Evening star., 1924-06-12
President Walks Erer in Sight
Of Relentless Duty, He Says
Declares Executive Represents Best OF
Spiritual, Cultural and Material
= america, a Soldier of Conscience.
By tfw Associated Press.


University. placing the name of
President Coolidge before the Repub-
lican national convention was as fol-
lows:
Mr. Chairman. ladies and gentle
mcn. fellow Republicans and fellow
nttzsns of America. the greatest
country the world has ever known:
This hour is fraught with solemn
obligations. Not single member OF
this convention can escape that fact.
great party, with noble heritage.
with wise leaders. and with RESPONSE
nillty for the government today, has
convened TO nominate candidate for
the presidency of the United States
of America. No higher office exists
among men. For a time. and by con-
sent of the people, it places mar
volous forces a the disposal of one
man. America today occupies
UNIQUE position of leadership in the
Worla. Her financial strength is
m&nufacturing activities are enor-
NOUS her educational religious and
phiianthropio institutions. and agen-
cles arc maintaining with vigor the
cultural, scientific and spiritual
values of the nation. In nominating
virtually choosing the next Presi-
cent Such a task cannot be under
taken lightly
Presents the Man.
shall speak as one who for
years has known the President.
Follow this plan because believe
you want to hear from one who has
a hrstr hand knowledge OF his sub
oeet The people have An unsatiah bile
reSlre 10 learn ahOnt
%aEs OF this man. The better YOU
sno" MN MN The more YOU will trust
nm me more carefully YOU study
MS written words the more certain
You VIII become OF the clarity of his
mind, the depth of his thought and
.he @ soundness OF his Judgment.
out these Qualities. My function is
to present the man. The emphasi.
must @ be just there, My primary task
@orn To- not conrtrn policies or plat
norfns as such These must. Of
course. serve as highly important
Iliustrattve material. but / am asked
70 tell You why I believe the Presi-
cent should succeed himself and
orniaIlH 10 place his name in
In these days Of worthy emphasis
unon social obligations and public
rrnIIh1oenness FIT 1t is easy to overlook the
Many powerful forces 'ans''nus.: are nnw
operative in America which maLn
Tor the disintecration Of nerson,Iitr
snd % CONSEQUENT failure always to
1870 Ihat back of every great
movement is man. There can be
no citizenship without the citizen
ina no virtue without the yirtuous
.NtrA cause is identified with
can party has it. wise leader rid
inroueh many years of faithful ana
t;Ih(ns public service. His prepara
ION for the high Office he now holds
HdS oeeh adequate and ideal
Description Quite Impossih,.
ITO describe him in snotan
written word is quite imnossihin
Personality deffes the rigid harriers
speech. To know any man you
man man' yom see mus, h'm; nns,s To o., know this
As ne himself said Of Lincoln: The
great men of all times baf1e all analy.
sis and all description
me th1ns we can. say. he illus
trates Inc paradox of greatness
paradox is something which is 'appar-
entity absurd yet true ANY one will
tell YOU he is one of us and he is
IN keeping with his real qualities l
ne does not need it. II would be
grossly inartistic and inconsistent.
te is not superman and would be
the last to think so. There is not a
trace OF show or ostentation about
hlm, for he does nothing merely for
appearance. He may be an example.
hut he would never set one. His
0u1c'. unohtrusive, and natural way
OF dong things was beautifully and
gracionsly illustrated during the sad
days of last August when he assum-
"a inc duties of the presidency. He
rersonlies the plain simple virtues
OF our citizens at their best.
Secs Something Elemental.
Yet this is not all. II il he said
that he is rarely common it must also
be known thai he is nobly uncommon
A great man is always simple and Iii
rect About this man there is some
thing elemental He can see into the
heart Of things He knows that every
person has soul and that the great
est thing about America is her spirit
He never lacks dignity. The Office
he occupies is exalted, for when he
performs IA public duty il is a cere-
mony.
He has moral fiber. To me 1t is
his most distinguishing character
fStic. There is moral grandeur
about him which does credit to
American life. You simply cannot
think of him as soft or iabby.
He aims actually to do what he
rigor and vigor in his life which sug-
gests sterness and discipline. He
helps one to understand that righte-
BUSINESS has an actual place in
the world. knowing him, you see
at once why he believes that the
American spirit is the supreme NOR
al power Of the world With him
there is no compromise. There is no
knows what is right he follows it
with resistless logic and persistent
~ndeayor He seems the epitome OF
sheer sclf-control His achievements
in this respect are worthy Of the
highest emulation by the present
generation of Americans. From his
Youth up he learned that self-restraint
is necessity for useful living as
well as for civilization.
RoyhoOd Day Recalled.
His father tells an incident which
throws A food OF light upon his early
day to provide an ample supply of
fire wood for the kitchen stove. On
one occasion in the middle of the
night his father found the son at his
task because he had failed to pro-
vide the wood for the coming morn
science He early learned that obe-
dience is essential in well ordered
group He is severe with every
form Of selfshness and evil. They
exist to be conquered To him char
acter IL the first necessity. He well
comes prosperity, provided we trans
mute our wealth into social progress
All our national power ana grandeur.
ali our physical wealth, all OF our
guarantees of life and liberty VIII be
OF real avail just in proportion as IN
dividual citizens develop sterling. de-
pendable character. There can De no
national greatness which does not
rest upon the personal integrity or
tho people Such a man, regarotes,s e,s
OF the consequences to himself, Will
do the right. He can be trusted.
His FruEulity InhefiteA.
-rrusality is a part of his being.
He inherited it out of the back
ground from which he came. His