Show ANTI THIRD TERM determined resolutions against im no hero worship by W U tel to tha JUNCTION ST louis may colonel blueford wilson of made spee chin which jio declared anwa ering hostility to violation of the precedent set by tho father of his country against a third term precedent which had long been recognized as u common unwritten law the pirty where do you find the third term supporters in illinois in wisconsin in iowa in the new england states these spates are dent as to the endor of the i bird term principle in south carolina which represent represents s the most de braved political ideas iu alabama in other southern where there is no shadow of hope that there will be a single electoral vote for republican candidates condi dates a voice is raised for a third term the committee on permanent organization reported as follows and the report wa adopted president john B vice president II 11 halls new york franklin mac iveagh illinois E R wood penn sylvania vania otto Kirsch marer michigan jolin W carter tl M furnee georgia G W bry ant south carolina M E bryant alabama L N robort A hill indiana J U wells florida R E Rom baur dr 11 J lamupe missouri sennta nee cl gilbert iowa E II 11 fos ter missouri J W wilson col F F Le derber missouri general henferson Hen Jerson in taking the plat tonn outlined briefly the ur pe and scope of the convention the question great unwritten law of presidents and memorable customs which was at beast as far as the written code hould be observed in the nomina lion of president he quoted gen grants speeches at bloomington and little rock to disprove that there was need of a strong government ue asserted that of the state i which pennsylvania alne would be able to him a satu electoral vote even illinois was doubtful in its choice ind almost certain to oppose the election 01 urani in case 01 ana nomination if the chicago convention would force him on the party it might become necessary to declare an eternal dissolution of all connection with them and to affirm the right to call a convention and act independently mr whitridge in behalf of the committee of the independent republican party the ghate of new Y rk pros emed a message li fering the con sympathy and co operation lie tha the party in alia jihizo who eliav hesitated nd done nothing to make ane state convention have falsely endeavored to represent new york as a unit for grant the re of new york nere not a unil for grant and he believed ft majority of them oppose bin nomination mr wood of philadelphia pre anted r message from republican of that city in the same tenor ai motion a committie of thirteen thir teea was appointed by the chair td consider nod report a plat form all the resolutions to be referred to the committee Tele rains and letters from nil parts ef the country expressing ryar pathy with the purpose of the convention were read among the number were messages from aeo oeo W curtis and secretary schurz II 11 randall wilmington Wil mingon del rom a citizens of wisconsin at ladbon ben J butterworth member of contres Con pres from cincinnati fram the committee of he league philadelphia rey R II 11 klifton kl ilton new york lev aft man pierrepont hegt lare number ohio republicans thurion wel new york ht v henry W n how new york bor johng john G long J W now york J D cox ohio W everett prof chadburn of william college mathew hale albany W P condy wilmington N C i gen J II 11 watson maa E W paducah Pad ky li browning quincy ills simuel mckee cha ambr aper leonard bacon haven W 11 leader austin tex gen A C mcclurg ch B dennison Dep nison muscatine iowa and others the report of the committee on resolutions waa read as followay nj at once adopted without debate in pursuance of demand and representing the convictions of what we believe to be a majority of the rep publican party throughout the union thi convention of republic cabb baa assembled fop the purpose of declaring their convictions with reference to the aspect of political the deliberate and emphatic expression is especially demanded in diw ot the determined effort to dorco upon the party the nominal 00 candidate candi data for presidency for a third term in defiance not only of the traditions of the by ita porn meni aa and by unbroken and venerable usage and down to the present ime but falgo of the golting iong of alie republican party through convention in the largest and xin trolling republican re by it representatives in a copular branch of congram and adapts by the party in the of il latest liil kiil bi it resolved the convention for thoice whom they hereby r effirm their adhesion a the principle of thal republican party a giorc tolore set forth by ilif tind in view of the do especially re the docent of the republican convention a follows follo wt by the convention of new york 1875 we declare our unalterable opposition to tion of ony president for ft third armi by the detate convention fit and ro in cotov we are unalterably ed to the election to the arm of tn fer a third terin by I th e state convention of ohio observance of example will be in future as it has been in the past regarded as a fundamental rule in the written lw of the republic by the massachusetts republican convention of sound reason as well as wie and unbroken usage of the republic illustrated by the example of washington requires eliat the term of chief magistrate of the united stated shall not A second term like sentiments hav ing been announced by the republican conventions of minnesota and other republican states all having been affirmed in december 1875 by an overwhelming majority of both political parties in the national bouse that the nomination of a third term candidate is especially to be deprecated because it will unavoidably put the republican party on the defensive because it revise the memory of public scandals and official corruption which brought our party to the verge of ruin and will again alienate a large and powerful body of voters without whose aid is neither possible nor deserved while in the character and surroundings of the third term candidate we find no guarantee against their recurrence but rather renewed munte nance in the history of the men who are loudest in his support that we boliere that the questions now agitating the public mind connected as they are with currency civil railroads and aneina of intercom require talents of a trained statesman we find object eions to a third term nomination now urged upon the country also in that it world substitute a dangerous tendency to personal government for a determined and unwearied effort for a true reform of the civil service that reform and thorough we declare to be vital to the safety of the republic itself that as republicans we cannot be hero worshippers wor shippers and we demand from a party without a master the nomination of a candidate without a stain lle solved that a national commit tee ot be appointed and instructed in the great event of the nomination of general grant to leei in the city of new york at the cill of the chairman of this committee and there to act in such manner as they shall deem best to carry out the spirit and purposes of these resolutions the said committee to be selected by a committee of thirteen and publish ed at its earliest convenience the committee appointed in accordance cor dance with the platform was in strutted ted to a committee of five to present the resolutions to tha chicago convention after adopting the customary resolutions of courtesy the convention adjourned fine die many delegates who had expected to be present failed to appear and abent letters and telegrams of regret but the ball was well fille with an audience of about TOO persons of whom were delegat ex in appearance the convention om pared favorably with any like body nd was hit to he attained the were dignified and characterized by earnest purposes which favorably impressed atia audience and command i act from llie outset there was no t ampt to introduce the name of any presidential aspirant but the convention went quietly lo 10 work to in what it was ailed for and when ched quietly adjourned jour ned |