Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1902 — JOSEPH G. CANNON, MENTIONED AS HENDERSON’S SUCCESSOR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JOSEPH G. CANNON, MENTIONED AS HENDERSON’S SUCCESSOR.

Oongressman Cannon, who is regarded as the most probable choice for the speakership of the House of Representatives, made vacant by the retirement cf D. B. Henderson, was first elected to Congress from Tuscola, Ill.—then in the Fourteenth District—in 1872, and has represented an Illinois district (the Fifteenth) almost continuously since that time. In 1870 he removed to Danville. He is one of the most forceful figures in the House and has been primarily responsible for the action of Congress in many Important matters, notably the 2cent letter postage rate and the passage of the modified Porto Rico bill. Mr. Cannon has been chairman of the appropriations committee for four years.

JOSEPH G. CANNON.