The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-28
THE PRIZE WINNING
EDITORIAL

Boston Herald of September II,
1923, which won the $500 Pulitzer
prize offered for the best editorial
article written during the year. the
test of excellence being clearness
Of style, moral purpose, sound rea :
sOning and power to influence pub
| lie opinion in the right direction":
WHO MADE COOLIDGE"
Who made Calvin Coolidge?
| Margaret Foley, of course
When Levi II. Greenwood was
president of the Massachusetts
senate he opposed woman suffrage.
She opposed his reelection in his
district and prevailed Senator
| Coolidge became President Coo
lidge on Beacon Hill, and the sig
| nails were set clear for the road
to the Govcrnorship.
who made Calvin Coolidge?
Edwin L. Curtis, of course.
When he was a sick man In that
old brick building at the dead end
OF Pemhcrton Square, the needless
policemen went out on strike TO
the refrain of Hail, Hail, the
Gangs All Here. The sick man
showed the strength of the stall
wart, until finally Governor Coo
lidge sent telegram to Samuel
Gompers that tapped it way into
national prominence, and is today
sort of Magma Charta of the peO-
pies rights.
| "Who made Calvin Coolidge?
James Lucey, the Northampton
cobbler. Of course No explanation
or argument is necessary here, but
merely a reminder. The Herald
published q fac -simile a few days
ago of President Coolidge's letter
to him. which said. If it were not
for you, | Should not be here
"Who made Calvin Coolidge?
Frank w. Stearns, of course,
with as close an approximation to
second sight as we may expect IN
these days. and wit and ability TO
see around the corner years before
Einstein told us how rays of light
are bent, this substantial Self-made
self-respecting Boston merchant.
with his quiet sense of obligation
to the community. discerned quail
ties which hardly anybody else
glimpsed To go to the Republican
Convention he left a Governor. only
to come back to pay his respects
to potential vice-president.
"Who made Calvin Coolidge?
Senator Crane, of course. he
made Coolidge by showing him, in
precept and practice. the way OF
wisdom and by vouching for him in
high places where his chance say
so was as good as his cath and
bond. To the younger man he gave
that mixture of personal attach
ment and respect of which he was
none too prodigal, but always of
mighty advantage to the few who
won it.
who made Calvin Coolidge?
THE Republican Party Of Massa-
chusetts, OF course, canny Or
ganization, with some Bourbonlsm,
some democracy, some vision. some
solid traditions, and no end of gen
uine application of the merits of a
trustworthy man. 1t always lined
up behind him solidly. even when
he displayed that reticence which
to the unknowing was some evil
dence of ingratitude and to the
knowing was really Coolidgeism.
who made Calvin Coolidge?
1.-The people of Massachusetts, OF
course. They took him at more
than his own modest valuation,
I, t,n To
officer or governor. They had
that which thousands call blind
faith in him. More thouands call
ed it passionate intuition.
Who made Calvin Coolidge?
His mother, of course, who en-
lowed him with her own attrib-
utes; a father that taught him pru-
Dental ways with all the quiet Wig
or of the old Greeks who preached
moderation in everything; his
school and his college: his class
mate, Dwight Morrow, and his
guest of day or two ago at the
White House, William +. Whiting.
who made Calvin Coolidge?
Calvin Coolidge, of course
From the reflective shoemaker
and the furious Miss Foley to the
complement Frank w. Stearns
and the watchful and discerning
senator from Dalton came some of
tho makings, but the man himself
had the essentials of greatness.
Give another man those same foes
and friends and he might still be
as far away from the White House
as most sons of Vermont"