New-York tribune., 1920-11-03

tect the rights of the weak, whoever
objects, do it. If it be to help power
tul corporation the better to serve the
rcople, whatever the opposition, do
that. Expect to be called stand
natter, but don't be a stand pattcr
Expect to be called a demagogue. but
don't be a demagogue. Don't hesitate
TO be as revolutionary as science.
Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as
the multiplication table. Don't expect
to build up the weak by pulling down
the strong"
The Boston Police Strike
The great adventure of Mr.. Cool
idge's life so far was in the Boston
police strike, in September of last
year. Down to that time he had been
little known outside of Massachusetts.
Rut that occurrence in a twinkling
made him cne of the most conspicuous
hgures in the whole nation and set
parers in the ar West to cxclaiming
THANK God for Coolidge,"
III that great crisis he stood unt1nch-
ingly and inhexibly for law and order,
refusing for a moment to compromise
or even to discuss those issues with
the insurgents. Against him were ar
rayed the forces of organized labor
III mistaken zeal for the support of
the strikers; and it was only a little
while before the election in which he
was to win or lose a second term as
Governor. He stood for Massachu-
setts, and Massachusetts stood for
Lim and reelected him by an over
wAelming majority. The best COM
mont upon that superb achievement
was made in his own words on election
night:
The heart of the people has proven
again sound and true. No misrepre-
sentatlon has blinded them, 10 sorhis-
Try has turned them. They nave
listened to the truth and followed it.
They have again disappointed those
who dstrusted them. They have turned
away from those who sought to play
dpon their selfishress. They have jus
titled those who trusted them They
have justified America.
Clew to His Character
"Three words tell the result. Mas
sachusetts is American. The election
will be welcome demonstration to
the nation and to people everywhere
who believe that liberty can be secured
only by obedience to law"
In person Mr.. Coolidge is ty3ica,
New England gentleman quiet in man
ner, dress and speech. He has never,
probably, slapped a man or his bacl.
III his life, nor has he ever failed to
return a loyal friendly hand d-grasp. He
has a smoothly shaven face, a keen,
twinkling eye and mouth and chin
that, with all his kindly smile arc as
firm and inhexible as Plymouth Rock.
He married, in 1906, Miss Grace
Goodhue, then a teacher in the Clarke
Sceool, Northampton, and made with
her his home in one-half of a wooden
two-family house on Massasoit Street,
Northampton, paying for it s27 a
month rent. He still lives in the same
modest quarters, though the high cost
Of living is shown in the raising of his
rent to $32 q month. Two sons have
been born to him, John, now twelve
years old. and Calvin, ten. He lives t
home in Northampton whenever his Of
fetal duties do not require his pres
ence in Boston. 1t is said that he
owns no real estate and has never
owned an automobile
Over the open fireplace in his modest
home there hangs this legend, framed I:
"a wise old owl lived in an oak.
The more he saw the less he spoke.
The less he spoke the more he heard
Why can't We be like that Old bird ,"
There are those who say that those
quaint lines give a good clew to Mr.
Coohdge's character and to some Of
the secrets of his success