Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-22
Senator Capper
Endorses Coolidge.

Endorses Coolidge.
Sen. Arthur Capper of Kansas, a
liberal republican senator of undoubt-
ed ability and broadness of view has
endorsed President Coolidge. Sen.
Borah of Idaho, another senator OF
progressive and studious type, has
endorsed Coolidge. The loss OF these
men was a keen blow to La Toilette
In recent speech Sen. Capper said:
AS to Mr.. La Toilette. Senator
La Toilette would strip the Supreme
Court of some of its power. This is
one of his issues. 1t may sound good
to some of you, but there is dynamite
in it which little study will disclose.
The danger in making this pol1t1-
cal issue is apparent when man like
Justice Ford of New York who de-
clares the Supreme Court is an "ab-
solute despotism," joins the La Toilette
camp.
Now, we are not always suited with
the decisions of some of the men VINO
sit as Judges on the Supreme bench,
but that is their fault, it is not the
fault of the Supreme Court as an IN
stitution. Looking into the matter we
find our system of government can
not stand without the Supreme Court.
1t is the buttress of the Constitution
itself; it guarantees us our liberties
as American citizens.
I do not mean to say that every
body who supports Senator La Toilette
or that even Senator La Toilette him
self would go SO far as to abolish the
Supreme Court but behind him and
behind that issue in this campaign
are all those who wish to see the Su
preme Court abolished. We must not
forget that.
La Toilette has done some good
service in Congress. He is a good
fighter AS a check against certain
men of both parties in Congress who
serve special privilege La Toilette at
times serves the country well. On the
other hand as a radical, La Toilette,
in my opinion, goes too far on many
things and is too extreme. For this
reason as President he would not be
a safe leader, the country would feel
uneasy at time when our greatest
need is a return to settled conditions.
[ am so convinced of this that re-
CARELESS of party, and because of the
threatened deadlocked political stu
alton, I could not conscientiously do
other than urge every voter to vote
for Coolidge. While / think President
Coolidge is at times little too con-
sentative from the Western viewpoint,
I also think all impartial considera-
lions point to him as the type of man
these troublous times demand. He is
capable, absolutely honest, safe and
sincere Politically, and as a private
citizen he has a good record straight
through. He will make the country an
ideal leader and in my opinion is be-
yond question the man who should be
elected our next President.
4 i
My friends, I speak of President
Coolidge as one who has the privilege
of knowing him rather intimately. In
the two and one-half years before he
entered the White House, Mr.. Coolidge,
as you know, was the presiding Off
Ger of the United States Senate. l was
a member of that body during all that
time, occupying a seat within few
feet of Vice President Coolidge, which
gave me an unusual opportunity to
observe him at work, and l came to
know him we'll. I found him kindly,
sincere, unpretentious, firm, courag-
eous, man of uncommon good judg-
ment. He says what he thinks and
does what he says. He is the kind of
a man who wears we'll with those
brought il. close personal contact
with him, just as he wears we'll with
the nation as whole. He is not spec
tacular He does not make very much
noise; not much fuss, feathers or fire.
works about his work but best of all,
he delivers the goods. He has frank,
straightforward way of facing every
issue put up to him and meeting it
square1y without fear or evasion, no
matter what the effect upon his per-
sonal or political fortunes.