Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27

House Of the so-called Springer resolution, ex-
pressing 1t the opinion of the House that
it would be disastrous to deviate from the Gus
tom which limited Presidents to two terms
The resolution was offered by young Dem
ocrat William M. Springer Of Illinois. All
efforts to adjourn the House were unaVaiiing'
and the resolution carried by vote OF 234 10
IS, with So not voting Seventy out Of the So
Republicans voting We're recorded in favor OF
the resolution. and all Of the Democrats pres
ent supported it. This effectually put the
quetus on the thirdterm boom for Grant at
that time. Hayes followed Grant in the White
House, but in 1880 another boom for Grant
launched. Many people who had opposed
a third consecutive term for Grant were in
clined to support him in 1880, four years
had elapsed since he left the White House.
Again the antithrd term tradition became an
issue. In the Republican national convention
Grant was the leader on the first ballot, with
Blaine and Sherman second and third. On the
thirty-sixth ballot Garfield nominated, and
the thirdterm tradition was still safe
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President Roosevelt served three and half
years in the White House during the term for
which Mckinley had been elected. Late In the
evening of election day. 1904, when Roosevelt
had defeated Parker Roosevelt gave out a
statement in which he said
"On March next I shall have served three
and half years. that constitutes my
first term The wise custom which limits the
President to two terms regards the substance
and not the form, and under no circumstances
will I be a candidate for accept another
nomination
Roosevelt stepped out Of the White House
in 1909 and Taft stepped in. In 1912, after he
and Mr.. Taft had broken off their friendly rela-
lions, Roosevelt announced himself candidate
for President, and declared that his statement in
1904 had application to the candidacy of a
man who was not in Office at the time he
proposed for election to third term. He failed
to win the nomination in 1872 however, his
delegates being rejected in many cases, and in
the end he sought election as the head Of the
Progressive party and failed. There is little
doubt that Roosevelt would have been strong
contender for nomination and election in 1920
had he lived.
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Attempts already have been made to smoke
out President Coolidge his plans for 1928.
and many will be made. Resolutions
similar to the Springer resolution have been
offered in the House by Representative Beck
OF Wisconsin and in the Senate by Senator
La Toilette Of Wisconsin, designed particularly
to eliminate Mr.. Coolidge a candidate for
the nomination next year. Doubtless these
resolutions, which got nowhere during the re-
cent short session, will be reintroduced at the
opening of the new Congress next December,
and efforts will be made to press them to a
vote. And, doubtless with the Democrats vot-
ing solidly and insurgent Republicans suppoTt
ing them, the resolution could be put through
the Senate If brought to a vote It's fate might
be otherwise in the House. however where
Republican control will be much stronger than
in the Senate.
IF President Coolidge is renominated by the
Republicans the Democrats frankly say they
win dig up all the arguments used by Repubii-
cans against the denomination of Grant and
fContfnued on Third Paeel