...shall have served three and a half years, and this three and a half years constitute my first term. The wise custom which limits the President to two...be a candidate for or accept another nomination.' I have not changed, and shall not change the decision thus announced." It has been said of President...

...shall have served three and a half years, and this three and a half years constitutes my first term. The wise custom which limits the President to two...I be a candidate for or accept another nomination. From that period to the present time President Roosevelt has not only not deviated from his decision...

...term. The wise custom which limits the President to two terms regards the substance and not the form. Under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination." In Indianapolis Senator Fairbanks was told of a New York dispatch saying that the Democratic National...

...exceedingly attractive one to the people. As soon as his election was assured, he gave out the following: " Under no circumstances will I be a candidate for, or accept, another nomination." This declaration of his respect for the custom which limits the presidency to two terms, is to be taken...

...election in 1904. It will be recalled that at that time Mr. Roosevelt made use of this emphatic language: "Under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination." The North American Review writer, after a careful analysis of Mr. Roosevelt's declaration, contends that...

...shall have served three and a half years, and this three and a half years constitute my first term. The wise custom which limits the President to two...be a candidate for, or accept, another nomination." He received the largest popular majority ever given to any candidate, and even carried Missouri, which...

...term. The wise custom which limits the President to two terms regards the substance, and not the form. Under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination." The President's announcement was a great surprise to the public. Probably the tradition against a third...

...term. The wise custom which limits the President to two terms regards the substance, and not the form. Under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination." The President's announcement was a great surprise to the public. Probably the tradition against a third...

...shall have served three-and-a-half years, and these three-and-a-half years constitute my first term. The wise custom which limits the President to two...be a candidate for or accept another nomination." It has been reported that one reason for Mr. Roosevelt's adhering thus firmly to his negative decision,...

...shall have served three and a half years, and this three and a half years constitute my first term. The wise custom which limits the President to two...be a candidate for or accept another nomination." I have not changed and shall not change the decision thus announced. How It Was Accepted. The President...