Evening star., 1934-10-02
G.O.P.N0T BEATEN,
VIEW Of COOLIDGE
Message Written Before
Death Put Hope in Need
of Good Government.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA October 2.-The
future of the Republican party, CALVIN
Coolidge wrote shortly before his
death, is guaranteed "by tn. require
ments of good governments
Published in the current issue of the
Saturday Evening Post, the posthum-
GUS message of the former President
asserts:
Parties disintegrate only when
their power for public service is gone.
Nothing indicates that the Republican
party is approaching that stage
Mr.. Coolidge died in the interim be-
tween the defeat of Herbert Hoover
and the Inauguration of Franklin D..
Roosevelt.
Fayors Two Great Parties.
His last discussion of public affairs,
captioned political parties, set forth
the view that:
so long as human nature continues
to be what it is, our country Will need
the services of two great parties TO
secure the best that their is in the
administration of public affairs. Some
times. one party will be in control and
sometimes the other party.
"By candid criticism and investiga-
ton the minority will always have not
only a restraining influence, but often
times a constructive influence on the
PROPOSALS of the majority. The Re
publican party is not going into total
eclipse because it does not control
~
In the portion of his article released
by the Saturday Evening Post for
quotation, the former President wrote:
When a political party has been
decisively defeated at the polls, the
question naturally arises whether II
will ever regain the support OF the
majority of the voters. The answer
to this question depends upon the
party itself.
UNLESS We are to be overcome by ao-
solutism or anarchy, unless We are tc
abandon our system of self-govern-
ment. it will be necessary to resort
to parties for the most efficient dis
charge of the political functions OF
the people. The requirements OF good
government guarantee the future OF
the Republican party.
Points to Long G. o. P. Control.
"In the last 70 years, the Demo
cratic party has held the presidential
once but 16 years and been in con-
troll of both houses of Congress at the
same time but 10 years.
During the same period, the Re-
publican party has held the preSi-
Dental Office for Sc years and has been
in control of both houses of the Con-
gress for session after session. A
party with that successful record in
retaining the confidence of the voters
and carrying on the Government OF
the United States is not likely to sud-
denly become mOribund.
IF the Democratic party, locally
and nationally, should provide an ad-
mlnistratiOn that gave unusual salts
faction to the public, or if the Repub-
lican party should propose policies and
adopt an attitude that were disap-
proved by the public, no doubt there
would be a gradual and permanent
shifting of party allegiance.
But the natural reaction Of the
voters who have left their party tenn
porarily as a protest against what they
believe to be its shortcomings or in
the hope that change would improve
their condition is one way of easy
dissatisfaction with results. When
disappointment comes they quickly
realign themselves to their old parties
and become more vociferous and more
devoted than those who had always
been regular"