Show cachon to Is latest GOSS ap 77 17 A ASHINGTON every now and W then a story appears in some newspaper that speaker cannon is about to announce his retirement from public life then will follow a contradiction from a close friend of the speaker the fic frequency quency of these retirement S stories tor jes indicates that uncle joe will wilf have the fight of his life next winter this does not mean a political fight in the sense that the democrats will make it warm for him it means that the fight will be within the ranks of his party an the floor of the house the insurgents will make it warm for uncle joe they made it most unpleasant for him and his program during the extra session they did not always succeed in getting what they went after but they made a showing of sufficient strength to cause the leaders to take notice and what they did then will not be a marker to what they will do next eions it is the knowledge now of this that has started the story that cannon will announce his purpose to retire from congress at the close of his p prest re st ent term winter according to present indica friends of the speaker say it would not surprise them if lie he retired from public life at the close of his present term they call attention to the fact that he is serving his eighteenth term at the close of which he will have served in the house 36 yea years rs more than it a generation and on the fourth of march 1911 lie will have completed four terms as speaker when the time arrives for the next congressional campaign ca cannan will be 74 years old this is rather well advanced in years for a man to go up against a fight such as is known will be made against the sage of danville cannons friends say he dearly loves a fight and it is the knowledge of the fight that may induce him to run agala again there are not a few well informed public men who for this reason believe that speaker cannon is serving his last term and that he w will I 1 11 ma make lea the public announcement next spring i that he has ha s had his full quota q of service and the time is at band to give some of the youngsters inythe dinv inv 1 the D danville 4 na it district an all opportunity |