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Show Selecting Uncle Joe's Successor. Washington. In view of tae grim way in which Joseph G. cannon of Illinois Il-linois is holding onto the speakership of the house of representatives, it seems premature to indulge in any gossip as to his successor. Yet this is what even his friends in congress are doing, in expectation that he wlli lay aown tne gavei on Marcn 4, lsiz, one year, two months and ten days hence. Already combinations are forming, and they promise to engage in one of the most sensational fights the election of a speaker ever has pro duced. |