| Show MACHINE TF T F MR IR ROOSEVELT is IF not Dot 1 L Cor the presidency It will not note be e due to t any an failure on his part to take advantage o ot of every fortuitous cir circumstance cIrcumstance or to neglect of or opportunity to swell the strength of the personal machine he is building up slowly and I laboriously The latest indication of ot the Roo machines progress Is the unofficial announcement from Washington that Mr Littlefield of Maine will be a candidate against Mr lr Henderson for the and that he expects to appear as the ad administration administration ministration candidate Henderson has been notoriously hos hostile hostile hostile tile to the west He is not at all aU in I sympathy with the presidents policy either at home or abroad and he Is Is not popular in the house That an another another another other should be supported by b the ad administration ministration for his place which vir virtually ir the control of all legis i ii is not surprising The only I element of or surprise in the story is that tha should be the man selected by b Roosevelt and his advisers Little I Hold Held has been a conspicuous figure In Jn inthe the last two congresses His con congressional congressional gressional career began with his cam earn campaign campaign for B H Roberts of ot this state in hi whose behalf he made a speech in inthe inthe the house which attracted much at attention t Since then he has been as a arule aride atile tile rule ride in opposition to his party part and antt on Several occasions in opposition to the administration The Chicago Q leago Inter Ocean a staunch Republican Rep journal does not believe that field is the administration candidate for speaker and It suggests that Cannon of or Illinois is the only available a man with whom to beat Hen dorson d ron In this connection it says sa s Tho Inspiration for these announce announcements announcements ments monte about Littlefield does not come from the White House Rouse nor from Oyster Oster Bay Baj It is true that there was a spirit of r dissatisfaction with the old leaders Of or the house during the last session J and that there was much opposition tl manifest to the present speaker f Should Shourd there be a change of speaker i In the next ne t congress the man who is most likely to t be e elected is Joseph G i Cannon of Illinois Mr Cannon was theorem th leader of the house in hr the last session not by b reason of or I from the speaker but hut because of his own force Coree as asa a debater and tie the t le con i reposed re in him by hrh his party J as ns associates t I I sedates s on the Hili floor In every eYe Import Important ant question that came to the front where heti there were we differences In jn the 7 party part Mr Ir Cannon took the lead le d and f JJ generally led to victory g 4 u iV great reat many man members have hae urged Mt Ms G Cannon announce himself to jis lS a candidate for tor speaker of or the next near house houE ho s but he has declined to enter the lists against Speaker Sp er Henderson Henders and L try 11 to ft take from him the support of 01 S 2 his old oid friends who nominated him the thelast last time by bJ acclamation i 1 Some me of the strongest Republicans RepublIcan I fir the house from from New England Engl nd Nev fork tork ork Pennsylvania and nd the west have assured Mr Cannon that If he will be come ome a candidate he will wi easily have haYe havethe the he support support of a majority of t the th Re Republicans Republicans publicans in the house houie r Some S me of at them go so far tal as aa to say that hat it is necessary to t elect a new new speaker in the congress Ss because of ot the failures scored by Rep Representatives Representatives re Payne and Dalzell in their efforts to lead the house in the th last session They believe that Mr Cannon will wille willbe be e forced breed to fo come come to the front because he le Js Is the one man on whom the Re Republicans Republicans publicans can unite as against Mr dr lenderson Henderson S |
