Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
COOLIDGE HACKERS
HAVE LITTLE FEAR
OF ANTI" LEAGUE

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served. Taxation has been reduced
and economy faithfully praCticed
without impairing efficiency. The
people are prosperous as never before
ana there is more comfort and happi-
ness among them than ever before
NO one can deny these facts. Why
should the people risk a change? If
tney want change, they want it for
the better and they are not going to
vote for change unless they are
sure 1t will be for the better. What
party or candidate can give better as.
surance for the future than the partv
ana candidate that have been SO SUI
cessful in the past? None.
lection Held Baseless.
What effect will the third-term OBJ.
lection have? In my Judgment nrac.
tlcaily none. 1t is a baseless reflec-
tlon upon our people to suggest that
II would lead to monarchy and
despotlsm. Our people are too intel
hgent; they are too well versed in
selt'soVernment; they have too long
governed themselves in a manner that
Is the envy as we'll as the inspiration
that there is any danger of monarchy
or despotism in this country. The
people have made and unmade admin.
lstrauons; they will continue to do
so. 10 suggest otherwise is to re.
hect upon their intelligence and their
capacity
you say it would violate a long
established tradition or an unwritten
law? Not at all. Washington did net
decline a third term because he
thought it would be dangerous tn the
Republic, but because he was tired of
the duties and responsibilities of the
public service and he wanted some
years of leisure and freedom from, =.
spons1bllity. Jefferson alone of oil
our presidents declared against a
lnird term, ana yet he had no fear of
an autocracy. Our Presidents have
not sought third terms because tbe
service is SO arduous that two terms
have been all they cared to undertake
Grant was not averse to a third
term, but he was not given the
nomination by his party. but not l.,
/ cause of the third term principle.
| Roosevelt had practically two
| terms, although only one was elective
He was not deferred by any tradition
or unwritten law. He earnestly
, sought another nomination bv hi,
party and when ii was refused he "a :.
as the candidate of a third marty 7,
he had been nominated by the Re
publican party, there would hav.
been no third party and he ,vou'(
have been elected. AS it was he 70
ceived more votes than his Renub
lican opponent who had served h
one term. This was the nearest tn,
people ever came to passing unon hi,
question and they pretty clearly in
dictated that they attached no imnor
lance to it.
institutions Not i'm Danger.
''The people of this country can h
trusted to select their President. |
they want a man two terms or three
terms, no one need fear for tn,
stability of our institutions, the pree
ervation of our liberties or III
supremacy Of the Republic. Our nee
pie have passed the experiments
stage in self government. An admin
istration they do not like will go on
at the end of four years and the NOR
autocratic it is the more emphati
will they say go" No issue has Z
upon distrust of their capacity wi
Ego very far with the people. TIL
party that seeks their support by in