Evening star., 1924-08-15
COMMON SENSE"
SLOGAN COOLIDGE
GIVES CAMPAIGN
President, in Acceptance
Speech, Charges 0ppo.
nents With FaI|acies.,
PLEDGES U. S. SUPPORT
TO PERMANENT COURT
Points to Record for Economy and
Announces Its Extension to
Campaign Expenses.
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.

III u. GOULD LINCOLN.
President Coolidge and his cam
paign managers today are preparing
TO capitalize the common sense of
the American people for the benefit
of the Republican party
The President stands before the
country committed to a government
of common sense" which he insisted
in his address accepting the nomi-
nation of the Republican national
convention for President, delivered
last night in Memorial Continental
Hall, is what the people want. This
handmaiden of common sense, hS
made 1t clear is economy.
1T is well for the country to hayS
liberality in thought and progress :I,
action" he said, but its greatest an.
set is common sense"
And so the Republican party a.
quires new slogan-"Calvin Cool
idge and Common Sense"
For more than an hour Mr.. Coolidge
set forth what in his opinion consti-
tutes a government of common sense.
In his opinion clearly it is synoni-
nous with Republican administration.
To many of the millions who heard
the speech of the President-some
1000 in the hall and the rest over the
radio-it probably did not appear
strange that Mr.. Coolidge hit upon
common sense as the need of the hour,
for common sense is one of the at
tributes frequently accorded the
President. That and courage. What
ever his enemies may say. after near
ing Mr.. Coolidge's address last night
~ ic yyor understand
where he stands on the issues of the
day. And it may be said that never
since he entered the White House
has he left the country in doubt as
to where he has stood.
Doctrine OF Conservatism.
The Presidents address likely will
| be assailed in some quarters as the
creed Of the reactionary. AS a mater
Of fact. it is the doctrine OF the son
seryatiye mind as opposed to both
the radical and the reactionary. AND
particularly is it the creed of Calvin
Coolidge But let there be no mis-
| take about one poiRt-the PRESIDENT
| contended that the Republican party
! in its long career has been the party
of real progress, and would continue
| to be.
The popularity of the President with
| the Republicans was attested last
night by the cheers with which the
assemblage greeted his appearance,
and the frequent burst of applause
that punctuated his remarks.
The Republican leaders gathered
here from all parts of the country
| speech of their leader. AS one of
| them put it today-"It will go well
| at the cross roads," They figure that
it is a talk which the people can
readily understand; that it will ap-
| peal to the voters in all classes of
| society.
No Apology or Retreat
To any one who looked for a note
of apology or the sound Of retreat in
| connection with the policies of the
| Republican administration. his speech
| must have been a disappointment
| The record of the Republican ad-
| ministration during the last four
years, as set forth by Mr.. Coolidge,
| appears one Of monumental accom-
plishment 1t is as different from the
| record attributed to the Republicans
| by John w. Davis and Senator Robert
| M. La Toilette as white is from black
In the list of accomplishments of
the Republican administration Cool
( idye placed negotiation and rati-
| fication of treaties of peace with Ger
| many and Austria, the treaties of the
Washington conference, with iimita-
| ton of naval ornaments and the set
| tlement of Far Eastern questions.
the adoption of budget system. the
| reduction in annual cost of govern
ment by $2.041, 100000. the reduction
Of the public debt by s2,75o,oOo, 900.
| generous laws for the disabled vet
erans of the World War, proper pro-
| tective tariff laws for the benefit of
| labor and industry and restrictive
| immigration laws.
Although he did not mention them
| by name, the President paid partic-
| ular tribute to Secretary Hughes in
| his discussion of the handling of for
eign relations and to Secretary Mel
| lon, whose handling of the finances
| of the country he likened to that of
Alexander Hamilton. The Presidents
! mention of the name of his running
mate, Gen. Charles G. Dawes, was the
signal for burst of cheering.
"Plain, Unvarnished Tale"
The Presidents address was de-
livered without frills. His warmest
| supporters do not claim him great
| orator. But his earnestness was i'm
pressive and his emphasis on certain
| parts of his speech drove them home
with effect. In measure, 1t was
| plain, unvarnished tale" which the
PRESIDENT related. but IL was not
| without it's flashes of brilliance, and
bristled with short sentences adding
| to its strength.
Avoiding all personalities, the
! President nevertheless reminded the
| country of the conditions which con-
fronted it when the Republicans took
up to the burden or administering its
government nearly four years ago.
There was a hint that perhaps the
Democrats might find themselves un-
| der fire during the campaign because
of the administration of affairs under
| the prior administration.
The President did not dodge the
issue of "clean government" upon
| which the Democrats are centering
| their fire at present. He took the
| position that the American people
| know him and what he stands for:
| that they know he stands for clean
! government and the enforcement of
| the law: that he will punish corrup-
| ton wherever 1t may be found, and
that he has set in motion the ma
| chinery to bring to Justice those
against whom corruption has been
| charged. In reply to the effort of
Democrats to make it appear that the
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