The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-21
1T IS IMPOSSIBLE.

The talk about the impossibility of
a third term" says the New York
World, speaking of President Cleve-
land, lis idle"
I'VE predict that Mr.. Cleveland will
be renominated if he wants to be.
Circumstances are already tending to
revival of his old-time luck. He is
quite likely to become quite popular
again. How? It is easy enough to
foresee. The public loan is to be a sue
cess. If really popularized by a fixed
price for open subscriptions it will be
a tremendous success. Will not the
President get the credit of this? Did
he not resist the great Morgan's wiles?
Did he not disregard the Wall street
wizards warnings?
1.-THE Venezuela matter, too, is likely
to go his way. England will settle or
arbitrate. The friendly feeling of her
people for the United States and the
stress of the European situation will
surely induce this. Then will it not be
said that the Presidents firm stand
forced the British backdoWn? Wait
and see."
Not many days ago, when President
Cleveland, because of his message on
the Venezuela matter, was very much
out of favor with the World, that pa
per regretted that it had ever spoken
favorable of Mr.. Cleveland's prospect
i've third term as President of the Unit
ed States Now that he has made the
coming bond sale public one-and
made it so at the urgency of the World
demand, so the World would have Us
believe-he becomes again a worthy
candidate for a third term in the Pres
idency! Evindently the way into the
Worlds favor is to agree with the
World, or by chance to do an act which
the World thinks to be good policy.
But is the talk about the impossi-
bility of third term idle? Not by any
means And it is most idle for a Demo-
cratic newspaper to talk about it being
so. The founder of the Democratic party
originally objected to the constitution
because it did not provide against the
possibility of even a second term. He
was fearful that some popular leader
might be elected from term to term I'M
til as far as the executive
is concerned the republic might
be no better than an elective monarchy.
Jefferson therefore favored the cleo
ton of the president for seven years.
and that he "be forever ineligible af-
forwards" Subsequently, however, he
became convinced that seven years
was too long for the president to be fr-
removable. 1.-THE service Of eight
years." he remarked with power to
remove at the end of the first four.
comes nearer to my principle as cor
rected by experience"
On the same occasion he said: 81 de-
termine to withdraw at the end of nv
second term. General Wash
ington set the example of retirement
at the end of eight years. shall fol-
low it; and few more precedents will
oppose the the obstacle of habit to any
one after awhile who shall endeavor to
extend his term"
1t is not unreasonable to say that a
custom followed now for upwards of a
century has become a part Of the con-
stitution of this country. Not written,
it is true, but none the less real on
that account; and that it has become a
fixed doctrine in the minds Of the peo-
pie there can be no question. 1t has
has become so fixed that the party
that undertakes to break in upon it,
after the traditions of century have
sanctifed it. writes down the record Of
its own defeat in that attempt,
It is not idle talk to say third term
is impossible 1t is, and it ought to be-
impossible, and most of all it should
be an impossible thing for Grover
Cleveland.