The Owosso times., 1920-10-29
COOLIDGE is LAUDED BY
J. S. FRELINCHUYSEN
Brings Vive-Presidential Candidate
to the Fore As Great Exponent
of Law and Order.

Washington, October 29.-Unstint-
ed praise of Governor Calvin Coolidge
nominee for the vice presidency, is
given by Senator j. S. Frelinghuysen,
of New Jersey, based upon personal
acquaintance. He says:
"Named on our national ticket is
Calvin Coolidge. Does the Republican
candidate for Vice-president need any
introduction to an American audi
ence? 1t is true that he was only
slightly known as the Governor of a
great New England State, but,
through an incident that appealed to
every American patriot who loves
law and order and admires courage,
he became overnight an outstanding
figure in national politics.
"There have been times in our his
tory when the second in command of
our great nation has been called upon
to act as pilot and in one of these i'm
portant crisis we thanked God for a
Roosevelt. We have been too prone
to consider the Office of Vice-Presi-
dent as unimportant. Our indiffer-
ence has been, in my opinion, a great
national blunder and while we ear
nestly pray that our President may
live in health and strength and full
mental vigor, yet we must at all times
consider the Importance of a substi-
tute for the chief executive. Sena-
tor Harding himself has, by his public
declaration elevated to greater i'm
portance than ever before the posi-
tion that his colleague will occupy.
He is to be taken into the inner coun-
ellis, of the Cabinet, be a part of it
and one of its officers and therefore
it is pertinent that we discuss for
moment the qualifications Of our can
didate for Vice President.
"When the police of Boston de-
serted their posts at the behest of la
Dor agitators and those so-called
guardians of the law turned the city
over to the lawless mobs, unprotected
and powerless, Coolidge upheld the
dignity of the law and the safety of
the Commonwealth.
"No better record of the courage
and patriotism of this man can be
found than in the simple description
of that event given by him in his
speech at the Republican State Con-,
vention of Massachusetts, in fremont
Temple, October 4 >, 1919. He told of
the rule of the Commissioner of Po-
lice that the police unions of Boston
were prohibited from affiliating with
outside unions; how they disobeyed,
how the leaders were found guilty,
how the three-fourths of the police
force struck and left the State unpro-
tected, which resulted in great de-
struction of property, but fortunate
ly not in destruction of life. To re-
store order and protect the lives of
the citizens, he called out the Nation
al Guard of the State Immediately
restoring obedience to the law.
The response was instantaneous,
from the Guard, from the volunteers
and from contributions gathered
among all classes which reached hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. In his
speech he said. This issue is perfect
ly plain. The Government Of Massa-
chusetts is not seeking to resist the
lawful action of sound policy of or
ganized labor. 1t has time and again
passed laws for the protection and en-
couragement of trade unions. 1t has
done so under my administration to
a greater extent than in any previous
year. In that policy it will continue.
1t is seeking to prevent a condition
which would at once destroy all la
Dor unions and all else that is the
foundation of civilization by main
tanning the authority and sanctity of
law. When that goes, all goes
"These words were the simple
creed with which he faced this great
problem, transcedent in their pat
riotism and devotion to law and or
der.
"He said, 1T is my purpose to
maintain the government of Massa-
chusetts as it was founded by her
people, the protector of the rights of
all but subservient to none. It is my
purpose to maintain unimpaired the
authority of her laws, her jurisdic-
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