Evening star., 1933-01-06
CAPITAL SADDENED
BY COOLIDGE DEATH
Sorrow Felt as AcUteIy Here
as if He Still Resided
in City.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The shadow OF death which crosses
the hearth Of officialdom and intermit-
tently takes therefrom those who have
served the Government at its highest
post came as acutely into the life Of
the Capital today. as If Calvin Cool
idge had still resided in it's midst.
Strange and unparalleled was the
place that Mr.. Coolidge held in the es-
TEEN Of his colleagues here of both
political parties. They recognized in
him first a man who had conscientious
" refused to continue in the presl-
dency though another term was as
sured him in 1928, and man who
since his departure from the White
House had viewed effectively the PROB
lens of the American people and
sought to render in constructive way
the advice that was impersonal. useful
and disinterested.
Seen as Candidate.
SO popular as political figure was
Calvin Coolidge that many here never
ceased to consider him as possible
candidate once more for the presidency.
Notwithstanding his statement that he
did not choose to run, he was almost
drafted in 1928 and might have been
a factor in the Chicago convention OF
1892 If he had lent the slightest en-
couragement to those who wished 10
sponsor his re-entry into pubic life
But Mr.. Coolidge saw beyond the OIL
fica-holding and the administrative re-
sponsibilities. He had come to DelleVe
that by his writings he could guide MS
nartv and his successors in ONCE. he
never criticized the man VINO was
elected to follow him in the presidency.
He never INDUCED in personalities, any,
how. He was more deeply lnteresVeu
in fundamental principles.
The name Of Coolidge always was
associated in the public mind with pros
,1eTitv and success. During his regime
The Nation reached a high point IN
wealth and income. The former Presl-
dent had the feeling that America would
weather the storm that hes attacked
the economic serenity of the world. ne
was insistsnt that artificial methods ana
unsound devices would not rebuild the
country and that hard work, thrift ana
a return to fundamental princip es were
essential factors in any reconstruction
program,
Not In Good Health.
Mr.. Coolidge has nct been IN gooo
health for the last year. He told tnls
correspondent last Summer that ne
feared he would not make many trips
away from New England, as the asthma
was bothering him considerably. HS
disliked to travel because the dust Of
streets and trains aggravated his
breathing troubles. He lived simply and
peacefully In Northampton, reading
much on public questions and writing
only when he reached what he consld-
cred natured conclusions.
, Recently he gave his time TO the rail-
road problem in the hope OF being OF
service in finding solution. His wa
a straightforward, logical mind, and nj:
personality was frank, outspoken and
untouched by guile or the devious way:
of the politician. He said bluntly what
he Thought and expressed him,elf WITT
a directness that was never offensive
vet was firm and unmistakab-e.
Calvin Coolidge will go down IN ms
terry as a President unlike any otnei
who lived in the White House. per.
souality and character and record
UNIQUE for its utter simplicity, its hon.
estv and its fidelity to the principles Of
conservatism which were rooted In ms
New England heritage.
(copvrirht In33O