The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-10-01
MIR. COOLIDGE CLEARS THE
ATMOSPHERE

In August 1927, when President Cool
idge called in the newspaper correspondents
gathered at his South Dakota summer home
and passed slips among them with the laconic
statement 81 do not choose to rum" many of
the "kingmakers" and others who professed
to be close to MIR. Coolidge, insisted the
statement was merely feeler to test out
public sentiment.
Having made this statement Mr.. Cool
idge did not choose to amplfy it. Up unit!
a day or two before the National convention
in June, 1928, there was well organized
effort to place his name before the conven-
ton. MIR. Coolidge sent his secretary to
Kansas City with the ultimatum that he
meant what he said in South Dakota the
summer before.
For the past several months there has
been persistent rumor that the former
President was in a receptive mood to con-
slider the nomination next year. There isn't
any question about the strength of Mr.. Cool
idge with the American people and had he
allowed the plans to proceed there would be
bad mixup in 1882.
This weeks Saturday Evening Post car
ries copyrighted special article from the
pen of President Coolidge The article dis
cusses the necessity of party loyalty and an
almost unprecedented right of President
to expect denomination for a second term
should he desire it.
In this article EX-President Coolidge dis
cusses present worldwide conditions mdicat-
ing that he saw them coming and was not
eager to go through the turmoil of endeav-
orlng to keep his country on a even keel with
an unfriendly Congress made up of major
lty OF his own political faith, on his hands.
According to the article Mr.. Coolidge
hasn't any further political aspirations. He
refuses to amplify his reasons, expecting
the statement that he has retired shall be
taken at is full face value.
While he did not mention the name of
President Hoover in his article it is clearly
apparent that he is in full accord with the
administration of his successor and indorses
him for a denomination.
The record of Mr.. Coolidge discloses
that he does not side step any issues i'm
portant or otherwise He gives his reasons
for his conclusions in the simplest English
couched in the fewest possible words.
The worldwide depression would have
made the road rough for any man serving
as chief executive of the United States With
bunch of congressional political soldiers of
fortune, presumably of the Presidents po-
litical faith, endeavoring to block him at
every turn, MIR. Hoover has had particular
ly tough time.
The reason for some of this opposition
has been caused because the President has
refused to bring himself down to the level
of the opposition. When the Kansas City
convention convened Wall Street did not
want Hoover. When they saw his nomina-
ton was inevitable they swung into line for
him.
Herbert Hoover is very short on bonn
bast but he has kept plugging away at his
daily chores with the single thought OF &C
complshing what is best for his country. At
the present time he is fighting the depart
ment bureaucrats in Washington to material
ly reduce and keep down governmental ex-
penditures. His very latest is an open break
between the lords of the navy who will go
before the next Congress asking for ship
building appropriations entirely out of rea-
son with the country's present needs and
ability to finance without serious difficulty.
The President will take this case to the peo-
pie and he will win because the average
Congressman and United States Senator of
the present day keeps his political car prey
close to the ground in an endeavor to catch
the drift of public sentiment
The article of President Coolidge has
done much to clarity the political atmosphere
and the opposition to the denomination Of
President Hoover will dwindle regardless of
the outbreaks of the near Republicans
Brookheart, LaF'ollete, Blaine and Norris
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