The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-11-26
ELECTION VIEW
FROM COOLIDGE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS NOT
VOTED ON.
Democrats and Republicans Not In
Hueneed by Covenant Vice
Prcsident-elect Believes.

Prcsident-eiect Believes.
Boston, Nov. 23.-Vice President
elect Coolidge, speaking tonight be-
fore group of Boston business men,
asserted that in the last election the
country had expressed its opinion
against organized labor as it had a
few years ago against organized cap
ital and warned against the danger
that labor might be divorced from a
part in the government just as or
ganized capital had been divorced.
The issue of the league of nations,
Governor Coolidge said, had not been
decied by the people.
81 doubt" he said, ''if an7 partic-
ular mandate wcs given at the late
election on the question of the league
Of nations aid that was the prcpon-
derant issue. In the South, where
there was, decided opposition to the
leag,e they voted the Democratic
ticket. And as far as the league OF
nations was concerned in the North
the voting was with equal or even
greater preponderance in favor OF
the Republican ticket and, of course
marv men voted this who were in
favor Of the league. With them it
became simply question Of sup
porting the Republican or Democrat
ic party. So you can't say that there
was a preponderance Of votes against
the league of nations"
League Now Dead"
Governor Coolidge said that al
though he did not know ''what is in
the mind of Senator Harding" except
what he had gathered from his
speeches in regard to the league he
knew that the league Of nations
brought back by President Wilson
was dead" ,y,z..1
Whether The people would decide
to use the old league as working
basis IN forming new world body
was the: question, the governor as
serted. ,.ssys.
In his reference to. organized la
Dor, Governor Coolidge recalled that
ia, an, address to Dartmouth college
men last winter he had pointed out
the growth of corporate wealth
(which; had brought with it the fear
that it would undermine the founda-
tions and dominate cur government
and that this fear resulted in the
cu1 tailment rof corporate power and
influence in our government" And
I,eaued attention, he continued, "to
what / thought was coming to be
very similar situation on the part OF
organized labor which, had played SO
important part in influencing the
machinery Of our government. l
think the people of our country need
ed that warning and CARED out that
determination regarding organized
labor at the last election. !
Chance for Mistake.
'Bu. now We do not want to make
the same mistake With organized la
Dor that was made with organized
capital-to divorce it sntirely from
the affairs of government. We need
at the present time all the organiza-
lions we have in America that will
tend to upbuild and improve, to act
together for the common good OF all.
We don't want to disintegrate any
Of the force of good. We want all
the sound advice and counsel we
can get from what ever source. There
IS grave danger of reaction at the
present time of a reaction that will
not be of permanent benefit to the
United States. You know when the
people of the United States get
started along a given line they are
apt to go to extremes or to 60 fur
ther than the facts and circumstances
warrant. It. may be well for all OF
us to realize that the government OF
the United States was organized to1
Justice to all and that each should
have an influence in its control"
, The dinner at which the governor
spoke was given in his hono1~by the
Commercial, Merchants and Beacon
club at the Algonquin CLUB.
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