| Show A THIRD TERM AND the washington ashington AN star thinks grant does not dream of enacting the role of ciesar and that caesar ism has no chance in this country we imagine our practical common sense american people will make short work of the caesar csar business should it ever show itself in a shape for them to get a lick at it As for gen grant he tranquilly smokes his cigar elgar and perhaps takes an occasional stomach warmer toward to ward wara off the paralysis that seizes the unco temperance folks like henry wilson colfax greeley and the rest but we may be sure bure that he has no moll moil more e idea of being a caesar ansar than he has of flying andrew johnson was a good deal more in the caesar line and his inglorious fizzle serves to show just what of success that kind of ism Is likely to get in this country the troy whig vh g sees no danger and thinks the subject need not be discussed our constitution permits a election reelection re foras focas for as many terms as the people are wil ling A man may be reelected re elected and hold the office of president until death shall close his term but there Is an unwritten law which is higher than the constitution it Is the ewatis example ale fie set by george was washington hinz and followed follo wed by every president and alid accepted by the people the party that shall undertake to run a candidate for a third term will be beaten and the candidate will be disgraced we do not think thick gen grant is required to say a word on the subject he will go out of office at the end of his second term as quietly as any of his predecessors he has never manifested any disposition to grasp or exercise power he has been content simply to do his duty the question ought not to be discussed as if a third nomination were possible but bat we will venture to remark that the politician who shall dare to propose a third term may as well retire at one once to P private private life the Buff bumm buffalo malo ialo courier thinks that things aro are work working in 11 socie society ty is preparing and danger is near it is justly said that history repeats itself but it is always alway with variations which partly obscure its teachings from our sight eight the change from simple republicanism to coes Coas arism in this country will not be marked bya coup such guch as that of louis napoleon but many of the social and political elements around ua us are favorable to it there Is an absence of those fixed sentiments on many subjects pervaded the community when the revolution was accomplished the country has become accustomed cus tomed to the spectacle of military sub od nation and rule and many of our young men have formed their opinions during its existence enormous wealth and luxury have not only been obtained but this has been don done with a suddenness never before known the prevalence of a widespread laxity in moral and political principles especially among our public men meng is too plainly proved by the credit and other extraordinary legislation legisla tio in congress and big railroad and other iril iniquities aqui in state legislation at albany and elsewhere property proper tyis is becoming concentrated in fewer hands and the opportunities of readily acquiring land and a farm at a nominal price are almost totally lost in the older states and social distinctions 7 scarcely known in the earlier days ot of the republic are becoming the rule instead of the exception while honest labor is less respected these things and others connected with them go far to make up the body of a different government and aid sid those who for tor the sake of retaining their honors and emoni e in 0 gui gil ments are desirous that grant should be elected fora third term and as much longer as they can carry elections the rochester democrat thi thinka third term a bad thing but im probable at present we think the people will hesitate long about offering any man even evel one who has earned so much consideration at their hands as general grant a third term and he will be even more scrupulous to accept than they to proffer it 13 aswell well weil that no aw has haa yet been established on this matter the austere example of washington is something that Is 13 more difficult to disregard than even a constitutional provision the people make constitutions and might do away with them the m at will but the severe majesty of that character its cold colds snowy purity of patriotism cannot be forgotten or obliterated we ha e little or no distrust of the intention ot of the people of this country to govern themselves or oros of their ability to do iti its it and yet we think nothing but some dangerous crisis should induce the nation to choose even its greatest man mau chief magistrate for a third term such an event will be followed by the election of some less worthy candidate a fourth timey time and worst of all we shall have neither positive statute nor moral reprobation to prevent a mans Se becoming coming what macaulay calls perpetual president after one has been elected halt a dozen times both he and the people may begin to think a repetition of the formality mau m J ity ot of voting for him useless all such 8 speculations emulations must look far into zhao dim future tor ter their realization the paducah kentuckian thinks it can and maybo maybe may he done but the democrats and the people should orgal organize lize ilze and prevent it tha toe question arises can grant be elected for a third term we have heard beard radicals scout the dea of his bis even being a candidate I 1 and say that tha t if he be was nominated he could not possibly bo be elected ejected ej we do not place implicit faith n u such views the power that proposes to run ruu orant grant for a third term asvery great there are first all the office officeholders holders and their name Is region leg ion lon scattered all over the country second tho the national banks and railroad corporations it is a recognized fact that in some way these banks and corpor corporations atlon hare have had power to ta control and the president for years past oakes ames knew liow to do this thing that was by placing the stock of the institutions where it would do the most good thirdly there are the capitalists ta lists it Is this class who hold the bonds of the united states and who having sed cur cun cured d them during the war for one half their value can well afford to pay out liberally lo 10 keep the investment safe against this immense power fully organized and ready for action is the great body of the people this sounds well but the people are not organized they have no paid leaders and are liable to be led astray by the influences ii which the strong coalition above referred to can call bring to bear upon them the people were mistaken as to their thein true interests in the last presidential election and why may they not be mistaken again there Is but one chance to defeat the election reelection re of grant in ia 1876 the people under some name or organization must mast unite and form a strong powerful party that will stand as a unit against oam off official leial corr corruption aatlo n iniquitous monopolies and mone money y combinations the democratic party offers the nucleus for such an organization the johnstown pa mountain voice shows the origin of the third term nomination proposition but thinks there is no danger as the people would dispose of an american caesar as decisively and effectively as the roman caesar was disposed of it if report be true the moneyed men meni the politicians the tho corporations corporation st the immense monopolies have lately ordained this third lioan nomination at ii ranch branch their flat is the law of this land the people papio must accept it bolens volens in discussing this contingency tin gency some borne or of the journals Is raise the cry ot of immediate aeja hism we antoci pate nothing ot the kind hundreds of thousands of young meu mea with muscles of iron and hearts of alre lor their country would in this generation ny ily to arms in defence of the republic the moment the signal fot tor the inauguration augu ration of imperialism were div given en and it these in the open field should not be enough there would be a chosen few to dye the imperial robes in proper colors and aud with the proper dye dyes the hearts bloof of the usurp usurper erg ers be he entitled king emperor or president but dut general grant G rant would never attempt to overthrow tho the republic he has not the army and the moment an attempt Is made to create one the people will become alar alarmed meol the chief danger in thus departing from the usages of our forefathers fa would be the effect upon the people in accustoming them to rulers tor for long periods so soon as our people reconcile themselves toa to a third term president they have taken a long stride towards reconciling themselves to a fourth term president what Is inculcated habit babit in this generation becomes natural to the next they see very little wrong in a fifth term president a sixth ac 2 which la Is tho the natural life of a ruler ot of the requisite age but long ere coming to this such easy though grand departures from usage would work just as easily though great departures from the constitution and it if such a ruler were not by that time king or emperor in name he would be in fact tact the sacramento union thinks grant will not be so foolish as to accept a third term nomination but still that the nation is corrupt enough and the danger is not to be despised that assassination is futile and that a one term amendment is necessary to the safety of the public the federal constitution contains no prohibition hibi tion it merely nixes fixes the term sor tor which the president shall be elected at tour four years but does not inhibit any man from re reelee elec tion as often as be he sees fit to stand and the country to support him there Is nothing in the law to prevent grant from becoming a candidate nor from holding the office if elected nothing but precedent that Is all against it president washington after reluctantly consenting to serve servo a term declined the nomI nomination n for a third this action was interpreted by the miJo majority rity ot of the people as implying on the part of the father of his country a wish to establish a rule which it if faithfully adhered toi top to would avoid C mes es res arism in america and make it impossible f ton tor or any man ever to use this office of or so great power for the overthrow ot of republican institutions tut ions the rule has up to this time been as religiously respected as any part of the constitution and we have no doubt that the man bho vho lends his name to any party upon any pi pt elext of necessity to a reversal or contempt ot of the precedent s so 0 long established will be disgraced by F th the e mos MOB most esi esl overwhelming defeat we do not take grant for a man of so shallow judgment as not to know this and therefore whatever may be done or doing by interested and boolish friends to push him forward for a third torm term we feel confident that he Is not a party to it arii apil that at the proper time he will say so with enough empria emphasis sis sig to silence the report and set right defere the nation cabs Coss arism is one of the natural out growths of a government like that of ours which compares better with the roman republic than any other and in which corruption is as rito rife now as it was ing the days of julius and pompey let no american flatter himself t that harthe the danger of the situation Is overdrawn in these extract or blat because we are americans americana of the nineteenth century is impossible we are not better nor sowell so well weli and loew educated in the art of self government and gud the me love of liberty as the romans were loo years B C we are not as intellectual a peo people ahe as the athenians in the age of gir pericles the roman senate when the republic fell was not as corrupt as the american congress of 1872 the body of the lotion was wets not 43 much af afflict luct ed by the cor con corruptions corrupt ti ions lons 0 us C IF the 9 wealthy as our people i now low are rity ruty by that class havo have not as strong an aversion to kings and eing kag cratt craft as the tho romans had did no triumph until the greatest and first of the baars ba ars paid the penalty of his ambition at the hands bands of the lovers of liberty the assassination was iv As fruitless S history ia instructs ta lis that we e cannot rely irely on that as a remedy the defective constitution I be changed and cured of its defects detects and this should be made a prominent issue in all cur senatorial and congressional elections and aud la ju the ni next at presidential clia clin enin earn laign theone the one term principle commends itself to our reason and to the safety of the republic the danger Is not now nor in grant grants but in the future when some man of great capacity and corresponding ambit ton on shall shail entrench himself in the prest dental office and treat the precedent established by washington and respect respected eJ since sinco with contempt THE bables BABIES S AND THE MOTHERS A fine time was had in san francisco july 20 when a prize baby show was held in pacific hall henry T bray a natural blonde aged 12 months was decided the handsomest baby prize a carriage ada florence and iva edna stevens bom bob july 13 the handsomest twins prize 10 Heavies heaviest thead head of hair constantine polleen Po licen ileen smallest feet and hands alice wilhurst Gil hurst fattest dark eyed eyed baby L sherman aged 14 months we weight prize silver sliver si iver lver cup fattest blue eyed baby willam bigelow aged four months prize silver cup in this there was a tie but the decision was given by lot to william his rival alvord rollins received a handsome white carriage smallest baby eugenie alame aged six weeks weight 21 2 lbs ibs in full dres dress S pr prize iz a 20 handsomest mother mrs gracie grade mestayer nee riddle kiddle P riz rizie fe gold medal youngest mother mrs john R walsh not quite fifteen years old baby two months old prize a gold set oldest mother mrs sinclair nifty fifty s six ix i years infant 10 months prize a pair of jet bracelets best dressed of six babies georges guittard prize large hobbyhorse hobby horse sweetest smiling not smelling baby anna reid prize large doll doli do biggest crier on shortest notice laura estella evans prize large blackhair black hair ed doll VICE PRESIDENT wilson the washington star of july 16 has the following concerning the paralytic attack of vice vicer P president e idzi wilson information has reached vice president wilsons Wll wil sons friends in this city in regard to his physical condition he has had a well defined though rather slight attack of paralysis the stroke deprived him of control of the muscles on one side of his bis face and has considerably disfigured him it hasas basas a consequence somewhat affected his speech he has had the services and advice of several of the most d distinguished uala tala 9 w h ion d physicians who have given spec special attention t t en t to the treatment of paralysis sis and they hold out strong hopes of permanent recovery in case he will wholly abstain from brain wort work for the present it is regarded as extremely doubtful whether the physicians will consent to his presiding in ia the senate at the opening ot of the next session 0 METHODIST CENTENARY sunday july was the one hundredth anniversary of the first conference of methodist preachers in america and centennial services were held in st georges church philadelphia P I 1 a and other methodist methodi st ch churches c h e s in n that city in honor of the event invitations were exten ex tended d to prominent ministers of the denomination throughout the union and the occasion was largely attended canada being also represented 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