New-York tribune., 1920-10-20
Coolidge Holds
Wilson Policies
Peril to Nation
Seizure of Autocratic Power
Was Determined Upon
Before War Began, He
Tells Kentucky Audience
Many Women Greet Him
Speeches i'll Mountain Dis
trict Everywhere Evoke
Outbursts of Applause
From a Ston CorrcsDondent


MIDDLESBORO, KY, Oct. 19.-
President Wilson's continuance of his
war policies two years after the arms-
tice is an assumption of autocratic
power which threatens free insttu-
tions, Governor Calvin Coolidge told
kentuckians here tonight
"We, the most peaceful people in the
world, find ourselves still at war, and
we will. hold responsible those who
from pride of purpose have kept US in
this unhealthy and unnatural state"
the Governor said to vast audience
which greeted him here at the end of
the second day of his 2,100-mie tour
through Kentucky, Tennessee, North
Carolina, Virginia and Maryland.
The attitude of the people as the
Governor reiterated his attacks on the
Wilson Administration in speeches de-
livered in the mountain districts was
shown in the applause which he every
whore evoked. The Governor contend
ed that the voters were seeking a
change not only because of waste and
extravaganza in government, but be-
cause they now realized that one-man
power in government affairs was de-
termncd upon before the war.
Autocracy Antedatcd War
Before the war, as after the war,
the Executive invaded directly and in
directly the properly independent func-
tions of the legislative branches of the
government" Governor Coolidge said
Before the war, IS after the war, do
mestic and foreign policies were in
augurated which violated sound prn-
ciples."
to greet the Republican nominee. At
Corbin they provided a big demonstra-
ton, headed by band. AS a tribute
quantities of grape juice were put on
the train by women residents of a
district once famous for it's moon
shine.
Webster ?. Huntington. editor of The
Toledo Times, who described himself
as a lifelong Democrat and the or
ganzer of Cox clubs in Ohio and Ken
lucky, announced that he would sup
port the Republican ticket. He joined
the Coolidge party at Corbin. In his
speech here tonight Governor Cool
idge said in part:
1--WE refuse to abandon one jot or
title of government. We will not
permit those we put into power, wheth-
er a man or a group or a party, to
continue a course which, we apprehend,
will gradually sap our civic strength
and ultimately destroy our free in
situations. We will not allow ambition
to assume control of our liberties We
propose to prevent class creation
whether of wealth or of labor, malad-
ministration which wreaks injustice,
enactment of laws which are not for
the promotion of the general welfare,
eXpediency in the determination of our
policies, extravaganza which dissipates
our savings and plunges us into unnec-
essary and burdensome debt.
Seizure of Power Condemned
eve emphatically condemn invasion
by one branch of the government Of
the powers and duties of another
branch. We will repudiat, those who
make solemn promises in our name
which they neglect or refuse to OBJ
serve, and who seek to commit US to
adventure upon uncharted seas without
counsel with others equally responsible
to US, and which our common sense
warns us to be pcrilous to our exist
ence.
"Arbitrary measures confined only to
the war period may be excused on the
ground of war necessity and war con-
fusion. In such a grievous time, free
autocracy. We can then afford to over
look assumption of power if in the
general interest and designed to secure
the end desired.
"But as we look back over the last
eight years we find the war merely
emphasized, not provoked, the violence
done our institutions and our policies.
Before the war, as after the war, the
Executive invaded directly and indi-
rectly the properly independent func-
tions of the Legislative branch of the
government Before the war, as after
the war, domestic and foreign policies
were inauguratcd which violated sound
tradition.
1--WE demand that our government
shall function as it was designed to
function, its three coordinate branches
moving within their respective orbits as
defined by the Constitution, free from
invasion by one into the power and the
authority Of the other, and each and
all responsible only to the people.
"What we want in Office is a man
who is sincere, who is honest, who is
candid even to admitting ne is wrong
and, above all, who has an open mind.
Such man commend to you in the
nominee of our party, Warren G. Har-
ding"