Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-16
Governor Coolidge Is.
Plain Every Day Citizen
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Coolidge or reads his speeches recog-
nizes in them an emphasis on the
affirmative rather than the negative
side of the league controversy. For
instance, he said recently:
"A world relationship exists. It
is. 1t did not come into being as
the result of any proposed treaty, and
it will not be changed by any great
and solemn referendum"
Not a Rejection.
The foregoing is a significant warn
ing that Republican victory in the
nation should o be interpreted as
a rejection of the idea of partner
ship or association with Europe in an
effort to preserve world peace. Rather
it carries the suggestion that the in
terests of the United States M the
rest Of the world have been almost
t~rrevocably drawn together.
THE course of true craftsmanship"
continues the governor, lis to seek
out, to discover what world relation
ship is, and put the action of the ma
lions in harmony with it. This Sena-
tor Harding is proposing to do. That
relationship is not founded upon ma
jor force. Prussia made that mis-
take. 1t is founded upon compelling
reason. It's herald is not a clanking
sabre but the still small voice. To
the establishment of that relationship
through the recognition of reciprocal
rights and duties, the Republican
party, by its history, by its policy, by
its candidate stands pledged. This
is the way with national honor, with
independence. to a world peace. In
that direction, Senator Harding
leads"
Examination of other utterances bv
Governor Coolidge shows that he is
by no means a bitter ender" or a
member Of the Borah-Johnson faction
but wants some League of Nations.
He argues against the mourning of
obligations that America would not
wish to fulfill. He believes %interna-
tional morality is not aided by the &C
ceptance of obligations in a treaty
Would Please Coolidge.
Reservations such as Senator Lodge
framed in the senate would probably
please Governor Coolidge. In some
of his speeches he goes back to the
Lodge reservations and analyses them.
This cannot be merely affection for
the work of a fellow Republican from
Massachusetts but is unquestionably
based on a fundamental belief in
world cooperation as essential and
inevitable in the present day and 2
Governor Coolidge is not a spectac-
ular individual but he talks common
sense. Even in private conversation
he doesn't talk like a candidate or
politician. He doesn't breathe the
bitterness Of ~partisanship which the
writer has encountered sc. often in
Washington and elsewhere in the last
two years. If he is elected vice pres
ident. he will give such advice as is
asked Of him, will preside as fairly
as he knows how in the senate, will
not insist on a place in the cabinet
or anything else that is outside a vice
presidents bailiwick. He has no ex-
aggerated idea of the part he NAV
play il the Republican national ticket
is elected. He doesn't seem to be ex-
cited over the campaign or the fate
of the United States or the rest Of the
world no matter what the verdict is
next November. He's a plain every
day citizen who is evidently not
wrapped up In ambition but in Useful
toll.