
was pledged To-. Vet few hours later. IL
is being pointed out. he berated the men
who refused to take the responsibility Of
causing this chaos
The fear IN expressed by Republican
leaders that Mr.. Cannon may main
tain his belligerent attitude and precipi-
tate another knockdown fight IN the House.
There h reason to believe. however.
that friends of the Speaker will soon
inform him that u - up Co him To
put an end On the issue % Cannonism.
either by nc~igning pr making known
Go the country that he will not again be
a candidate Tor the ofiic- he now holds.
In sizing up the political situation Re-
publican leaders dwell On the factional
troubles In New York. the unrest IN Ohio
and the struggle now going on in Iowa
and other States to decide whether the
party in State platform shall indorse
the Administration OF thsir representa-
tivcs in Congress who voted against the
tariff hill. Hut Canponisrs seemed Co he
uppermost in the discussions In most q
the States
There is another question that IL vor-
rying the leaders. That 10 the probability
Of commercial warfare with Canada
Representative Tawnsy has told frisnds
here that u the ina Nimum rates are ap-
Piled 90 Canadian goods tho Republican
party NAV face defeat IA November IN
all the border States
I approach the campaign with a good
deal of trepidation.- said an old lsAder
to-day We may adjust our factionaI
troubles. pass good legislation and re-
move Cannonisrn. but even az that Vel
have the fight of our lives