The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-31

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prinspis oMsr rshs Hon. wcooasw VII
SOW as our candidate"
The n way out would be- the
square Reputation Of the single term
declaration tf 1912: square repudia.
ton Of that principle for the political
and personal benefit Of the very can.
didate pledged to abide by It.
Can a Democrat al independent. a.
unbiased and as h%onorably sophisti-
Gated ss the Hon. JosEPHUs PArMcrus
TrMULrY contemplate without hor.
ror the certain consequences Of such
n repudiation7 What credit could
then be attached to a single declare.
ton, q solitary pledge Of the plat.
form Of 1919 on which the beneficiary
Of the repudiated pledge Of 1912 was
running for the Office and asking the
country to believe in his political and
personal trustworthiness In the mat
ter Of promisss1
Mr.. TuxruIrY must remember that
his eminent employer has on more than
one occasion put himself behind the
Baltimore platform. not above it He
has moro than once summoned his
party to political action on the
strength of declarations In the Balti.
more platform Of precisely the same
validity, neither mort nor less as
the single term declaration and pledge.
He has even recognized other decla-
rations In this same code Of creed as
more authoritative than his personal
i%nclinations. II necessary we could
furnish Mr.. TUMuLrr with the speci.
flcations.
More than that, the candidate of
the Baltimore convention was not
nominated until at least four days
after the existence Of the proposed
single term resolution was known to
the delegates and to the public gen.
orally. 1t has been argued, we be.
lieve, by some a~pologists Of repudia-
ton, that the platform was not for.
mally adopted until some minutes af.
ter the nomination Of WoopRow VIII
Sons; and that this chronological cir
cumstance in some way relieves Mr..
WILSON from responsibility for the
declaration and the pledge made in
his behalf. These special pleaders for
iniQuity are not men of Mr.. TuMUL.
TVS straightforward processes OF
mind; for he knows, as they must
know, that Mr.. WILSON accepted the
platform and accepted the pledge
when he accepted the nomination af-
ter the convention had adjourned.
Once more. Mr.. TUMuLrY's unsur.
passed memory for political detail
must retain the fact that the single
term pledge, known to the delegates
ut least four days before the decisive
voting. constituted one Of tho condl-
tions upon which the supporters of
the Hon. CHAMP CLARK turned 10
WOODROW WILSON. On the forty-sec-
ond ballot of that rrotracted contest
DR.. WILSON received only 494 votes
to Mr.. CLARK's 400: and 725 votes
we're necessary to n choice. The del
egates who had steadily voted for
CHAMP CLARK made possible the nom.
ination Of WOODROW WILSON know.
Ing that the platform pledged both
the party and It's candidate to a sin.
gle term.
Such is the boulder on the single
track. 1t nov blocks the single track.
Any Democratic candidate for a Sec
ond term proceeding down that track
must inevitably encounter the insur.
mountable obstacle and come to
moral smash.
Millions OF word abiding Demo.
Gratis, we r sure, would welcome
any pertinent observation on this sub.
ject by the Hon. JosEPHUs PATRIcrUs
TrMuLrY or by any equally independ.
ent, sagacions and unprecedented mem.
Der Of the great committee on Demo
cratic preparedness.