The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-12
President Of University De-
clares Teddy Is Drunk
With Spirit q over
MEA.NgNG DlISToRTED
In Desperate and Angry Ef-
forts to Satisfy Over
whelning Ambition

I
PHGLADElLPTIiA, Pa April
DR., Jacob Gould schnrnan. preal-
dent Of Cornell Uniserais prefaced
his speech Last night m6as
meeting here n the Interest
of President Tafg renomina-
ton by pointing out that it
was general rule that d man Who
hos served four years as president
of the United states shall A d mat
ter Of course Be re-nominatsd BY
his party for q second term
And It ist rule Absolutely WITH
out exception ne added that no
man shall be president 81 the United
States for more than two terms or
eight years. To-day there are those
who seek to reverse the precedenta
of a century. ft ii seri-
ously and clamantly proposed
that President TAFT, il spite 81 his
honest and capable Administration.
shall be denied the nomination Tor
q second term in order that third
term may be offered % MI Rooso-
velt, once President Tafes dearest
friend, but now his aercest ana
most bitter critic and opponent And
while personal Friendships aud party
loyalties and great national preee.
dents and policies are thus trampied
ruthlessly under foot no EXPLAIN
tion is offered to the public, no apol-
ogy for irregularities q confession
of wrcng-dotng, nothing whatever
but the statement that ii some mat.
ters President TAFT diners from Mr..
Roosevelt, that bsse differences
brand President Tan d d REACTION
larry and distinguish MI. Hoosevelt
as progressive, and that Presi-
dent Tate must, therefore b Il.
fused the vindicaticn % d rsnomi-
nation for a second term while mo
doors Of the white House must 81
opened for third term 70 tho man
who solemnly declared on the eYe
of his reelection in 1908 that 30
would never under any clrcums
stances. be a candidate for or a.
cept another nomination to the pref
idency.
'tMr. Roosevelt comes Into tie
arena as a refofmer and especially
as moral reformer II goes With.
out saying that moral refcrmes
must have clean hands. tBut that q
not all. He must be absolutely
above suspicion Of being animated
by selfish motives or seeking peE
sonal ends.
'iNow there are two circuna-
stances which at the present time
fatally handicap MI. Roosevelt "a
the discharge Of thefmisblon he has
imposed upon himself as a. moral
and political reformer. N all Ills
plan of freedom he Is 10 be the
savior of society, he Is the one who
is to deliver the people from their
oppression. He Is the one Who Is tc
inaugurate social and industrial 5ts
tice.
'iHad he enunctatsd . scheme 10
reform which should ccnduee 70 tie
we'll being OF the people without ct
the same time necsssitating his own
occupancy for third term % the
presidential ofice. his program
whether it were reasonable Or FAM
tastical could at any rate have been
considered as entirely disinterested
las it is, he exposes himself to ths
gravest suspicion FOR not only =
the love Of power one Of the strong
est motives of hlmah action but
careful observers Of MT. Roosevelt
long ago recognized that Ia him this
particular spring Of conduct #as
overweeningly developed. AS chief
executive Of the melton Il made him
markedly autocratic. intolerant oE
the just rights guaranteed by
constitution to the co-ordinate powers
Of the government and censofious
alike of acts Of Congress and decl
ions Of the courts which were not =
harmony with his own pFecOncelYed
views and policies. people ate eye
erywhere asking whether HE third
term candidacy Is not in itself
fagrant violation Of the moral laW
They can not reconcile It with the
solemn declaration he voluntarily
made on the eve OF his Te-eIectlon
in 1908 that he would never again
be candidate for or accept 4 MONT
nation for the proficiency q not
THE righteous man one who though
he swears to HIS own hurt ehahgstls
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