New Britain herald., 1924-05-21
INDIANA KEYNOTE
 PLEADS FOR FAITH
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tion has been lindered or halted b, the efforts made by certain poyerfuI clements temporarily in control of the situation. to break down the faith of the American people in their national administration regardless of it's effect on their national government. For weeks the newspapers of the land have reeked with stories Of public cor ruption, exaggerated out of all pro- portion to their true value, broad cast from the capitol at Washington as an overture to the campaign of 1924.
 Defends No Wrongdoing.
 "The republican party does not de- fond wrongdoing in public officials in either state or nation. The pretense that the personal guilt of an isolated official is party matter is essentially hypocritical. The attempt to make it appear, on no larger grounds than yet hava been developed. that the government is reeking with rotten ness, Is a kind of politics which strike not so much at the party in power as at the heart Of government itself.
 The effect of this remarkable cam paign has been to create distrust In the hearts Of the people and fear in all phases of business It has bred a morbid state of mind throughout the country and in such an atmos- phere initiative and enterprise are chilled.
 Industry Is Affected.
 The present is filled with doubt and the future with forebodings be- cause no man knows what the mor- row will bring forth. AS result, the factory wheels have been slowing down, unemployment is on the in- crease, and the great prosperity we have been enjoying as the result of confidence in our government, confi- dence In our institutions confidence in our institutions, confidence in the soundness of our business enterprises and in our financial stability, and con- idence in our fellow man, is slowly waning because Of these repeated as- saults upon them all for purely par tisan purposes.
 Has Faith In Govt
 Believe me, fellow republicans, when l say that the government of this nation Is clean and safe and sound. Believe me when I say that the foundations of the republic still stand, secure against the attacks of those who would undermine or over throw them, safe in the affections of the people whose rights they protect and whose interests they safeguard. The spots on the sun do not blacken the orb. The few instances of official wrongdoing are infinitely small as compared with the cases where public have been and are patrioticai- ly and honestly doing their duty every day and every hour.
 Praise For Coolidge.
 "The standard of official conduct under Calvin Coolidge is high, in very truth never higher, and hopeless in- deed would be the future Of our rec public should any other r<,le obtain, Knowing the president of the United states as all Americans do, his integ- rity, his zeal for the national welfare, his inflegible morality, his fxity of purpose for the right, it is unfortu- ! nate that, with all the great post problems confronting us and demand | ing solution at our hands. the busi- , ness of the nation should be halted ! Tor weeks by the leaders Of the party | 'ut Of power who have been engaged | n an effort to blscken the govern nent and besmirch the republican .srty
 We all know that that effort has oesn a dismal failure. We ell know hat the people hays grown weary with the flow of gossip and the flood . 'f scandal with which they have been ieluge5 from Washington. They ere interested first Of all in the welfare of \ heir country and in the proper solu- ion of its problems, and not primar- 4 ly in the efforts Of political leaders to \ ,ain a persona or party advantage, nd ] greatly misiudes both the tenn \ 'er and ths spirit Of the people if. yhen the Ides Of November come, hey do not give unmistakabls .u- Ience of the fact that they have not I 'een deceived into believing that II is statesmanship. that lander is logic. that vituperation is visdom, and that those who think and ct as if they were, greatly offend fhs Imericau peoples sense of propriety nd juyice and fair dealings. which is