Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-30
COOLIDGE PLEASED
. BY RECEPTION Of
MEMORIAL SPEECH
President Hears Many Fa.
vorabIe Comments After
Cannon Falls Address.
REFERENCES TO SOUTH
HELD N0N-P0LITlCAL
Executive Declared Dixie Cannot
Be Blamed Entirely
for War.
By J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

KlNER, WIS, July 3O.-PreSloent Cool
idge was pleased this morning by tele-
grams he received congratulating him
upon the speech he delivered yesterday
afternoon at Cannon Falls, Mimi. in
which he thrust back into the dead
years of the past all the bitterness and
sorrows of the Civil War and emphasized
the passing Of sectionalism and the
welding together of this country In q
united whole
The President and Mrs. Coolidge. who
accompanied him on the journey to the
southern part of Minnesota. showed no
III effects today. They both appeared
rested despite the eight-hour train ride
Yesterdays address was the first
public utteranca Mr. Coolidge has made
since leaving Washington. and there
fore the first since the battle lines for
the forthcoming national campaign
have been formed, and he was especially
pleased with the reassuring tone Of the
con2ratulatory messages he received to-
day. as we'll as the editorial comment
IN nearby newspapers. He seemed eager
to learn what was the reaction Of
his speech.
Remarks on South.
His anxiety in this connection prob
! ably was due to misgivings he may have
had as to the Interpretation placed upon
| his remarks. 1t no doubt had reached
his ears, as it had others In his party.
tnat there were those who upon hear
ing ms address AcoEstrued it as being
somewhat for campaign purposes.
If any political significance could
/ if1fp
marks, it might have been as a result
| or his tribute to the South for It's re-
n>arkable economic recovery and pres
ent day industrial! progress and for
his deploring the attempts to keep bit
| terriess. hatred and sectional anirnosity
alive for the purpose of political ad-
/ vantage. and when he declared that
those resorting TO such devices should
| find their place IN the public confidence
seriously impaired.
| Some others who construed the Pres
idcnt's remarks as having been prompt
| ed by political motives pointed TO the
/ attempt being made by the Republicans
| to invade the solid South this Fall for
| Hoover. Those who know the President
| well had no lesitancy afterward in re-
| futing such inferences and in explain
| ing that the Presidents tribute to the
South was most appropriate. inasmuch
as he was speaking at the dedication of
Civil War memorial.
The Presidents speech was brief. re-
/, quiring barely Is minutes to deliver.
! There was little applause on the part
Of the many thousands of persons as
sembled in the picturesque little GEM
etery. but 1t was plain to be seen that
MS remarks were well received When
! lie concluded he was loudly applauded,
as was Mrs Coolidge when she. few
minutes after the President finished
speaking. unveiled bronze tablet near
| The statute of Col William ColvilI, for
! the dedication of which these exercises
were held.
ColvilfS Exploit Recalled.
II was against the South that Col.
Colvill and his gallant men of the fst
Minnesota Infantry had fought so GAL
lantly at Gettysburg. 1t was the cou-
rageous charge of those Minnesotans
that saved the left wing of the Union
Army during that battle and. according
! Confederate forces in check until other
reserves came up. probably saving the
Union Army from defeat"
The day was ideal although Q tribe
warm. and the setting for the cere-
monies Inspiring Mr.. Coolidge stood
bareheaded. with the sun beating down
upon him, rs he talked to that great
throng of people assembled about the
grounds.
Freely and unhesitatingly the Presi-
dent declared that the South must not
be held all TO blame for the Civil War
and that We can see now that it was in
many ways entitled to sympathy. be-
cause IL because meshed In a web of
circumstances from which 1t could not
extricate itself.
This expressed viewpoint of the presi-
! dent seemed to particularly interest q
little group of very tired looking old
men sitting In the front row of the
Presidents vast audience. These vet
Grams were survivors of that charge
led by Col. Colvill &C Gettysburs.
There were only six of them on hand
yesterday. Several of them had donned
their old blue uniforms, Each was
introduced 10 the President &C the con-
clusion Of the ceremonies.
IT was while touching upon the re-
construction period following the Civil
War that Afr, Coolidge paid such high
tribute 60 the South for its remarka-
BILE economic recovery and growth He
implied that the South deserved much
more credit for It's recovery than did
the North. because the latter found IT.
self after the war merely depleted.
while the South was entirely Frustrated.
The Presidents declaration that 'the
day OF SectionaliSm is passed: we are a
united Nation" was prefaced by the
expressed conviction that responsible
clements both III the North and South
each look with pride and satisfaction
upon the brilliant contribution which
the ether is making to the national
welfare and are Just as eager to help
the other as they are 10 help them
selves. He cited as notable example
Of this the enactment by Congress by
unanimous vote of food relief meas
ure for the lower Mississippi
Jardlne Joins President
Gov, ChrissianSon of Minnesota made
a brief address before introducing the
President. lie and Mrs. ChristianSon,
and Mrs, Frank q. Kellogg. wife OF the
Secretary Of state. joined the presi-
DENTAL party as the train passed through
Minneapolis.
As the Presidents train reached Min-
neapoiiS ON the Journey back 20 the
North Woods, Secretary of Agriculture
Jardlne ioined the party. He viii Ne
4 guest at Cedar Island until probably
late this afternoon, The President
paid Secretary Jardtne the honor this
morning OF taking him along In Ms
canoe Tor fishing, He doeAnt do this
with all his callers, Secretary H0oSer