The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-26
Declares Republicans II we
Stood for Nothing hat is
Against Best Interest OF
People

.TIMORE. MD. June 25,~Ai-
ron f.. Parker temporary chairman
or the Democratic national conven-
ton, today made the keynote speech,
Judge Parker attacked RooseVeit's
Lust for "A third term. the tariff and
the Republican party in general de-
claring that they have failed to en-
force the Law and have stood for
everything that is against the best
interests OF the people.
Judge Parker said. in part:
We meet while the hills Yet echo
to wild cries VI liar thief and
traitor and furious walls Of fraud,
bribery treacherN and corruption.
and oUr ears are weary with the din
Of articulate shrieking cur villifica-
tion Of the most shameful hrawl OF
our political history.
Our candidates. however. are
without exception men of such lofty
mien that We meet immune from the
distemper which seized the Chicago
convention and privileged 10 dis
charge Of solemn public duty, calm
ly, deliberately, seriously.
The cause of government by the
people. the world over has been ma
teriaily checked by the disgraceful
brawl which terminated in the bed
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tality ami the abuse which chara cter-
ICED this wrangle between a prest-
dent Ind al ex-president. fra}t-
tude, friendship, party loyalty. pa
triotism and com mon decency were
forgotten in the tussle
The assault upon the unwritten
prohibition against third term
made in the wild scramble for the
Republican nomination warns us of
the vital necessity OF Incorporating
In our constitution safeguard
against repeated terms.
-''"fi hat man who spiit hts party at
Chicago. once recognized the third
term tradition and acknowledged its
application to HIS situation On the
eve of his triumph In 1904 he said :
The wise custom which limits the
president to two terms regards the
substance and not the FORM and un-
der no circumstances will | sbe
candidate for or accept another nom
nation
Attacks r. r.
Wrong in this year OF grace. he
was right Ia that. Peradventufe he
was honest with his soul and he may
have confessed to IL that even Il
presidenr may be tempted TO resort
To sOTuiu OeNiC6 ana shameless I'm =
portunlties to gain his ambition II
so. he was In mental condition to
realize to the full the danger to
the republic involved in setting aside
! custom constituting the only eaii-
wark against assaults OF men whose
ambition ehokes their patriotism ana
whose selfish desire for personal VIC
tory and power throttles those moral
scruples with which they may once
have been endowed.
.W0uld-the mau who threM-his- hal
In the ring and sought TO slug his op-
ponent over the ropes in his night
for a, third term rest satisfied with
Its achievements
The Third Term.
Clearly his lust of power would
have brooked no such limitation. A
third term would but have whetted
his desire for more. and as the terms
slipped away. each renewal would
discover greater injury to our con-
stitution. to the form OF government
established under II and to every legal
curb on his impMiolSs will. This
IL the man who menaced us with an
increase of federal power by usurpa-
ton of States right and without att
thority az constitutional amendment.
the pAn who took tbs AIamus Of