The daily critic., 1890-11-20


majority in the Legislature. There
was a Republican holdover majority of
seven IN the Senate to be overcome. This
was accomplished. In Chicago Cook
County, the Democrats elected about
half the State representatives, and eX-
cept for money would have elected all
OF them. IL being suggested that Chi.
cago, like Cincinnati, was perhaps an
independent city, going first with one
party and then the other, Mr. Springer
said:
Cincinnati Is an independent city
with a Republican tendency. Chicago
is an independent city with a Demo
cratic tendency
The conversation then drifted to the
next great campaign, 1892. As is we'll
known, Mr. Springer Is a thorough.
going Cleveland man. He has n warm
admiration for Governor Hill, but he
insists that the people want the ex.
President in the White House again,
and that the late battle was won on the
strategic lines laid down by Mr.. Cleve-
land In his celebrated message TO the
Fiftieth Congress sharply defining the
tariff issue and forcing It to the front as
the question of questions
Governor Hill, said Mr.. Springer,
is a young man, and can walt.
Taking down volume Of the Cyclic.
pedls of American Biography, and
turning TO the HIS, he found that David
Bennett Hill was born In 1913 'He Is
seven years younger than | am, he
commented "IIo has plenty Of time
to iun for President yet. He should
now come TO the Senate" he added.
1T Is very high honor to represent the
great State Of New York In the United
States Senate. The office would honor
any man, even though he had been
President Of the United States.
The discussion Of Mr. Clevelaud's
name brought up the third term qnes-
ton. III Mr. Cleveland be elected
President In 1892, said Mr.. Springer.
''he could not run again In 1896, as he
would have served a second term, aud
II Is the unwrltien law of the republic
that no man. however eminent, shalt
have a third term. The honor Wash
inplon declined, and which was denied
to Grant, will never be accorded 10
anyone. / recollect the fight against
Grant for a third term. said Mr.
Springer, with a smile And then he
went into the snuggeTy and brought
out a scrap-book. Turning it over he
found the pastlng he was looking for.
and with the remark that he had not
looked that record up for many a day,
handed the book to the writer.
The clipping was from the New York
Herald. and was dated December IS,
1878. 1t was descriptive Of the scene
which followed In the House upon the
introduction by Dir. Springer of the
following resolution:
Res0ltod, That IN the opinion Of this
House the precedent established by Wash
ington and other Presidents Of the United
States m retiring from the Presidential
Office after their second term has become,
by universal concurrence, a part Of our re-
publican system Of government, aud that
any departure from this time-hOnoFed Gus
tom would be unEise, unpatriotie and
fTaught with peril TO our free institutions.
i was a very young member when
! Introduced that resolution, said Mr..
Springer, with a laugh. Il had only
been sworn In the previous week. i
had prepared the resolution without
consulting with any one and had that
morning gone 10 Speaker Kerr, who
was a strong friend of mine aud told
him had a resolution l wanted 70 Ia.
tToduce and asked him 10 recognize me.
He said he would do IT, The House
was Democratic, but the minority had
for a leader Blaine. with Garfield. Hale,
Frye and others as lieutenants. One Of
the usual Louisiana muddles Of the re-
Construction period was before Con
CICss and the Republicans we're rather
J aying fun with us Our party, too,
vas divided on the money question into
haIds' and softs.' There was some
diminishing, and then got the door with
NY resolution. IL was not fairly
understood the first time il was read,
nd a second reading was called for.
moved the previous question, which
as ordered by IA 10 ?, aud the vote
y as taken on its passage. II resulted In
.33 ayes 20 Is noes, 3S not voting.
Blaine lodged, frankly admitting that
be could not vote either way, being
himself a Presidential candidate. The
adoption of that resolution ended the
third term movement. When il was
revived In 1850 Senator Howe Of Wis
C0nsin published an article IN the
'NOIth American Review, IN which he
said this resolution defeated Grant for
third tenn. lie thsH argued that 10
nominate Grant that yeaT-lsS0-aOuld
not be 10 fall within the third term
principle jeremiah Black replied
showing that e would. Grant was de
feated. and ] DO not think any man viii
ever be put forward for q third term.
So. If Mr. Cleveland should be elected
IN 1882. he would, undeT this principle
retire Al the end Of the term.
An inspection Of the CgHgrssslgnll
Record shows that besides AIE Blaine,
Mr. Rusk, now Secretary Of AgriCul-
nTe, and Joe Cannon are among those
not voting on the Springer resolution.
Reference being made 10 the omis-
Sion from The Mckinley Tariff Iag Of
the tobacco rebate provision aud the
claim that tbalinyalidates the Law itself.
Mr. Springer said he thought Congress
would enact that prUvisiou and add a
clause validating the Tariff laW aud the
acts ~ the customs officers under d.
Tie then told Of an instance occurring In
tbe Illinois Legislature, which had
certain bearing on the present ease,
ID related 10 the passage Of q b.I
through die Legislature 20 enable cer-
tain counties % issue bonds 10 all q
railroad The bill originated ID tie
Senate. n passed aud went % the
House. Thereit Eas slightly amended
"a u.ere verbal amendment which 10 %
5 ise changed Tie character of the
measure. Then Il Was passed and sent
back 10 the Seuate. The presiding
oficer saa e vas q senate bIu Hith q