The Washington herald., 1912-05-09
ANTI -THIRD-TERM
LEAGUE ORGANIZES
TO FIGHT TEDDY
Former Senator Henry W. Blair
Issues Statement Attacking
the Colonel.

Declaring that the ti-rhird- Term
League. of which he is president, Is
fighting not so much Theodore Roose-
welt as the idea he represents, former
United States Senator Henry w. Blair.
OF New Hampshire. yesterday predicted
the overwhelming defeat OF Col. Roose-
welt in the pre-convention campaign.
We have organized the AntI-Third-
Term League because we believe the
integrity OF our form OF government
and the preservation of our free tnsti-
tutions are seriously threatened by the
proposed candidacy OF Mr.. Roosevelt
for a third term.
ITO be sure, he Is the only person IN
the country who possibly could be such
a candidate at the present time, for he
is the only one who has had q second
term. But our special OPPOSITION is not
to him as a man or on account OF the
principles or want Of principles which
he may represent, but TO the third term
itself
I'VE protest against the Endorsement
Of the third term which Is implied by
the election of delegates pledged TO vote
for him as candidate in the national
convention
I'VE protest that his name ought not
TO be considered at all in that conven-
ton because he is the third tenn itself.
We do not believe that the Republican
party in any State designs TO repeal the
law which prohibits either the form or
the substance of the third term OF the
Presidency to any man-just the same
form and substance of a third term as
that which Mr.. Roosevelt renounced and
denounced in the most solemn manner.
We propose to help him redeem that
pledge.
This is just what we are and mean.
THE Anti-Third Term League. Or
ganized May s. 1872. Provisional preSi-
dent. Henry w. Blair. Headquarters,
rooms sos-soe Colorado Building. Wash
''Platform-No third term, either in
form or substance for any man. as
President Of the United States.
'Indorses the wise custom which limits
the President to two terms regards the
substance and not the form, and under
no circumstances viii be a candidate
for or accept another nomination
Theodore Roosevelt (after his election to
the Presidency, November. 1900.
Former Senator Henry W. Blair, OF
New Hampshire. was asked FOR his views
in brief upon the political canvass.
Well" said he. Il win tell you in a
few words All this talk and noise about
Roosevelt is a dead loss and worse for
the Republican party, for II divides Il,
and may elect q Democratic President.
It VIII do that or nothing"
Roosevelt Is not eligible, and has no
moral or legal right to be a candidate at
all He cannot be President again, for
he has had two terms: He has said SO
himself. There are millions OF Republi-
cans who will never vote for him as
President again. It is against the un-
written law. which is the strongest Of
all laws. No candidate or faction or
convention can. and the people never
win, repeal It. Roosevelt is impossible.
George Washington or Abraham Lincoln,
If now running for President. would be
defeated. 1 certainly, for one, would
vote against both, and am among the
most conservative and hide-bound OF Re-
pubIcans. helped to organize the
party, and have fought for 1t through
thick and thin. both in war and in peace.
A third term is revolution. It leads, first,
to anarchy, and then to monarchy and
to the Acknowledgement
Of both races and the practical re-en-
slavement of the colored man. The third
term makes the United States, first,
Mexico. and then Russia.
Action indorsing Roosevelt for the
next President. like that reported from
the colored ministers conference in |
North Carolina, is most lamentable. |
How can they SO soon forget? Just |
think OF Roosevelt who opens his Door |
Of hope through Brownsville! It VIII
tend to destroy the confidence Of |
the country In the intelligence and re- |
liability OF the whole colored race, and |
viii be used TO justify and fortify the |
Southern Democratic Acknowledgement /
of coIored citizens"