Evening star., 1924-06-10
Burton Keynote Erto Coolidge Leader Reuieus Progress I'm

CUuuLfy tS emerging, AHu we may pc
sure that 1t will yet respond to those
nobler instincts to which Lincoln ap-
pealed and to the causes to which
the patriotic and the good must al
ways repair.
1 would that I could say as much
for the courage Of all public men as
for their honesty. There is no lack
of wisdom, of patriotism, or Of de-
sire to serve the people, but courage
to stand up against hasty conclusions
and currents of superficial public
opinion is often absent. The public
who are most vociferous and at the
same time most radically wrong.
There are too many that listen to
these voices and try the impossible
of keeping both ears to
the ground and listening to notes to
What Is most needed in Legislative
halls and elsewhere is courage TO
the sudden spasms which
are created by groundless rumor or
inJudicious agitation. Candidates for
Office often fail to realize how much
the people respect courage and COM
mon honesty.
A tendency toward third party
is manifest wherever par
liamentary government exists. This
has been true in most of the coun-
tries of continen Europe for years
involving failure in constructive poll
cies and oftentimes control by a
minority or combination of minori-
ties. The whole theory of orderly
and effective parliamentary govern
ment demands that the people divide
into two parties on outstanding ques-
tions of supreme importance, thus
forming political organizations based
upon certain fundamental principles,
while minor considerations are rele-
fo@ nj,
we should tread the path which SO
many other countries have trod with
disastrous results, inefficiency and
would be the outcome and
there would be an expression, not of
the majority will. but of the will of
groups and of sections.
Confidence in Coolidge.
The word Republican" is not a
mere name; 1t is not a label which
any one can wear; it is not a cloak
for individual vagaries. The strength
and usefulness OF the Repu blican
party must depend on the mainte-
nance Of enduring principles, in the
advocacy of which triumph can only
be secured by party solidarity and
in closed formation to do battle to
every foe.
Much of the blame which is visited
upon Republicans in the present Con-
gress is not deserved, because on
many major questions their party
either branch. Let us not for a min
ute forget the importance of Re-
publican majority in the next Con-
gress, made up of members tried
and true, who will stand united.
With some disappointment as one
whose public service has been in a
legislative position, truth compels me
to say that by far the greater share
of our citizenship looks to President
Coolidge rather than to Congress for
leadership.
The people-and all the people
have confidence in Calvin Coolidge.
1t is time when there is a hunger
for simple, robust virtues, for a lead
ership which shall be based on no
cheap or selfish motives. In the great
array of rulers, kings and prime min
listers intrusted with power there is
none who can surpass him in honesty
of purpose, in courage. or In high
devotion to the welfare of his
country.
AS a candidate for the presidency.
and this In the midst of temptations
stronger than those by which the
angels fell, he has shown no true
king, no scheming for votes, but has
gone calmly and steadily on his way,
by the lure of expediency
or the promise of success.
Dawes Commisaion Cited.
The mountains of Vermont, with
their green SUBMITS, encircled his
early boyhood and gave direction to
there have been so many illustrations
In the rural life of America In
every station to which he has been
called It may be said of him that o.
wearing the white flower of a
blameless life,
Before a thousand peering little
In that fierce light which beats
upon all
In high position and blackens every
blot,
He has performed every duty and
merited no reproach."
Our foreign relations are assum-
ing an Importance never known be-
fore. We are by no means lacking
the rest of the world. nor are we un-
willing to cooperate in the most
friendly way with less fortunate ma
tons 1t was our conception that
American experts in finance and eco
nomics. neutral in spirit but keenly
should join in a non-political confer
ence for the settlement of the trou-
blesome problems of reparations, a
settlement which would promote the
cause of peace and lead to sounder
financial conditions and better trade
suggestion Of our own Secretary of
State and of President Coolidge that
tho Dawes commission was convened.
We await the result with earne. /
terests may cease and that the spirit
of repulsion and revenge may -,
abated. What would happen in case
Of failure we dread to contemplate.
Whenever the various nations can
agree, whenever they are willing to
look to the future rather than to the
past, Americas aid will be given
without stint and our boundless re-
sources will be available in the way
of loans for their rehabilitation and
But the beginnings of peace must be
new world can solve the problems of
the old. Il is necessary that a calme r
spirit prevail that peace and not
power be the goal. and that co-opera-
tions, based on the consciousness of
common interests akin to that which
of the American Union. should be
recognised as essential Cnfortu-
nately, that which seems to be most
desired in the settlement of disoor-
dant claims in Europe is not an i'm
partial friend, but a partisan ally.
Versailles Action Flayed.
It is to be regretted that the treaty
of Versailles was framed at a time
when the very natural desire for
punishment was still a dominating
thought in the minds of the allies.
ambitions were clearly
in evidence. Long-standing animosi-
ties, intensified by the horrors of war,
had not been stilled.
Although the covenant of the
league or nations was made a part
OF this treaty, nevertheless at the
very outset the organization was
and it's prospective use
fulness most seriously impaired. An
instrument designed to secure peace
should never have been made a. part
provisions for punishment and for
the dominance of the victors. Two