The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-10
SOCIALISM is HIT
BY Mr.. COOLIDGE
Foreign to the Principles of
Our Institutions, Says
President.

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| fore a great open-air audience at the
close of the Holy Name society con-
vention in Washington, had some per-
| tinent things to say about socialism,
| communism and the necessity of up
holding the Constitution, his utteranceS
| being directed at the forces that are
supporting the LaFollette-Wheeler
| ticket
Our American government was the
result of an effort to establish institu-
tons under which the people as a
whole should have the largest possible
| advantages" said the President. "Class
and privilege we're outlawed, freedom
| and opportunity were guaranteed.
They undertook to provide conditions
under which service would be ade-
! quateIy rewarded and where the peo-
pie would own their own property and
control their own government"
| Tho founders of the government, the
President said. recognized authority,
both earthly and spiritual. The foun-
dation of our independence and our
| government, he maintained, rests upon
basic religious convictions.
Divine Sanction for Authority.
1.-THE Constitution and laws of our
| country are adopted and enacted
| through the direct action of the people,
or through their duly chosen represen-
tatives," said the President. ''They
| represent the enlightened conscience
of our country. They ought always to
| speak with the true and conscientious
voice of the people.
"Such voice has from time immemo-
rial had the authority of divine sane
| ton. In their fundamentals they do
not change. AS new light arrives they
may be altered in their details, but
they represent the best that we know
at any given time. To support the
| Constitution and observe the laws. is
to be true to our own higher natures.
| That is the path, and the only path,
| toward liberty"
Coincident with the right of indi-
vidual liberty under the provisions of
| our government, he indicated, is the
right of individual property.
| Fundamental Human Rights.
Socialism and communism cannot
| be reconciled with the principles
which our institutions represent. They
are entirely foreign, entirely I'M
American. We stand wholly COM
mitted to the policy that what the in
dividual produces belongs entirely to
him to be used for the benefit of him
self, to provide for his own family
and to enable him to. serve his fellow
men,"
Principles underlying American in
| situations, he said, ''bestow upon the
people all there is to bestow."
"They recognize in the people all
| there is to recognize" he went on.
'They are the ultimates. There is
no beyond. They are solely for the
benefits and advantages of all the peo-
| pie If any change is made in these
| principles it will not be by giving
more to the people, but by taking
| from them something of that which
they now have. 1t cannot be progress.
| 1t must be reaction
United States Principles indicated.
In spite of criticism of American
| institutions, the proof of their sound
ness and strength, he said, lies in our
wealth, educational facilities, charities,
religious institutions, and in the moral
| influence exerted on the world.
Most Of all it is apparent in the
unexampled place which is held by the
people who TOLL" he added. Our in
habitants are especially free to promote
their own welfare. They are unbur-
dened by militarism. They are not
| called upon to support any imperial
istic designs. Every mother can rest
| in the assurance that her children will
find here a land Of devotion, prosper
ity and peace"
Guarantees of religious liberty in
the Constitution were referred to by
the President, who quoted the clause
prohibiting any religious test as a
qualification for public office. This"
he said, "is the essence of freedom and
federation, solemnly declared in the
fundamental law of the land"
Dawes Speaking Plan.
Brig. Gen. Charles G.. Dawes re-
| turned from South Dakota and Iowa
convinced that he had found the right
method of meeting LaFOllette senti-
ment in that political belt and
ready to do some more hard riding and
rear platform talking upon the issue
| - .,,,-;x,,r +ba CONSTITUTION ond tho praS-
ent form of the American government.
I'm the future, aided by some of his
minute men," his warnings against
the business and industrial chaos
| which he believes would follow vic
| tory of the LaFollette plan of con-
| gressional government are to be de-
livered chiefly as extemporaneous
speeches from the end of his special
| car which is to be fitted up with am
plifiers.
His experience on this western trip
was that good sized crowds are ready
to listen to him in the cities where
| stops can be arranged. In addition,
he has found that he likes the work
and the contact.
He proposed such general plan to
| the Republican speakers bureau for
| his long western swing, which is. sched-
uled to start October 4. He would
like to avoid making any more long
academic speeches which require great
preparation. He is filled now with
! his subject and ready to shoot at
moments notice.