Evening star., 1925-07-15
SENTIMENT SWEEPS
III THROUGH MINNESOTA FARMS
Personal Popularity of President, Coupled Wth Dis.
satisfaction With Radicals and Desire for Con-
serratsnr, Is Bringing State Back to G.. o. p.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.
staff Correspondent of The Star.

BI FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.
staff Correspondent of The Star.
sST. PAUL. Mimi, July 15.-St.
PAUL and Minneapolis, and the whole
Northwest country of which they are
rhe political and business CenterS. are
Sill under the spell of President Cool
Tge's visit in June. Investigation on
Che spot leaves no doubt that the
osy accounts of it sent TO the East
we're justified UP to the hilt. The
president came. saw and con
Iuered. On all hands, even those who
ailfer with him politically, il is agreed
ohat Mr.. Coolidge scored triumph.
The Scandinavian element, which so
eiChly seasons this region. is ordi-
narily stolid and undemonstrative like
he President himself. But il seems to
have let itself go to an altogether un-
precedented extent in his honor. The
Twin Cities. which have welcomed
many Presidents in their day, can re-
GALL none who ever received a more
genuinely cordial greeting. Massa-
chuSetts itself il would appear, could
hardly have acclaimed Mr.. Coolidge
clore heartily. New Englanders were
aot always popular in these attitudes.
Republican leaders are confident
chat the political effects of the Presi-
dents trip will be farr reaching. He
Carried Minnesota, in the teeth of the
1924 La Toilette menace by a plu-
rality of so 600. If he were running
today, it is asserted that he would get
u by 10000 Unquestionably, what
bis detractors call "the Coolidge
myth" has been effectually marketed
81 Minnesota. Two years acquaint-
5nCe with the Presidents official
style and private habits has convinced
these northweSterners that he is a
safe man in tight place. There is,
Of course. no universal agreement
9ith his policies, for the Farm Labor
movement is still active and aggres-
give. But. broadly speaking, Mime
sofa approves of Coolidge.
Likes Economy Program.
2 1t enthusiastically likes his economy
program. 1t likes his drive for tax
seduction. 1t likes his thrift in words.
Et likes his manner of simple living.
Il believes implicitly in his personal
Integrity and motives. 1t is confident
Ehere will be no oil scandals under his
eegime. II is pleased with his outlook
on foreign relationships abstention
from international affairs which do
not directly concern the United States,
and his New England point about the
owes us. These are the foundation
Stones on which Coolidge sentiment in
Minnesota rests. They were driven
still deeper by the personal impress
sions created by the President a
month ago.
MinneSotanS are not blind to the
obvious bid that the Coolidge admins
tration is making for their political
favor. The bestowal within three or
r., l. -. 4.
first grade Federal plumS upon Mime
sota Republicans does not pass un-
noticed. At first the appointment of
Frank 3. kellogg as Secretary of
State evoked surprise and a Whiff of
resentment for Minnesota 'repudated'
Mr.. Kellogg when il sent Henrik Ship
stead TO the United States Senate in
4922. But when it was recognized
that Kellogg had speedily won his
diplomatic spurs at the Court of St.
Games and was now securing for Min
Hesota the premiership of the Coolidge
cabinet. State pride swelled up and
Coolidge chalked up a master stroke.
Other Appointments.
; Then, in rapid succession. came the
appointment of Associate Justice
Piece Buffers st. Paul law partner,
William De Witt Mitchell as Solicitor
AJCiltl 1l d III VI MI NSlIoS5 - ON II law
partner. Robert r. Olds. also of St.
Paul. s Assistant Secretary of State.
Since the Republican party regained
power at Washington in 1921 Mime
Sofa has not Jared particularly we'll in
abe patronage realm. Mr.. Coolidge
3ias signally remedied that situation
and played correspondingly good poll
tics. Next year and in 1928, when the
Il. O. p. will train its heaviest guns
on the Farm-Labor forces, in the hope
of routing them and placing Mime
sofa irrevoCably in the Republican
column, all these conspicuous favors
10 the State Will not be forgotten.
They have at least been planted in
the practical hope that they will bear
ihe fruit of gratitude.
: The Coolidge campaign to annex
Minnesota synchronizes with economic
developments that are designed 10
promote It. When this writer visited
abe State in the Summer of 1928, the
1TarmLabor flood was at full tide.
ShipStead had overwhelmed Kellogg
, nd Magnus Johnson was swept into
The senate by the same overflow of
snbittered and embattled political
tentiment on the farms. The air was
! hick with unrest and discomfort. and
! life with fears that radicalism was
!, bout to engulf the entire Northwest.
I or three years and more the farmers
pf Minnesota, the Dakotas and Mon
sana had been losing. through bad