The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-06-04
NO THIRD TERM"
PARTY IS BORN
FIRST A MEXICO THEN A RUS.
STA" OTHERWISE, SAYS
SENATOR BLAIR.
By Ernest G. walker.
tMalI speeial 10 NC Advertigor.

Roosevelt had swept California and was
claiming to have Ohio coming his way,
the antithird-term leagues began to
crop up. If signs thus far are warrant
for conclusions, the antithird term
leagues will be made feature from
this time on. OF course much depends
whether public sentiment develops be-
hind the movement. Between now and
the meeting of the Chicago convention
the antithird-termers seem disposed to
make as much as they can of this OBJ
lection to Theodore Roosevelt.
1t was thus in 1850, when General
Grant was brought forward for third
term. The antithird-term movement
then appeared to have its chief impetus
for time in st. Louis with the Ger
mans as powerful factor. They organ
lied a committee of one hundred mem
bers, who went to Chicago to voice
their protest. Carl Schurz, formerly
secretary Of the interior and also at
one time United States senator from
Missouri, was member of the commit
tee of one hundred and so was iona
b. Henderson, United States senator
from Missouri, who now resides N
| Washington at an advanced age.
Now the same forces are organizing
! in st. Louis for a similar end. One
of the German papers there is out and
out against the third term and some
very influential Germans are circulating
pledges against the nomination or cleo
ton of any man for third term in the
W hite House. The matter has not gone
far enough yet to determine whether
it will have any force.
Neither Form Nor Substance.
Here in Washington ex-senator Hen
ry W. Blair, long in congress from New
Hampshire, has organized an Antithird-
Term League and is himself the provi-
sional president. His platform is No
third term, either in form or sub
stance for any man, rs President of
the United States. Ex-senator Blair
quotes as endorsers of his platform
Theodore Roosevelt, whose statement
after his election to the presidency in
November, 1904, is well remembered.
Roosevelt is not eligible and has
no moral or legal right to be candi-
date at all, F." says Mr.. Blair. "The
third term makes the United States
first Mexico and then Russia de
closes the pronunciamento of his league
with these words: "But there will be
no third term-mark thatl"
Very earnest men are behind this
movement. Headquarters have been es-
tablished in the Colorado building, this
city. Comprehensive work is under
way to arouse sentiment and ascertain
how generally the antithird-term issue
will appeal to the public. 1t seems Ger.
tain that committees will be pouring
into Chicago with their protests, by the
time the convention hosts are assem-
bling. That will probably be one of
the notable things of the nomination
week.
After the Clerks.
One of the strange somersaults that
the Democratic house turned few
days ago had to do with the tenure OF
government clerks in Washington. a
, provision had been brought in ON the
legislative, executive and judicial ap
preparation bill that government clerks
should be allowed to serve fve-yea'
terms and their reappointment should
be required for longer service thar
, that. OF course it was a sop to tn,
, foes of the civil service, who are pow
, erful among the party strikers, partic
ularly the men who get out and do tbs
work in long, hard campaigns.
1 All in all it was an outrageous pro
! vision and, should it ever get through
; On an appropriation bill, would prob
: ably be vetoed by President Taft. Blu
Ii r1or1r "a.
: provision was a little too rantankerous
! He passed the word to the chairman o.
appropriations that the provision shoul,
= not be allowed to become law till Jul,
q /, 1917. That is long way off for thu
! house to attempt to legislate, bu
! Speaker Clark is credited with havinJ
observed that, if he were to be Presi
dent, he did not care to have such Pa
! tronage troubles upon his hands as tina
! kind of law would involve.
4 Note that if Mr.. Clark should b,
/ nominated and elected President hi
; term would end March 3, 1917, som,
four months before this limitation upol
, the operation of the proposed law a.
to government clerks. The thing how
i ever, is so ridiculous that it will hard
/ ly become law. But the word will <,
/ out that the attitude of the Democrat,
party, as exemplifed in the house, i
for fiveyear terms for government
clerks. That is about all the most o.
1 the party workers will ever hear abou
, 1t aud such a statement can be substan
. tiated by the actual vote Of the Demo
| Gratis. The fact that the Republican
senate declined to assent 10 tho prOyi
sion Gas is expected) will cut no figure
, The Democrats will get the politca
. benefit and that happens to be wha
they ARE after.
oVerworking the Record"
, "The record Of the Democrat,
house" is being tremendously over
worked this session aud will be over
worked all through the presidential
campaign. The record Of the Demo
cratic house upon this or that does mol
necessarily mean what the Dem0crati,
J house would DO II the party had full
responsibility, or the sincere atiitud,
| af iln unFf y unau "A al van uuQatluu IN.