 in retiring from the presidential office after their second term, has become, by universal concurrence, a part of our republican system of government, and that any departure from this time-honored custom would be unwise, unpatriotic and fraught with peril...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 3771927Full view - About this book
 | David Henry Montgomery - United States - 1916 - 810 pages
...but the House of Representatives passed a resolution by 234 to 18, declaring that such a nomination would be " unwise, unpatriotic, and fraught with peril to our free institutions." The Republican Convention demanded the resumption of specie payment at the earliest practicable date.... | |
 | De Alva Stanwood Alexander - 1916 - 514 pages
...it resolved that any departure from the time-honored custom of limiting the Presidency to two terms would be unwise, unpatriotic, and fraught with peril to our free institutions. 1 It was thought at the time an unusual display of selfreliance for a House of moderate, careful members,... | |
 | Louis Arthur Coolidge - 1917 - 642 pages
...retiring from the presidential office after their second term, has become, by universal occurrence, a part of our republican system of government, and...and fraught with peril to our free institutions." velously popular, but there were whispers that as Speaker he had been involved in questionable deals,... | |
 | Louis Arthur Coolidge - 1917 - 642 pages
...retiring from the presidential office after their second term, has become, by universal occurrence, a part of our republican system of government, and...and fraught with peril to our free institutions." velously popular, but there were whispers that as Speaker he had been involved in questionable deals,... | |
 | Charles Willis Thompson - New York (State) - 1918 - 368 pages
...block him by passing a resolution declaring that the custom of giving a President only two terms ' has become, by universal concurrence, a part of our republican system of government.' But there was no universal concurrence about it, and the resolution was a political device to embarrass... | |
 | William Henry Hudson, Irwin Scofield Guernsey - United States - 1922 - 778 pages
...when the House of Representatives passed a resolution stating that the breaking of a time-honoured custom " would be unwise, unpatriotic, and fraught with peril to our free institutions." Blaine was undoubtedly the leading candidate, although the above1 Haworth, The United States in Our... | |
 | Louis Arthur Coolidge - 1922 - 320 pages
...retiring from the presidential office after their second term, has become, by universal occurrence, a part of our republican system of government, and...and fraught with peril to our free institutions." velously popular, but there were whispers that as Speaker he had been involved in questionable deals,... | |
 | Literature - 1916 - 442 pages
...resolution that any departure from the "time-honored" custom which limits the president to two terms, would be "unwise, unpatriotic, and fraught with peril to our free institutions." But history, like a balky child, refuses to repeat itself when most desired to do so. The House refused... | |
 | Theodore Clarke Smith - 1925 - 670 pages
...movement, which passed without debate, December 15. It declared that "any departure from this time honored custom would be unwise, unpatriotic and fraught with peril to our free institutions." 2 Garfield voted with the majority. Their next step was to start a series of investigations with the... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - United States - 1927 - 910 pages
...by the House in December, 1875, by the decisive vote of 233 to 18, to the effect that a third term would be "unwise, unpatriotic, and fraught with peril to our free institutions," spiked the guns of the Grant boom. The Republican convention, which met at Cincinnati on June 14, 1876,... | |
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