Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1920-07-30
CooLIDGE's ACCEPTANCE.

To the formal notification of his NOM
nation for the vice presidency the gov
ernor of Massachusetts Tuesday re-
sponded with formal acceptance. The
opening paragraph of his speech rose
to high level both of sentiment and
of style, and that lofty level he main
tanned throughout his address. Gov
crnor Coolidge has few equals in this
country in "the fine art of putting
things"
Hardly paragraph lacked its cpl
gram, but those crisp sentences not
only glittered and stuck in the mem
DRY, they packed big ideas in few
words Rejecting the rule. of law is
accepting the sword of force" "Vol-
untary autocracy was established tenn
porarily that freedom might be cstab-
lished permanently "All true
Americans are working for each other,
exchanging the results of the efforts
of hand and brain wrought through
the unconsumed efforts of yesterday
what we call capital, all paying and
being paid by each other, serving and
being served.'' Such sentences dis
close a thinker whose mind has mas
tered the foundations upon which pop.
ular government must rest
More often than all others two words
appear in the speech Claw and
"service" Liberty under law and the
dependence Of the public welfare upon
mutual srvice are twosofatlfe outstnnd I
ing points of the address. The spirit
of New England and of the founders
of the republic throbs in such SEN
tence as this: "'Men speak of natural
rights, but ! challenge anyone to show
where in nature any rights ever exis-
ted or were recognized until there was
established for their declaration and
protection a duly promulgated body of
corresponding laws And sautary
warning sounds in this passage: "The |
victory in France will not be found to
be substitute for further human eff
fort and endeavor. 1t did not create |
magic resources out of which wages
could be paid that were not earned or
profits be made without corresponding
SERVICE Such excerpts fairly rep.
resent the quality of the whole.
Governor Coolidge declares in general |
terms for the return of the country to |
Il peace basis-"not the peace basis |
of 1914, which is gone forever, but to |
the higher and nobler basis of the |
PRESENT. for the elimination of gov
crnmcntal extravaganza; for the re-
ducton of the cost of living-referring |
by the scarcity they do not cause;'
for Il new attitude towards industry
and additional help for the farm; for
the conservation of our resources; for
an American, not partisan, admins
tration of our foreign relations; for
a more general recognition of the rights
of the colored people. Specifically he
wants a revision of the excess profits
tax and the laying of customs taxes
on imports; all possible aid for those
who fought in the war and their de-
pcndants equal suffffrage-which "is
not party question, although nearly
.ix.scvcnths of the ratifyng legisla
ures have been Republican, and the
making of can immediate peace as soon
rs the Republican party is given power
by the people As to the league of
nations, using "language purposely
,road, not exclusive, but inclusive"
he nominee says; "Our party, by the
ecord of its members in the senate
md by the solemn declaration of its
platform, by performance and by prom
Sc, approves the principle of agree
nent among nations to preserve peace
md pledges itself TO the making of
uch an agreement, preserving Amer
can independence and rights, as will
meet every duty America owes to hui
nanity.' Nowhere has the essence of
he party's position been more simply i
stated.