The Washington times., 1921-03-04

After the first night of rioting in
Boston the governor ordered out the
State guard to 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 he said:
SUCCESS MEANT ANARCHY.
There appears to be a misappre-
hension as to the position of the po-
lice of Boston In the deliberate in
tention to intimidate and coerce the
government of this Commonwealth
large body OF policemen, urging all
others to toin them, deserted their
posts OF duty. letting in the enemy.
This act OF theirs was voluntary,
against the advice OF their we'll wish
ers, long discussed and premeditated,
and with the purpose of obstructing
the power of the government to pro-
tect it's citizens or even to maintain
it's own existence Its success meant
anarchy. By this act, through the
operation of the law they dispossess-
ed themselves. They went out of Of
fice. They stand as though they had
never been appointed.
There is no right to strike against
the public safety by anybody, any
where, any time" said the governor,
when the riots were at their height.
"T am determined to defend the SOW
ereignty of Massachusetts and to
maintain the authority and jurisdic-
ton over her public officers where 1t
has been placed by the constitution
and the laws of her people,
A war message sent to a Boston
newspaper two years ago Is typical
Of Governor Coolidge at his, best:
"The nation with the greatest
moral power will win. or that are
born armies and navies and the reso-
luton to endure. Have faith In the
moral power OF America II gave In
dependence under Washington and
freedom under Lincoln. Here, right
never lost. Here, wrong never won.
However powerful, the forces OF evil
may appear, somewhere there are
more powerful forces of righteous
ness Courage and confidence are our
heritage. Justice is our might The
outcome Is in your mind, my fellow
Americans; II you deserve to win. the
nation cannot lose-'
Calvin Coolidge was born under au-
spicious circumstances. for he first
saw the light on July 4, 1872, and
attention has been called to the fact
that three Presidents of the republic
have come into the world on Inde-
pendence day. His father. Col John
Coolidge, still lives in Plymouth, VT,
the birthplace OF the Vice President
His mother died when he was but twelve
years old.
is AMHERST GRADUATE.
> Completing the course In the pub
lie schools in Plymouth. young Cool
idse 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
competition with undergraduates OF
all American colleges he won gold
medal for the best essay on The
Principles OF the War for American
Independence"
Choosing the bar as n profession,
the young graduate "read law" for
twenty months in the offices of Ham
mond a Field, Northampton, Mass.
and was then admitted TO practice
He always lived IN utmost simplicity In
Northampton. occupying a two-story
frame house and sharing a party-line
telephone with the pastor Of one OF the
local churches.
The nrst public office which Cool
idge held was that OF clerk OF Bamp-
shire county. being appointed 10 al
.,t th~ unerplred term Of hls pre-