Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-01-14
THE THIRD TERN MMoTEMENT

Iho Grant boom Ism imminent peril
OF losing its momentum before the Ma
tional Republican Convention. Intelli-
gent Republican opinion is setting
strongly against the Third Term and
it is more than likely that Senator
Cameron and the rest of the Grant
managers will find great deal of
trouble in carrying out their welllaid
plans Te begin with, the German
element in the Republican party is in
open rebellion against the Third Term
idea. 1t is believed that no one in ten
of those German Americans who have
hitherto belonged to the Republican
party will vote for Grant should be be
nominated by their party. The I'M
compromising hostility of Carl Schurz
to the reelection Of Grant is well un.
derstood and his opinions are potential
with q large class of German citizens.
The other day the Hon. Sigismund
Kaufman, distinguished German Re
publican Of New York city, published
q letter in which he declared that IA
Third Term is at once dangerous ex-
cess of reward and dangerous con
fession of weakness. "Such a con-
iesslon, continues Mr. Kaufman, "will
not be made without its inevitable Sc
quencc, and we shall have a King in
fact long before we have one in name.
If we must have a strong man and a
strong Government, let us return to
Bismarck and his iron rule" This is
the language of man who was the
Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor Of New York in 1870, and
who supported Grant for President In
1868 and 1872. The anti-Conkling Re-
publicans Of New York under the
lead of George William Curtis also are
organizing in opposition to the Third
Term. These constitute o powerful
factor in the politics Of that State.
Conkling's candidate for Governor,
Cornell, lost the votes Of this element
at the late election and its detection
would have ensured his defeat by an
immense majority had not the Demo.
cratic vote been divided between two
candidates, Robinson and Kelly. Some
of the ablest Republican journals are
also speaking out in most emphatic
style against the Third Term. The
Cincinnati Commercial, the Springfield
Mass Reppblicdn and the Philadel.
phia Ecening Telegraph are notable
among these. The last named had an
editorial the other day on the subject
of Grantism which ought to be read
by every voter in the Union. We
make the following extract:
at Is the truth of history that the
Government was never so debauched
by political corruption as during the
time he was President; II is part of
the truth Of history that the country
was never, except in time of war, in
so disturbed condition il is part Of
the same historical truth that political
scandals were never before or since
so rife, and part Of the same historical
truth that the faults and crimes of our
Government were never before or
since 80 conspicuous. 1t was an era OF
political injustice, OF political blunders,
OF political corruption, Of gilt taking,
bribe taking, ncpotism, Of usurpation,
of constitutional methods set up in
their place. The men who made that
administration the shame of the coun-
try that IT was arc the men who came
in Gen. Grants train on the 10th in
stant--the Babcocka, the Beknaps,
the Robosons, the Camerons. They
came as the vulturcs come when the
scent of prey is in thea Thoy came
TO shape the new administration as
they had shaped the old. Is il any
wonder that the great soldier, whom
the people honored for bis soldierly
deeds, and who wanted to forget for.
ever his civil record, was received so
coldly by them when they recognized
his ambition TO again GIL tho place be
had 80 lily filed, and when they saw
about him again the same rapacious
crowd OF political adventurous IL
the great ovation was intended TO test
the popular feeling, it was a great
success il did that, and, despite all
the efforts Of authors to the contrary,
IL has shoioa that the leaders Of the Re.
publican party could do no more suicidal
thing than 10 insist upon The nomination
Of General Grant for the third term.
The uoice Of the people has been heard
upon that question, and The Uoice is po.
tenfidi"
An opposition so earnest and vigor
GUS cannot fail to make profound i'm.
preston on the minds of the delegates
to the Republican National Conven.
tion. We grant that II is not likely
that either the Pennsylvania or the
New York delegation to Chicago will
be influenced to any appreciablo extent
by such arguments us are employed
in the article above quoted The