The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-29
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Edward A. Horner, recently of Col
orado, and others have launched tho
Roosevelt Third Term League" a,
Chicago. The platform of the new or.
| ganfzation is as follows:
I'VE. the members of the Roosevelt
Third Term National League, HAVING
at heart the great social and political
problems now confronting the people
and in order that the rights Of the
masses may be protected and that ma
tlonal harmony be preserved, deem 1,
imperative that Theodore Roosevelt b.
reelected to the Presidency in 1908.
We have come upon days in our so.
cial and political life, fermenting witt,
distrust and requiring firm control.
We view with alarm the evils al
ready grown from the abuse of cor
porate power and see in these evils a
fertile field for the demaxorue. from
which might readily spring a political
and social revolution, and believe that
nothing short Of temperate and pray
ertul solicitude, on the port of the peo-
pie, will hold our political and social
structure intact
To the people irrespective Of party
lines is due the credit that their Pres
ident, today, is Theodore Roosevelt.
A new era Of real freedom and vitality
in our Institutions of government AM,
politics was demanded, and they wise
ly saw in him a means to attain it.
So valiantly, and wholeheartedly
has this man reflected the wishes of
the people. that his personality has en-
tered into and become q part of ev-
cry department Of our national life.
He has won the confidence of the
people; and this fact alone, makes him
the most potent factor in the solution
Of the present disturbing conditions,
To eliminate this personaiity-which is
to eliminate that confidence-at a time
when the people, as a whole, are res
tive and trembling with apprehension,
is to invite national disorder.
| So closely woven is this bond he
tween the President and the people.
that he has become to them a public
necessity, an essential part of things
in the social and political fabric.
Therefore, Theodore Roosevelt is not
only the one logical candidate for
nomination, but manifestly is the only
logical President for the people.
Already has it been demonstrated
that the frightened and vengeful wealth
controlling forces Of the country will,
resort to any means to defeat his NOM
ination tor a Presidential Third Term.
We. therefore, must be on the alert
and quick to action IL we would save
that which as already been accom-
plished by our illustrious President.
We are not unmindful OF the fact
that Theodore Roosevelt himself de.
clared in 1904, that under no circun-
stances would he be a candidate for,
or, would Q1e accept another nornina.
tion.''
We challenge. however, his right to
refuse to accept the Presidency of the
United States for a Third Term, in
the face of the peoples demand, es-
pecially at a time when so many un-
dertakings of the highest Importance
have been brought about and set in
motion by him. and so subject them
to the danger of an untried and I'M
proved successor, to whom public con-
fldence would be reluctantly extended
if at all.
Manifestly, the selection Of its Pres
ident rests with the people. The pub
lie, alone, is judge. No man may sa:;:
he will not accept. 1t is not the pro-
vince Of Theodore Roosevelt to SAY lie
will or will not be the President. He.
who acts as President. acts solely an
' a servant of the people. and when
called by them, must come.
/ We further hold, that in point Of
fact his reelection in 1905 would nor
constitute a Third Term. He has been
elected to the Presidency but once.
Inasmucll however, as the issue has
been so generally spoken Of as a Third
Term, the League has adopted the IT,
tie.
We, therefore, in the interest of pub
lie welfare, demand that Theodore
Roosevelt be nominated for the Pres
idency and be reelected in 1908, and
to that end hereby pledge our sup
port.
Edward A. Horner, President.
E. C. Hayek, Secretary
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