The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-01-16
THE NEW COOLIDGE
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1t is becoming more and more evi.
dent that Calvin Coolidge as Presi-
dent in his own right by vote of the
people, is going to be different
Chief Executive from Calvin Cool
idge become President by the death
of his predecessor.
The same contrast, it will be re-
called, was, observable in the two
Administrations Of Mr.. Roosevelt
that in which he sought to carry out
the Mckinley policies, and that in
which, elected to the Presidency in
his own person, he made his own
policies.
For one thing, Mr.. Coolidge evinces
a disposition to do his own choosing
in the makeup of his official family.
He wanted Charles B. Warren of
Michigan for his new Attorney Gen
eral, and though Senator Couzens
marshaled the whole Michigan dele
cation to ask that Governor Groes-
kopf be chosen instead, the Warren
nomination was sent to the Senate.
And why not? The responsibility is
Mr.. Coolidge's and he has every right
to pick his own adviser, instead Of
someone he doesn't know or has no
faith in, pushed upon him for State
political reasons.
The Kellogg appointment is evil
IDENTIFY another personal choice of Mr..
Coolidge, and its announcement SIM
ultaneously with that of Secretary
Hughes retirement shut out the
horde of placemongers and relieved
the President of the necessity for
overruling them all in order to pick
his own man. OF course, there
would have been no such backfire
from Minnesota as there was from
Michigan; indeed Mr.. Kellogg would,
no doubt, have received practically
unanimous support from Republican
leaders in Minnesota, as his nomina-
ton has now received general ap-
proval here from rank and file of
the party.
But there would have arisen a
cloud Of candidates from other
States, each backed by strong sup
port, and each absorbing some of
the Presidents time and attention
In the end, he would have done as he
pleased-but at what expense of
wasted time and numerous heart
burnings!
Warren and Kellogg are both Cool
idge men, in the sense that they ad-
mire the President and believe
thoroughly in his policies. The
whole Cabinet, no doubt, will after
March 4 be an efficient instrument
for carrying on those policies.
1t is easy to see how the retire
ment of Mr.. Hughes, though it de-
prives the Republic of the services
of a, great and useful Secretary, is
likely to make the Coolidge influence
not merely weighty but dominating
in the conduct Of our foreign affairs.
This may be expected to come about
through the loyal cooperation of
Mr.. Kellogg, who will furnish the
skill, the experience, the ability and
the diplomatic technique necessary
for the purpose.
Few Presidents have gone to the
extremes of one-man management
that Mr.. Wilson did. He did not
want q great Secretary of State, but
a useful clerk and when Mr.. Lans-
ing stepped out Of that narrow role,
he became persona non grata to the
President, who meant to be his own
foreign minister from first to last.
Mr.. Coolidge is not that sort. But
it is a good guess that he means to
have the guiding hand in all great
matters Of state that confront his
Administration, whether at home or
abroad.