The Washington times., 1921-03-04

decessor, who died. Refusing to be
candidate for the office again, he
returned to his law practice and was
shortly thereafter elected to the
Northampton city council. While serv-
ing in that capacity he was elected
city solicitor and later represented
Northampton in the lower branch
of the general court
Answering a popular demand that
he become candidate for mayor.
Coolidge returned to Northampton
and was twice elected to that office,
serving in 1908 and 1909.
SERVED IN STATE SENATE.
With an ever-increasing acquaint-
ance and popularity, a broader field
opened before the young attorney, and
he was elected to the State senate in
1910, where he served with distinc-
tion for two terms, and held the office
Of president of the senate for a time
It was as a member of the senate that
he first became known to the people
OF the State at large, and for three
years after his service in the upper
house he was the lieutenant governor
OF the State, leaving that office to be-
come governor. During the war he
proved a most able executive, and his
reelection came as a climax to a long
service for the State of his adoption.
So intense was the issue of the
strike during the campaign of 1919
that IL attracted nationwide atten-
ton, the general feeling being that
the issue of strike violence was being
tried out in Massachusetts,. Mere
partisanship was smothered IN the
wider question, and this was made
evident when President Wilson sent
a telegram to Governor Coolidge con-
~ .aAA
though the opponent of the governor
had been a Democrat
Though widely known for his
speeches. which have run through sew
eral editions, Governor Coolidge Is
not an orator, being a man of re-
strained enthusiasm But his ear
nestness never fails to impress his
audience, and his native shrewdness
and dry humor have made him much
sought after as a speaker.
1t Is rather as a writer than a
speaker that he Is best known to
thousands, and his epigrammatic way
of expressing himself has resulted in
his being widely quoted His political
position may well be expressed in one
OF these epigrams, which follows:
expect to be called n 'stand-pat-
ter but don't be a stand-patter'
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"
Admirers tried to induce Governor
Coolidge to become an active can
didate for the Republican nominal
ton for President. They had gons
so far as to open headquarters for
him in Washington and Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge had offered to
present his name TO the national
convention n the governor so de-
sired, when he announced publicly
that he was not a candidate and
that he considered that while he was
governor his Job was at the state
house. The headquarters was closed.
but the majority or the Massachu-
setts delegates went to Chicago with
the declared intention of voting for
him. at least on the first ballot
Governor Coolidge was married in
1905 TO Miss Grace A. Goodhue. Of
burlington. VT Their two children
are boys. when he was chosen gov
ernor he took up his quarters In a
single room in n small Boston hotel
n the business district, returning the
hundred-odd miles to his home tee
the week-endA 1900.