The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-07-29
Calvin CoOlidge's
Greed


menting on the creed of Calvin Cool
idge. the Republican Publicity Asso-
citation, through its president. Hon.
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., today issued the
following statement from its Wash
ington headquarters:
1.-THE greatest lesson we have to
learn says Gov. Coolidge. the Repub-
lican vice presidential nominee, sis 10
seek ever the public welfare" And It
is with clear eye to the public well
fare that he has discharged his duties
as chief executive of Massachusetts.
His stinging reply to the instigators of
the Boston police strike, who sought
to subordinate the interests of the
public to the demands of>a small mi
nority, will go down in history as
typical American declaration of free
dom from the domination of any indi-
vidual, group, or class that seeks 10
overawe the great body of the people.
I'm addressing recently a college
graduating class, Mr. Coolidge re-
minded his hearers that 'all our free
dom comes from the support of consti-
tuted authority He warned those
who might be inclined to revolt
against those in power to consider
whether they were planning to tear
down or to build up. This nation
was founded as the result of a revolu-
tion,' the governor recalled. But those
who fought claimed always that theirs
was not an attempt to destroy, but to
maintain their American heritage
1t is in the maintenance of that herit-
age that Gov. Coolidge has exerted
himself during his two terms as gov
ernor of Massa chusetts. and it is to
that principle that he is dedicated
should be elected vice president of the
United States.
"As the present administration has
constantly been losing the support and
confidence of the people through Ms
uncompromising insistence on the
policy of internatiOnalism and conse-
quent surrender of American sover-
eighty, so the Republican party will
increasingly gain that trust and IN
dorsement by its steadfast adherence
to true Americanism. In Harding and
Coolidge the party has found a team
who embody the spirit of nationalism
and America first.
1.-The first duty of a government is
to be true to ITSELF reminds Gov.
the present day to abandon national
welfare for experiments in world ref
ormation This does not mean per-
fection,' he says. 1t means a plan o
strive for perfection. It means 10y
atty to ideals. The ideals of Amer
lea we're set out in the Declaration Of
Independence and adopted in the Con-
stitution. They did not represent
perfect attained, but perfection
planned. The fundamental principle
was freedom. The fathers knew this
q government firm in the faith that II
was to ever press toward this high
mark
Freedom as distinguished from
domination by domestic or foreign or
ganizations, devotion to the public
welfare regardless of the demands of
special interests, strict adherence TO
the laws and obedience to the const.-
tuted authorities who enforce them
that is the creed of Calvin Coolidge,
and the goal to which he has aspired
while administering the affairs of his
state, and to which he will direct him
self when he assumes the vice presl-
Dental chair.
"As perquisities to the attainment
of those fundamentals of good govern
| ment Gov. Coolidge lays down certain
proved precepts that must be adhered
to. Law must rest on the eternal
foundation Of Righteousness, he de-