Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-18
Rep. longworth Says He viii
Never Support Him and Be-
IIeves Can't be Reelected.
CANNON DECLINES TO REPLY
Does Not Answer What lie Believes 10
BE Fakes and Refuses TO
Fight WindmiIls.

beberly Mass. Aug. 1s.-Refccting The
views Of the administration, Il is gen
orally believed. Representative Nichola :
l@ohsWorth OF Ohio today gave out a
statement in which he says he viii
| never support Speaker Cannon again
and that he does not believe Mr.. Can
non ever can be reelected. This is re-.
garded as the actual beginning of the
real fight on Mr.. Cannon.
IL had been regadded as Significant
| that Mr.. Longworth had been called
| lato All or the recent conferences of a
POLITICAL character held by Prest.
Tart He was present yesterday aft
ernoon when the president and vice
president talked together IL was re-
portd then that statement adverse
to Mr.. cannon was being prepared In
quarters close to the administration
ana II was also minated that MIR.
sherman, who. like Mr. Longworth,
has always been a supporter of MIR
cannon, had become reconclled to the
iact that Mr. Cannon must go.
Ihere may be further Significance i'm
the fact that Representative Long
worth is going TO oyster Bay on SAT-
urday to spend several DAYS with his
iather-in-law, Col. Roosevelt.
LONGWoRTH's STATEMENT.
MIR. Longworth's statement in full
Is as follows:
Beverly. Mass, Aug. is, 1910.
In view OF Mr.. Cannon's unequiv-
ocal declaration that he Intends to
be candidate for speaker Of the next
house think II is incumbent on those
" US who are candidates for member
ship In the next house, who have made
up our minds on our course OF action
and have positive Views on the subject.
TO state our position publicly
Had Mr. Cannon not made this an
nouncement and had IL remained doubt
tul whether he would be a candidate IL
was my intention not to commit myself
before election as to whom | should or
should not support for speaker. Hut
since Mr.. Cannon has, In his speeches
20 FAR in the campaign and IN his re-
cent decl ration. made candidacy for
the spoakcrship an issue ! for one do
not Propose TO dodge that isue,
WILL OPPOSE CANNON's ELEc-
TON.
u shall oppose Mr. Cannon's election
as speaker. and / shall do so in. the
manner that I consider proper and ,ef-
fcctive in tho settlement OF oontroVer-
sizes In my party. namely, in the Re
publican caucus ] made up my mind
before the adjournment OF the last ses-
sion OF Congress that Mr.. Cannon could
not be reelected speaker. and my opin-
ion has been strengthened since
through correspondence and talks with
my colleagues.
Il am not referring 10 those who have
openly opposed him in the past. hut
To- those who, like myself. have sup
ported him.
II am absolutely convinced II there
is "a full attendance at the Republican
caucus that MT Cannon cannot he
again elected speaker
"a nttfHa IA f..t.
Cannon as man and tho highest r.s-
spect for his splendid fighting quail
ties have supported him FIVE times
for the speakership having voted faur
times FOR his election and once against
his rtmoavl. but I cannot do 50 again.
u repeat. that / shall oppose the re-
election OF Mr. Cannon to the speaker
ship. and that l am firmly OF the opin-
ion that his reelection Is imposs BILE !
want it especially understood that I
say this solely on my own responsible
ity and on the suggestion Of no ons
else"
WHAT STATEMENT MEANS.
Mr.. Longworth said he had hesitatsl
as 10 whether he should give this state
ment out at Beverly, where he is So
iourning. or whether nc should wait
until he returned 20 his home in Gill;
tiunau.
The fact that the statement was giv.nr
out following the conference at tbs
summer White House yesterday after.
noon regarding plans for the coming
campaign is taken herc
a. Indicating that President Taft as
well as Vice President Sherman is be-
hind the movement to eliminate Mr.
Cannon.
That movement was on foot 20 this
end was indicated a week ago Since
that time II has been believed Sentiment
rapidly crystallized. and that the ficht
Is fairly on. Whether the speaker Viii
accept the situation which has de-
Vclopcd since yesterdays conference,
with the president remains TO be seen.
whether ne accepts or not IL is felt
here that Mr. Cannon Is already elm
mated.