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Show MAY TAKES CANNON'S PLACE CHICAGO April l.r Tho face and1 figure of the successor of "Uncle Joe" Cannon,, aieuibr Qf congress from the Danville, III., district since 1873, except for two terms, in the lower house at Washington, will be entirely different from that of the retiring octogenarian. The aRing and benign face, and spare flguro. partly screened by stogie smoke, Is expect- '1 to be supplanted by the broad Clear countenance and stout figure of William P. Holaday of Georgetown. III., unless a .-ecount cUanKOH the official of-ficial canvass of tho elghteontn on-gresslonal on-gresslonal district which showed Holiday Hol-iday chosen by IB votea In the prl- marlea (Tuesday. The Republican nomination la ordlnarllj equivalent to election. Mr. Holaday has served In the low.-r house of tho Illinois legislature legisla-ture since 1908. He is ft lawye." oi.m- ticinK in Danville. "I'nclw Joe" Cannon, who several Week a;ii voluntarily announced in retirement, will bo ,S years old on Muy 7. He was born at Guilford, K, C Ho knew Abrahum Lincoln well and a n;in; lawyi-r won his fn-vt political spurs as a stato's attorney Only twice, in S90 and in 1912, wu. "I nolo Joe" defeated. oo |