The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-06-19
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Satisfactory Trip of the
President to Address the
Norse-Americans.
BY EDWARD w. PlckARD


TT is likely that President Coolidge
never made more successful and
satisfactory trip than that to St. Paul.
where he addressed an immense throng
at the Norse-American centennial Gel
ebration. The journey from Washing
ton was made speedily and in comfort,
and the Presidential party was greeted
everywhere with cheers. On the Min
nesota state fair grounds Mr.. Coolidge
paid eloquent tribute to the Scandina-
who have so wonderfully developed
that part Of the country. and praised
their devotion to the basic principles
of Americanism.
Religious liberty, educational and
economic opportunity, constitutional
rights, the integrity of the law, these
do not emanate from the government"
he declared. "Their abiding place is
with the people.
.'They come from the conservation
of the father, the love Of the mother,
and the devotion of the children. They
are the product of that honest, earnest,
and tireless effort that goes into the
rearing of the family altar and the
making of the home When l look
upon you and realize what you are
and what you have done, know that
In your hands our country is secure.
"You have laid up your treasure in
what America represents, and there
will your heart be also.
"You have given your pledge to the
land of the free, and the pledge of
the Norwegian people has never yet
gone unredeemed."
In the evening there was a great re-
ception in the capitol building, and
then Mr.. Coolidge. with the happy as
surance that he had made thousands
of admiring friends among the Morse
Americans of the northwest, returned
to Washington. Mrs. Coolidge and
Secretary of State Kellogg were men,
bers of his party on the trip.
w Paul was sworn in as solicitor
general of the United States last week,
taking the place from which James
NJ. Beck resigned. Mr.. Mitchell was
a law partner of Secretary Kellogg,
and has been strong supporter of
President Coolidge.
CONSTITUTIONAL guarantees of
~ free speech and freedom of the
press do not carry the right to advo-
cate unlawful acts for the overthrow
of the government, according to de-
cision of the Supreme Court of the
United States unfolding the conviction
of Benjamin Gitlow under the New
York criminal anarchy law. He was
convicted for publishing in the Revolu-
tionary Age and advocating in speeches
q manifesto issued by the left wing
Of the Socialist party, and was SEN
fenced to hard labor for from five to
ten years
Justice Sanford, reading the opinion,
said:
1T is fundamental principle, long
established, that the freedom of speech
and Of the press which is secured by
the Constitution, does not confer an
absolute right to speak or publish,
without responsibility. whatever one
may choose. or an unrestricted and
unbridled license that gives immunity.
for every possible use of language and
prevents the punishment of those who
abuse this freedom. That a state In
the exercise of its police power may
punish those who abuse this freedom
by utterances inimical to the public
welfare, tending to corrupt public
morals. incite to crime, or disturb the
public peace. is not open to question"
Utterances advocating the over
throw of organized government by
force. violence, and unlawful means,
he declared, present sufficient dan
ger of substantive evil to bring their
punishment within the range of legis-
lative discretion" and ''the immedi-
ate danger Is none the less real and
substantial because the effect of
| given utterance cannot be accurately
foreseen."
Justices Holmes and Brandeis. in a