The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-10-29
COOLIDGE TALKS
IN NEW YORK CITY
VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
OUTLINES POLICIES FOR
WHICH PARTY STANDS.


| New York-Governor Calvin Cool
idge of Massachusetts promised in a
speech here last night that under a
republican administration the United
States 'will continue to contribute its
full power to the building of civiliza-
tion," although he admitted that
what form the new association of
nations will take no man can tell"
Although the exact nature of the
association in which America would
join is as yet unknown, the republi-
can candidate for vice president said
that certain points "are now fixed"
America" he said twill not toler-
ate any uper-government. The ma
tion will never mumiliate itself by
leaving the determination of its duties
to any other jurisdiction. There are
provisions in the covenant submitted
| by the president to the senate to
which we shall never agree. 1t will
make no agreement that it is not
prepared to execute.
"There will be no shameful surren-
der of our independence of action.
There will be no hesitation to meet
every obligation first to our country !
men, than to the rest of the world |
But we shall continue to maintain |
that patriotism is respectable"
The republican national platform,
Governor Coolidge said, contains
nothing which will prevent taking
the good in the treaty and in the
covenant and excising or amending
those things that are consonant with
American traditions and habits"
Governor Coolidge said he thought
Senator Harding was right in re-
fusing to pledge himself to proceed
by amendment of the existing treaty
and the existing covenant"
Senator Harding" he declared, ''has
been charged with saying he was
seeking rejection of the entire cove
nent. He never said that He in
common with nearly all the people,
desires the rejection of certain ob1i-
cations of the covenant. America /
must throw her great weight on the {
side of such an association Of ma {
tions as will best promote a durable I
peace" {
The candidate began his address by I
a discussion of American institutions. c
He spoke of the platform of the two {
major parties, saying that in the pre-
smble Of the democratic document, i
there is pertentious significance in d
The glorification of man." while the @
republican platform 'reaffirms it's T
devotion to the constitu-
ion of the United States and to the h
guarantee of civil, political and re- b
igious liberty therein contained" a
National elections, he said, are +
Americas safety valve with "the p
contest between po- e
itical parties a very true substitute h
or forcible revolution The issue of a
he present campaign, he declared v
vas "shall the democratic party be
etired from the administration of the t
government of the United State and e.
hall the republican party be entrust- tt
d with the administration of that r
government"
He maintained there was not neces- e.
arily any disgrace connected with tt
he failure Of the administration to IL
etain the confidence of a great, ct
people, but held that when T
his occurred there should be a rt
hange from one party to the other, HI
dding: "This condition appears to al
ave arrived in America"
The governor criticised the failure b.
f the administration to take advant- h,
ge of postwar conditions to capital e(
e on our merchant marine and de- pl
ared one Of the first undertaking pl
{ the republicans would be on the ia
ould be "to salvage what they can 81
ut of the colossal loss that has been ca
Uttered through inefficiency of the
board"
To illustrate a point connected with
1e discussion of President Wilson's in
reign policy Governor Coolidge told m
story of the Greek philosopher, tn
hales, "who, when wandering in the W
elds looking at the stars, fell into be
t. A peasant woman passing by M
as asked to pull him out, and, da
she asked how he had
lllen there. He said he was examin-
g the stars. With woman's wit, ag
le repliedy Foolish man, how canst vi
ou expect to know the stars if thou ST
,st not know what lies at thy feet ?" tn
"Many centuries passed and an tn