Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-27


whether our government shall or
shall rot be a constitutional govern
ment. government Of laws and not
Of men," said Gov. Coolidge, repub-
lican nominee for Vice President, in q
final pre-eleetion statement made
public here.
THE republican party" he contin-
ued. Stands upon the foundation Of
our American Constitution. 1t will
rot depart from it. The democratic
party. under the spell of a dominat-
ing personality, has stepped down
from that foundation and points to q
mirage in which there is no susie
nance and no life.
The republican party walks the
high road Of American government for
Anne ricans- The American people will
walk with that party"
Gov. Coolidge's statement follows:
Says Issues Are staple.
The issues of this campaign are
stood by the people. that there can be
no doubt Of the verdict which the vot-
ers will give on November 2. These
issues may be condensed-and in the
minds OF most Americans have been
condensed-into one-that is. the ques-
ton whether our government shall or
shall not be constitutional government,
government Of laws. and not Of men,
Every other consideration comes
back to this. For unless we hold fast
to those principles which are the heart
and soul of our republic, it will mat
ter little what else we do. It will
avail US not at all to profess great
purpose in the affairs Of our brother
nations 1t at home we have failed
to maintain and apply our own proved
Righteousness Of representative gov
eminent. e
when the wise and unselfish men
who laid the foundation fors the
United States Of America indicated
the future for us. they well knew
that issues of the moment would
change; they well knew that each
generation would face new problems.
as they knew the record of change
and progress from the past, they
foresaw the changes and the prog
ress that must como with the future.
When they shaped a document for
the inspiration Of their fellow patriots
and for the guidance of the nation
they left the way open for such
growth and such adoption Of new de-
vices as the exigencies Of time would
demand. But they created and left
for US. their descendants, an instru-
ment which was soundly constructed,
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for the permanent structure OF liberty
in our land.
Only One Basis for Z. 3.
1T is the continuous problem of
government to adapt ourselves to
new needs, but never to undermine
the foundations Of free government.
The shores of history are strewn with
the wreckage of republics which fell
before the ambitions OF selfish
despots. or which disintesrated be-
meath the blight Of an unwise per-
sonAl exultation. = = - :
"Our own government can. continue
only upon the basis upon which 1t is
built. And we can see through the
world, and particularly We can see 1t
at this time, the penalties -exacted
from those who let unframed and un-
thinking desires stampede the peo-
pie from paths of sanity. and those
who would falsely in the betrayed
name Of freedom substitute 4 person
al dictatorship for a government Of.
by and for the people.
ut matters little, in the final con-
sequences, what may be the profess
sions or the motives of those who
seek by personal aggression to dis
place the authority Of a free. people
exerted through tested and proved
channels OF representative and con-
|stitutionai. government. For consti-
tutional government once destroyed
cannot easily be restored. ForeWarn-
inss Of disaster must be needed. lest
they are succeeded by cancefous and
fatal growth beyond the reach Of
cure.
THE republican party stands upon
the foundation Of our American Con.
stitution. 1t will not depart from it
The democratic party, under the spell
of dominating personality, has step
| ped down from that foundation, and
iY~ int % mi tn vr-Hf nt. l.
no sustenance and no life.
Demands Correction Of Ills.
THE republican party demands cor
rection of all the ills which have been
bred in the false doctrines Of extra
constitutional government; it de-
mands removal OF burdens placed
upon the people through disregard
/ of the sane functions of government
functions which must be directed with
The world war has been ended for
two years; yet the burdens of that
war rest heavily upon the shoulders
OF the American people. Waste.
which may be viewed with federation
under the stress of haste of war, cam
j not SO be regarded in times of peace.
We are at peace. The technicalities
of the situa tion do not remove the
fact that we have no war with any
land, nor do they alleviate the injury
done the American people during the
past two years, and before the war,
under the administration Of the ex-
ecutiye department Of the government
by the democratic party. Retention
in government employ of vast num-
bers of employees the occasion for
whose employment has passed; re-
tention of taxes, devised for emer-
gencies, beyond the period Of their
initiation and their @necessity-these
extravagances. coupled with such in
efficiency as has been manifest In our
Post ONCE Department. such fail
ure of cooperation as Investigations
have disclosed in the. Navy Depart
ment. such intustices as have marred
the War Department. have aroused
the people to an Indignation which
can be satisfied only by discharging
those servants who have been .un-
faithful and discrediting at the polls
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