The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-11-18
The Presidents Six Points.

The President S Dix FolntS.
This is a good time, thinks the Savanna
Press, ito learn something new about Presl
lent Calvin Coolidge, whom the nation ha
ust given one of the greatest votes of con
idence in half century" William M. Butler
Hartman OF the republican national commit
ee, has his own ideas of what has mad
Calvin Coolidge both great and successful.
Following are the reasons on which Chair
nan Butler bases his conclusions, according
o the Press:
/. His reverence for women. His
mother and his step-mother were unques-
tionably the most important influence
in his life. To enlarge upon that state
ment is impossible without transgresslng
the boundaries of personal confidence.
But citizens of Massachusetts know that
it was his leadership which set their state
so far ahead in every matter affecting
the interests OF women and children and
the home.
2. 1t is not by accident that so many
of our presidents have been country bred.
The farmers son is much alone; he IS
dependent upon himself for the conduct
of his life. He does his own thinking; he
makes his own decisions. All shat is best
in our rural life is represented today III
the white house.
3. Rigid economy was necessity IN
his home 1t was a necessity in the boy
hood homes of most of our presidents.
No man can really understand the people
unless he has shared the common lot.
The people of the United States are eX-
periencing already the results of Mr..
Cooldge's devotion to economy; our tax
es have been reduced. There will be yet
further economies, and every home will
benefit.
4. He promised in his speech of ac-
ceptance that this should be a campaign
of common sense How rare is common
sense in public life; what a fearful price
the people pay for the lack of it. He has
made no glittering promises; he has OF
fered no millennium. But by sound bus
mess common sense more progress has
been made in Strengthening out the tan
gled affairs of Europe in the year since
he entered the white house than in all
the five years before.
5. He has been magnihcently trained.
Part of our national difficulties arise from
the easy going assumption that any good
man is equipped to hold public office.
We tend to takers in our politics, not to
trained executives. Calvin Coolidge be-
gan in the lowest public position. Sue
ceSsfully he was councilman, mayor,
state legislator, senator. president OF the
senate, lieutenant governor, governor and
vice president.
Thirteen different times the people
were given opportunity to review his
work, and each time by their ballots they
pronounced it good. He knows the bust
ness of government and knowledge i'll
power" He has made study of govern
ment the work of his life, from the day
he entered college until now. The results
of his study have been put into action in
your service and mine They are known
and read of all men.
g. Finally he has worked. | suppose
there is no man in the United States OF
his years who has put in more hours OF
concentrated hard work. He has never
denounced his opponents, never consid-
cred it worth while to reply to personal
attacks. never sought, by any of the
well-worn tricks to exploit himself He
has worked the results of his work have
done all the talking necessary. He is
typically American.
What does that mean? What was it
that our fathers sought to found here on
this continent? A new thing under the
sun A nation free from special privilege,
from class control, from any attempt to
substitute initiative a nation i'll which
the humblest can aspire to and attain the
greatest heights
Commenting on the above the America
Times Recorder says ''the career of Calvi
Coolidge furnishes another splendid exampl
for every American youth" and adds: 1T
no idle boast that the presidency of the great
est country on the globe may be achieved b
executive chair Possibly the greatest hand
cap of any youth seeking the exalted pc
sition would be extreme wealth. The cour
try lad, poor, honest and intelligent, has
greater chance for success than his wealth
neighbor'