| Show 10 X 0 THIRD T 71 D TE TEMu 42 W A da E D president mckinley puts an end to the talk t ol 01 f renoma bating 0 by publicly announcing his opposition to the scheme cabinet approves Approve sl of 0 his action washington june 11 the following statement has been given out at the white house 1 I regret that the suggestion of a third term has been made I 1 doubt whether I 1 am called upon to give it notice but there are now questions of the gra gravest importance before the administration and the country and their just consideration should not be prejudiced in the public mind even by the suspicion 0 of the thought ot of a third term in view therefore of the reiteration of the suggestion of it I 1 will say now once tor for all expressing a long settled conviction that ith at I 1 not only am not and will not te 1 e a candidate for a third term tout would not accept a nomination for it it it were tendered me my only ambition is to serve through my second term to the acceptance of my countrymen whose generous confidence I 1 so deeply appreciate and then with them to do my duty to in the ranks tanks of private citizenship signed WM mckinley executive mansion washington D C june 10 1901 president mckinless McKin leys official announcement no rio this morning dis disposing g ot of the third term idea suggested by s some ome of his admirers created no great surprise among his friends who have known of his deep convictions on the subject when senator depenb suggestion ten days ago that the president should be elected reelected re tor for a third term began to be seriously discussed and when several of the president presidents friends felt called upon to endorse th ake e idea the president decided that the public mind should be instantly cleared even of the suspicion that he was seeking see k to break down the precedent of the past by becoming a candidate for a third term he ile broached the subject to secretary long late yesterday afternoon ter noon he told him he believed an announcement at the very inception of the discussion would be wise and andl last night informed the members of the cabinet who had been informally called together of his decision it met with hearty approval there was unanimous concurrence in the belief that the discussion of a third term for the president allowed to go on would not only place the president in a false light before the country but would arouse antagonism and would badly embarrass the administration in the solution of tho the great questions before it the brief announcement which the president had prepared was given out by secretary cortelyou at noon today rieveland Ci cleveland eveland ohio juno june 11 it Is just what I 1 expected the prudent president would say it he said anything at all on the subject was the comment of senator hanna when he read president mc me Kin leys statement in reference to a third term terra 1 I have never exchanged one word with the president leoncer nIng the matter he continued and have considered all the talk bearing on the subject premature according to my judgment it Is too early to discuss presidential candidates for the next term asked II 11 he was in favor of maintaining the precedent established by president washington in ja refer nece neCO to the number at of years the chief executive should hold office mr ilan 1 I dont think the precedent set by br washington has a great deal to do doi with the matter but there Is undoubtedly a strong sentiment among the people against such a proposition |
