The Washington times., 1925-01-31
COOLIDGE IDOL
Of PEOPLE
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In the United States Senate storm
second only to the storm which
accompanied the debate on the
Covenant Of the League of Nations.
Mr.. Stone, a fearless Attorney
General. gets raised by the Presi'
dent to the United States Supreme
Court; and almost simultaneously,
without the Presidents being ap-
parently at all responsible for 1t, Mr..
Stone proceeds to try to get an
indictment in the District OF Co.
lumbia against Senator Wheeler Of
Senate q super-storTn, a tornado, a
hurricane.
Defies Politicians.
The President meanwhile defies
the whole local political organiza.
ton of the Republican Party in
the State Of Michigan and fear
lessly appoints to the office of At
torney General, in Mr.. Stones
place, that extremely able man,
Charles B. Warren, of Michigan,
whose record thereupon as attorney
q long time ago for the alleged
Sugar Trust" becomes a matter of
Immediate Senatorial suspicion and
inquiry.
A somewhat similar fate now
seems likely to overcome the Presi-
dents recent appointment Of ex-
Congressman Humphrey to be a
member of the Federal Trade Com
mission. Old criticisms of Mr..
Humphrey will probably now be
revived in the Senate.
The net result Of all these things,
and Of numerous other parallel
things, is that the political muir.
murings against the President in
Washington are subterraneanly
loud and strong
cit is all like the first part of
the Taft Administration, all right
over again." said a powerful Sen
ator to this writer. Revolt is
rising in every quarter"
What this Senator overlooked and
failed to point out is the difference
between the hold which Taft had
on the voters and the hold which
Coolidge has.
Taft had relatively an insignifi-
cant hold upon them. Coolidge has
a hold which is almost mystical.
This writer had a talk the other
day with Colonel Raymond Robins,
Of Chicago. who is perhaps the
most effective platform orator in
The country and who, as usual,
has been speaking all over the
country. Colonel Robins, having
addressed great and numerous aud.
fences in every region of the
United States for some twenty
years, remarked that never in his
whole experience had there been
q President the mention OF whose
name could draw from an Amer.
lean audience such a tremendous
high average Of immediate moral
approval and confidence.
This writer can add his little ex
perience to Colonel Robins i'm
mensely larger one. AS an anna.
teur speaker on the radio, this
writer finds that a realistically
friendly and favorable and syInpa.
thetic account of Calvin Coolidge's
character and career is regarded by
numerous radio fans as some sort
of indignity and outrage and insult
to Calvin Coolidge. What these
people insist upon having, and
what this writer apparently does
not give them, is an outrightly
idolatrous account Of Calvin Cool.
idge.
They think that Calvin Coolidge
should be portrayed as Saint Peter
with the keys of heaven and hell
in his hands. If q speaker says
HE is immense; he is at least Saint
Paul." they write in and say, mot
enough; fire that speaker"
This writer believes, from many
sources OF information, that the
President could lose every ounce
Of political power in Washington
and yet 'ge re-nominated and re-
elected in 1928, If 1928 happens to
be a reasonably Republican year
The Presidents power does not
depend one whit upon Washington
It rests upon the people in their
homes in the hamlets and the cross
roads of the country. He is a bit
weaker this week in Washington
than he was last week; but by all
the reports coming here to this
political center from all parts Of
the country, his national strength
founded on confidence in his char
acter and sincerity and patriotism
remains undated and still utterly
popularity irresistible.
Copyright 1920