Evening star., 1925-03-18

A remarkable generosity of com
policies, strikingly devoid of political
or sectional lines, marks the com
ment of the press on the inaugural
address Of President Coolidge.
In his fine and striking address" D."
says the Cincinnati Times-Star Gre
publican), president Coolidge gets
completely away from the amiable
generalities that are almost tradi-
tfonal in inaugural utterances." The
Times-Star continues: His is the
tone of a leader who is convinced
that he knows what the Nation needs
and wants, and who lays his convic-
tions before the country az a pilots
chart of the administrative era into
which he is moving. The note he
sounds IS not that of party leader
ship, but something different"
The Omaha World Herald tinde-
pendent Democratic), however, thinks;
President Coolidge reveals, not only
himself. but a philosophy of govern
ment and of society. 1t is, for the
time, the controlling philosophy 1t
AYERS that the way to make a pros
porous and happy people is to build
prosperity at the top and let its
benefits trickle down toward the bot
tom. That is what is transpiring now
and the top is consolidating its
gains"
IT'S the same old Coolidge speak
ing to us today, and yet not the
same" declares the Worcester Ga
zette independently, which adds: For
he has grown, grown, even since he
succeeded Harding as the Chief Ex-
ecutive Better, perhaps, he has de-
| veloped." In the opinion of the San
Antonio Express independent Demo-
! cratic): 1.-The faith expressed in eX-
| actly the sort of inaug address
! the country expected of President
Coolidge-plain, sensible, intensely
practical and serviceabl therefore
! will be applauded and credited as en-
/ tirely sincere. because behind it is
the record of 10 months of consistent
good works." The address, according
! to the Sioux City Journal (Repub-
| lican), recalled Lincoln, who attained
the sublime in homely phrase, and,
! like Lincoln, Mr.. Coolidge made no
| effort for an expression of eruditlon,
and yet his message to the American
people and the nations of the world
| is one that makes an appeal to human
faith"
| x x
"Mr Coolidge's conception of
| Americas mission and duty is at
once simple and sublime, noble and
| practical" declares the Chicago Daily
| News independently. The people
know where he stands" the News
| adds, and they are prepared to give
him hearty support; and the more Wig
orous his leadership the more enthusias-
| tic will be that support The address,
according to the Atlanta Journal (Dem-
| ocratic), was a happy utterance in
| that it was largely a statement of
| truths and of aims from which there
| can be little or no dissent" The
| Journal concludes, "a clear-cut well
| poised high minded address Presi-
| dent Coolidge's was. 1t may prove the
| prologue to fruitful administra-
| ton" The Pittsburgh GazetteTime es
| (Republican) believes: THE Coolidge
| program is the American peoples
| program. We can look at least four
| years into the future with confidence
that under Coolidge's administration
so far as the Presidents authority
goes, all will be right with the
| United States"
The outstanding quality in the ad-
| dress, in the opinion of the San
Francisco Bulletin independently, is
| sincerity. The Bulletin adds, First
| to last it is infused with the spirit
| of moral earnestness. The man clear
ly means what he says; and what he