The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-09-02
WILSON WILL
RUN AGAIN
The President Is Said to
Have Decided Def
nitely
DESPITE ONE
TERN PLANK
He Wants the Verdict of the
People on His
Work

New York, Sept. president Wilson
will be a candidate for second presi'
dental term, declares the Sun, which
goes on:
Definite information that Mr.. Wilson
has expressed himself as believing it the
duty of chief executive to submit his
administration to the people of the coun.
try so that they may express their APP
prevail or disapproyal OF it has came
from an authoritative source. It'll was
before Mrs. Wilson's death that the
president expressed himself to friend
on the subject of second term. Since
then some persons in touch with the adj
minstration have feared that, disheart-
ened by the death of his wife and by
the drain upon his strength made by the
ever increasing round OF official duties,
he might prefer quieter scenes and less
strenuous life at the end of his term.
Those who are in the presidents conf
dence, however, are convinced that he
win stand by the views expressed by
are convinced now that if by the time
of the nominating primaries and conyen-
tions of 1916 Mr.. Wilson is in anything
like normal health he will go before the
people and ask them TO pass verdict on
his administration.
Political leaders, both within and
without the Democratic party, concede
that If Mr., Wilson is a candidate for the
Democratic nomination he will not be
seriously opposed. From an authori-
tative source it has been learned that
not long ago Secretary of State Bryan
expressed the view that if the Wilson
administration was success Mr.. Will
son could have the Democratic nomina-
ton for the asking and that if the sd-
ministration did not measure up to pub
lie expectations the nomination would
not be worth having for anybody else,
The president and Secretary Bryan
have absolutely no agreement of any
sort in regard to Mr., Wilson's future
ambitions. When Mr.. Bryan accepted
the state portfolio report was circu-
lated that the two men had exchanged
yiaws upon the subject of second term
and that an understanding existed that
Mr.. Wilson would not be candidate in
the way of Mr.. Bryan in the next ma
tional contest This report has bobbed
UP anew from time to time, but it
is learned definitely now that Mr.. VIII
son and Mr.. Bryan never discussed be-
tween themselves the second term plank
Of the Democratic national platform.
The plank of the Baltimore platform
with reference to the term of the presi-
dent is as follows:
'We favor a single presidential term,
and to that end we urge the adoption OF
an amendment to the constitution TO
make the president of the United States
ineligible for reelection, and we pledge
the candidate of this convention TO this
principle"
This plank has been variously con-
strued. In some quarters il is regarded
as committing the candidate of the con
vention which framed the platform only
to an effort to secure an amendment to
the constitution making the president
ineligible for a second term. The plank
should not apply to Mr.. Wilson, ae-
cording to this view, inasmuch as the
constitutional amendment could not
legally apply TO him, even though 1T
were ratified during his term.
On the other hand, Secretary Bryan at
various times has been credited with
placing the opposite construction upon
the commitment. 1t has been stated
that Mr.. Bryan, who headed the plat
form committee of the Baltimore conven-
ton wrote this second term plank with
the idea of preventing the candidate of
that convention from standing in the
way of the Commoner's own presidential
ambitions four years thereafter.
Some time after the Baltimore con-
vention an effort led by Democrats was
made TO enact resolution submitting
the constitutional inhibition TO a second
term to a vote of the states. The reso-
hutton, which was known as the "Rucker
resolution" passed the Senate. The
measure was blocked in the House, then
controlled by a strong Democratic ma
jority The blocking was confidently
aseribed to the influence which Mr.. viii
son exerted through his friends. Close
friends of the president are known TO
have led the cloak room fight, which
checked off favorable action upon the
measure. to which some Democrats view
ed themselves as committed by their
party platform.