The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-26
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dering great service. That is the
Craftsmanship OF the resolutions COM
nittee. l hope and believe that every
member OF that committee will honor
himself by casting his vote for Mr.
Bryan for chairman"
Mr. Parker said:
We meet while the hills yet echo to
wild cries OF liar. thief and traitor, and
furious walls Of fraud. bribery, treach-
weary with the din OF the articulate
shrieking and passionate vilihcation OF
the most shameful brawl OF our political
history
Our candidates. however. are. without
exception. men OF such lofty mein that
we meet immune from the distemper
which seized the Chicago convention.
and privileged 10 discharge q solemn
Ously.
The cause Of government by the peo-
pie the world over has been materially
checked by tine disgraceful brawl which
Terminated In the bediam OF Chicago.
Every good citizen has been put 70 shame
by the brutality and abuse which char
acterized this wrangle between a Presi-
dent and an exPresident Gratitude.
friendship. party loyalty. patriotism and
common deeeney was forgotten in tho
tussle.
Third Term issue.
The assault upon the unwritten PROFIT
billion against a third term made In the
Wiz bCIdIuble TOT the RepubllcaH Iotll-
nation warns us OF the vital necessity
Of Incorporating IN our constitution a
safeguard against repeated terms.
In the very beginning OF our constitu-
ton making ~ was urged by delegates
participating. that safely required .
constitutional Limitation OF the period OF
years one man might hold the office
OF President. History warned them Of
the coming OF a mcn whose Unsuitable
lrst OF power would be as consuming
as Caesars. towering high above his love
Fs~ So 49, wasN -.
the pessimists. TO have passed with the
establishment OF q precedent by WASH
inEton. Jefferson and their successors.
The man who split his party at CHI
cago once recognized the third term
tradition and acknowledged its applica-
ton 10 his situation. on the eve Of his
tom which limits the President TO two
terms regards tie substance and not the
form. and under no circumstances will !
be candidate FOR or accept another
wrong in this year OF grace. he was
right In that Peradventure he wss
confessed 20 u that even a president
may be tempted TO resort 20 sordid de-
vices and shameless opportunities 70
gain his ambition. II 80. he was IN men
danger TO the republic involved In set
ting aside custom constituting the
men whose ambition chokea their pa
triotism and whose selfish desire for
personal victory and power throtties
those moral FcruplcF with which they
may once has been endowed
Man VINO Threw Hat In Ring.
would the man who threw his hat
o. the ling and sought 70 slug His oppo-
rent over the ropes IN his tight FOR "A
third term rest satisfied with its
achievement Clearly his lust OF
power would have hrooked no such lint
On ton A third term would hut have
whetted his desire for more. and az the
terms slipped away each renewal would
discover greater Injury 90 our consti-
tuition, 20 the form % government es-
tabliFhed under % and % every legal
curb on his imperious will This r. the
man who menared ~ with an Increase
u federal power BY uaurpation 81
states rights and without authority 81
constitutional amendment. the man who
took tho lgthmus % Panama and let
congress debate about 10 afterwards.'
tho man who. having enough money %
send the Meet on its famous cruise 20
the Parifc. cent n without sanction ~
congress, leaving 81 % appropriate the
money for the return when congress
deemed that necessary This BE- the man
who advocated federal Incorporation for
tho Increase of power 81 Warrington