Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-11-14
'NGODKE TRUST" OMITTED.
PRESIDENT SAYS us USE on
COINS IEVITES LEVITY-
rs Reply 10 Profesf-So EzTrzsf =
Lzs Fer The Asffs-It Is = EffeCt
Irreyerezce Dangerously CIsse
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The Prsssaenr ezgsed 70 be given
Oag ~ fhs white House yesterday a
eopv..of Z letter whieb = being sent %
az -ersCus ard organizations sendIng
pfotezts 70 him against tie omission
- In God We Trust from the rev
eoins- TIE letter follows
WbeD tile question 81 tibe Tex coin
age came up ne looked into tae law
ard found there was no warrant there
n for pnftlng In God We Trust" On
tfse cCiBs- As tie custom. zIfhO1gb
wltb0ut legal warrant. had grown mp
however. I might have felt a. Liberty
- keep the inscription had / ap-
proved = its being on tile coinage.
Bot as ! did not approve u il I did
not direct that Il should again BE- pat
on. ~ course the matter o Iaw ls
absolutely IN the hands of C0DgTess
and aBy decision d Congress fn The
matter will be Immediately oteyed.
~ present. As J have said, there -
no warrant IN law for tie inscription
Ny own feeling IN the matter -
due 10 ms very GrEn conviction thai
% pat sBch a motto or coins Or 70 use
IL ia any kindred manner not only
does 10 good, but does positive bars8
comes dangerously close 70 sacriIege-
4 teA8fifni and solemn sentences s0ch
a. the one In question should De treat
ed AMI uttered only with that fne rev
ereBee which necessarily implies . eer-
tain exaIfatiOn Of spirit. Any use
which tends 10 cbespen il, and above
all any use which tends 10 secure 5fs
icing treated ~ a spirit " Ieyltys IS
froB eyeTr standpoint profoundly 70
b. regretted.
Il i . motto which II Is indeed veil
70 have inscribed Oh our great nation
- monuments, IN our temples - jus
tlee. in our legislative halls, and IN
buildings sDesg ~ those ~ West Point
a8d lsnnapOlis-5u Eisorts Wherever g.
w5ii tend 20 AROUSE ard inspire lofty
emotion ~ those who lOOk thereon.
Egg IL seems 70 me erBinectiy UnwIse
- clsezpsD such motto by Use On
coins, just ss IL would ~ - cilezpeD
5t ~ Dse Oh postage stafDps u SB al
geEt5seEDeDfs. Ag regards its use on
tie eoIDzze, Ne have zetuzl expegseDee
b. wEfoiB - -. In All ny life 4
have sevsg bezFd S1y human DeiDZ
SPEAK res esensiy - this nsOtt0 CD s6e
c0l8s os SLOW aDy signs - ifs having
apf,ezlsd ~ any high emotion IN
blfg. but ! hzge bDEdse1g ~ times
siesnd Il ese1 ~ az occasion ~ ard
5DeltemeaG ~ sDeesIDE Tl1ieyJe wb5e8
- is abOge ~ things BDdeslgzDIe
tfzt - bezstff0i ard exsItsd = phrase
should excite.
FOR ezaeDg5es throughout tie IoDE
contest extending over several 1sea1es
on the free eOfDzge ggests0D tie ex-
1sssBee - ibis motto o. tie coins Vas
q constant source ~ JEST afsd gi1icDic,
So tSfg was 00ay0fdaoie. BVegg
oss sapst semeWber the 5DDBWeEabie
ezrsOlDs sgd articles bzssd OD pl5gaSes
ifke 's1n God We IFDet-foF fiSe EIz0t
Ceats." 10 goa We JgGst-~fOF tie
slsGst Weight, y I'm G01 fte Trust
fOs tlss Tb1Fty Ce1ts ete 30 NOt
FAY ap9 - f0glb and - fOstl.
surely ! an well within b0BS1s wien
J so lhat ass ~ tie phrase WHICH
lsv5tes constant leglty ~ THE type -
ns0ss undesirable n Congress alters
the iaw ard directs me ~ replace %
sils coins TIE sentence IN question e1e
dseIslon viii - Immediately POI into
e0eets bat : gefT earnestly tFOsf that
afss religious sentiment u the e0uD~
tSy ne spirit - rsVereDee u the conn
y.wfIf prevent any such aetlOD being
taken, THEODORE lsOOSEvELT.