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Show dally those- about Abraham Lincoln, end some others may have only a vestige ves-tige of truth, but some of them are true und their character essence shows the youth as the man. President Coollde has not escaped the fute of his predecexsors in his of-flee. of-flee. Some of the stories about Mr. Coolldge would muke it appear that be bus been one that we would call "neur" or clone In money matters. It Is not at all true. President Coolldge has that frugal mind which we are told in the poem that Mrs. Gilpin possessed, pos-sessed, but frugality and nearness are not by any means the same thing. The Vw England farmer must be frugal Just as the Scotch farmer must i be. A man who makes his living out of a rocky farm lu New England must be saving If he Is to lead a debtless life. All New Englanders cannot be manufacturers. Learned Simple Life as a Boy. When he was a boy Calvin Coolldge did not have much spending money. Later he found that he must live upon a small salary. Now generosity 'Is, so to speak, a proportionate thing. The man who has a dollur and gives ten cents to a poverty-stricken neighbor la more generous than the man who has fifty dollars and gives two of them to the distressed. With the parable of : "1ITE HOUSE" 15 - ; MADEJWA HOTEL NEW PRESIDENT FOUND EVERY : ; ARRANGEMENT PERFEQT . '' WHEN K2 ARRIVED. PARTY CHIEFTAINS GATHER Eager to Learn Mr. Coolidge's Intentions Inten-tions Concerning World Court and Other Matters New England's Influence In-fluence Supreme in Administration. By EDWARD B. CLARK Washington. Itecently a suite of twenty rooms In a Washington hotel , ' was turned In a twinkling Into a substitute sub-stitute for a White House. It Is said that the two most alertly efficient government working stuffs are those of the White House and of the secret service. Together these two organisations organi-sations did the work. ; When Culvln Coolldge, having left Washington us vice president of the me wiuow s mice in mina, n seems curious that anyone should speak of stinginess on the part of a man who gives all out of proportion to his Income In-come but who cannot give large sums because he hasn't them. As the boy, so the man. Mr. Coolldge Cool-ldge as a boy learned to like und to live on simple food und to dress simply. sim-ply. He still eats simply and dresses simply. As far as the former Is concerned, con-cerned, It Is probable that In part he owes his rugged health to the fact that he retalued his farm-time habits. In letters from .Washington It has been said that Calvin Coolldge knows how to say "no," and that ho knows bow to stick to his negative when It has been given. A New Englunder who was a law school mate of Mr. Coolldge told the writer that In the early days of 1020 some of Mr. Coolidge's Cool-idge's friends thought he had more than a possible chance to be nominated nomi-nated by the Republicans for the presidency. presi-dency. His chief political advlrer wrote him a letter containing ome advice on a specific subject, telling him, "Here Is the thing that you ought to do to strengthen your cause." This letter was sent to Mr. Coolldge nt the statehoiise in Boston. In an hour the sender received the letter back with these words written across Its face: "I shall do nothing of the kind." The thins which Mr. Coolldge bad been asked to do was In Itself barm-less barm-less enough, but be had the thought that nn affirmative statement on It might be regarded as lacking In sincerity, sin-cerity, and so he sent the "no" which a good many Washington politicians today fear Is going to be beard again In the near future. Overwork Killed Mr. Harding. President Harding's body has been given buck to eurth In the community commu-nity where he lived, tolled and made his way upward. In less than three years from the day on which the Amerlcuns, of which the majority of the voters honored him with" support, chose him as President, the end came. The country speaks of three presidents as martyrs Lincoln, Garfield and McKInley und It well might add the name of Hunting to the list. He died a martyr to work. Prior to the mournful Journey to Marion, the President's body lay In state in the copltol, the Front Porch of the nation. It Is probable that the crowds thronging about the great building build-ing realize what It wus thut killed their President? Is It possible thut the masses of the people will echo Warren G. Harding's words on the World war for another purpose anil suy, "It must not be nguln"? From the date that this man received re-ceived notice of bis nomination for the presidency he bad no rest until death gave It to him. It will be said thut be bad vacations on several occasions. He went away seeking rest, but he never found It. The nation's business anl the troubling politicians always were with him. In Washington, with the burdens of office upon him doubled, tripled tri-pled and quadrupled by the grave com-p'lcations, com-p'lcations, domestic and foreign, that followed the war. he was compelled to take any from the hours of rest rightly right-ly belonging to him to give them over to consideration of the petty und personal per-sonal Importunities of his party men and to those of his thoughtless fellow : citizens generally. j Coolidge May Have Courage to Resist, j I'nder the rule of a "willing" presl- dent there Is no possible rest In the ; White House. The people seemingly j expect certain things, and they must i be given what they expect even if the ' giving wears the giver to the breaking ; point. Reforms In government con- 1 stnntly are demanded. A chief reform ' well might begin In a Mold which Is not j strictly governmental in Its activities, j Every day of the year the White lloii-n j is besieged by insistent seekers after sonn thing or nothing. Asa rule, presl , (lours yield to the personal elaniuringi , t:illicr than to confront the charge of I'o'ilness or of ludi'Tereiii c to precedents prece-dents which others have set. President Cooljdge comes Into olliee roii!'fontcd with the uiilinMicd work' 'if 1'i'e-iilciit Harding. It makes a mountain. It may be tint the noli resfiper.itiieiital M.lblgo si lay sa . H"-elf H"-elf from many of die avocations of Ihe temperamental Harding. If h makes the sax ing he may lose In popm larity. but he will safeguard his life. It takes a high courage to do the unpopular un-popular tiling. It Is said that 1're-d. lent Coolblge has this courage. He ic cis it. united states, came back to It as s President, he went direct from the sta-' sta-' Hon to the rooms In the New Wll-lard Wll-lard hotel whjch he had occupied ever since he arrived In the cupltul for the first time. There hud been only twenty-four hour's notice of Ids elevation to the presidency and of his Immediate coming to Washington.' He found a substitute White House ready for him, i ' with reception rooms and working rooms prepured, and a stuff of clerks ready to transact the necessary public business. Already Republican chieftains have gathered around the party council table. One writes facts as they suggest sug-gest themselves. It Is believed that President Coolldge meant definitely what be said when he declared bis Intention In-tention to enrry out the Harding policies. poli-cies. The Harding policies Include a plun for American membership In the International Court of Justice. As the country knows, the Republican Republi-can party, und to an extent also the Democratic party, Is divided on the wis Bom .of such membership. President Coolldge, It Is believed, lit this writing, writ-ing, Intends to stand by the Harding world, court plan. Seemingly there nre many of the leaders of bis political party par-ty who nre determined that, If the President Pres-ident can be made to yield to persuasion persua-sion to take a counter course, attempts nt persuasion shall not be lacking. Party Chiefs Flocked About Him. For days in the temporary White House in the hotel there were present members of the Republican party who supposedly have high Influence In directing di-recting f tie ways. The first word wus that iittempts were made to sway the nexv President from his world court intention, and this before the funeral of the great advocate of the world Court hod been held. Everything pointed to the conclusion that the forces of opposition were at work from tho Instant that President .Coolldge .Cool-ldge arrived In Washington. Later denials de-nials cann from Republican chieftains that they had discussed anything with the President, except matters of Immediate Im-mediate moment, largely having to do with the preparations for the ceremonies ceremo-nies attending President Harding's funeral. It was evident, however, from what was said by the Incoming party chieftains, that the world court policy of President Coolldge was uppermost In their minds. Until it definitely Is known whether the matter again Is to be pressed on the senate of the United States, the chances of part official endorsement for any possible ambition of President Coolldge to succeed himself must remain undecided. unde-cided. New England in the Saddle, In the present government of the United States, New England Is ull Influential, If not all powerful. The President Is a New Englunder; the leader of the senate, Henry Cabot Lodge, Is a Nexv Englunder; the speaker of the house of representatives representa-tives Is a Nexv Englunder. Senator McLean, chairman of the powerful committee on banking and currency. Is a Nexv Englunder; Senator Colt, chairman of the Immigration committee, com-mittee, Is a Nexv Englunder; Representative Repre-sentative Wlnsli.w, chairman of the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce, u committee that largely controls railroad legislation, und Secretary of War Weeks are Nexv Englanders, There ure Indications that in aome matters legislative Nexv England may be divided against Itself during the next eighteen months. If I're-ideiit (Volidge shall slay by his seeming 'e-termiiiation to attempt to secure endorsement for the Harding plan for world court member-hip, it is believed he will not be gixen the support of most of the national legislators who come from his section of the United j States. ,ev England Is the sat of treat opposition (o any American attempt to straighten out the affairs of ' Europe, miles- -ieh attempt shall I--1 made in a way which in no u jM. will i commit this country to any pariicipi- 1 lion in the activities of European or-gania or-gania I ion.-, leagui s, or sittxtbing ei-e. ' Coohdye Fruy.il but Not '-Near." There 1 1 - cr xx as an American ' ; icxvly ebs-.ed to the ,. ll.ee of Pre-. , blent xx ho managed to escape he , anecdote retailer und the story I , teller generally. Tales of the boyhood ; of our presidents, ,f their early man hood ami of their lives .,,.r ,. i,,.,,,) 1 us pb ntiful as slais. Some of the -tit 1 , rlos have been manutVturcd, . j , |
