The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-15
THIRD TERM TALK REVIVED.

During the past summer there was
more or less talk about Mr. Cleveland
and a third term. It lasted some time
! then it gradually died out. Since the
/ elections of the 5th inst. it has been
| revived. Even Vice-President Steven
son has talked about it since then and
given it as his opinion that if Mrs
! Cleveland wants a denomination he
can have it. Such an opinion from
man reputed so astute in political mat
! tiers as the President is astonish-
ing.
Some Of the Washington correspon-
dents are also devoting much time and
space to the discussion of this ques-
/ ton Of a third term for the President.
In the Chicago Times-Herald of Mon
day last Walter Wellman has two
column article on the subject; and it
is not of the sensa tional kind. He has
his information from those very near
the President. He says that before
the election the members of the cabi-
net, almost without exception, be-
lieved and said that the President did
not want a third term; that he was
| against it on principle, and that if it
became necessary he would make a
public announcement of his views and
of his refusal to run. Since the cleo
ton all this has changed
He says that the President believes
that the people rebuked the Demo-
cratic party last week not because of
dissatisfaction with the administration
at Washington for its course on any
subject, but entirely because of dis
gust with Democratic bosses who have
stood out against the President The
words of the correspondent tell the
story better than it can be retold.
In other words, still continuing the
statement OF the third-term case as l
get if from the White House circle
the people smote Democracy as a vim
dication of the President and for the
purpose of teaching lesson to those
elements Of Democracy which have re-
fused to acknowledge Mr.. Cleveland
as their leader
All this, it must be remembered, is
from a Republican source, but it has
much weight in view of what such
men as Vice-President Stevenson say.
Nothing is more certain than that
Mr.. Cleveland has ceased to be popu-
lar with the Democratic party Ever
since he went back into the White
House he has acted very much on the
theory of Louis the Fourteenth: THE
state, it is l." Democracy in him was
apotheosized. The leaders of the party
in whom the people had always trust
ed were alienated by him, and they
were followed by the people. And
now it seems that the Chief Executive
looks upon the ruin he has wrought in
his party as a "vindication." And
this "vindication'' leads this man of
vanity to believe that the people of
these United States want him for
President again! And by whom would
he be nominated so that he would
carry all before him? Ardent admir-
ers admit that there are many men in
the Democratic party who will not Eat
first assent to this scheme of third
term" AS many as there are in the
party. But perhaps 1t is thought that
the people of the whole country will
rise en- masse and in lone grand, sweet
song demand That he be President
again. The American people are
pretty unanimous in their estimate of
Mr.. Cleveland. but it does not take
this particular direction
Could Mr.. Cleveland again be ele-
waited to the high place he now occu-
pies the question whether life is worth
living would be solved SO far as this
country is concerned. 1t wouldn't. He
has received all the gratitude the coun-
try has to bestow upon him. And
when. if ever. the American people
wish to elect a man to the presidency
third time. he will be an entirely
different kind of man from Stephen
Grover Cleveland.
SUGAR WITHOUT BoUNTIEs.