The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-25
DEMOCRATS ARE
avail TING 0RDE RS
While RI In Candidates
for Pm Iial Nomina-
ton g Isy as They
''''1 = wilson
Restless CAIN among Faithful Who
Wonder Whether President
Will Ask Third
Term.
by L. c. Martin, United Uress Staff
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WASHINGTON, March 25.-Aspi'
rants for the republican nomination
for president today continued their
pre-convention battle royal for dele
gates, while democratic aspirants
continued watching and waiting for
President Wilson to say what he is
going to say about who the candidate
for his party shall be.
Michigan just now is the battle
ground of the republican candidates.
Senators Poindexter and Johnson
speak in Michigan today, and Gen
eral Leonard Wood will deliver an
address in that state. Having fought
things out in South Dakota, the re-
publican nomination seekers now are
centering their efforts to win in the
Michigan primary on April 3.
Governor Lowden was hard at II
today in his home state Of Illinois.
Senator Harding was on his way to
Indiana to seek support there. And
if the republican candidates were
busy, their lieutenants and assist
ants, scouts and forecasters, publicity
men and cheer leaders We're treDly
SO. Observers who have just re
turned to Washington from the po-
l;ticaI battlefieids Of Minnesota and
the Dakotas reported that the popu-
lace was not greatly stirred up over
the many-sided republican scrap.
While all is hubbub and activity in
republican ranks, in the places where
democrats gather there is restless
calm, Democratic aspirants can't go
much; they are all ad-
mitedly waiting to learn. whether
Wilson intends to run again, or II he
does not, who is his choice
Should Announce hmm ediateIy.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-Presi-
dent Wilson should announce imme-
diately that he is not candidate for
a third term, Representative HumpA-
reys, Mississippi, declared in the
house today. .-....rss.
Humphreys asserted that under no
conditions should Wilson consider
asking for reelection and advocated
the passage of constitutional
amendment limiting presidential eli.
gibility to one term.
L
NAMED silent as to his intentions IN
the matter of a third term" Humph-
reys said, land that he has permitted
so many of his friends, including
members of his cabinet, to advocate
publicly his reelection BY remain
ing silent he has allowed the country
to believe that he is willing to break
the ancient precedent
At the conclusion of HumphreysN
speech. both democrats and repuD'
leans rose and cheered.
The speech of Humphreys was the
first democratic political attack DUR
ing this session. He declared that
talk of a third term is "somnambu-
ism which neglects the tradition OF
orr fathers. and that it shows a tend
ency to make the. United states
kingdom instead of republic
He then declared that it was BE-
cause the democrats sensed danger
n the air. that the one term plank
was put in the 1920 platform.
81 am aware, most painfully aware,
hat we have drifted from the old
mornings to which our fathers
lung" Humphreys added
Significance was given to Humph'
.eys' speech by the fact that Demo
ratio Leader Kitchin obtained con-
sent of the house for the address.
South Dakota Results.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., March 20
General Leonard Wood is the victor
n the republican presidential pri-
naries in South Dakota, today's re-
urns indicated Precincts that have
,ot reuorted cannot change the final
esult of the election, it was believed.
Wood today led Governor Lowden py
900 votes.
Co,,+or Hiram Johnson was third