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Show Representative Cannon of Illinois Chosen Speaker of tho House. At tho caucus of the Republican members of tho houso of representatives representa-tives hold In tho hall of tho house Saturday night, Representative Joseph Jo-seph G. Cannon ot Illinois was unanimously unani-mously chosen as tho candldato of ths majority as speaker of the house. A resolution was adoptod making the elective oulccrs of tho house In tho last congros3 tho nominees tor tho 'Fifty-eighth congress. Tho rules of tho Fifty-seventh congress con-gress woro adopted for tho Fifty-eighth. Fifty-eighth. It was decided that fifty shall bo the number necessary to call a caucus. |