The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-12

tSEIuD "a uAys q nOuIH OF
year. He instinctively takes the |
hurried, steady approach to the |
him into a panic for he sees life
steadily and sees it whole. Any
man in the turmoil of practical
politics must deal with many con-
fIicting forces. He cannot please
every one.
Therefore some, for the time, be.
come hostile and critical. This man
in a very remarkable way, takes
his punishment quietly and silently.
At times he must oppose what ap.
pears to some as an unqualified
good because he recognizes its TEN.
porary benefits and sees In the dis
tant future that IL must work an
evil of human understanding. He
knows that time will heal the hurt.
He will not be hurried. He avoids
extremes and loves proportion. He
knows how to wait and not to be
tired by waiting. When he acts we
know he will not be impetuous be-
cause he takes time to think to the
soul Of things. Democracy, in her
careless laundering confidence, il
in dire need Of such leadership,
HAS he a sense Of humo1? EN-
phatically, yes. 1t is not the type
that wastes time in recounting Incl.
dents of ever increasing triteness.
He is not given to hilarity. His
manner is dry and delightful.
Religious Convictions.
What the dynamic back Of this
moral fibre, this bitter self control,
this sense Of the value of things,
this instructive understanding Of
work. this quiet patience with the
ages? 1t Is his sense Of the spirit.
ual. No one can read his speech.
es without realizing that to him re-
ligion Is essential to life.
His religious convictions center
about a few great words-humility
sacrifice. remuneration. service. He
is a humble man. His remarkable
speech Of Memorial Day this year
was actually built around the idea
Of remuneration. To him the law
Of life, the law Of progress. IL the
law Of obedience, the law Of
service
1T may be well to read these
challenging words Of his with spe-
cial attention to the order and
emphasis: There are two funda-
mental motives which inspire
human action. The first and most
important. is that Of righteousness.
There Is that In mankind, stronger
than all else, which requires them
to do right. When that require.
ment is satisfied the next motive
is that Of gain This is a new
point Of view for many American
critics. Its soundness needs no de.
tense.
Behold the Man.
Here then is the man. What
America must learn is precisely
what this man Is saying so clearly
and forcefully. 1t has a ring 10 1t
which will permeate the word. He
has been successful in politics he
cause he has been simply and un-
ai,Swerably honest. The hardest
thing in the world to defeat is shee.'
character. Some American poll
tIcians still have a great lesson 20
learn. The first mark Of a public
servant is not solely the desire to
know what the people want. but the
purpose to help the people want
what they ought to have.
1t is not too much to affirm that
The people of the United States have
intense lodgings which they do not
entirely understand and which by
the very terms of the problem they
cannot focus and express. believe
this man does comprehend these in.
tense yearnings of the people and
lhSt quietly and persistently he IL
Ltting them forth in sharp. incisivc
utterances. The boston police strike
nsed not be rehearsed here. America
needs this man in this hour, and
the world needs America.
1.-TWO: The American.
Coolidge the Citizen.
!. with this partial understanding
Of the individual we are prepared
to learn that this man, in the
most thrilling sense Of the term, Is
an American. He has thinking
America. believing America, and
living America
Is genuinely American. He IL
the value of the mind He con-
stantly emphasizes the necessity of
schools and the importance Of educa.
that "a great people is produced by
contact with great minds No doubt
he would agree with H. G. Wells in
saying that human progress is
largely mental progress This man
sees this great truth in all its
bearings and never fails to EN-.
phasize It.
I'm America we have the curious
practice of classifying men. We say
a man is a conservative. liberal or
radical, and for us the term car
ries praise or approbrium, depend
ing entirely upon our own point Of
view. Now this mans Americanism
comes to lofty expression in what
some have praised and others have
criticized as his conservatism
Let us examine the actual facts.
He reverences our past. There
fore he believes in history and a
thorough knowledge Of that past.
When we call him a conservative
we must distinguish clearly between
the various types. He represents
that conservatism which is the
strength of all civilization
He Is no more worshipper of tho
past as the past. 1t has meaning
chiefly as a guide for the future.
He recognizes clearly the evils #
dead, CONCEALED, conservatism. His
is a sane forward-looking conserva.
tism.
"Tennyson described the states.
man in lines which might have
been written of our candidate:
Not he that breaks the DAMS but
he
That ,thro' the channels of the
state
Conveys the peoples wish. is
grant.