Show WORKING FOR reelection ELECTION RE OF CANNON AS SPEAKER washington dec I 1 Iry portends lends ot of speaker cannon profess to be hickly pleased with the responses to let letters tart which representative james R mann of chicago has been sending bending to tho the members announcing that the illinois delegation will present tho the name of 0 joseph G cannon for speaker of the sixty first congress they state that these answers assure the election reelection re of the speaker representative mann focay admitted that he had received unequivocal answers from more than ot of the republicans of the house saying that they would support mr bir cannon this number has not yet reached a majority of the house it Is said that only ono one member of the house has replied e that he will oppose the re elec tion of mr air cannon as speaker attention is gradually shifting shit ting from the to the proposal to amend the rules of the house there are indications that the speaker may m y not otter offer any opposition to sonie somo amendment at least |