Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-09-20
Opposes LiInItat ion Upon
Number Of Terms One May
Hold So Long as They are
Not Consecutive,
ANSWERS QUESTIONS
ASKED BY BRYAN
Should Colonel be Called
Again to White House He
Would Work in Harmony
With People or Quit Office.

GIly Morning Journal special LEASED Wire !
Denver, Sept. ia declaration IN
favor of the recall of the president
was made here tonight by Colonel
Roosevelt. He proposed that. If as
president. he found that his views
were in opposition to those. of the
people he should take the stump in
defense Of his policies and should quit
office if he could not win the support
OF the electorate.
Colonel Roosevelt's declaraton was
made in reply to Il question addressed
to him by William j.. Bryan. In a re-
cert speech at Pueblo, Colo.
How many terms.M Mr.. Bryan
asked in a list OF queries which he
said Colonel Roosevelt should answer
may the president of the United
States serve?"
No Term Limitation.
80 far as ! am concerned. he said.
Il should be glad TO have the recall
Of the president. 1t is not in the pro-
gressive platform, and this Is merely
expression Of my personal feeling.
My own experience was that | could
do nothing as president except when
the people were heartily with me. The
minute ] ceased to have them With
me. whether II was my fault or theirs.
| ceased to have power. Under such
conditions l would prefer to leave the
presidency, unless in fair, open, fight
ing on the stump ! could bring the
people around to my way OF thinking.
Such d course, ! think. would be to-
my advantage and to theirs.
"As to the number of non-censecu-
tive terms president might have, ev-
cry argument in favor Of any limita-
ton of the terms Of the president can
refer only to consecutive terms. Any
third term talk which refers to non
consecutive terms Is an utter absurd
ity.
Not Afraid of People.
"Mr. Bryan processes to believe In
the people 1t was to the people that
! made my appeal and In the pri-
maries, by votes varying from two to
one to fifteen to one. the people de-
cided that the talk or third term in
this case was the veriest bugaboo ever
held up to frighten political children
Colonel Roosevelts position was in |
dicated In an earlier speech, In which
n he said that he never felt comfortable !
N refusing to do what the people |
&shed him to do If they were not able
to get at him.
"It is my object, If / am in public
ffe,' he said, ito live up to my oath
II office and to serve the people. to
follow their wishes so far as ] con-
sclentiousy can, but never to do any
thing against my conscience. On the
other hand it Is the right OF the peo-
pie themselves. after due delberation,
10 have their wishes enforced by their
public servants. And ! know how
should feel at such a time
Advocates Recall.
III | were public servant and had
break with the pcople--supposing
they wanted me to do something, sup
posing there should sweep over the
country a desire to rapudiate their
aebts-I would say You've got to get
somebody else to repudiate them But
| would come right down before them
and fight it out.
People talk on the recall as de-
suoying the independence of the
4 - ''t Fhht' II " III iIOt uCSti w t'S
independence of any public servant
VINO has got any independence to de-
lsfoy. think mighty little of the i'm
s.ssPorlance Of a public servant which is
u So fraila quality that 1t can only ex-
~ when everybody can't get at it."
one by one, Colonel Roosevelt took
" Colonel Bryan's questions. five in
"I First on the list was: 'Will you !
1palh to the people the circum
''ahces connected with the writing of
your letter to Mr.. Hartman in which {
,pu w addressed him as My Dear Mr.. !
a'atfiman, and called yourselves I
'o'h practical men," II
Explains Hartman Letter. Il
Noionel Roosevelt said that he had I
~nseaoy gone over this matter time I
s.'ef ume and that MIR. Bryan must
rao" Il and must have seen his recent &
''Fr TO Senator Caapp In regard to |
,"e senate investigation of campaign 4
contributions. q
Mr. Bryan understands words of t
Sn' syllable he said. he must have 2
'"uefstood my letter. o
response to the question: What p
,hsa's DC you have in your platform r
mat you did not borrow from the L
piatic platform ?'' Colonel "
I 4 lSseselt use, responded: "All of them"
y ~hy did YOU put state issues. such C
I, "e initiative and the referendum, h
ns,, ,our national PLATFORM" was the e
"esi Question. a
in,,,s',hei Roosevelt replied that the e
na,,,."e and referendum were both
srss,ss' and state ISSUES and were J,