The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-10-24
TIE THIRD TRRM-wHY PRESIDENT
GRANT DOES NOT HIS sCADIDACY-
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The THIRD TERM-wHY PRESIDENT
GRANT DOES NOT HIS scADIDACY-
HOPING TO GRADUALLY PREPARE THE PEO-
PIE FOR THE ashington,
Oct. 5.-That the President seriously enter
tains the idea Of third term is not denied by
the best informed Republicans at the Capital.
It 10 well known that the editorial articles on
the third term which have appeared from
time to time during the past summer in the
National Republican were inspired at the
White House, and tho proofs received final re-
vision at the hends Of one of the President's
most trusted friends. They were feelers put
out 70 tsot tho p1blic sentiment, and it is un-
derstood that tie response with which they
have met has had anything but a depressing ef-
feet on the Executive aspirant However,
Grant is too shrewd a man not to know that
there is danger Of frightening the people by
cy He believes that If the third term discus
sion is allowed to proceed as it has hitherto,
the people will be gradually prepared for the
innovatiOn-the revolution.
There is no noubt in the minds Of those who
favor the third term but that the capital of the
country will stand solid for Grant. because he
represents the stability, and therefore no vO-
lent fluctuations are to be feared If he is re-
elected for another four years. The Southern
carpet-baggers are certain to be favorable to
third term, because their very existence de-
pends upon the continuance of disorder in the
South. which Grants reelection would en-.
sure: but at tho same time the politicians who
are managing this third term business do not
want the carpet -baggers to be too prominent in
tho movement There is Danger of alarming
the North, and just now there is burden enough
on the party to endanger its success at the
fall elections.
The carpet-bag Convention. which meets at
Chattanooga, on the 18th of this month. might
do the party great harm by making the third
term too prominent part of their programme,
and therefore the White House organ this
morning utters note of warning in leading
editorial article. "Itshould be composed chief
ly of scallawags and contain as few officehold-
ers as possible" says tbs Republican, it
should conine itself exclusively to Southern
matters and Southern questians. The polltl-
cal, social idustrial and other aspects of South
ern affairs ought tO occupy It's attention exclu-
sively. If we must have the gathering. put
the best men forward: and above all let os
have no nonsense about questions of national
politics, which are nearly two years in the fu
ture and which will take care of Themselves"
This editorial warning from the White House
organ does not please John j. Patterson aud
Tom Settle, who have been busy tor several
weeks working up the thirm business in ad-
vance of the meeting Of the Convention. They
say that the Republicans had no business to
medde with their Convention at all. They
know what the Southern Republicans want
aud what the President wants alsO. They de-
clare that the Chattanooga Convention will
declare unanimously for the third term.-N. I.
San.