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Show CANNON DETERMINED TO KElP IN RACE i DANVILLE, ILL , Aug. IS Despite the declaration of Congressman Ixmgwoitb thai he will not again voo lor Joseph G. Cannon for speaker of I the house of representatives, Mr. Cannon will continue it the race, according ac-cording to his own siatenieut, mado to the Associated Press this evening. He will go Into the caucus as u can- d:date,uo matter how many Republican Republic-an congressmen declare they will op pose his re-election. All ho asks Is that those; who go into the caucus abide by its vote and he promises to uo the same. lie does not ask uny man to pledge himself to vote for bU rc-eleetloa if he believes that pledgo will work against him in the election tins fall, nor does he want any candidate candi-date for the Republican nomination lor congress to repudiate his party bv failure to enter the caucus. Statement Upset Uncle Joe. That Mr. Cannon was considerably nettled by tbo dispatch from Beverly wr.s apparent this afternoon when a copy of It was handed him. Mr. Can-iion Can-iion Is usually ready to grant or refuse re-fuse an Interview without a moment' hesitation, but today he read and reread re-read the Ijongworth statement, then dictated and re-dlctated a half dozen statements before he got one which Anally suited hlin. Time to Answer Taft Later. There Is no doubt that Cannon believes be-lieves the Longworlh statement was Inspired by President Taft. He does not say so In so many words, but lu intimated as much when he said thai "It Is time enough lo answer the president pres-ident of the United States If he has any statement to make touching on the Republicanism of the speaker of the house of represeutatlves when he makes that statement under his owu hand. I will not fight windmills filled by hreezes blown from the lungs of political or personal enemies or cow- IMdo." Issues Another Statement, Following the reply made to Long-worth Long-worth early in the afternoon, Mr. Cannon supplemented it with the following, fol-lowing, dictated this evening: "The legislation enacted and the record made by the Republican parly during the eight years I have been j speaker, speaks for Itself. 1 have con- I trlbuted what I could toward the en-1 actment of that legislation. I have co-operated with the Republican ma jority iu congress In tho effort to put oi the statute books the policies of the party and I have no apology lo make for the part 1 have taken lu the legislative councils of the nation. In the present campaign, so far as I am concerned. I shall do what I can to bring about the election of a Republican Re-publican house of representatives In the Cist congress and wlihout a Republican Re-publican majority In the next hou.ne, there will be no Republican speaker." |