The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
FAITH JUSTIFIED l BY COOLIDGE
 SAYS MONDELL
Chairman Pleads For GO, P. Maiorities In Name
 And Principle

CLEVELAND, June 11.-That Pres ident Coolidge has justified the confi- dence that ''inspired'' his nomination for vice president at Chicago, and the greater confidence reposed in him since taking up the duties of chief executive, is the outstanding fact"in the polit- ical situation, Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming declared today in his address as permanent chairman of the repub- lican national convention.
 Mir. Mondell added an appeal for re- publican majorities in Congress '.in name and in principle" saying that. ev- cry secious fault. of recent legislation would have been avoided had the Pres ident had that strength in House aid Senate. r
 AssaiIs Democrats
 The chairman assailed the democrats for their utter lack of fixed and def mite principle or policy, save that of undertaking and obstruction" Referring to the situation in the last Congress, when insurgents joined with democrats to control legislation, Mir. Mondell said that never before had the necessity for dependable party majority and def mite party responsibility been so clear ly demonstrated.
 Mir. Mondelrs address follows, in part:
 We are met as the representatives. of great political party that has never failed nor faltered in it's service or loyalty to the republic; that has never proposed nor advocated an un- wise or unsound national policy, and it is our privilege on behalf of this party to place in nomination for the highest office in the gift of the, American peo- pie candidates who shall measure up to the finest standards of party leader ship and who shall be entitled to and, we confidently believe, will receive the support of large majority of the Amer ican voters at the polls in November. Leadership Lauded
 "We meet profoundly appreciative of wise, patriotic and inspiring party lead ership in the past, and earnestly thank full that the kindly Providence and the great good fortune which gave our par ty and the nation Lincoln, Mckinley, Roosevelt and Harding has youchsafed us as the worthy successor of these distinguished patriots the confidence inspiring character of Calvin Cool idge."
 Confidence was the keynote of the sentiment which inspired the nomina- tion of Calvin Coolidge at Chicago four years ago. That confidence grew as he modestly performed the duties of the position to which he was elected, and strengthened prodigiously as he met and handled in thoughtful, sym pathetic and courageous fashion the | many difficult and trying problems presented to him in the presidential of- flee.
 Record Called Marvellous
 Never was an administration con- fronted with more difficult and per- picking problems than those presented to the republican administration and Congress elected four years agoy and the marvellous record of legislative and administrative accomplishment which followed is without parallel in the an- nals of, government sst.a t
 ''The orgy of reckless and extrava- gant expenditure which hatkt been 1 checked lbys the preceding republican congress, was succeeded by an econ omical and business-like conduct of public affairs under a budget system wisely drawn and faithfully ahered to-. The burden of taxation was greatly re- duced. The public debt was steadily | ployed, more numerous than the hosts that the nation marshalled in the World war, were soon absorbed in the ranks of industry, as wise people from the handicap of democratic policies.
 Every serious fault of recent legisla- tion and every failure to complete and round out a satisfactory legislative pro- gram could and would have been avoided had there been dependable re- publican majorities in the Congress. The one certain and assured remedy for such a condition is the election of a Congress, republieaaz&by a goodly ma jority, both in name and in principle.
 If the American people were pre- pared to forget-as the democrats them. selves endeavor <tp do-the wholly in. defensible record of the democratic party in earlier days, they certainly could not overlook the fact that the most recent record of that party is one devoid of single redeeming fea. ture: of scandalous mismanagement, oi unwise and indefensiaoble policy when Lin control and. utter lack of fixed and