Evening star., 1920-06-13
COOLIDGE NEVER BEATEN Ns
IN POLITICAL CONTESTS
Reelection as Corernor of Massachusetts 4
Vas I4th Success-Born in Plymouth,
w., on July f. 1872.

Ii tnere is anything in precedent 1t
IS In favor of a ticket carrying the
name of Calvin Coolidge. Governor of
Massachusetts and now republican
hofhinee for Vice President. for since
MS first nomination for public office.
'hat OF city councilman in Northamp-
ION, Mass, he has never been defeated
IN election. And as he has been sue
cessful fourteen times it does not take
a base ball fan to compute his batting
average
Ihough long a man of distinction
III Rls own state it was not until his
re-election to the governorship of
massachusetts, last fall that he be-
caIne a national character, and he
was returned to the governors chair
ny an overwhelming popular vote
that hinged on condition growing
out OF the policemen's strike in Bos-
.on. GOV. Coolidge was steadfastly op-
posed to the strike which occurred
snorliy before his term expired, while
ms opponent took up the cause of the
strikers.
Puts End to Strike.
After the first night of rioting in
Boston the governor ordered out the
s,a'e guard 10 patrol the streets, and
characterized the strikers as desert
ers. SO vigorously did he proceed
against them that the strikers never
were restored to their positions. In
proclamation of September "a last
he said:
There appears to be a misappre-
hension as to the position of the
intention to intimidate and coerce
the government of this common
wealth large of policemen,
urging all others to join them, de-
serted their posts of duty. letting in
the enemy. This act of theirs was
we'll wishers. long discussed and pre-
meditated. and with the purpose of
obtructing the power of the govern
ment to protect it's citizens or even
to maintain it's own existence Its
success meant anarchy. By this act,
they disposessed themselves. They
went out of Office. They stand as
though they had never been ap-
pointed.
There is no right to strike against
the public safety by anybody. any
when the riots were at their height.
Il am determined to defend the SOW
ereignty of Massachusetts,. and to
maintain the authority and jurisdic-
tlon over her public officers where 1t
has been placed by the constitution
and the laws of her people,
Born July 4, 1872.
Calvin Coolidge was born under au-
spicious circumstances. for he first
saw the light on July a. 1872 and
attention has been called to the fact
that three presidents of the republic
have come into the world an Inde-
pendence day. His father. Col. John
Coolidge. still lives in Plymouth. Vt.
the birthplace of the vice presidential
died when he was but Twelve years old.
Completing the course in the pub
lie schools in Plymouth. young Coo
lidge entered Amherst College at the
age of nineteen years. and was grad
uated with the degree of A. B. in 1895
During his senior year and in com
petition with undergraduates of all
American colleges he won a gold
medal for the best essay on "The
Principles, of the War for American
Independence" =
Chooses Bar as Profession.
Choosing the bar as a profession.
the young graduate read law. for
twenty m6nths in the offices of Ham
mond & Field, Northampton. Mass,
and was then admitted to practice.
He opened an Office IN Northampton at
once and he is still in business there.
though most of the time the office
is occupied by his partner. Ralph W.
Hemmenway Though governor of his
state, he lives in utmost simplicity in
Northampton. occupying a two-story