Show CANNONS BOOM LAUNCHED speaker of the house to be candidate for the presidency danville the convention of tile eighteenth illinois congressional dis als erict was called at 1 thursday and joseph 0 cannon for the eighteenth consecutive time being the seventeenth by acclamation there was wag the tha greatest enthusiasm especially over the prospective candidacy of mr cannon for or president mr cannon had bad not intended to launch a lioom boom tor for president at this convention but the pressure of his supporters was so BO great as to sweep away hla his wishes lu lit tills this matter mr cannon a supporters in his own district will likely urge the state con bention to malre similar endorse ments there seems to be little doubt that this will be done |