The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-07-12
1H|RD TERM HERESY
lDMIRER OF ROOSEVELT STATES PRINCIPLE At
STAKE in UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION

a Chicago publication by Hon. c. E. S. Wood of Oregon 1t will
noticed that Colonel Wood gives Mr. credit for abso-
sincerity in the matter of not being candidate while
growing belief that the president really denomination But
Ito the article in question, follows:
At the time of his reelection President Roosevelt
would again be candidate for the office of President of the
United Sites In this prompt he his place
Washngton and Jefferson patriot who recognized that
ung hope for office against the welfare of the public
what he could to make still fixed and mnovabe principle
by these great and their that
plan hope for than the presidential chair
To say that this applies elective only unworthy
qubb for the principle remains the same namely that
holding the great power of president of the United States
be encouraged that effort to succeed himself
than That the real principle and is mmaera
whether he obtained his first of power by election succession
President Roosevelt has in the interest of public policy reiterated
determination adhere his resolution first announced and
be known who has made stronger the unwen contu
He has reiterated clearly and repeatedly that for him
again forward with the declaration would
worthy would be almost if he the easy mark of the fakr
politicians newspaper gossps who seek personal advertising by
roofing for the third term Some of these rooers the
disguise who seek discredt him make him
dscredt himself of them his friends The best that can
said of them is that they seek personal advertisement
There forces which sway impulse Only
the few reasonable beings the mpuve and their
impulses nubstana hystera witness the
Admiral Dewey and his achievements Where
hero To the hysera many who have Presi
bodness be MASTER order the poll
cian rather than obey e and to to blows with the pluto
cratic power it may truly that he and he only be the
savior country what the country to do if he should
die? And die he day ever the counrys lite seemed
to hang on that of Lnco the death OF this
great powerful resist the politicians and dictate his own
policy when need be- tau and gentle to reconcile everybody
so far as coud-the death of Abraham Lincoln made not jar
in the progress republic know it. Reasonable
men have ong ago learned mans life to his
community his country the world and ought to be clear 10
anybody and everybody that the principle of Our uwrn coS
tuition against valuable to the republic than the
life services of any
When successor be appointed to Chief justice Chae
there were several candidates put forward from the supreme bench
ITSELF discussing these with Attorney George II
Williams General Grant said that he would appoint none oi
for said he every time that the supreme bench is mace 10 @
that there can be promotion the chief stcep tor any OF It's
members te principle grows stronger the precedent more n
fixed and if adhere this precedent be that the hopes anu
ambitions of the associate justices and the necessary p ~
trge connected Herewith will and 1t VIII De
now on that no associate justice be chief ue Du'
s+b ;s ,ecednt all the wisdom of my predecessors has gone
for nothing and have opened up forever storm OF pohe M
trigue dension among the associate Justices "Ie
vacancy in the chief juceshp and perhaps even Oeo ~
vacancy takes place being urged upon General Gid %
certain one of the justices was by natula O
perence far ahead of any candidate he admitted m ~
that no man was so valuable the principle by Se
This enresson of General Grant valuable to all those VINO
desire 70 exerc;se their reason this dscusslono the d e
The princine itself is more valuable to the Kepuonc d any
man To oert, that rnwritten clause in the Constitution now
would be great misfortune because the time IS coming
will be valuable bar against the ambition ol l W. e i
to perpeuate Presidential machine 1t wouio De ~ - h
stead of enarging Presidents hopes ana dO ,e !
Office ehoIders toward third term it should be cut down u
term absolutely. -, roe,+ would
There slightest chance that FeSu M 80 ;d bis
to his nomination, II nominated - l tbnos
say and he will be as obstinate in that as m n Ld bic
His LOYALTY to Others his close personal friends VINO nav
official word that he is not candidate will pfeVe mo
candidate and there is only way not to be 80
is to have it understood from the outset W