Show A QUESTION ANSWERED it seems seema as if every newspaper in the country is in periodically asked questions concerning the presidency and presidential of which have bare been answered satisfactorily or as nearly early as could be the case on each and every occasion of ourse course everybody does doea not see these replies and some borne who do peri perhaps aps forgot forget aud thus like the prodigal son they return and like the erring sons father the papers paper make them altogether welcome the NEWS im again called upon for information regarding the number of times tindes a man oae can be elected to the presidency and while cheerfully ans answer tug ing will give a few words of ex plana tion along with it the first presidential term was hold held by a nan man who accepted the place in deference to the undivided wishes of his countrymen george washington the colonies had just emerged from a long and devastating war with the mother mether country and in their dis disorganized organized and inexperienced condition deemed it wisest wises to begin the career of independence with the man at the head who had successfully led them through the war some borne historians think they would have placed a kingly crown upon his him brow if he had bad been willing to wear it but he was indeed the father of his country and would countenance nothing which madlof made of public b llo 0 officers moore anything more than the ago peopled p io so agents holding office under much the same terms that employee emp loyes in the business affairs of life do that is when not giving satisfaction they can easily be removed A more popular scheme for conducting a government could not be devised republican in its methods democratic in its essence washington Pe first term was altogether he then wished to retire but the people would not have it so the confidence in him which his successful conduct of the war had inspired had become strengthened and rooted by reason of his bis civic leadership and he was again unanimously chosen at the conclusion of this term another was waa proposed but this time he would not yield showing the people that an unlimited number of terms for any one would m mean an norvice for lifland life and this stripped or heredity in the matter of choice was equivalent to being toe the head of a constitutional monarchy no vestige of which was wag to be tolerated on this soil the fact was accepted and respected john adams who had made a good lieutenant under wash ington was given the succession but was not honored with reelection election re then than came thomas who served twice as did also his successor james madison and his successor james monroe this election for the second time was with the exception noted becoming somewhat of ef a custom but it ended with the last named the people concluding I 1 ng finally that there was no law or rule requiring them to reelect re elect and that they had as much right in law and logic to confine a man to one term as am to give or deny to him that one after monroen monroes Mon roes second term the drifting so much one way which bad previously occurred ceased the next presidential contest with four candi candidates datto in the field resulted in no choice by the electoral college followed by the house of representatives choosing john quincy adams he was again a candidate but was de feared by andrew jackson who restored the two term practice but did not traum transmit mit it the next six presidents who were chosen by electors elector and two who succeeded to the office as vice presidents by reason of death holding but one term each abraham lincoln then took the office and was reelected but assassinated a few weeks after he was worn sworn in the boond second time and nd thus thua nearly the whole ot of the latter term was waa served out by andrew john ion general grant arted served out two full terms term hayes then had bad one term garfield Oar field and arthur jointly one term cleveland one term and wax was defeated for a boond second harrison Harrl Ron one term and was defeated for a second from the foregoing resume it will be seen that of late into years the people have not taken altogether kindly on en most moat occasions to two terms term for the dent den let alone more than that if washington had adhered to his bis first resolve and not permitted to be chow chosen a second time undoubtedly his him example would have hare been followed in that respect just as am we have made what he did do de in that regard a limitation beyond which we are not presumed to go it has hai become as an unwritten laws law to violate or override which would not be treason against tile the government by any means mean nor would it of necessity nece salty be revolutionary since ince there is no written law against it but it would be a revolt against a cherished tradition an uprising against what we reverently regard as a a sacred precedent and as aa such is ia not likely to be done it has ban never in fact been attempted but onoe once that was wa at the chicago convention which nominated general garfield general gonerd 1 grants grant Ps partisans to the number of hold held together for several ballots trying to secure boure his nomination for the third but not consecutive time but to SO BO purpose and it if as ae great and popular a man as not succeed in breaking the rule it to Is not at all likely that any one else ever can |