The Glenwood post., 1924-11-20
uacIe Tets Bel Tine Stsries
Current Events fof the Ohildru
and Qsown-aps, Too
A LESSON FOB THE KNocKER

Jack came into the room with q
face az long as yard stick. He In
deed looked as though his last friend
had left for China.
Not hearing him say anything, an
unusual thing for growing boy,
Uncle Ted looked up from his paper
and gasped.
"My, what. a face. l can't imagine
anything being quite that bad. What
in the world is your troublei 1t would
seem to me that after our marvellous
victory at the polls just a few days
ago there should be nothing left any
where but joy and sunshine. Even the
Democrats in most places are begin
ming to smile because they realize at
last that Coolidge and Dawes and the
Republican party will mean continued
prosperity, clean government and bust
nesslike management of our affairs at
Washington.
"'It seems to me that this wonderful
victory is important and gratifying
because it is a personal tribute to an
unassuming, hard working, loyal Amer
lean as well as a record of the voters
that they will not stand for or listen
to continuous knocking. Calvin Cool
idge will be president of the United
States for four more years because
the people know that he is honest, that
he represents party that can manage
the affairs of the nation as they
would manage their own business.
81 think the outstanding thing
about the election was, as l said a
minute ago, that the American people
will not be led into voting for man
because he attacks the other fellow
from all sides. 1t seemed to me as |
read, and listened to the campaign
arguments, that both the Democrats
and Mr. LaFollette did nothing but
tell the world how terrible the Repub-
licans were. Seldom did hear a sane
argument as to why they should be
put into power. The American people
do not want that sort of thing. They
are for the man who does things and
You kiddies can learn n lot from that
fact. No one likes the fellow who
goes about Dragging and saying how
good he is and how bad is the other
fellow Boys and girls have no use for
their friends who do that. Men and
women will not stand for it in their
everyday life. And certainly they will
not stand for it when it comes to vot-
ing for a man to lead their govern
ment for period of four years"
"Why did they talk that way?"
asked Jack.
'Because, Jack, they had no past
record to stand on and no party prin-
ciples they could satisfactorily support.
You know, when you do things, you
don t have to go around shouting it to
everybody. If what you do is right
and worth while, your friends will
know, your enemies will know, and
nothing you or anyone else can do
will stop everybody who is interested
from knowing.
'And so it has been with Calvin
Coolidge. He has conducted himself
not only as great leader throughout
the campaign, but as a gentleman as
well. He went on no speaking tour.
He did not attack the men who were
running against him on the other tick
cts. He knew that the death of his
former chief, Warren G.. Harding
placed him at the head of the gov
ernment. He knew that his was
grave responsibility. He felt that his
Job came first and he was not going
to shirk that job no matter what the
cost might be. That was his first
duty.
There is great lesson for you,
Jack. There is an old saying that
virtue is its own reward. You might
go beyond that and say that if you do
your work as it comes and do it to the
best of your ability no matter if the
rainbow is off in the other direction,
you will gain more in the end and be
serving yourself as well as others.
"There is every reason for all of us
to rejoice over the result of the elec.