Arizona republican., 1920-10-27
COOLIDGE DECLARES
 REPUBLICAN, PARTY
 FOR AMERICA FIRST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26-The Re- publican party walks the high road of American government for Ameri- cans' and "the American people walk with that party" Governor Coolidge declared in a final reelection state ment made public here tonight. The Republican vice. presidential candidate said the issues of campaign. fin the minds of most Americans have been reduced to one. the question of whether our government shall or shall not be a constitutional government. a government of laws and not of men,"
 The Republican party" the candi- date asserted. stands upon the foun- dation of our American constitution. It will not depart from 1t. The Demo- cratic party under the spell of a dominating personality has stepped down from that foundation and points to a mirage in which there is no sustenance and no life.
 The shores of history are strewn with tho wreckage of republics which fell by the ambition of selfish despots, blight of an unwise personal ex- altation."
 Governor Cooiidge's statement fol- lows:
 The issues of this campaign are so | simple and they are so we'll understood ! by the people. that there can be no doubt of tho verdict which the voters win give on November 2. These issues may be condensed into one. That is. the question whether our government shall or shall not be a constitutiona' government. a government of laws and not 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. 1t will matter little what else we do. It will avail us not at all to profess a great purpose in the affairs of our brother nations if at home we have failed to maintain and apply our own proved righteous ness of representative government.
 Forefathers Saw Future.
 When the wise and unselfish mer who laid the foundation for the United States of America indicated the future for us. they we'll knew that issues oi the moment would change; they wei knew each generation would face new problems. As they knew the course: of history: as they knew the recort of change and progress from the past they foresaw the changes and prog ress that must come with the future
 When they shaped a document fo the inspiration of their fellow patriot and the guidance of the nation. the, left the way open for such growth ant such adoption of new devices a exigencies of time would demand. Bu they created and left for us, their de scendants, an instrument soundly con structed, and calculated as a basis fo the permanent structure of liberty il our land.
 Tt is the continuous problem of gov ernment to adapt ourselves to ney deeds. but never to undermine tn foundations of free government. Tn shores of history are strewn with th wreckage of republics which fell befor the ambitions of selfish despots o which disintegrated beneath the bligh of an unwise personal exaltation.
 "Our own government can continu
 only upon the basis upon which it , built And we can see through tn
 world and particularly we can see i at this time. the penalties exacte , from those who let untrained and ur i thinking desires stampede the peop. 1 from paths of sanity and those WI i would falsely in the betrayed nan D of freedom. substitute a personal di, - tatorship for a government of by, ar e for the people.
 e Tt matters little in the final cons, - tquences what may be the professiC
 of the motives of those who seek |
 personal aggression to displace q
 authority of a free people exert. 1' through tested and proven channels e representative and constitutional go - eminent. For constitutional gover a ment once destroyed cannot easily e restored. Forewarnings of disast x must be needed. lest they are su U, ceeded by cancerous and fat .e growth beyond the reaches of cure. ie Stands For Constitution.
 "The Republican party stands up 'e the foundation of our American co rs stitution. It will not depart from lt The Democratic party. under the SD
 Of dominating personality. h l- stepped down from the foundation Q s points to a mirage in which there m no sustenance and no life.
 se "The Republican party demands co le rection of all the ills which have be