Evening star., 1925-06-09
PARTY
ISEN ROUTE HOME
Reception at st. Paul Held
After Busy Day at Mime
sofa Fair Grounds.
By the Associated Press.

En- ROUTE TO WASHINGTON,
NEAR MADISON. Wis. June .
Somewhat wearied by their strenuous
day in the Twin Cities of Minnesota
where the President took part yes
terdsy in the Morse merican centen-
MIA celebra ton. Mr. and Mrs. Cool
idse spent a restful night on the frst
lap Of their return trip. Washington
will be reached Wednesday morning.
Returning to their train in the
Union Station yards after the recep-
lion held at the State Capitol in ST.
Paul, Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge retired
by 10 o'clock last night, more than an
hour before departure of the Train.
The downward drop in temperature
made for comfortable night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge were smiI-
ing broadly as they passed the last
crowd Of the day at the station. and
though weary both were apparentlv
pleased at the reception. The Presi-
dent seemed none the worse for the
two hour visit 10 the State fair
grounds. where. on an open stanAs
he participated in the centennial
storm. speaking for more than 81
minutes. Despite the severe ele-
ments. the huge crowd was al
tentive throughout.
Stop With KeIIoggs.
Before going To the fair grounds
Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge drove ia
Minnea polls. where they were guests
of the board of directors OF the
Morse merican centennial Al lunch
con. They spent the night at the
home Of Secretary and Mrs. Kellogg.
Mr.. kellogg and other members of
the party who accompa nied the Pres
ident TO st. Paul are making the re-
turn trip.
In his address yesterday the Presi.
dent, after praising the hardy Scan
dinavisn immigrants who helped de-
velop the Northwest held up the
American melting pot as an example
for the world.
possible on the scale of this continent
| among people so widely diverse why
not on the scale of worId?" he
asked
II am convinced that our national
story might somewhat help 10 guide
| mankind toward such a goal"
The President told his audience
that. in the midst of Royalties that
are al beyond possibility Of question.
ii was "dificult 10 choose among the
| many national and racial groups that
! have sought out America for their
home and their country
We are thankful for all Of them
and yet more thankful that the eI
1 pertinent of their common citizenship
! has been so ma agnifcently justified in
its results" he said. If one were
seeking proof of basic brotherhood
among all races OF men, if one were
to challenge the riddle of Babel in
! support OF aspirations for a unity
| ca pa bic OF assuring peace TO The ma
tions, in such an inquiry | suppose
no better testimony could he taken
than the experience ot this country.
Spiritual Union Evolved
.-Out of the confusion OF tongues.
the conflict of traditions, the varta-
tions Of historical setting, the vast
differences in talents and tastes there
has been evolved a spiritual union
accompanied by a range of capacity
and genius which marks this Nation
| for a pre-eminent destiny. The Amer
| icsn people have comma nded the re
spect Of the world.
! 1T is not so many years since
! visitors from other quarters Of The
! world were wont 10 contemplate our
| concourse of races, origins and inter
ests and shake their heads ominously.
They feared that from such q melting
pot of diverse elements we could
never draw the tested. tempered metal
that is the only substance for national
! character Even among ourselves
were many who listened with serious
concern TO such forebodingS. They
| W \ Il
created a nation with the soul Of A
nation. They wondered if perhaps we
had merely brought together large
number of people in large place.
Had these misgivings been justi-
/ fed when the hour OF trial came, it
! would have meant disaster to US and
| to the world. But instead of crumb-
| ling into a chaos of discordant ele-
| ments, America proved its truly
national unity. 1t demonstrated con-
clusively that there is spiritual
quality shared by all races and con-
ditions of men which is their uni
versal heritage and common nature.
| Powerful enough to hold this people
| TO high ideal in time of supreme
! trial. why may We not hope that the
| same influence will at length rea ch
men and women wherever they are
! found on ca rth .?
| Praises Scsndina vians.
| President Coolidge praised the
Scandina Wan immigrants for their
J contribution TO American life. bur
made no direct reference TO preseni
day immigration problems which
prompted Congress to enact the Ia "
! designed TO limit the flow of aliens
from south Europe and encoura ge
ifanisration from countries in the
northern part of the continent
Recalling that just 100 years ago a
group of So persons set out from
| Norway on the Aston sloop Restau.
rstionen as the first organized party
| of immigrants from that country. the
President said that Minnesota would
not be Minnesota, the group of i'm
| perial Northwestern States would
not be what they are but for the
contribution that has been made TO
| them by the Scandinavian countries. =
During the period from 1915 to 1898
| Mr.. Coolidge asserted, immigration
| from northern and western Europe
| not only built the United States Into
| numbers, wealth and authority in the
/ world, but had a tremendous reflex on
| Europe
! But for American example and in
| fiuence," he added, the democra tic
movements of 1882 and IS4S in Europe
might have been long postponed The
| broadly democratic evolution which
swayed Europe so greatly in the lat
! ter half of the nineteenth century
might have failed entirely"
Helped Abolish Slavery.
immigration from north and west
| Europe gave constant encoura ge-
ment there to liberal thought and ac-
| tion," he said, and in this country hy
| gradually giving the North a great