https://www.norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/files/original/8a98a15f62e5c2c0651e7ac92f13bce0.pdf d8d451b5480031e5f93b94cf64533ca5 PDF Text Text NAHA MSS Norse American Centennial American Press Comments 1925 SCRAP BOOK �,Jl:� lJ/, l�..!;;;, �fJIT,�. AT,A.. RFOJBTEm ,,-- E FOR MELTING POT. f the Norsemen ; fair gro ds sota will C<'lehrate the coming of the Norsemen, spoke a good word Pre arrival o( the fino,j""II--• r for eltin · pot." He went furof Norwegian immigrants to the United · or tan cletlar it his belief that what t part in the State development of the • orf1i.west. 'I'hls little has been do on a national scale in hand of homeseekers brought from their na­ the United States to obliterate racial tive land to America stout hearts and bodies djfferences and to promote fraternity inured to work, character formed by toil often within the boundaries of the Arctic anci co-operation �an be done on an incircle and thrift that had been inculcated ternational scale. throughout the centuries. 'I'he:r were pre­ pared for the hardships of pioneering·, for I There is more than a little of the the task of transforming the wilderness into Wilson idealism in the thought ex­ fruitful han·ests and for the underta.l{ing pressed by Mr. Coolidge, who talks less (Jf huilding In the new V\'est of the Xew "·orld a great and prosper,:,Ps common­ \ and less like a confirmed isolationist. wealth. Were the l 1tte Senator Lodge alive, he Unlike their stalwart ancestors, some I eip;ht centuries before them who came and would derwe little comfort from the left no trace of their settlement, these lat­ president's remarks in praise of the ter-day Norsemen made the idle prairie Scandinavian immigrants to America 1 work for them, made the earth yield up it� mineral and built beside the rivers or on and of all the racial stocks which comnorthern lake front the foundations of proud 1 ' pose the American people. cities. More important of all they made a path into the new ·west, over which their What is unsound in the president's 1 fellow countrymen have followed them even doctrine? Can any of the surviving j to the present day and Minn'lsota's g-reat­ isolationists point to the weak spot in 1 ness and prosperity are in no small part •due to these migrations. his argument? We have in the United •Into this land, it ls often recalled by old States people from every part of the ' settlers, came a young Norwegian some fo�· ty years ago. He had worked on anlll farm world, with European nationalities pre-I 'in arctic Korway and he longed to fellow dominating. Nationalism is stronger in in the wake of his countrymE,n. He was of Europe than anywhere else in the world. 1 the same type, industrious and painstal,ing·, frugal and thrifty and yet with something Yet these Europeans who have settled of the roving disposition of those earlier an­ in America have met the test imposed cestors and Kriut Hamsun returned home to make a name for himself as a poet, to upon them by patriotism. This was delineate the lives of his people in novels proved so conclusively during the World that rank among the best in modern world war that the last doubt as to the homo­ literature. geneity and singleness of purpose of the What Hamsun has done in the realm of letters, his people over here have done in American people was banished. The ex­ making the history of a peaceful and� pros­ ceptions were so inconsiderable and perous people-wo�vorthy of the hlg prals�ourler-Journal. were so futile in their effect that they would have attracted no attention in normal circumstances. They were ex­ aggerated by war hysteria. �," · •:f.. T'r-T! :. •�•.,,A.. Ai-JYJ!RTTS!llll Given the amalgamation of the many j . ..'-:l_ -��� !: v, .t t)_ ;3 r, races under the American flag, what is TION SECURE to prevent the founding of international 'ning Star s:iys· t,iat brotherhood when nations recognize, as s,1id in defense of the imm,igrants to the United States in connection with p have recognized, that unity is better im of the g-lory of dise e ·ort t than dissension, that co-operation ac,vering the new worid. 1 complishes more than pulling at cross­ Many writers have attempted, some purposes and that fundamentally the uite recently, by historical research, to people of one nation are no different as the ·'�is­ 1uestion the title of Columbus from the people of another nation? vvtJn,r. ·· Writers have been anal�,1111g It is not desirable to break down all {ome cld records that have come to light m1tionalism, but the narrow, intensely in France to prove that Columbus dio not I selfish nationalism that has caused most sail from Cadiz without any knowledge of of the wars is the thing that must be the new world to the west, but with actual overcome in achieving international fra­ information that a rich land lay overseas. ternity, and establishing permanent , An extensive study of these old records j peace. was made in a recent issue of the ·world's ! ·work. It ,vas shown that French mer­ -;:;hants, before Columbus sailed, had es­ tablished trading communication with the new world, but endeavored to conceal the fact to avoid cppressivtllevies upon their purses by the King of France. It has long bee:1 known that Norsem came over ancl settled and left before Co• lumbus hoiste<l sail-as President Coolidge saitl in his 1·ecent speech before the Norse at St. Paul-and that other adven"t prol:ia!5ty t@MEhed ffise shores before lumbus came. But as the Evening· Stai says, "it has not until now been contended that Columbus was not in truth a 'cliscov. erer', but that he was simply following a tir] and that he knew what he was going to find.'i The Evening Star then ,dispose:; of the controversy by the foliowing sensible'and just comment: Tt will be impossible 1o rob Chdsto­ pher Columbus of his title. How,•Yel' llHLllY adventurers may have J)rC>cc•ded him to these shores, howeve1· fn•qu,·ntly t:ontact had been effe<.:ted betw,•cn 1,;u­ ro11e and the Americas, as they eame to be known, ·the fnc·t remains th>tt 11ot uutil Columbus came was the Nt·w ,Vorld opened lo the Olcl. T( ,,,. rlier traders cam,• they (],,paned never to return, or they kC'Jlt their He<'ret or western i,;�·he s jealously. Tt was Columbus, and he alone, whos,, "oyag-es et'feclt·d th<' sd­ t!Pment and therefore the d.,velopnrnnt of America. Some curious motives have entered into the effort to discredit Columbus. Of course sincere lovers of historical truth have delved into be question of the va­ lidity of the Columbus story, and with open minds, their sole interest being the establishment of truth. But there were and are at lea-st two other motives, each of which is more urgent than the love of historical truth. It piques the pride of some 100 per cent blonde 1''.l,rdics to see a Latin explorer with honors that might have gone to the Norsemen. That is the pride of races. And the other motive is religious-Columbus was a Roman Catho­ lic. It does not matter that in his clay and time all Christians were Roman Cat!, ·,·cs. His discovery of America came late in the 15th century, but the Reformation did not occur until early in the 16th, although Co­ lumbus and Martin Luther were contempo­ raries, Colu:nbus dying in 1506 and Luther in .} 5 46. _� lfONTOo:;,nr,nv. AL.-'... A T)YEnTrnn:111 J U.!.\f� 30, l�}!G. ' Distripution of candinav, t�)fnited State s nn al celebration of the Norse­ at 't. Paul, whic, e tlte resident, gave occas1on r t1 statistician of the "·ational City Bank of New York to delYe into the general subject of immigration and distri­ bution in this country. '.rhe number of na.­ th•eg of Scandinavian countries resi<.l.111g in tho, United States is found to be 1,178.�9" and all are located in restricted territory in the upper Mississippi Valley. It is <>xjJlained j that this disposition of the Scandi wvjans entering the United States to seek dimatic ' conditions IUlfl occupational 01 por •rnit'es similar to those to which they ar" accu,s­ tomed in their native lands is charar-teristic of the method b,• which the thlrtv-seven million immigrants entering· this county in the past one hundred years have distributed themselves over the entire area of its great variety oC soils, climate and industrial op­ portunitie,s. Not only have the Sc·andina­ vians �ought out a section in the v.:,i·y cen­ ter of the country, offering conditions simi­ lar to those to which they are accustomed, �but this, is true to perliaps a lesser degree Of t h e of the o t her groups of people. 011 e and one -half m i l l i o n Germans i n the United States In 19 20, over 200,00 w e re i n the State of I l l i n o i s ; 15 1 , 0 0 0 i n Wisco n si n ; 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 i n Minn esota, a n d t h e Dakotas; a n d 10,000 i n Pennsylvania. T h e Poles, coming from t h e northern section of Europe, t h e mining and manufacturing sections of this country offer special attractions, for o u t of 1 , 1 4 0,0 0 0 Poles i n the United States in 1 0 20, 1 7 8,000 w ere i n­ Pennsylvanj:a, 1 6 2,000 in Illinois, 1 0 3, 0 0 0 in Mich igan about 150,00 in t h e N e w England States, and 247,000 in New York State. Of the 1 , 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 Russians in the country in 1 9 2 0 t h e m i n i n g a n d manufacturing· states h a d a b - 1 Pen nsylvani a sorbed a large proportion. t 1 6 1 ,000, Illinois 1 1 7 , 0 0 0, N�w England 1 4 7, 0 0 0 and New Yorl{ State 5'29,000. 'l'he cities seem especially attratcive to the r1atives of Irela n d for o1' thC" 1 , 0 37 , Hl0 natives o f Ireland in 1920 in this coun try, 2 8 4 , 0 0 0 w ere in New Y o r k State, 1 8 3 ,0 0 0 in Massichusetts, and 1 21,000 in Pennsylvania. /· While. the Souther11 States, with their genial clim ate, have attracted compar_a tlve!y fe· w , th� opportun i ty for ou tdoor l ife i n t h e gl'ain a n d f r u i t areas of California h a s given that State a larger number of White persons o f foreign birth than any other states <>X­ cept New Yo rl,, Pennsylvania, Michigan and I!lnois, the total n u m ber o f "foreign-born whites" i n Californic> in 1920 being 6 8 1 , 6 6 2, a number only exceeded by the states of New York, Penn sylvania, Massachusetts and I l l i n ois, despite the fact that the average "!oreig·n-boi-n w h i te" entering the 1 United States had to travel a distance o f 3,000 miles t J establish himseif on the Pacific coast. '.rhe official records show the total number o f& i mmigrants entering· the coun try in the pa o n e hundred years at 'about thi rty-sev .·' millions, while the total number of " ei gn-born w h i tes" in the United Stat 1 9 20 was stated at 1 3 , 7 1 2 , 7 5 4.-Cha rlot server. �MTI\ML ARIZ.. 'lHV: mEL'J Hl.N.E : • �92.a COMING OF THE FIRST-NORSE IMMIGRANTS times when President Calvin Cooer lidge r·e�inds us 9. f��� RooseIt in his�· o� , historical detruls tn: c.onne�" . tion wi �sto,·ical themes. For tnsta ce h.s ddress at Minneapolis, Mmn., w�n the one hr redf:h annivet·sary of the la?du-.g of the . I Nor.se co .st:; C tlie- sh'llres of the Umted l S!ates was s�g.� : . the""fflffhor of "Wii: • n;ng the Ve,,t" would have rev,�Ued in. Pres1l den t CocUdge first called attentior· t� the para� e) bet1veen the VOj'i,r· e of the Restat.:ahon.en, which brought over the Norwegia11 in:mig1·ants, and the voyage of the Mayflower, despite th� fad. 1 , tht!t 200 years separated them. The sh:ip o� the Norse pioneers was a little sl.oop of 45 tor.e, ! whe1reas the Mayflower was rated at 180 tons, I The Restaurationen sailed from . Stavanger, Norway, Ju!y 4, 1625, with a heavy cargo <Jf /"'-"H1 and fifty-two people. She made port a.t .'lew . 1 Y od.. afi:er a voyage of 14 weeks, which com' pal"es with nine weeks for foe voyage of the . Mayf!m-vE>r. It appears that the I'>forweg1ani.;, like ea.r!y Anglo-Saxon immigrants, c4'me he�e . so that f.hey might worship accordmg to their conscienc'-'s, for most of them were memb�rs of 1 I the Society of F1·icnds-Quakers--and the mter1 vention of the latter, already established here, re!:cued t}!em from threatened exclusion by por' ! 2,nthm·ities, whc claimed that the Restaurationen was too heavily laden with cargo and pa.;;sengers J The r,resident thus summa�izes the suhse• 1 1 quent movements of the colonists : . "Almost without money or supplies, the httfo I company of immigrants were taken in charge j 1 by L'ie New Yor.k Quakers, who raised funds �o send then-i to Kendall, Orleans county, New Y�rt:::, [ There th,)y secui·ed lancis r-nd established the first [ f-fo�,vegian settlP.mi;:.nt in this country. It is a I cm·ious circumd;nnce that ah mugh the N_or- ; we.Q:ians are among;;t i:he greatest zedarm� _ nee-oles, the party was composed almost cnbrely ! �f iarme..·s, so that: their f:iirst interest was to get. I , r- I I land. And ever since the greater , share of Nc � \ wegil'l.m, have come in ,search of �omes o� true i ' land. These fir.st immigrants having pr3chcally I no money bought a tract on the shore of Lake Ont,:wio f�r $5 per acre to he paid fo� in 10 ;,m n.ual installments. It is hard to reah:;:e that western New York so late as 1825 �as s? far on the frontier. Their land was hea,.., ly bmbere� and they were compelled not only to clear it but to build their ow n 3helter. The first house is said to have been a log cabin twelve feet square 1 with a garret. In this 24 of them lived for a I time, the men seeking such scanty employment i I 1 J I ! as was to be found in the neighborhood to sup• port them. tlirough the winter� The only one in the party who could speak English was Cap t. Lars Olson and he remained in New Y�rk. "Despite poverty and hardships, the colony thrived, and its members were shortly writing , letters back to Norway describing tbe oppor­ tunities of America and urging friends to come. From this beginning the stream of Norwegian immigration set in, but most of the latter comers went much farther west. A tew years after the settlement at Kendall another party went to La Salle County, Illinois. Already the west was fascinating them and many o.f the original Kendall colony sold out and went to Hlinois. I �fhence the migration spread to other states of the middle west and northwest. Even before ' it was formed in.to a territory, Iowa had rece.ived its first Norwegians, and from about 1825 they sp.read rapidly into Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas and other states. "It is not possible, as it is certainly not need­ fol on th�& occasion, even to :;ummarize the story of Norw�gian immigration. But it should be ex­ plained that whi!e the settlement of 1825 in Orl�ans county, North Carolina, was the first Nor­ wegian settlement and represented the first orimmigration, these pioneers of the 1 ganized I Restauratfonen were not the first Norwegians I to come here. Conside1·able numbers had come even before the Revolutionary war and some as far back as the earliest colonial years. There ' were Norwegians in both army and navy during the Revolution and the War of 1812. But the j fact remains that the great movement which established Norwegian communitie:; all over the northwest and contributed so gr.eatly to the b11ilding of that part of tbe country began with I the voyage of the Restaurationen. It is said : that Norwegians and their descendants in this ' country ru-e now just about as numerous as th, population of Norway itself. Norway is credit� with furnishing a larger number of settlers t< the United States in proportion to its populatior. �han any other European country except one.71 Another event significant of American be­ ginnings was also cited by tile president, when he called attention to the fact that even before William of Normandy had conquered at Hast­ ings, l.ie.f, the son of Erik, nearly 500 yean­ before Columbus appears to have found the new1 world. "Indeed," the president added, "therf se€ms liUie doubt that several centuries beforf Cclumbus saw the light of day, there was borr on American soil, of Norse parents, a boy wh, affri-ward became so great a mathematician anr· astronomer that l1is studies may have contribute, much to the fond of knowledge which helper' Columbus fonnulate his vision of the world y' we know it." ./ i �z�-7 �°"-�J\hl ir--• --= sca-ndi-.n-aia_n_ vs ___ ] PHOENIX. ARIZ.. REPUBLICAJ\ H.JN� lQ, 1925 Y"°"T . ..- � It wa« a pleasing �e the President had in his ad.dress .nt :Minneapolis on \ionday-a tribute to the citizenshlll, v �� a C;W1nplisl1ments of the set­ tlers of Minnesota anu the adjacent territory, The Scandinavians come of a habitually Jaw-abiding and thrifty stock, Swedish, Norwegian and Dane. They settled in a region which has since proved to be of the g!'eatest fertility, but whose ri&'<'>roils climate had not been inviting to immigrants fr,Jm other parts of Europe. 'vV e m_ay believe that if that country had been settl ed by another people ft •ould not have so qulcl�ly become what it now is. The settlers from the north of Europe did not go into the ''Melting Pot" of which we have heard so much and whose output has not been entirely satisfactory, It has been charged at times with too refractory substan ces. But the Swedes, Danes and I Norwe;;ians who went into the Northw est for a long time preserv ed their language and customs anu prac­ ticed their virtues . Though they were an alien people, with a greater sol idarity than any other alien . group in Americ a, they yielded themse lves at once t o the laws and institut ions, so that from the outset they were model citizen s. vVe believe it may be said that they have con­ tribute d ' more to the develo pment of Americ a than any other alien group which haa come into the coun­ try; infinite ly more than those grollps which have settled in the cities and towns . '!'hey had a meltin g pot, one they brough t with them, and not one we had set u p and superv ised. Its proJes s was slow but certain and efficien t. Grad. llally, as the settler s were ready for them, the Englis h language and our schools were employ ed. The influen ce of the set tlers in Minne sota and adjace nt states had been benefic ial!y felt from the Great Lakes to the :No1·th ·Pa<.:ific. But for them the Hill system of railroads which had contributed to the growth of Portland anfl Seattle and the 'interior re­ gions of Washington and Oregon would have oeen delayed. ,rc Prescott. A,...-� � uur .�•.Miner JU ;;E -J:, J. J� IN Ho�oR -uF l'-rU �JD E '/\�{I '-al itie8 of personality fou n d in i;, r,1\ e Scan �1av ian branch of the Teutonic race wil]i be 1onored at M inneapolis this week, and no less a personage than President Coolidge · w ill take part i n the pageantry and ceremonies. There is a reason for th is celebration aml it is found in th e tremendous contributions the Norse people have made to this adopted land . Not because the Norseman l oves his native, land the l ess, but 'b ecause he is innately an o r­ gani zer a,ncl a 1�ioneer, he has taken one of the highc:,t and mn,,t \' ctl i , able places in the upbuild­ i11g of the Unite d States. And unlike him, m any of other races, have ,c ontri.b utecl l ittle and with their m iserable bit, have planted seeds of radicalism and division in the land they came to . seeki,n g freedom . h i s the ,-p1 r i t of the builder that has ma<le the Scanc!inavian a valuable citizen . He is one of the world's greatest explorers. His fore­ fath ers were the northern counterpart s of the Phoenicians, and each of these peoples di d more to extend man's kno wledge of the physical vv0rld than all other races put together. I f th e seafari,ng men from Tyre and Carthage circled the f fri c -i n ,continent, those ui th e Scandinavia n pe : insula explored the terror.-regio11s of I celand, C rec-n 1 �md an<l Vinla,n cl. ThPre are evidences tLat they coasted s<.m thward along the east of America tc1 F,k,.r�d ·111.cl p e rhaps farther as long as half a thousan d years before Columbus made h.is voyage to the \ Vest l nclies. lt i s said that the Genocsc with bis Spanish hackers m ade no landing on the mai,n l a.r nl of J\J11erica, but i t is certain that Lei f Ericson did and remained for a long time. It i s perhaps a coi nci<lcn cc. that la1.cr follow ers of Leif , h e [,ucky, hc11 t upon fol lowing the westering .-nn , penetrated to a ,certain l )Or­ tion of the 1\ mcri c:i.n continent an<l settled . it. They J c (t a rich hcrifagc of culture a11<l tradi tion to b e re-collect ·'1,-"'0'!1d....�....j n pageantry j ust as tlw �moki seek to rc-enact"'� at c Y c,n eadicr � ture 0£ the suuthweste rn <lcs_e, s. ,A 1,f" i t is to signalize those achievem e n ts that 1c 1\ orse-Amcr ican Centennial ce)chration ' will b hclcl June 6 to 9 al ::\ l inneaptrl 1s. "'1u,,., I • rr,�:P• ,... T 7 -.ir.......... " �......,....... LEN • .......................................................f ,.......i ,...,.�.., An unusual cele ration was held yesterday at Minneapolis, Minnesota, when observance was giv­ en to the one hundredth anniversary of the landing of the first Norse colonists on the shores of America. The fact that President Coolidge participattd in the celebration made the event one of national signifi­ cance, or rather emp�asized the national character of it. We are used to celebration of anniversaries of events which were ,of � glo-Saxon inter­ est, but the releoration held5 at Min apoU-s strikes a new note, though it is an old story . the coming of the - � Torse imrnigrafl-t:s_ -- " � T . , reside rh hi · called attention to the par 1 · . · 1e voyage of the Restauration­ en, · which brought av.er the Norwegian immigrants, and the voy 9ge of the Mayflower, despite the fact that two.hundred years separated them. The ship of the Norse pioneers was a little sloop of 45 tons, whereas the Mayflower was rated at 1 80 tons. The Restaurationen sailed from Stavanger Norway, July 4, 1 625, with a heavy cargo of iron and fifty-two people. She made port at New York after a voyage of 1 4 weeks, which compares with nine weeks for the voyage of the Mayflower. It appears that the Norwegians, like early Anglo-Saxon immigrants, came here so that they might worship according to their consciences, for most of them were members of 1B �-the Society of Friends-�Qiiakers-and th e interven­ tion of the latter, already established heire, rescued them from threatened exclusion by port amtl10rities, who claimed that the Restaurationen was tov, heav­ ily laden with cargo and passengers. The president thus summarizes the subsequen.r movements of the colonists : "Almost without money or supplies, the little company ot Immigrants were taken in charge by the New York Quakers, who raised funds to send them to Keqdall, Orleans County, N. Y. There they secured lands and established the first Nor­ wegian settlement in this country. It is a curious circumstance that although the Norwegians are amongst the greatest seafar• ln'g peoples, this pa1·ty w· as composed almost enlirelY of ·farmers, so: that their first interest was to get land. And ever· since, the greater share of Norwegiani, have come in search of homes on the land. These first immigrants having practically no money, 'bought a tract on the shore of Lake Ontario for $ 5 per acre to be paid for in 1 0 annual installments. It is hard to .reallze that . western New York so late as 1 8 2 5 was so far on the fron­ tier. ,Their land was heavily timbered, and they were com­ p.eiled not only to clear it but to build their own shelter. The first house is said to have been a log cabin 12 f.eet square 'with a garret, In this 24 of them lived for a time, the nien seeking such scanty employment as was to be found in the neighborhood to support them througll the ·winter. The cinly one in the party who could speak English was Capt. Lars Olson and he remained in New York. "Despite poverty and hardships, the colony thrived, 11nd its membei·s· were shortly writing letters back to Norway descrlb• ing the opportunities of America and urging friends to come. F'rom this beginning the stream of Norwegian, Immigration set - in, bnt most of the later comers went m'uch farther west. A few years after the settlement at Kendall another party went to La Salle County, Ill. Already the west was fascinating them and many of the original Kendall colony sold ont and went to Illinois. Thence the migration spread tb other - states of the middle west and northwest. Even hefore it was formed into a Territory, Iowa l1acl received its first Norwegians, and from about 1 8 2 5 they�pread rapidly into Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas and other states. "It is not possll>le, as it is certainly not needful on this occasion, even to summarize the story of Norwegian immigra­ tion. But it should ,b e expla.ined that while the settlement of 1 8 2 5 in Orleans County, N. C., was the first Norwegian settle­ ment and represented th'l first organized Immigration, these pioneers of the Restaurationen were not the first Norwegians . to come here. Considerable nnmbe1·s had come even before tlie Revolutionary War and some as far back as the earliest colonial years. There were Norwegians in both army and navy during the Revolution and the War of 1 8 12. But the fact re• mains that the great movem,;nt which established Norwegia°" communities ,ti! over the 11orthwest aud contributed so greatly 1 o the building of that part ot the country began with the voy­ age of the Restaurationen. It is said that Norwegians and their descendants in this country are now just about as numer­ ous as the population of Norway Itself. Norway Is credited with furnishing a larger number of settlers to the United State� in proportion to its population than any other European country except one." TUCSON, ARIZ. . ARIZONA STAI! JJ,Wi. 2, 1.n� 1 Another event significant of American begin­ nings was also cited by the president, when he called. attention to the fact that even before William of Normandy had conquered at Hastings, Lief the son of Erik, nearly Soo years before Columbus appears to have found the new world. "Indeed," the presi­ dent added, "there seems little doubt that several centuries before Columbus saw the light of day, there was born on American soil, of Norse parents, a boy who afterward became so g_reat a mathematician and astronomer that his studies may have contribut­ ed much to the fund of knowledge which helped Co­ lumbus formulate his vision of the world as we know it." Though ihe celebrntion at Minneapolis is of the arrival of the Norwegian colonists, the real signifi- , nce of the anniversary, as the president pointed o is ti tthe descendants of the immigrations hav.e been oroughly merged into the confraternity of .. Am�ica. i' � r--.--�-·:ri ''If .r-�-;-;-·w��ld·E;��;l�-"7 �;id�;jl� -• u-u-■--u-u-•- thi.s continent acttfong a people Ao wicJely the scale _of a world ?" asked President Coo ·c1ge in his ad­ dress at the Tonvegian centennial celebration in Minneapolis yesterday, · ' cigl1t.;,..i.l""'"p'f';'l ctice the world In theory t 'has a long road to follow before fraternity and cooperation will overcome the diversity of its population. '.fhe d iverse elei:nents in the A merican melting pot, over which vLsitors to our shores shook their heads with doubt, were as unlike as the divei'se elements in the world at l arge ; but when they cam e to this country seeking a common cause-liberty and opp6rtt111itf''••-t l-rey found ,1- 1wr.o ie whose ideals were funda­ mentally the same and whose principal of goyernn{ent was already well founded. Moreover, the class of immigTants to this country in our formative p'ei· iod were of the l:ietter Euro­ pean stocks, such as tl'le Norwegian$ to whom the President , pays b igh regard in his acldres�. But in the world at large the diversity of ideals and in­ terests are greater. This is 1ll vstrated today by the two I danger points ·w hich are occupying the nervs columns-China I and Morocco. National unity in China is subservient to the individual I :iims of the war lords ; added to this is a strong dislike for I foi;eigners "vbo in turn have their own interests which con- ' ilict with the Peking govern n,ent. J apan and Rnssia look at each other with hostile eye� across China while England and this country seek trade ac!Yantages. Iron deposits in Morocco form the bone of contention : among European nations while Spain, an unwilling policeman, I is trying to keep order among an unruly people Jee! by an educated bandit supplied with German arms. Fraternity and cooperation, such as President Coolidge bespeaks, is all rig-ht in theory bnt fraternity an�! cooperation in China and Moro,,co will• not bring order out of chaos until the principals are willing to Jay aside their own d1:sires for ' the sake of world peace. The wish must be father to the acL 'l'he w ish for "·oriel pe<i-ce should be extremely strong at this time-seven years after the v·orld war-but it is not suf­ ficiently strong to bring conciliation at these two clanger points. , The aim of world peace is well worth working :for and America, as the President points out, can be a living exam ple of peace ;,(but the world i s j ust begi nning what this nati has accriplished i) the last hundred and :fifty years. l . ate' �• :;A _.._ . TUCSON. ARIZ , ',RIZONA STAJl JUl'IE 9, l.9a� - ~ } _ ''\(. Vn��diingLabor Supply vVhile re.s iclent Coolidge was poi� t o our "truly nation:.! un ity" in his address at the · orwegian c1c11tennial celebration in Minneapol is yesterday ncl congratulat:ng the nation on assimi lating early i m m igril' ts ort was r:1 ade by a comm i ttee,of tlvr< National Associ tion of , , ·ers which pointed out so1 'ai led defects in our present im11 1 igration law and recommende(t' changes which would make it " tlcxi i ,k enoug-h to expand and contract in accord wit!: a ccurately ascertained economic requit ements." vVhat are these econ()mic requirements-? �In 1-J-� last 1 paragraph of th,: advance l)CWS ( ?) report sc:nt out with the compl iments of the association is contained the answer. which ! says that the changes should be m ade in view ' of the "dw ind- 1 I l ing of labor supply,'' . Of course the National Association of Manufacturers I wants the imniigration law changed so that cheap foreign ) labor will lower the existing wage scale in thi� country_ 1. Already th� m_am�f_ectnrer!1_ thanks .!_o t �1e �c � ubl ican p,irtt, _ have enacted a high tariH faw, wh1cn 1s a1st1nctly to then-­ advantage and to the d isacl\"antage of the average American j consumer. Could the manufacturers obtain cheap foreign labor in ' addition to the tari H law . now existing they would be profit­ j mg at both en_ds : their art1cl � s would he cheaply manufactu yed I and sold as_ l11gh as the tanH law would allow before com mg ' in competition with foreign g9ocls. Under the guise that th� present law furnishes no system for deporting those advocating political change i n this coun­ try, the manufacturers would open the flood gates and let , in those eleme1;1ts which are creating d isturbances such as , have made Herrin £2 7-0us-or rather infamous,. If the manufactt, ers real ly had national unity at heart they would seek a revision of the tariH rates, bring clown I their own prices, save the consumers millions o.f dol lars ..._zearly and make the farmer's dollar worth more near] . �ts. .�· �'T -r:nnRY'\'iLLE Ul.RfC)' ST .\R ' • ''i:&J 19 19'"5 . ' _o A Y ;;� . IDGE' . I .- Prooilen olidge's recent address at the i\innesota State Fair grounds, in commemoration of those Norsemen who emig;;ited tu the U 't i' HirtH a hund1·ed years ago, has called forth unbounded enthusiasm in Nor­ in the disway, wilich is reflected , patches, special articles and editor.\­ , als in the · Norwegian papers. Thus the Norwegian Mercantile Shipping Gazette remarks ; "President Coolidge's words in high recognition of our compatriots who emigra�ed from the ihome dountry must go directly to the neart and at' tach NoTwegians still closer to the nation of which they are now a part. But words of joy and pride in Norway will also arise, for the President's words will be heard by the families and friends of the emigrants and will be remembered by all Norwegians, because more than all else, foey are �vidence of faith and confidence in ,he Norwegian people and Norwegian abilities in a great country where competition is keen." says : "President Afterposten Joolidge's address can without ex­ iggeration be described ,as _a n his­ · oric event of the most joyful nl'l­ :tre for the American citizens of -'-1 orwegian origin and for every ,Nor­ Negian. Mr. i;oolidge has been call­ ed the silent Coolidge; therefore, wiien 1e speaks he stands by what he says. His unreserved recognition of Leif Ericson, (son of Eric the Red) M America' s discoverer will be noted by t wil historians for all countries. · " long before Norway forgetsr C ..l_ge.-Ex. --The event ls a-great gatherin fof the: foreign born Norsemen and t11eir descendants who have so largely pioneered in the n orthwest, par- ' ticularly in M i nnesota and the Da­ kotas. They are gathering to cele­ brate reunion of Norsemen, who have made the United States their adopted country. In this case, specific racial com­ parisons would be odio us, but every thoughtful native American knows of races qonstituting a h igh percentage of the population who cou_ld not stage such an event wi.th� o uC raising serious concern. But the immigrants from Nor­ way and Sweden and their desc"l)ld­ ents do not fall w ithin that cate­ gqry. The second generation of the Nul'liic race, is alwa.ys loyally pro ud Ill! Us Americanism. It is quite likely 119 have even lost !ts knowledge of the · language of its forebears. If the American melting pot were as effective in assimilating other foreign stocks into the native st o ck, there wouid . be less national con­ cern about the foreign dilution of the American race. Nobody ever heard of a ·Norse hyphenated Amer-/ A Jean. ers, settled in Orleans county, Ne1v York, on the shore of Lake Ontario. That was the nucleus, a s President Coolidge showed, of a mov ement that was to spread West and Northwest. Toc1ay the Norwegians and their de­ scendants in this country are estimat1 eel to be as many as the peoplEl living in Norway itself. Jt should be noted that Norway is credited with furnish­ ing! a larger number o.f settlers to the United States in proportion to its pop­ ulation thnn any other European country except one. Although the Rcstaurationen brongh t the fil'st organized party 9f Nor­ I wegians to Americn, Norwegians lrnrl conie to this country in considerable numbers before the Revolutionary ,var and even as fur hack as the earliest colonial years and there were Nor­ wegians in both the army anc1 the navy during the Revolution �nd the War of 1812. ,.,__ j f1&:.UltJ.:-:'A AnI{ T:!l"-"'::A.'r. Ir.;,..-(l'.t,(11 __ J UNE S, _g)lb,_ �! :, .T H E N O R S E C E N T E N N I A L . On -O,c tdb�.r 9. , 1825 the sh i,p Restaun1: " en i e'tl in America ibring5,; Nor •eg( ns . 'l''ffl :'',as thj � aocx :An�. GA !!l'l'fll \ :Jii1rst orga '}'' 1 .ell ro1up to flltigrti"f e ilk on, NamJ (o the Un ited States . 7 J ?;,'NORWAY AND AM.ERICA. 1 lt ma,1,ked Lhe ,J' ,st low ·wa,s!h of a · Presid.ent Coo1idge performed in hi� l 1g•rea.t wave of Nor •·e gian im m(grat:ion spe the Minneso ta statJ' fair . wlltoh folloim . '\ gr nd t educa tion��i!'( of set­ I J.t 1� in honor the one-huu­ ti g f h e story of N�way 's conrlrrn;lth anni ter:,a1:y o.f the even l that tributio to mertca, both in djseovery j and in ettlemeut. The occasion was l ' regj(lent Coolidge went Min,nea ­ �Joli� t o b e 1p•r esent n t th w'-(orse ­ the N◊rse-An�1;,,_-tennial, the on�ni1 iversa.ry of the at (", mer, ioan Centennial . No SllHl'fr. rival in thi s country of the first lP""4il71 ,aC tJM ltiw,�ent ancl 11,p 1 colony of settlers fro� Norway. buihl i ng or the • · � ortli:we�rn states In the president 's address the Res­ j,r:, du.c to the effo,rts of Norwegian,� taurationen was set heside the May­ or dcscenllrr•n ts of >Jors<en'en . And no flower. The little sloop that in 1825 :l)elter da8·s of people evei- J!;ou,ght a brought the first organized party of neiw, home in America . Tney had I Norwegian immigrmfts waa rated at • w ithi n them tlte 3pirit of Americanonly 45 tons, w11er'eas the Mayflower i�m before they came to the new was rated at 180 tons. The Restau­ ]and and adapting themselves' to the rationen carried 52 people and a heavy 11ew envjronment involved no 1rad,i­ eargo of iron and when it reaehecl ·cal alteraN•on of views or lia.hits•. the port of New York, after a voy­ •1"h ey ma�, tal;e a justifiable pPi!de in age of 14 weeks, against the May­ 11'\.ff\T 8?,U'J'n An:R Tillm!J-RltCOmt ex!h.�biti-n,g what lw s 1heen achieved flower 's nine weeks, the authorities J UNB 10 1925, 'by them in the development of a threatened to deny the Norwegian boat r '1'1i e Nor���Am�rican ent.' :�e, ·tion of , t-hc 1lnited ,States wh eQ·e I the privileges of the port on the foreign­ There the, mass of them is settled . ground that i t carried too many pas- ' largely colonized in ers, who ha A pageaht portra yin1 g a composit was It cargo. much too d n a sengers that , country this of )picture of the part pla.y ecl ·by Nor, sre the was f Restaurationen the that o said able to the effect ,, 1 men 1n the ·,s ettleme1it of the l'.\ort11 smallest vessel that had eve.r made melting pot; . •ho 1 ·we�t w:ill 1be llresen ted . 'rl. e eve11 the Atlantic crossing and its arrival ause for natlona· lsfile- . atso iprovides the opportunity for re ey to undertake · created a sensation among people ac­ trust 1g1reat reunion of those Ame,r•ica;n ed � o which that as such bratioi:t: quainted with the sea. rwho have an anoe's try datin.g · bao1 ' in Minneapo lis Saturday, June . With the a id of New York Quakers ,: to Nou·,way . 'fhl/,t� thl/Y take pride iJ the Norsemen, who belongecl to a re­ ligious community related to the Qnak�Lr 01Jgill iloe$- ;not-'- n.ece.s aril: .._____._____��---------------------------,s A n , eri'◊a n i n .______________ make them an y th e ted to OU'l' devo less s•p irit or the t:be It has been to the ·i nsti'b ntfonis . ip rnmt ,of c\ meric a that so many _ Nor­ we,e:iia,llJS sough t ho1')Teis• here as weH s . as -,P'l'ol.it to Vhe fonner immi grant •1 f _ �.____ill!t� J.9, J.�2§,. � '.or to ' l themse lves. �r:� �•=,rr,q <:<pAn _ _ _ 3.tE·h 3,\ B� ALA?im . ft • ,-,-,, . - "�Ooon CITIZENS � In�ii�a thi>y h a ve just crlehrated w i t h great pomp a n d t ho1·011 ghni>Rs t h e h n n(h·eth ann i versn ry of t !10 first organized m igra t ion of' Norw eg'ians to the U n i ted States. In a srnse it is n n a t i on n l rel,:,hrat ion becm1se th,:, Norwrgians . n rc represen ted in every state of I the U� i.on -l'l lHl- bT>�a:um, -tl w whole nat:i.u.nJ recogmzrs that th e eonntry gn ined much when i i t rereiYe<l t h a t first bfl n d of N orwegi a n i m i - 1 gra nts 1 o i ts sh ores. Co11serv11 tive, indu,;tri om: ancl h o nrst t he Scnml i navian people, i n clrnling t h e Norwegians,, have brought progrcsR a n d wen l th- to evny I secti o n in w h i c h they h a v e settled. The n p­ builcli n g of the Northwestern. states h a R hc,m cl ue in large ext ent to t h e efforts ,Jf this hardy alld tl1 rifty nie e . The Nordic l'aces h a v e brought t o A mer:ca no problems of assimilation. They h n ve so c 1ght tile expa nses of l a nd and sea ra ther t h an · crowd i n g· into overpop u l a t ed c i ties, so U 1 ey cre11 ted 110 hous i n g and l a bor pt'oblemf.. ,Vh o will deny t h at the 8earnl inn v i a n i rnr n i ­ gnmts liave mo1·e 1 h n n com pensated t l t 'l i t aclopte<l country for i t s h o �p i t a l ity 1 1 1,11 pro• t ccti011 � 'l'l w t t h e N orwegians have n o t Pon l'onndc,l lo�r a lt y to pol it ic11 l 01·g:rniz11 t iq11s w ith l o_v n l 1 )' to eonntry is demonstra ted hy t h e ,-,t n p J11d- , om: reception g i ven Presi<lcnt Cool iclge at t h e �: 1tr1m ia l i n spite o f thei':· 11ofori�lR ; n l oof1ws. ·"l"t"t,m"" · - · ., · rni 's p:nt y i l ! t h r l flst presiden tial rl ecti on . Everything in t h e rnakr11p o f the Rra n ,li­ n a v i a n makes h i m a goocl A meriean ,, ; � iJ -..J J." "6.) .) /FOXY AMUNDSO N who said that scienThe commercial in<tistff I i 1 i ntly did rn;it know ex- I stil/'Ct plch•er mundsen, say 1 the Santa r · Barbara News. 1 While the world waited i n an­ xiety for news of the el'l'1corer, the tl1rifty Norseman was -sitflhg tight in safety preparing his "stoD" of the thrilling adventures of h� self and companions in the flight over the Arctic wastes. When he did roturn to Spitz· bergen, the world was ·p ermitted to lulow that he had cow� 1,acl, safely butnot one word as to the results of the journey was permitted to leak out iintil the statement prepared for the news• paper clients of the explorer had been served. The world which had be,,n ready to send expeditions to the relief of the airplane party was I permited to wait while the explorer. ian 1 his trusty typewriter ·pre­ pa11 ed to earn the money that such thing,s usually bring. And then came the story-;--a story of failure to reach any ob­ jective, an account of a dash to­ ward the pole and a dip into the '.POiar sea. The much-heralded north pole trip was a dismal failure as an exploration adventure but it may have proved of some value as an adventure in finance. 1 ' But so far � the world a�arge is concerned. Mr. Amundsen w ·u � be a smaller figure than he was before he undertook to make ex­ ploration the hand-maiden of finance. I Next time he starts out on one of hi.s explorations and disa;ppears · 'for a few weeks there will be less l widesp rea<l anxieCY about him. El!llU.1t.A. C "... P"' \1ID.A::B:J) " I. -, -. 1, 1J,.ii A'RESIDENT DISSIPATES RADICAL WAVE P!f radic;al wave, already receding, has been fur­ th� f-ss\pa,fod by' President Coolidge's visit to Min­ . and the generous welcome he received there, nesota, according to many of Washington 's most skilled po­ litical ob.servers. These observers see in the Presi­ dent's Minneapolis speech, the opening gun of the congressional campaign of 1926. It is regarded as especially significant that the President and his party received so cordial a welcome in the state which, next to Wisconsin, was the radical . stronghold in the northwest. The fact that the President 's party included Secretary of Stlite Kel­ logg, who as senator was engulfed in the radical wave, and Senator Lenroot, of Wisconsin, who is about to . clash with the radicals in his own state, is said to show , the significance of the political situation as now shap- 1 t. ing up in the northwest. " Secretary Kellogg must have gotten a great deal of satisfaction out of his visit" one political seer pur# it. ' ' A few years ago the people of his state, infected with radicalism, defeated him for the Senate. Now• he comes back to them, as a former ambassador to Great Britain and the present Secreary w...-�e in the President 's cabinet. "Evidently the President 's recog · 10n of the re ular Republicans in Minnesota, to th etriment of tl:f radicals, has not affected his stand' g in Minnesot ; . . .� He was greeted by large crowds a d tl').uch, entbus . iasm, which indicates that the Repu · snesota have had enough of their excursion into the po, litical by-paths. " �If-the ;ntire population of Mexico had moved across the line into the United �J ... � .•, .,..,,_� • uc�J' J, .;,.' -, 1 ' States, the shrinkage in immigration dur­ F RE D R I K STA N G Presidfni: Co!)J'i.dge. mai_�ins his 1 ing these eleven years would have been !3 rofes_so:· l•'redrik Stang, who is o n hi$ way to r� u<t�tion ,for speakieg terse�nd 1.1'.mtteapolis And St. Pau l to at entl the Norse cen - . ep,i.gramm not much more than evenly balanced. As dr-;ss 'i,µ atical:ly. His ad , tennial jubilee_ as the official represen tative ·of NorM innesot a was of this nat u ne. a matter of fact, approximately 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 Hi i:l weglan colleges, is the son of the well lmown Nor• - ·ected to the· furtl · a •I Mexicans have made this move, and the addrermea arll � • eg an i t t s a esma11 and one I time ,;re ier, Emil Stang. m ': c orgreater number of them are in South­ Ji redrik Stang has Jong been connected with the Uni- ra.nc:e, iof world: p· eace, ven;ity of Oslo as professor of jurisprude nce. He has der and of ,ord•e,rly •e:c onomic advance- i western United States. Immigration bars 1 been a me mber of the Storting, and at one time was gi ent. The ,d o ctrines, ,p rinciples and are not raised against natives of any coun­ minis ter of justice. Lik e his fat h e r, who m he s ue - p o licies d'e alt w,ith by the . President try on the American continents. Because ceeded in that capacit,,, he has also b een leader of the I in his ;pronouncem·ents are souni:I and of this exception, thousands of Canadians Conservat �_ ve party. Some years ago he resigned his hoo..1,tlb.y and the :frequent voic:ing •Of also are coming into the United States. <:: onservative lea dership . and r.etired from active poli - these sen ti ments arrd convictions has tics, to devote himself to jurispruden ce. ,v1ien how • · · ,.,. · Ameri�a has absorbed during the past e\'er, Yitai questions bearin'g upon ine welf;re of wh o·1 esome mifluence to,0 11 'in .A,m:er1ca century and a quarter more Irish blood and abroad ' .,,,,., inankind and his nation arise, Fredril< Stang steps I � � nd contains today. forward and takes up the ctHlgels for broad and li b- I ----=-MIC!!!! = than the who�el a / � -..,=-========� . era! idea,;, independent of all political parties. . States at the pres­ There are in t� � ent time al,¢bst as �1),y sons and daugh­ ters of rway as the . are Norwegians L�c BEA.CH, CAL.• PrEss"T.:u",;i.;;.,.,; in thei rf native countr:0 Both the Irish J �l�E 11, .. J� and t No�e have ,_.proved. themselves MELTING-POT INSPIRES valuab e additions t the ra� and file of Ameri n c1tize • and many of them Tfie' success of the "melting -pot" in have gai.�t1,.,ott1ffi'ces of leadership. esterAmerica, in fusing different races into one Except that they tend to limit the de­ day President homogeneous people, afforded inspiramands upon the melting pot, the existing had proved th d get --m:rn for the address of President Coolidge immigration rules are not satisfactory. If along together, and was thus an ex­ at the Norse-American Centennial celebra­ this country is to develop fully, there must ample to the world. He added that tion in Min1re,.ota. "tf fral"l!ffif'fy � ­ be more people to man its industries and he believes the .American plan can . operation are possible on the scale of this 1 its farms. Sooner or later there will be a be applied on a world -wide scale. continent among peoples so widely di­ demand for less severe barricades against Without going into the question~ verse, why not on the scale of the world ? " aliens. Instead of arbitrary regulations, of Just how well .A mericans do get This thought of a world-wide "melting­ a merit system of some form should be along together-which might be a pot' ' was dwelt upon by the President as devised. trifle embarrassing-it may be ob• being more than a mere chimera. He served tha. t America and the world hailed it as "a profoundly engaging" are d ifferent places. The problems "I am convinced that our thought. LOS �o\NGELES REi:ORD of Europe, for instance, .offer no true national story might help sorrewhat to J � 9, l9j,.i parallel to our:s, either in terms of · guide mankind toward such a goal. " geography or in terms of race. President Coolidge renewed his earnest It is true that we have managed : appeals for world peace-appeals which HEN President · ue's thought is to assimil ate arter a fashion a I he -puts forth frequently. He is a con­ 1sure of pounhampered e number of nationalities which have I sistent advocate of peace and his admin­ political ex · · ncy an�� , gives free never been abl e to get along to­ its for high rank to fair bids istration rein to his f1:1ncy h ,hows a f�'?:� ss for ad­ gether in the old world. But in this achievements in promotion of concord r venture in the rea s of idealism. country national groups are broken throughout the world. It is probable that, . His address at e Norwegian entennial • up, no physical boundaries any­ Mr. opportunity, favorable first the at celebration in Mi nesota was n-political where coincid\. with racial lines ; Coolidge will summon another arms con­ and his mind see .ed to be h ng a thor­ there are at present-though some ference to carry forward the great wo., · oughly good time. interesting esultrJ p eople are busily trying to create begun at Washington in the admip' ra­ address. them-no traditions of hate between tion of President Harding. FRESNO. 0 r, . .....,,.�UCA:r·, G·R-ASS V ' '.J. . Y. f '·-, UNW"', j Coo�iJg e on Freed�� W nationalities. If you could take the world, abol­ lsh over night all national frontiers, mix its population up until all semblance of racial grouping were I lost, expunge from every mind most trad i tions of. racial or national or religious hatred. an d finally set Le­ fore t h is scrambled population so1ny aim or id eal which should be big enough to enli:;t tbe sympathies of 1 all-then you would have toughly 1 duplicated the A tnertcau si tuation on a world scale. Since this procedure is obviously impossible to any one but the Crea­ tor of the world, It seems futile to talk about America as an example of this sort. And it seems, too, rather irrllatingly self-r!ghteous. LoNc BE.i.ctr CA'.. !';,•.- · Tn-.-:R · J ul i,, lJ 1 l�.,,1 �ATIN; THE UNITED STATE; Bas¢l;' ' ---- I pre-war influx of aliens, the Uni�d States is 9 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 short of the normal flow of immigration, which in 1 9 1 3 totaled 1 , 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 , and since that time has ranged from 2 5 0,, 0 0 0 to 7 0 0 , 0 0 0 annually. Restrictions imposed by Con­ gress are responsible for this decrease, and there is no sign of a change in national attitude in this respect. The cause of this policy is , a desire to more effectually ' merge foreign and domestic blood, or to protect the American Repuhlic against weakness through too large an importa­ tion of nationalities and beliefs which do not conform to the standards of this country. One of the results of the movement is to create a shortage of labor and a con­ sequent gradual increase in wages for such service. Thfa particular eeleoration commemorated the arrival of Norwegian immigrants in, 1825, after the successful American revolu­ tion and the firm establishment of the :United States as an independent nation. Having discoursed on the motives that had prompted earlier immigr/ltion to these shores from E urope, largely ,stimulated from the other side, the president came to the im­ migration encouraged from this side of the Atlantic after the establishment of our gov­ ernment. "Citizenship in the New World meant something that it had not meant in the Old," says Mr. Coolidge. "It was seen that the New World offered something new. There was an increasing realization that many burdensome traditions and institutions had somehow been shed. Here at last THE IN­ D IVIDUAL WAS LORD OF HIMSELF, MASTER OF HIS OWN DESTINY KEEP­ ER OF HIS OWN SOVEREIGNTY. HERE HE WAS FREE." �President Coolidge can devote himself to no greater crusade than to lead the fight ta restore this country to the blissful condition he so eloquently describes as existing in THE BIG FA� · -WhH,e-Prttifictent � was in the 1s2a. A thoughtful survey of his country 'today, torth:"est a Minnesota coupl e celebr ated e. of the harmony, patriotism and idealism of :, , cllamon�llniversary of their union . 1 he Iitt!mantt--is'l'lr-'and he-''\\fife 94 yea,·&. all of the people in 1917 and 1918 and the in­ or age and their twelve living childre n were _ I �idious attacks on freedom during the pasi with them. The venerable pair now lid've . few year,1 of awful reaction, must <'onvince 181 living descen dants-which would make him that he cannot say truthfully today thal someth ing of a picnic group in itself. A f in the United States in 1925 the "individual � w _familie s like that could stock up a is lord of himself, master of his own destiny, eity m a generation -0r two. The head or a flock is worth a lot en election day. keeper of his own sovereignty. Here he i� :m.· ch ---� -· --,....,__..,.. free." For probably at no time in the history of _ this country has bigotry and intoleranc€ been more vigorously offensive, or religions freedom and intellectua l liberty less secure than right no � _ � e Heroic in Ma.n ward . S -�� J _:'_� ., /�RSJMEN WEL£Q.MX....CO.O LIDGE '"' JUl-iea t .. �tt' put away tern·• estuous U't' of he bleak and frozen North comes p?lit'.cs t9'giv! Nors�m.,en's :elcom� and hos­ _ Amundsen, giving the world a new p1tal1ty flQ Pres1a'ent Tircf-'1"Mrs. Coolidge. · drama of human courage, ingenuity and Henrick sfttt,�ad and Peter Norbeck, determination. United States senators� A. G. Soril of North Although he did not reach the Pole7ttreDakota, Carl Gunderson of South Dakota -�en.d.JlllS--Norseman has ta.ught- us two and Theodore Christianson of Minnesota, things of supreme value-one, that an airplane governors, striding with the bold tread of flight to the top of the world is practicable, their proud Viking ancestor� m arched forth although he l;iimself failed of the goal by 100 miles ; the other, an1;1. more important, is the at the head of throngs of their followers conquering genius of ma'lt.• Least in his con­ �· from all the insUrging Northwest to meet tributions to the sum oi knowledge, but of and greet the President, and the voices of scientific value, is his new 'f 1 of observa­ these rose above the multitud'! in the re­ tions of the Polar regions. echoing "ska!" with which the President was Amundsi111 's attempt is a new anU splendid received. .exhibition of what a great writer ortee called " the h and heroic state of man . ' ' The Northwest is celebrating the centen­ ' ' A itha n ' s reach, ' ' said Browning, ' ' should nial o f the Scandinavian "Mayflower." Not . exceed is grasp, or what 's ·a heaven for ¥ " that the ship Restaurationen brought the first Behinq' every great thin g man has flames the Norsemen to America any· more than the sun of adventure and gives the deed or the Mayflower came with the earliest British ; thougl}t it.s color. but the passengers of that daring voyage So iµ etimes, as with Newton, th ere is in­ made up the first organized Norwegia n im­ volved'. no self-sacrifice ; sometimes, as with migration movement to the New World­ Docto l'\,Ricketts, in his investigation of Rpotted and significant enough, sailed from Norway fever, qeath leaps out and drags the thinker, on July 4, one hundred y ears ago. The the doer, the investigator, down . Alexander President and Mrs. Coolidge went to aid in Bell ma�6),:'> millions, St. Stephen is stoned by the celebration. Their hosts are descend­ the mob. P�ary finds the North Pole by sledge ants of the passengers of the Restaurationen, and lives in undying glor�t :Amundsen sought and the many thousands that in the cen­ it by airplane a".Ml,. �the risk of martyr­ ,tury: since that ship's arrival have come to dom. The history of progress, however, is make homes in this land, and finding con-' a history of martyrdom-of progress in ditions congeniaj settled mostly in those thought, conduct and science. " Still, God states of the northern border, Wisconsin, upon our lifted foreheads poms the boon of Minnesota and the Dakotas, where they endless quest . ' ' have made farms, built towns and cities,' Even when no great end may b e i n view, created a social condition which, while dis- , this happy courage is an inspiration t o tinctly American, yet retains much of the ;, humanity. grace and charm of the lands of their an- I In the future, men, if they so desire , will cestors, and have engaged in the most in­ be winging their way above the ice fields tense politics practiced on the continent. surrounding the Pole ; but history will say But for the President and Mrs. Coolidge, most of the man who pioneered the perilous their guests, was only the grace of hearty ways, pursuing the shadow cast by his plane hospitality. and himself pursued by the shadow of death. The President's speech at Minneapolis on The world rejoices over Amundsen 's re­ Monday was pitched in the same tone with turn, and it has a new inspiration. which he had been received, a note of heart­ fel t pleasure at being with and the guest of such hospitable and happy hosts. The American President addressed staunch Americans, to w11om he said, "When I look ________________ upon you and realize what you are and _______ ________________J what you have done, I know that in your hands our country is secure." O �L.. i1 ,,. � 9, 192., n[ER NAP / To Minnesotans President Coolidge does not have much to say as a rule, but when he does talk to the people of these United States, he says something worth while. In an add ress before thousands of America itizens al the centennial celebration in Minnesota yesterday, ci izens but one generation removed from the daring Norsemen who sailed 1 I into New York harbor and bl azed the way into the Great N orthwest, the President declared : and People is nderence of the populatio · made u ardy son� of Norway-men of thrift, sobriety and all the hiaher virtues. An audie�ce of sixty thousand such men resic!ent Coolidge had the privilege of addressing at Min neapolis the other day. Referring this fact the S. F. Chronicle well says : ve an abi ding "The President spoke of the things that p lace in the hearts of these people, the kindly uthority of the father, the love of mother, the devotion of chif en, the sacred home. He rested the enduring q uality of our institutions on th perpetuation of the family relations. T y are the wel l springs of ord�rly g;overnment, from which oceed the most precious possessions of the human rac freedom of education, of eco nomic oppo rity o f the law. "These simple themes appeal to the people of the North­ west. The homely virtues are well understood and practiced among them. In choosing them as the basis of his address, President Cooli dge demonstrated that he un derstands his peo­ ple and is keenly sympathetic with their ideals and aspirations. They, too, understand him. " pre "Out of the con fusion of tongues, the conflict of traditions, the variations of historical setting, the vast di fferences in talents and stes, there has been evolved a spiritual union accoi:n­ pa ed by a range of capacity and genius which marks thi!! naI .t· n for a pre-eminent destiny. "If fraternity and co-operation are possible on the srnle of this continent among people so widely diverse, why nol on the scale of a worl d ? It is not a new thought, but it is a pro­ foundly engaging one. I firmly beli eve it is more than a chim­ I am conv,inced that era. I feel it is possib le of reRlization. our national story might somewhat help to guide mankind to- . ward such a goal." True attainment of this goal of world harmony and peace, Coolidge observed, lies along a path emanating from "the fa rrt� ' ily altar. " From there, he said, spring those truly American i nstitutions of religious liberty, of educational and econorni.c opportuni ty, o f constitutional rights, o f the integrity o f the law -"the most precious po.ssessions of the human race. " "These do not emanate from the governmen t, " he con­ tinued. "Their abiding place is with the people. They come from the consecration of the father, the love of the mother, and the devotion o f the chil dren. They are the product of that honest, earnest and tireless effort that goes into the rearing of the family altar and the making of the home. " As befitted the occasion, the President devoted himsd f largely to the expl oits of the sons of Thor and Odin. He traced their conq uest of the American continent from the time Lief, the son of Erik, 5 0 0 years before Columbus, landed on A merican soil, through the first organized expedi6on of 1 8 2 5 and the settlement o f the No rthwest into the present er:, o f snc­ cess and prosperity. "These Northmen, one of whose ann iversaries we nrc I celebrating today, " he said, "have from their fi rst appearance , on the margin of history been the children of freedom. · "Their gl ory is all about you, their living and their m i �h.ty dead. They have given great soldiers, statesmen, scientists, educators and men of business to the upbuilding of their adoptI ed coun try. To their adaptability the_ nati on owes much for i ts success in the enormous ptocess of assimilation and spiritual uni fication that has made our nation what it is and our peopl what they are." t ., l r r !'\. .J. I � - ..i J in POLITICIANS vVashington, President CoolldgP-'"" trip to Minnesota to deliver an address at the Norse-American celebration is taken to mean that he will be a _ndidate f9 · President in 1 9 2 8 and that the . 24 00 mile journey to Minneapolis and return was for the purpose of putting the presidential fences in order in that part of the country, The President Wfl"I immensely pleased by the hearty reception which he received in :M innesota, especially in view of the fact that the - last time� was there before h e was howle.l down in an attempt to make a campaign speech. At that time he was running for Vice­ President with Harding and the Northwest was then getting into the control of the Farm -Labo1· party, which had slight respect for the red-headed Massachuus­ setts Governor nor who undei·• took to explain New Englan Republican principals to then �OAI L ' ---c--r j • California Invites Preside nt ENT'S MINNEAPOLIS SPEECH. inneapolis yesterday !'resident Cooli dge «pcite of two kinds of foreign influences which ue at work in this countl·y. Ht. ·· oke of those men a nd women from other co who, possessing the 1,ioneer shm:e to establish homes �pirit) came to t and oc�;ome a part of the nation and he called Mtenti on to the 11idden " 01·k of age11ts of other foreign countries to spread het·c the propa­ g,mda of dissa t'·factio and unrest. In Ametica, said tl..te Ptesident, ls tl..te proof th at fraternity and coDperation, shown to be t)ossible here, arc possil,le also on the scale of the 'worl d. "I feel that · · i s po�sible or realizatimq. l 11m convi ed that om· national st.or,v m ight somewh· t hel p to guide manl'ind tol'rard 15uch a goal.' Speaking in Minneapol i s, a center of Scau.<linavian settlem{mt, he called atten tion to the 11 rontribution� of Scandinavian immigrants t o , American life. "�Iinnesota would not be �in­ nesota, the group of imperial northwester n gtates would not be what they are, but for th e «-ontribution that has been made to tlJ em h, Y' the Scandinavian countries.'' 1• And this America which is J,llade up of th< 11! ock of many 1·aees to represent the hope 01 the world is now and will be, J>residm1-t Coo' idge said, what th� people make it. "Its in ·11titutions or religion,➔ Jiherty, of: edue tion an d e<'onomic opportnnit.v, of consti tutional dghts, of incegrity of law, are the mos t precious pos11essions of the human rnce." Then came the warning. If Wt' al'e to che l'ish these institutions1 main ta i n 1bem and progress .w ith them, we mns t not be bl ind lo i h e efforts of t hose oth er nations whi<'h have 11 0 intt>rest bere except to indte dissatisfaction. The Red propagandist is as far remow<l from the hope­ ful immigrant who comes here to establish a home as Moscow- is removed from Minneapolis. He a11d his agents arQ active, acti ve against the interests of this country and in further­ •nce of a ph ilosophy whi c h has not proved its 111erits abroad. '£ he futrre of .lmerica is in the 1 keeping of its citizens despite V..b e effort of I alien agitators to play a paet in its shap ing. I 'l'lierc is a d1 uuc.:e tha t l're:-:i<l<-u t Cool idge . will visi l Cal ifomia i n Septem ber :i nd, n· i th .! lie possil> i l i l y l'k of c·o1·d i a l i n d 1:l Uous. Tlie reee11 · ·ip of' the "Xt'(· 1 1 l i rP l o �l i 1 1 11psot a a n 11 ti! 11 1 1 11• • · rwtl l \res t'' :i n d �,i;ifl��fflT , ica t i ng \I h a t C:il i fo 1'l1 i:1 u :-: bcli ni t o h<> a \\'oef u l 1:lt'k of �<'ogyapli ica l g1·omHJiI1g. Be tlia t as i t n1a.t, l he �I i 1 1 1 1esota tl'ip was the Cool iuge fo 1·tl1e:-:l wei-;t si 11ce h e l1as been Pn•sideu t n n d i t j., 1; 11 0\\·n 1 c wo11 l d like to make t h r jon rw..,v . .\ s tliii-; is Oin 1uond J u bilee .r ea 1·, then• is a n added n•a suu . �uera­ mento is i 11 ea l'ly w i t h a 11 i l l \ i l n t io11 nsk i n g h i rn to uc pre$en t a t tl1p OfH'Il i ng day o f 1 h , • H ta t.� Fair oh Sepit>ml1e1· r, ; CoJ1gressnrn 11 Cuny h n s pleuged t o secon d i t , a 11 d t ht• lea d i 11� s p i 1·i ts beh i nd the Diamoll(l ,J uh1 le,'.• t('l<·lm1tio11 \\' i l l do the same. 0 I ! Ireland, no European country has sent so large a percentage of its population to this country. The celebra:tion 1'ast week at !fhe arrival of the hard/ band / Minne'apolis and St. Paul of the in 1825 was , not the first movement Norse-American Gentemiial was a of Norsem� to the New W r event of interest to Patterson, � as how er. t a s een· fairly �f.ll the descendants of those hardy established that the actual discov­ pioneers whose deeds were coU:­ erer of America was Lief . Ericson, memorated at the Centennial have a Norseman, who !'anded in Vinbeen a prominent factor in the 1 land in the year l 000, and many development of this �olony, one of Norsemen figure in the •early his­ the latest manifestations of their tory of the Colonies. But the im­ instinct for finding new territories pulse for emigration was not a and establishing prosperous empires. noficeable factor until the ' 'Re­ The Centennial celebr'ated the staurationen '' passengers sent back anniversary of the arrival of the sloop "Restaurationen' ' from Nor� their glowing accounts of c:mdi­ tions here and started the remark­ way with the first organized band able migration. of settlers, the first wave of the And the Norwegian wave of great tide that was to follow, fif­ immigration has been but one µhase ty-two in number. The emigrants of the 1 great movement from the book fourteen weeks to make the Scandinavian countries. They have voyage in their 39-ton sloop. To­ all thrived and while their adopted day, over two million Norsemen country has been helping them they dwell in the United States and h1a ve also aided it very materially, Canada and their record has been both in physical development and o�e to be proud 1of for constructive in maintaining high ideals. And I achievement. This is especially Patterson als:> • was exceedingly noteworthy when it is realized that fortunate to have such a marked Norway has a much smaller till­ percentage of Swedish and Nor­ able area than Minnesota and a wegian settlers among the pioneers populat•:m no greater. It is said that with the possible exception of of the Colony. RSE-AMER/CAN JAL �. . · TRA VELlN..Q. OF PRESID ENTS nf Cg,oli<lgc is to jouti1 ey to St. Paul, early rn June, 'e Norse-Am erican c ;) tennial celebration . He will e no SJiop s en route or OJ.Ji,y«1s return . •M� for journeying about the coun­ M r. Go:ohtlg·e ha;; I¼li. f try. He pe·r haps,·,� ii go al)ont as little as any President oi recent years'. Th ere is no likelihood that h e �an he inducec to come as far '\"!\Test as the Paci fi c states this year. His plarn are l a id for th e summer. There v,1 ill be a t e m porary '\V h i te House in a quie t srot i n New England. Th ere, a·ad with hi1 aged fa ther, l\l r. Coolidge ,vill spend h i s summer vacation, Th ere b as ,d ev eloped a fixed public sen ti m en t that the Presi den t belongs to 111:e people and t o the 1w.hole country anrl tha he should visit, at one ti me or another, ev ery section o f thl country so that hi� coun trymen may see him and h ear h i JT This lies w i t h the discretion of the incumbent Presiden · h owever. How much each succeeding President shall journ ey abot the conntry depends much upo•a th e tempera m en t· of eac chief n1 agistrate. The p ractice of trav eling about extensi ve'' began with President Cle veland. H e howe\·er, trav eled mo, est •distance s compared ·w ith some later Presidents. l\Ir. M Kinley made som e notable trips, i11cluding a j ourney to tl Pacific Coast and another iato th e h eart of the South . Cc onel Ro9sevelt, as Presicle1?-t, se,t the 'pace as a spectacul traveler. His j o urn eys were punc tuated with stirring speech< 1\ 1 M r. Taft, as Pres ident, was a n ineveterate travel er. W ilson was rath er frugual in h i s journeyings, but made I memorabl� pilgrimage across the country in behal f of t League o f NatiO i 1 S. Mr, Harding- traveled modestly, up the time o f h is journey to Alaska, ·w hkh e n d ed tragically j· him, t4 LOS ANC <'LES. (AL.. NEWS --�..... UHL .,J,_!::: J ., - .-. -,G ' o oI refene d in his ni, dress, t o t.he wonder lpl natio• i ty which has been ae ev I , cou ntry, t h ru that process of amalgamation called our "mellin g-pot." vVe have taken races which i n the old world cou1lf ver get along "i u harrn o�y, and we �: . a.ve made one umted people out of them. If we allowe d the fau l ts and weak­ nesses of all our cons ti tuent peoples to develo p unchec ked, our nation . �mght ga in material success frolll its favora ble positi on, but it would never be a w orld l e,ilJJ.f•r__H u t if ca n adopt t h e s rong poiul:.; of all these con s ti tuen t peoplen, we ;; lw l l have a r a c e wh oi,e power w i l l s e t i t s s t a m p on H l l future w o r l d d e­ velopment. -= Richmond. C • , In rl"vcndent JU,. E 3, !92J The President is going to the Norse Cent nary in Minnesota next month, but he · ill not t icl el in a plebian day coach 011 a regular , trai!l. here are those in Washington whp think the chief execul�ve should at least compromise between his rock-bound thrift principles and a style becoming the richest 11ation in the world . He and his party of friends and reporters will therefore have a club car, a cou­ ple .)f Pul lmans, a diner and a baggage car, as sec­ ond s tion of the Washington-Chicago express. RI"VJffi LOS A:, C- �S. CAL.. N.EWS J l.; :,( LJ .:J, _.;1;!:) IONS eel one phra:,c P rni· I speech wor in vh sis, when l i e thy ·ung m i l l ions,'' the spo plain and quiet peo_plc who daily display modest and u n p1·eten tious :i<irtues . . 'l'h e heroic is founcl 11 01 merely i n t h e exploits of our soldiers an the ideals of our statesmL'n. H i::l found in the daily toil ol' the people who have built up this cuunlTy in fit� te of gr �at d ifficul ties anll sacri­ fiC� prominent among the;n were the N.o rsemeu, in whose honor Presi1 dent Coolidge has just f; poken. - --- - - - Minnesota's Welcome stile wind but a friendly audience." what President Cooli,:!ge, and Mrs. C . dg , faced on their visit to St. Paul and 7hnea o s as expressed in the apt language _. · of a s writer describing tl.e event. And esult the presid � nt and llis worthy help­ I ate returned to "\Vasl:IJ;igton happy and the people of Minnesota are now tb,lking it all over in friendly spirit among theillu,1S>h-�"· � · This little jaunt of Presid,nt Coolidge into the territory of Magnus Joinson, Robert M. La Fo l lette ancl others whom cm1servatives are wont to characterize as radicals may or may n� have more than passing significanc e. It is true that when vice 9residont Mr, Cool­ idge was given a noticeably cool recepti9n in his speech-makin g, the Minnesotans unmis­ takably showing their p1•eference for pigs, chickens a n d cows and horse races as attrac­ tions of their state fair. But time has changed the man. From vice president to president is a step of distinction. And it must be credited to the Norwegians that they know how to show courtesy to the president of the Un,ited States. '.rhey might do this as good hosts and good citi­ zens to the fullest without at the same time expressing favor for any policy of his ' admin­ istra tion or the political party which landed him in the place of power. Then, too, President Coolidge in his per­ sonal touch a n d in his address to the Nor­ I , weglan people of the northwest was happy in his manner. What he had to say was a sincere tribute to the genuinely stalwart character of Scandinavian people. He was not discuss­ ing politics-he was discussing a people. And tbat people happened to be a type fully worthy of every compliment he might be prompted to put into words. Naturally those to whom he was talking in complimentary language agreed with him-people always like to hear nice things said about them. Then , too, his refer­ ence to the call of the day for loyal support of American institutions was fully re-echoed i n the · hearts of those to whom he was speak­ ing. Again they agreed with him. And so Presid ent Coolidge put his best manner and his most appropriate th oughts forward-the7.1Tlnnesotans met him half way. And both are happy. Agai11, it is apparent that America'· "first lady" is a truly capable, tactful, win­ ning helpmate for our chief executive. She met the western spirit of Minnesota's women with her New England charm. And they are happy. And so is she. And both are better minded for h aving met and said nice things to each other. But politically-that's another thing. Time will tell whether Minnesota had any effect on President Coolidge's politics, or whether Pres­ ident Coolidge had any effect on the Minnesot­ ans. The average Norwegian is hardheadedhe changes his mind slowly� I �SAN BERNARDWD CAL.. iU'� JUNE 12, 1%:; ffi Looking to 1928 7 DOUBT there ·vrere those who iled when the editor of The Sun ote from Washington last Decem­ r that unless a political upheaval ' ntervene, Calvin Coolidge will be renominated and reelected President in 1928. Now the indications are more easily discovered, and no observer has read of the President's trip to Minnesota, to pay his tribute of respect to the Norse element in our population, without making the mental note that while the trip was proper and the purpose admirable, it will lose Mr. Coolidge no :otes in territory that might be considered dO)lbffut n election day. For innesot and the Dakotas, Wisconsin an which inclu in their ci�izenship so many cestry, "re-1�lso fertile fields of Norse for progre ive an · a:d al s entiment. We do nv...._.......,,u having seen the stateI ment made so boldly before, but in his col­ umn in The Sun Wednesday morning, I David Lawrence, than whom no Washing­ ton correspondent is "closer up" in matters political, wrote this : / �fr. Coolidge has bis eye on 1 9 3 8, of course. fie Said )¥hat Hope· We COOLIDGE h'ld a eapolis 'recently sic i, ealism of th (chance. That basic id alism the possibility of the political brotherhbod of man. You find it in tl e J)hrase that aU men were created free and equal. Nobody · but foolish quibblers ever contended that that meant equal in abil­ ity. It meant equal in the right to the opportunity of seH-government. Said the President : Out of the confusion of to_ngues, the conflict of traditions, the varia­ tions of historical setting, the basic differences in talents and tastes, there has been evolved a spiritual union. And they cheered him wildly, because he announced the evolution of what they a l l hoped and longed for. Maybe the President was too optimistic in believing that this "spiritual union " has actual ly been accomplished. I Maybe that '1respect of the world" which trul y declared America has com1 he mantled is due more to the power which our natural resources have enabled us to evoke than to the quality of our spiritual achievement. And then again maybe not. One thing is sure-it is that spiritual union fgr -whlch·we long, for which �e se� '\�hether we c9me of stock orig­ m"ally Norse or P J,Sh, Italian or Ger­ �al;k,.Saxon or i"can ; whether we cele­ a venturousness of the Vik­ brat� ing Ericson or the thoughtfnlness of the Explorer Columbus. V•l e want oneness. We want de­ mocracy to mean political kinship as well as political assertion. We want to be a nation great in feeling as in ma­ terial accomplishment. We are ready to unite for spirit as for power and com­ fort ; the President but speaks in fitting words, that which we all believe. It was the recognition of the harmony of their President's announcement with their own deepest as well as noblest in­ stincts that made the owd cheer him ay more tesolved, surely, than be£ , that their inner long­ eflected in their outer life. • r THE, PRESID ENT'S VISlT TO THE NORTHWEST. ·•-��-E SIDENT CO OLIDGE'S hurried visit to the north­ fiest revealed his popularity to himself and his friends. So many things have been said of the trip and of the receptions given to the' President that one would suppose it had just developed that he was actually an object of ad­ miration. The truth is that since his inauguration the Pres­ ident has grown tremendously in public esteem, and that in all his recent utterances he has made a highly favorable impression. He is particularly interested in the farmer and that pleased the people of Minnesota. He made no prom'ises of relief from their troubles, but b.Jie£1.¥ stated his views of what may be expected from tb�future. He had �nly a day in Min.nesota and Notth Dakota. In fact, from the time he lef · Wa�hington until his return he had but three days. Presid nts travel · their special trains in these sumptuous days unh�l!iiiSill'n,e r Presidents before spe­ cial trains were known. We have grown rich and extravagant, and strange to say even the careful canny gentleman from the New England states pow in the White House has found the temptation to enjoy these luxuries more than he can resist. It is highly necessary for the President occasionally to meet his own people. Coolidge likes it, not only because of his intense patriotism, but because he has faith in the sturdy Americanism of the west. He knew too before he met the people of Minnesota the trial� and problems that , beset them, and if he could not point to a solution at least he could manifest his interest, which he did. As Mr. Kel­ logg, his host, says : "On no occasion that I know of has the President appeared to better aqvantage than in his trip 1 �to the northwest. The gelleral public and the partisan press united in praise of hls splendid bearing and demc­ cratic attitude." The President could be nothing but democratic, for he came from a one hundred per cent American state and from parents who hewed out their own future in that state. His rise to executive distinction was not an accident, but due entirely to his own high character and his ability to meet and clarify dWicult sit1.Jations. Hence it was but natural that the people of the northwest, themselves inured to many hardships, should appreciate the closeness of the President to them, and his complete understanding of their perplex­ ities. It has been suggested that the President should come far­ ther west, to include the P;1cific slope, which will prepare a rece.?tion in his honor in ali of its cities quite the equal of anything he has yet had. Travel is th e most effective of all i11uminants, it is inspiring and educative to those who indulge in it, and even the President at the end of a jour­ ney across the continent would be better equipped for deal­ ing with the questions which corne before him and more capable of sizing up the various situations in the various states with reasonable intelligence and accuracy. San' Jose. f:l!l . Merru Y-!IeraM ---.�- � 1J.•�� L _ S____ 0 2_ I GOOD CITIZENS. N MINNESOTA UJCJi::s nre celebrating with great pomp and thorough ness the h undredth anniversary of the first organized mign11· · 'egians to , the United States. In a sense it is a national celebra­ tion because the Norwegians are represented in every state in . the union and because the who�e nation recog­ nizes that the country gained much when it received that first band of Norwegian immigrants to i ts shores. Conservative, industrious an d honest the Scandina­ vian people, including the Norwegians, have b rough t p rogress and wealth to every secti on in which they have settled. The upbuil i.n o · the Northwestern sta tes h as been due in large extent to the efforts of this hardy and thrifty race. The Nordic races have brough t to America no prob­ lems of assimilation. Thev lur\(e so ugh t the expanses of land and sea ' rather than crowding into overpopu­ lated cities, so th ey crea ted n o housing and labor prob­ lems. Who will deny that the Scan di navian immigrants have more than com p<.>nsalcd their adopted coun try for i ts hospitality and pro tection '? That the Norwegians have not confounded loyalty to poli tical o rganizations with loyalty to cou n try is demonstra ted by the stupendous reception given Pres­ ident Coolidge at their centennial in spite of their . n o tori­ r. Coolidge Renews the Lustre of That Valuable ous aloofn ess from the presiden t's party i n t h e last Utensil. presidential election . Everything i n the makeup of the Scandinaviar ' R. C DGE'S habit of uttering platitudes so?1etimes m akes him a good American citizen. 1 s im t say things which much need to be said. At the orse-Ameri an Centennial in Minnesota the other day, for ce, he sai his, which much needs to .be said for many rea- The Melting Pot M raternity and co-operation are possible on the scale of this continent among peo le so widely diverse, why not on the scale of the world ? I feel it is possible of realization. I am convinced that our national story might somewhat help guide · mankind toward such a goal.'' This is worth thinking aboµt, not merely because the world could profit by the consideration of the example of fraternity and co-operation set by America, but because America herself needs to be reminded of her own ideal of fraternity and co­ operation. Of late years there has not been so much talk about the melting pot as there used to be, but instead t �ere has been a vast deal of talk about unassimilable races, and about N ords and Mediterraneans, and goodness knows what else. In the shuffle, and bec�use of the racial hatreds which were stirred up by the war, there has been very little emphasis laid on this aspect of our life which Mr. Coolidge stresses. It is en­ couraaing to have our president advocate the elder and nobler doctri�e of fraternity and co-operation among the various racial elements. But of course, despite the temporary obscuring of our con­ cept of that doctrine, the fact remains, as Mr. Coolidge says, that the American example is a good one for the world to fol­ low. We have been better than we intended to be in this coun.. try in this respect. We have often had hearts full of bitterness and jealousy and scorn, yet the very necessities of our nationa existence have forced us to treat all races fairly well, and so ti set that good exa�ple to which Mr. Coolidge alludes. MINNESOTA th y arc celebrating with great omµ and thor� mess the hundre Y . of t e 'M O't�anize<l migration f Norwegians o the United Stat es. In a . sense i t is a­ tion because the Norwegi ans arc represen ted in every state in lhe unioir- and because the "vhole nation recog­ nizes that the country gained m uch when it received that first band of Norwegian imm igran ts to i!s sho_rcs. Conservative, industrious and hon est the Scandma­ vian people, i ncluding the Nonyegi�ns, �ave b rought procrress ,1,1 d wcaltb-i,o_.cv··ry sect10u 1 11 which they have settled. The upbuilding of the Nor� �1westc1:n s�ates h as be en due in large extent to the eff orts of tlns h ardy and thrifty race. . The Nordic races have brought to Amenca n o prob­ lems of assimilation. Thev h a ve sough t the expanses of land and sca rather than crowding into overpopu­ lated cities, so they created no housing and labor problems. . • · Who will deny lhat the Sca �1dinav1an mmngra 1; ts for country adopted their have m ore than com ne11sated i ts hospitality and p;otecLion ? That the Norwegians have not confounded loyal�y to political organizations with loyalty _ to �onn try 1s demonstrated by the stupen dous reception g1".cn Pre�­ ident Coolidcre at their cen tennial in spite of then· no tori­ ous aloofn e�s from the presiden t's party in the last presiden tial election . Everything in the m �keup . _of the Scandrnav · makes him a good Amencan ci tizen. 7· �• , WiLLO J , - ,c,.:,�L� i,;;;rpl,1 n. UwL Meaning to Melting Pot wegi n bn October 9, nt Coolidge's address at th -No f entennial celebration at J\l,innesota last Monday was more literary in lo ne tha most of his state papers and speech�he latter have been characterized by clear think­ ing and short, epigrammatic pungent senten- : ces, often obstrusive and somewhat j erky. I The centennial address was up to the Cool- 1 idge sta'ndard in clear thinking, in sanity of view and in the enunciation of the American attitude of a broad tolerance. In addition, , there was the grace a�i felicity of expression givi ng that ind escribable charm one feels in literature. To the concept of the melting pot, the president gave its true a'nd only rpeaningful interpretation when he treated it in terms o f spiritual union and likeminded ness, than in its cruder biolo gical aspects. • � rR::'-L� f J IT,,.; 9 l-2 , 1825, th;shipRest'aurat1on'e:i -�rrived in America , bringing 53 Norwegians. 'l'his was the first organized group t o emigrate from Norway to the United States. It marked the first low wash of a great wave of Norwegian immigration which fol­ lowed. It is in honor of the 100t11 anniversary of the event that Presi­ uent Coolidge went to Minneapolis to be present at the Norse�n Centennial. No small portion of ,the development and upbuilding of the Northwestern states is d ue to the efforts of Nor­ wegians or descendants of Norsemen. And no better class of people ever �ought a new home in America. They had within them th e spirit of American ism br fore th rv came to the n ew land and adaptin g themselves to the new �nvfronment involved no radical alteration of views or h abits. They may take a justifiabl e pride in exhibiting what bas bee11 achieved by t hem iu the devel opment of a section of th e United States where the mass of them is settled. A pageant portray ing a composite picture of the part played by Norsemen in the settl Pment of the' Northwest was presented. 'l1 h e event provided th e opportunity for a great reu n i on of those Ameri­ cans who have an ancestry dating liack io Norway. That they takfl pride in their origin doPs not n ecessarily make them any the l ess American in spirit or the l ess devoted to onr institutions. It has been to the profit of America that so many Norwegians sought homes h ere as well as profit to the former immigrants thems rather In the better language of the presid ent : Out of the confusio!l of tongues, the con­ fllct of traditio ns, the variations of historical setting, the vast differences i n talents and tastes there has been evolved a spiritu,al union accompanied b y a range of ca1>acity and gen­ i u s which marks this nation for a pre-eminent cl cstiuy. The American people have com­ m:rn cl ed the respect of the world, Mrs. Co olidge is reported to have ex­ claimed, with quite girlish naivete, at the clos­ ing words o f her d istinguished husband ' s ad­ d ress, "Oh, I like that." See if you d o not agree with Mrs. Coolidge, and if you note the simplicity of language, the sincerity o f feeling, the absence o f conventional perorationat bom­ bast, you will a�ree, too, that the thought was beautifully expressed : Our America with a l l that i t represents of h o pe in the world is now ai1d will be what y o u malrn i t . I t s institutions of' religious liberty , of ed ucational and economic opportunity, of constitutional rights, o f the integrity o f the l a w , ure the most precious possessions of the h u man race. These do not emanate fro m the G ove rnment. Thei r abiding place is with the people. They come from the consecration of the father, the love of the m other, and the devo Uon o f the children. They are the pro­ duct of that h onest, earnest and tireless effort that goes into the r�ar!ng of the family altar (I n d the ma!.:ing of the h ome of' our country. They can have no stronger supporters, no m or e loyal defenders, than that great body of our cit izenship which you represent. When I look upon you and realize w hat you are and what you have done, I lrnow that in your ]�ands our country is secure. You have laid up your treasure in what America represents, and there will :•our heart be also, You have given your pledge to the Land of the Free. The rledge of the Norwegian people has never yet gone unredeemed. / -- T NORSE �E;\iENNIAL� ; �ctober 9, 18 , the sh', · �e;/auration�n arrived in America bringing 53 Norwegia�-nis )YitS the first organized group to emigrate from Norway to the United States. It marked t:11e :first low wash of a great wave of Norwegian immigration which f lowed. , . It is in honor of the 100th anniversary of the event that resi, tlent Coolidge went to Minneapolis to be present at the Norse­ American Centennial. No small portion of th e development and upbuilding of the Northwestern states is due to the efforts of Nor­ wegians or descendants of Norsemen. And no better class of people ever sought a n ew home in Anwrica. They had with i n them th e spirit of Americanism before they came to the new land � nd adapting themselves to the new environment invo :ve � no rad1 :al alteration of views or habits. They may tali:e a Justifiable pride in exhibiting what has been achieved by them in the de� el opment of, a section of the United States where the mass of them 1s settled . A pageant portraying a composite picture of the part played by Norsemen in the settl ement of the Northwest was presented. 'l1he event provided the opportunity for a great reunion of those Ameri­ cans who have an ancestry dating back t o Norway. That they take pride in th eir origin does not n ecessarily mak � th� m any the l es� _ American in spirit or the less devoted to our mst1tuti�ns. It has . ht heen to the profit of America that so many Norwegians soug homes here as well as profit to the former immigrants themselves. �WILLO J� ' c, ' T_:R ! '' - - - --CLAP TRAP-FROMCOOLIDGE. On e stateme nt of Pre sident Covlidge in l1is addr es\.at the Nor­ ,,-e6'i::ig._.,�ntenni!1,l er_l eJm.i_tion in Minnesota shoulid ?e�l'. Wn of a m ore a<; the goal <>t a na tional crusade than as a de1icrip t10n ferred e r s s e dr � _ , r.. 's t presiden tlrn of part That xisting conditio n. OUR MELTING� 4 President Coolidge referred in h' Norse centenni�l addt:ess, �c . been ach1evecVin th11 the wonderful national unity w,;hicm...has process o:t'.amalgamaf1o'b �trnitour "melt­ country, through that ing-pot." We have taken races wh{ch in the ol dworld could neve1 get along in harmony, and we hnve made one united people out oi them. If we allowed the faults and weaknesses of /all our constitueni peoples to develop unchecked, our nation migl-yt gain material sue• cess from its favorable position, but it woufd never be a work leader. But if we can: adopt the strong poin1 s of all these cons ti tuent peoples, we shall have a race whose poiver will set its stam on all�Jre world development. -� om th e time when thefr ta'it-devel oping institut ions of pop­ ular gov ernment, religious fre e dom and intellectual l iberality h::1-d come to t ake definite and attractive forms, the p eople of the Col omes tnok a n ew interest i11 inducing tl1eir European relatives t o follow t h ('m thither. They enia ged in c1n inverted crus ade, a conq ues t ,vithon t inva sion an<l with ou t forc·a. The new country offered not 011ly material opportuniti.cs, hut possibi l i ties of spiritual and int el­ ! Pctual e mancipa tion which they li r dently wis hed their friends on th e othe1· s id(' to share. Ci t izenship in t he New World mean t some­ th ing that it bad not meant in the Old. I t was seen t h at the N ew r -------- � I World offered something new. Th er e was an increasing realizasome­ had ions t itu t ins and raditions t miomc e burd 1 tion th at many h ow been shecl. Here, a t l ast, the individual was lord of himself, '· �master of his own des tiny, keepei· of his own sov e reignty. Here ---���� 1 OUR MELT �G<-Pe1fh e was free. " 01-<linarily the president is a practical politician, in spite, or . . . . . perhaps becau se of his sill y provincialism, bu t inspire<l by th e noble President Coolidge referred t his Norse centenmal addr history of the Nors e peopl es an<l 1 h e exemplary id e als of t he Scan- th_e wonderful national unit which has been achieved in hii dinavian population in the United S t a tes he h as allowed h imsel f country, through that process M malgamation called our "m W to Jeviate from h i s us�al course in this instance. ing-pot." We have taken races whic · the ol dworld coulq,..n{!ve1 . M any mu�t qu est10 n ;�1_e �n� th o � the stat en:ient that m th get along in harmony, and we have made o 'lDW.� e out o1ti ; 2 l 5 · TJm t e d S t ates m 9 tl1e m d 1v1 dua l 1s l or d o f h 1mself, master o th em . his own destiny, keeper of his own s overeignity. Here h e i s free. " At no time s ince the early years of th e formation of t he Union If we allowed the faults and weaknesses of all our constituen' have bigo try a n<l in tolerance been more in evidence and freedom p eoples to d evelop unchecked, our nation might gain material sue of thought, speech and religion less s ecure than i n this year of 19 cess from its favorable po:-tition, but it would never be a worlc eader. But if we can; adopt the strong points of all these consti _ tue nt p eoples, we shall have a race whose power will set its sta on all f 1fore world develop ment. ie s CLAP TRAP FROM COOLIDGE. ent of Preside in Ms address a t th e Nor1ifl l elebrM io ta shoulid be interprete d �re_ t t--o11'l"'of a 1rn tiona an as a descriptio n of an xi�h g condition. 'I'lta t p ar · o f the esid ent 's add[e s s referre d �0 1 s, .; . . . From the tune when then· fast -developing institutions of p opnla.r government religious fre e�l om an d rn · t e11 e c tua1 l 1'b erari ty h:1d l_.,omc to take dcfi; · 1ite · a n d a tt rac t 1ve f orms, th e people of t h e Colomes t no 1r a �('W int<'rest in inducin g their Europe an relative s to follow t h_em tlu ther. They engaged in an inverted crusade ' a co nques t J • l10ut force. with out i m�as1o · n anct ,�1� The new country offered not n ll' �rnterial . op�ortumt_1es, but possiliilities of spiritual and intel : 1 na e n�nmp at1on ,vhic�1 they _arden tly wished their friend s on � . �/� othei si_d e to share . C1trz_e nsh1p in the Ne w World meant some­ � .' umg that i t had no t meant m the Old. It was seen t h at the New \,v orld offered somet hing · · n e w. Th ere was an mcreasm . · g reahzat rnn that m any burde nsom e tradit ions and i nsti tu t ions had some­ h ow heen s�ed. Here, �t l ast, th e individ ual was lord· of hims elf, mas ter of his own destm y ' k e eper of his own s overe 1gnty. He re h e was free. " , Ordin aril:v tlw �res�d ent is a pra ctical politic ian, in spite, or 1 ,>� � hap s becau se of his s 11ly provin cialiF;m, but inspir ed by th e noble n �s tor;Y of the N�rse peoples and th e exe mplar y ideals of th e Scan­ hnavi �n p opula ti?n m the 'United Sta t es he has ::illow ed h ims elf o devia te from his usual cours e i n this instan ce . l\1any mu� t qu e stion the truth of th e stat�m ent t hat · th �mted S tatE>� m J 9 2 5 the " i�divi dual is l ord of himse lf. ma:::r 0 1 us own des�my, �rnepe r of l11s own sovere igni ty. Here he is free " A t _ no tune sm?e the early .�ve bigo t ry and mtole rance years of the formation of the Uni�n b e en more in e viden ce and f e d f though t, speech and religio n le ss secure than in this ye ar :f 19i� n. .. 1 THE UNSUNG MILLIONS Pre id@t Coolidge used one phrase i,'11'1� sp_e�ch ?rthy of_ special e�phasis, when he�f the "un, "; millions, the plam and qmet people who dally display mo est anrc unpretentiou s virtues · · The heroic is found not merely in the exploits of our soldiers an · the 1· dea l s of our ta tesm�n. It IS · found m • the daily toil of th m � people who have bmlt up th - scountry in spite of great difficultie � an d sacn· f·ices, prominent among whom were the Norseme:Q,-1 r: · who se honor President Coolidge has just spoken . WO I R MELTIN G-� e · f erred in his orse centennial addr ss, tc P sident C tio al unity which has. been achi� in thii the wonderf country, thr ugh that process of ama a�d our "melt­ t d'ivorld could neve1 ing-pot." We have taken races which in get along in harmony , and we have made one united people out o1 them. If we. allowed the faultg and weaknesses of all our constituent p eoples to develop unchecked, our nation might gain material sll:c cess from its favorable position, but it w_o uld never be a wo#}� leader. But if we can: adopt the strong pomts of all these co�ti­ tuent efeoples, we shall have a race whose power will set its stttmr on all future world d velopment. �. ll()ffil)'D, Cbr..o .. NEWB--m»JI __ I !UJNI !3, ;lit:i, President Coolid��on the Nors emen 825 a little sloop, the "Restau rationen ", carried the ·zed party of Norwegian immigrants to the United o ay at Minneap olis this event i s being observed _by g'ian Centenn ial Celeb!a tion a.t · wh1c_h p1 te N His � aihu�e�n 'iMS""-tTI �� olidge � Pres ide1 . .. address, as sual, was interesting and instru ctive. "In the mid st of loyalties that are all beyon poss-1b1hty of question", he declared, "it may be difficult to cl o se among · ought out the many national and racial groups that hav � thankful A m erica for their home and their country. W a for all of them and yet moYe thankful th at t ·e xperiment ?£ �heir common citizenship ha� been so magnifi 11tl · ustified herhood br� m its results . If one were seekmg proof of a b among all ra ce s of men, if one were to ch e e th riddle of Babel in support of aspirations for a iunit c apable of as suring peace to the nation s, in s uch an inquiry I suppos e no better testimony could be taken than the experience of this country. · Out of the confus ion of tongues, the conflict of traditions, the variation s of hi storical setting, the vast differ­ ence s in talents and tastes there has been evolved a spiritual union accom pan ied by a range of capacity and geniu s which mark s thi s Nation for a permanent des tiny. The American people have commanded the respect of the world. * '� * . * ,:, The making of s uch a country i s not to be told in any mere category of dates, battles, political evaluation s , and partisan controversies. B'a ck of all these, which are too often the chief matei'ial of h i story, lies the human story of the unsung· millions of plain people whose names are stl'angers to public place and fame. Their live s have been replete with quiet, unpretentious , from these h as been ' m ode s t put nope, the lfss -heroic: v,�r.t ues . compo'Sed the suh1 of that n:1.agriifice1it aiid 'wondrous adventure, the making1 of our own A m erica." And President Coolidge paid a well deserved tribute to the influence of Norsemen on world hi s tory and to their unflinching loyalty to the country .Qf their adoption. "In many way s thei11 influence upon northern and we stern Europe may be comp,ueci to that of the Greek state s upon the civilization of th€ Mediterranean. They were the first deep-sea navigators '� ;" * ,:, '" But even beforie William of Normandy had co�quere " at Hastings, Lief the son of Erik, near 500 years befon Columbu s , appears to have fonnd the New World. '� * '� * '1• These sons of Thor and Odin and the great free North shap<' themselves in the mind's eye as very princes of high and hardy adventure. '� * * * ,:, It should be explained that while thE settlement of 1825 in Orleans County, New York, was the first Norwegian settlement and represented the first organized im­ migration, these pioneers of the 'Re staurationen' were not the firs t Norwegians to come here. Con siderable numbers had come even before the Revolutionary War and some as far back • as the earlie st colonial years. There were Norwegian s in both Army and Navy during the Revolution and , the War of 1812 . . * ,:, * ,:, ,:, It i s said that Norwegian s and their de scendants in 1 thi s country are now j ust about a s numel'ou s as the population of Norway itself. Norway i s credited with furnishing a larger number of settlers to the United States in p_ropo1-tion to its population than any other European country except one. It i s frequently noted regarding immigration that the newcomers from Europe commonly sought climatic condition s here like thos e in which they had been rai sed. So the Scandinavians are f?tm_d chi:fly in the northen:i, parts <;{ this country. About eightr pe:t cent _ot the populat1 0n of Norway i s agri cultural the rernamd er 1;11antim e . and industri al. These proportions ' ar� c.l?�ely c 1�r1 d out m the occupat ional distribution here. A � � outy g1eat rnaJ s ought the land, but con siderable number �o�lght _ t�e . s ea. Some ot the c_o inciden ces in c onnection withs thi s 1;rugiat10n are oddly mterestmg. Thu s we have noted that th_e little sloop 'Restamationen' brough t a caro·o of iron . t d Mmnesota �as . n�ore Norwe?·ian s and produc:s more iJon than any other State . . Agam, Norway is a land of wonder0�: ful fresh--water lake s, an? 1s closely matched by Minnes ota." A s to t�e Ame;·1can loyalty of those of Scandinavian birth Ol. de s cent: tho1;1-sands of _t�em volunteered in the s ervice the countr1 durmg the C1v1l and Spanis h wars and tens of of thousands 1� t�e World war. * ,:, * * * Eager for both politica l and economic :ndependence they realize d the neces sity for popula r educa� 10n, and so . have alway� been among the most devoted s upporter , s of public schools . * * * * * Th e ms · t1· tu t·10ns �nd manne l'S of democracy c ome natura .1 -. y · g.tor l to the1n • Th e1r . 1 s. all a bou t you, th • · 1-1vmg . e1r and then· m ighty dead. Thev h ave given �Teat soldiers, s tatesmen, scientists educators 11 of bu smess to _the upbuild ing of their ad�pte d countryand . have been rapidly a malgamated into the body of c1· t'1zen · shm .Y {!O n tn'b u t·mg to it · many of its bes t and mos t t · · t� ' lement s: To their adaptability the Nation owes charac much f��\t� �su�c �ss . m the enorm ou s proces s of a ssimila tion and s fritual umfi cat10n_ that has Jnade our nation what P . it i s and what they are · * ·* * *. * . Al tho ugh th is movement O ur peop 1 e of peop le or1gn: · · a·te d m • Norway, m its e ssen ce and its n ·t · s· p�cuharly A!J1erican. �t has nothin g about it of meani cla ss 0; c�s t� It has no tI:1ge of an stoc racy. It was not ptoduced throu ·h the_ leadership of s ome great figure. It i s repres ented alm! t entire ly b:y that stal�ai-t strain who make the decisi ons in this world, .which we designate the comm on people. has about it the sb en�h of the hom e and the fireside ; the Itfamily the fathe1 ai�d the mother, the c hildren and the kindre ties of all been earned on very close to the soil it has been d It h as ex· tremel y ' ·· l1t! m an. When I consider · the marvelous results it h as c? phshe d } -��:1 }1?, t but that it was inspir ed by a I�� er i1ghm� Power · "' ... ... .,. .._ The · believe . d 1 e ge Of th e Norweg1an peopl e has never ye t gone unrecleem ed." P The News-Herald whole -heart edly agrees with ments expres sed by Presid ent Coolidge in hi tributth e s c. � ri­ e t0 l1c hardy, true-hearted N01thu1 en. ° ��! �!l/siil'Um1t f.!OUJ. CA.Mlffl4 . .. L� i Jilli -__ __ ?#�O O L I D G E O N W 0 1� L D P EA C E . � siclent Co;l idge tolcl the Norse­ . . Minneso � f:it-� -!.l;l.l�f'� fflffl:�the United -States must · na-tions i:n the w s 6.! I r .··. . i See e � us we have hear - · 'be� � v the fore, yet we ai·e glad to· President reiterate that .s tr en . Since we control the purse-s1i'nrgs­ it should not be difficult for us to pre­ vent a war on a colossal scale. Yet American golcl has been used by Euro­ );l'ean nations since the World War for 4 armaments and actual warfare. 111 Just now France, which says it ,f's of too poor to even discuss paym for li its debt to us-the· debt owed no·· f: war expenses entirely but for t e re- i habilitation of that country, is carry­ ing on war in Morocco to control that people so it may sell them goods. If there is any other reason for Spain and France warring in another conti­ nent and against these people we have not heard it stated. .A; world court need/, )lastening. Our l voice in the Le'agu� �f Nations in I some really rnpresentattve •'capacity ( _ ,, '. shoul(l be heard. Is Mr. Coolidge to 'breai with his powe�·ful fl'iend, Se;atoi B�rah, who, as chairman o{ the Senate committee on Foreig·n Relations, isn't for a world court or for sitting in council with\ other nations in any league or court, has held back fhe world court? We hope so and we hope the Demo- , crats of the S-e nate · will back the Preside11-t. Meanwhile the government should advise American bankers that it does not favor fornign loans here. l American development needs cheap­ er money and American money should not be loaned to governments that fail to recognize their debt to us and to some of those who are maintained on the status of nation s: in 'l"he American Ethos. , "l F,ach tlme Mr, Cool idge appears i n pu b· J ; J,J <� ., , added in the interval a cubit to his ms;u tr '. ,•c it t1 ,n•. / 1 write.en in the hakyou period uf nai.onal politil,B be taken at its worth. freed from poltt ieal cl � ·re, the ca· ·. e verified by the' n,a.d e r who ha � follow the n r pnrt1n1la Ho11s<>. ite Wh \ the at man o e lltepii on. · Elis . ht months since the Ncn ember el seven orL notice growth since he entered the ,v1, ite Hous i enl' and ist evolution for stucl.y a be must ye_ars t o come. '.those who fearecl the co . . a commonplace executive can see a !tea , ell' t.ear11 were ungrounded. ProYiLie1tce has be · i11tl�l waj's to the TJnited States and bas had , a man -itted read.� for an�· exigency. A fine, broad sweep to the address ddiverecl b y t,l i e prMirlent yesterday a�•¥ Fi_W�J.1 Jllii -lf lk!i. Minnesota . Aa an historical revicw·"ol"'·�ndina.-ia i n America i t i s terse and true and free from auy exagf.!en1,­ ti011. This country as a whole owes a very great deal to those freemen who came from the nortblands of Europe i.o this Ja.nd, and in so admitting it is n.ot req uired that one be an ultra-Nordic. Aa a review or hi11torlcal migrations and their effocls upon world history, the Coolidge state­ ment is interesting and backed by sound authority. \v,,, with the rest of tho Western world, owe ever so much to the Iceland i<' Saga and our l i teratu ,•e would he cnern.ting without it and our religions would be equally unsatisfac­ tory. Up in that bleak land they had g-ods of girth and - -11ple 11dor. Compare the1n with tl 1 e Greek and Roman onel!I, :l.l1<l we can understand better wl1 y the older civilizations ((nve Way to those of a sturdier, healthier breed of people vho were ever i11 contest with elements on land and sea. \t this monHmt we are being given dernonstration of the wadty of the Scandinavian ('haracter from arctic ex ­ lorations. 011t of the millions who came from Scandinavian Janda, rom nation� not ao far north and from nations and states o t.he south, a new nation nas been formed with an Ethos of its own. This is the ch.ief contribution to l 1 istory in the last three centuries. The Great A;rchitect bas planned such a nation, distinctive, with a soul of it� own and into the matrix were gathered many races. F' � r a long time stu­ dents of races and their migrations doubted the effic11,cy of this experiment on such a giant scale, but there are few .dou bters today, for oftep, subconsciously, the nation bas eteered clear of the dangers v , edi tcd in bringing together tillcb heterogenous masses. Tl1e national instinct has seen the red signal in time. If the Worl,L war had done nothi 11 g else for us but. to hoist the semaphore, it may have been worth the price which the American people paicl for it. 'The president is satisfied that we have now the sonl of a nation, as well as an aggregat i()n of more than a hu,1 <lred million people of im:i;p.ense wealth amT potentialities ; a1Jcl as part of that soul is the distinct Norse contribution of independence, virility and :fine imagination. In the process of welding this huma11 damoscene from different "metals" is there not a wqrld lesi;;on ? l\fr. Cool­ idge believea so·. He sees in t.he United States of forty­ eight states and of numerous races a;ml bloods a microcosm Qf the macrocosm that has ·its chiefest representation iit Geneva. If the United States has become homo­ geneous in so brief a time, as history reckons time, wliy 'not t.he greater world ? Or, as he put tl1e matter in de­ duetion from the American experiment in solidification : 4 'Jt demonstrated conclusively that tl1ere is a spiri t­ ,l'lal quality shared by all races and conditions of men which Js their univeual lrnritage and c-ommon nature. Powerful enough to hold . this peopJe ( t he American people) to a high ideal in time : of supreme trial, why may we not hope that the same in flucnce will at length I reach men a11d women wherever they are found on earth ? I If fraternity and co-operation are possible, on the scale of thi• continent, among people so widely divers·e , why not Oll a world scale ? It is not a new thought, but it is a pro­ foundly engaging one. I firmly believe it is more than a chimera. I feel it is possible of rrialization. l am con­ vinced that our national story mlght somewhat help to guide mankind toward such a goal." A United States of the World ! lt is worth working :fo · Thie country is in position to d'- more than a.ny other, a just now has as its chief executive one with the pr longing to see a world at peace and a world secure. / �r 117/lUVUB. OOLO. H'fl'WB . J_UNE 10, __ 192�, ...:::L.=-'-"=--- - 'Twilight of the Gods." HE world goes on this June day with gay in$ouciance, in · what 's coming to it. cienti,st says Jupiter, much larger O�J -pianet, 1 is gomg t bu . p us out of the celestial fairway ik Eton truck colliding 'th 11' flivver. But o 's¾fraid ? N(}body, so far as you can make out, in a busy world. Over in China they are prepart.itg fight a.nother of their messy, talkative civil wars ; Preside t Coolidge goes right . along to St. Paul and ����1eapoli,iJP toNM the N� immigranjj despite the disappeararice of Amundsen other men �ing ready to fly into the ioe wastes. If Jupiter bumps the earth it will bump a busy planet, whose people would curl u and die of · terror if ever they stopped to realize how completely they are at the mercy of forces they can­ not control ; of simple accidents and great natural phenomena. People haven 't time to be afraid. Most of them are too busy fighting to live to feel terror at the enemy. As long as they fight , they won 't be frightened. Speaking of fighting, this Chinese muss is a grand example of ' how not to do it. In fighting it is important to be sure that your. blows fa.11 upon your qpponent. In China they fight themselves, 1 and all the gre-edy nations that want to control the vast resources of the ancient land lick their lips while Chinese kill each other. If a majority of the Chinese ever get thrn their yellow heads the notion that they a.re foolish to kill each other, and unite to kill other people, then look out. There is unlimited power in China­ man power, brain bower-but it is all 1 or nearly all, going to waste. ' 1 R. COOLIDGE, who is not a Norseman, goes a long way from M home to make a speech extolling Norse immigrants who came to America and make the northwest what it is. Why should a president do that? Is it because it is good politics to go into the disaffected re­ gions where LaFollctte radicalism is so strong? Does your pres- · ident take that long journey so that the Republican party may be stronger out there? Well, knowing what we know of this president, we should say he has to have a better reason than that. These Norse folk began coming to America to live about a century ago. In that hundred years, they have developed in the northwest one of the gTeatest granaries in the world. Most of os ho came tied themselves into the country by becoming citi­ s Their children are native-born Americans. They have built � .a an fine structure of human achievement out there on the · · : broad plain Th · something for kings and princes and presidents to pay · 10n to and to accord honor to. l 1 Returning from a brief absence, we note that things are just ' the same as they were. We had thought that some change might I occur. But nothing is altered. The Mayor is still thinking. And Candlish is still there, doing, as usual, nothing. Well, as the old philosopher said, if you want a fig or a grape, don 't expect me to produce it for you instantly. All that takes time. That 's all right ; but what we want to...know, is, are we going to get the fig or the grape ? That is to say : Mr. Ma or when are ou ·oin · to fire Candlish? '!N . / At· the Norse-American ceutcmuial ceinbrntiou, Presi• oli�/iS gpfSFf� le . · . �.�nd py · �g 1e11ewed interest in this fruitfnl subject.' w_c ln� a L t\ forget our obligatious to Iceland and Scand1· navia a'.whole and look elsewhere, as there are fashions in myt s a; in other things, and just now the flair is ·toward Greece and Rome, altho we sho11. ' _be .JllOre at mytl1ol · 'l1ome in the sturdier North. The Islandi, · · ogy does not deal with "myths" as we vl realities-its gods are so human and l/1/t c their encounters with the elements. St-ra.nge hat an in­ fluence climate-the elements- has l1ad upon mythology which is · at the beginnnig of all :religion. The sagas and eddas of the North have to do with that which ma. n most often encounters there-frost, snow, ice, thunder, volcanic fire and storm. All of the gods are identliied closely with the forces of Niture. Wonderful giants they are, too. No mollycoddles up there. Fire and flame, snow and wind, an angry sea,, icebergs and glaciers weM actualities ancl t.11ey had to be overcome. Man alone eculd not overcome them, but the gods appeared and wrestled with Nature and won, therefore they were gods. ·what came to us by way of Icelandia. a.re matters of everyday epeec,h _without our knowing it. Odin was the chief Norse god and his day is our Wednesd-ay. In the 'l'eutonic the Norse god becomes ViTotan and we are in I Wagner-land. The great musician would have been lost without the Ice�ndic myths ; notes for his masterpieces \ would have f01·med in that miraculous b rain of his, but he j would have no canvas and no fram e for them without tl1e older contriliutions.�"- · So we have the gods and goddesses of the German music-drama in their proper settings-(), std.king picture gallery, is it not ? Valha.Ila and the Yal­ kyries, those- .sup_erb women and masters of men and their consorts ! A striking religion came out of tlie lands of volcanic fires and fierce stroms and it was rigid and free from hair­ splittings, offering room neither to modernist nor literalist to find flaws, for it was built on man's experiences with God-the forces of Nature in manifestation. All life was drawn from the tree Igdrasil-the Ash- , tree of Existence that had its_ roots deep down in the kingdom of Hela, which is death ; but the trunk of this tree reaches up heavenward and its boughs spread over th e Universe-it is the tree of existence. .At the foot of it sit three Fates-the Past, the !'resent, the Future. Their duty is to water its roots from the sacred well. Its boughs spread thruout all lands ; and as the tree leafs and disleafs, flourishes or decays, so does the world at large. Its branches are the histories of nations. The rustling of its leaves are the noises of human existence. 'fhe tree is the past, the present and the future. Speaking of the Norse gods and, religion in his lec­ tures on "Heroes and Hero-Worship," Carlyle said : "This whole Norse way of looking 11,t the· tmiverse has an inde• scribable merit for us. A rude, childlike way of recognlz­ ing the divineness of Nature, the divmeness of man; most rude, yet heartfelt, robust, giantlike ; betokening what a giant of a man this child would yet grow to • " " , "It is doubtless very savage, the kind of valor of the old Northmen. They thought it a shame and misery not to die in battle ; and if natural doat'.t seemed to be coming on, they would cut wounds in their ilesh, that Odin might receive them as warriors slain. OM Icings about to die had their bodies laid into a ship, the ship sent forth, with I! sails set and slow · fire burning it; that, once out at sea, it ' might blaze up in flame, and in such manner bury worthily the old hero at once in the sky and in the ocean." Scandinavian valor is with us in this day ; its love of aclventure with the elements has been its outstanding con­ tributions to history. { �' p1r ns. (,"l( )OLI DG E'R, SPEECH REFimRTD TO OLD SOG A J ile Pre ii · lent Cool 'dg .ffi h h nt>,, · a ,; e h fd no � 1, tify the No1·se · o Tiorrl" he re erred , ns hom on m eri au soil GOO years be- ' fore Col ,,hns sa iled. it fa llelieved 1 by srho � th t he had in mind a characte mcm oneJ in an !<'t>lanclic sar:e an called '!.11erem Snorre. j Discov<>1·ies �u1d exploi·ations i n A mni(!j, h y t h e ,'Norsrl'llt').1, .J),.J,QNioUS al'l'ival of Cln·i1itopfH�r ��mhus m:e bring made the subjel!t of many in­ v�stigaUon s, acco rd ing to a n umber of historians interviewed at John,: H opki11s university. A st.one was tli scovereJ in n marsh in l\li nnesata, accord ing to the rep01-t ; which contained a number of nines �1· ins.rriptions in early Norse chara­ te.rs. The site where it was found, i t d,as declared, gave evidence o f not f having been visited by white man , within tht> development of the Un ited States. Study of the rinp;s o:f ttres growing near by showed them to be of gl'e at age. The stone was sent to Nonv:iy fo1° study, it was said, a11el there the date1 at Which the runes were wri tten was arrived at by scholars who knew the: history of the writing in that part o f) the world. '£he writing showed, it was declared , that a Norse colony must have existed in Mimte'pbttl. about 1 �5D A. D . , or 142 years before Cloumbus discove1·ed America. : The story of the early Nwse expe­ ditions t.o America is conta ined la1·ge­ l y in two sagf..S1 or epicpoems, of Ice. land, it was explained, which in Eng- , lish may be called ''The Saga of Eric the Red'' and "The Vineland H istory of the Flat Island Book." Not only do these sagas sl)eak of the discovery of "Vineland," the place of many grape vines, consequently of much wine, but they mention the "'"1 1hdin,;r oF ,i settlement i ntended to :be permanent, v,,e 'l'horfin Ka,'.lsc fn e took to Vir.eland much ec,uipnrnet ,live sto<.:k and a wife, · Gudrid by name, intend­ ing to rem ain there for many a year. During: the first winter, the saµ:a tel l�. the Nonemcn su ffered sever,:. ly Fi om the rig·ors of the climat• • G ndl'id bore a son that winter, hm l'VeY, who may be the first white m: born in A n���c�, 'lit· l ! Mr. Coolidge Also A Dreamer Pr ge's speech at the Norse-American celebra tion a has been the subj by all :press of the country. We tookl occasion our• selves to · se an e erpt therefrom, and when one gets more o'. this decla ation of he once reticent president, the more pleasun he finds in it. Fcfr instance, he asks : "If fraternity and co­ operation are possible on the sc::1le of this continent among people so widely diverse, why not on the scale of the world ?" Then , in the presence of the one-time strangers, and thinking of the union which had been accomplished in other states than the one upor; whose soil he was standing, he was inspired to answer his own question : HJ firmly believe it is more than a mere chimera ; l feel that it is possible. I am convinced that our national story might somewhat help towards the goal." In this, Mr. Coolidge is no less a "dreamer" than Woodrow Wilson. The difference is that, while the "dreams" of the latter were less visionary, when the occasion for responding in speech to their :urging is considered, than those moving the president to prophecies upon this occasion, Wilson did not stop with giving tongue to the vision, but immediately set about formulating prac­ tical plans for the pra,ctice of that "fraternity and co-operation." Under the inspiration of the moment, Mr. Coolidge sees and is strangely moved, but, says the Louisville Courier-Journal, he "thinks calculatingly of world affairs, he severely restrains his imagination and accepts conditions as they appear superficially. When he gives it rein under the spell of the occasion, the brother. hood ot •man is not advanced by any observation that "fraternity and co-operation' in the northwest were cultivated by a common . problem and mutual dependence. The 'national story' of Amer­ ica as a guiding principle in international relations is slightly marred by the attitude of the United States in refusing to prac­ tice the teachings of its 'n ational story' of 'fraternity and co­ operatio_p .' Woodrow Wilson saw, the same sign in the 'nationa story' ; ,but his imaginatioR was so studiously co-ord inated with h is rea�nint t!atultY' ithatvhjg •pradical mind refused t o believe that the rest of the world could be induced to fraternize and co­ operate unless the United States fraternized and co-operated with it. 'Fraternity and co-operation' are America's contribution tc statesmanship, if President Coolidge's dream is not a 'chimera.' Wilson proposed to impose the American policy on the world, 1 give it something to fraternize about and co-operate in, and a means to get together fr.� that purpose. Wilson belongs among the 'world's great dreamers.' He never left the question whether an idea was a 'chimera' to his feelings.'' One might well feel that the great office of president, though come into through and by the anything but inspired methods of politics, has within itself that which works strangely upon the hearts of the men who occupy it. Wilson, as teacher, migrt have had some of the heritage of a "dreamer," but Ha 1·ding, who fol­ lowed him, was not long in office until he saw a vision and sur­ prised his c.evotees .by calling for a practical mean$ of ''£?0<1pera1:ion.'' Now comes Mr. Coolidge with "dream�.'' and who k,1owP,_ but what he will be worrying 1M.r. Borah et al. fo t something like that which the practical Wilson sen sed , believing, as he did, that "dreams," to be useful, must be transformed into the materi� 1 �·Qa,lvin Coolidge was just as good a man as he is now whe'IJ. three year� ago he, as vice president, m•acle an address at th<'l Minnesota state fair, and the crowd fretted to get away and see tl1e horse r;i,ces. On Mon day, at almost the sa m e place, thirty persons fainted or were injur­ ed in the crush ot the multitude that wanted to see and hear hlm. It is the same Calvin Coolldge. He 'W as serving his country then. rep-­ resenting the president at a '.Minne­ sota gathering. Startling things have happened since. The man who was then unknown to Minnesota was pre­ cipitated into the presidency by a tragedy. Forced upon the attention of the people, l,e has had his good q,uai1ities •discovered. It has been found that h e also has been a farm­ er with the feel of the sol! on his fingers, and that he has sweated 1n the hay field. He has brought the hard common sense he learned there to the presidency, and the will to i help farming in the nation. He is a ' plain man. All of that makes a hit with the people of Mlnnescta. They roqndly helped to give him the most -triump1h ant "31eeotion (tny president has had. The reception he gets in :Minnesota ls iome indication of the way he is mak-ing good. It ls some indicati o11 of the way Minnesota and that section O! the west, including Wisc0ns\11, ie likely to stand by h i m at the polls and -elsewhere ln the res-t o! his po­ litical lift,. For the forecasters are , bonnd to read thin:;s in the Minne­ sota reception. The�e and other ex­ cmcsions are bound, whether he wills it or not, to have a bearing on his attitude toward the important ques­ tion whether he wll1 consider a!)"ain the nomination to the presidency. He canrnot ,altogeithe:- ,;eparate it fro111 his . doing of the present duty at the present n1oment, however con• seientious ' he may be. Many of ua wish for his sake that he could. But 1,fter aLl, he is a politician. Other­ wise, he wouldn't be as good a � ident as he ls. / 1 Ii olid.ge Eulogizes Northwest; ying homage to the gre.at mass of · omm people of ..ill racial origins that ake p America, Presiucrit Coolidge paid especial tribute to tl_e Nordic races before the Norwegian Cent<m nial Celebration, at Minneapolis, with especial appreciation of · the Norwegian br,a nch. The speech consists of two elements, one of which contains happy expressions that might be uttered truthfully about any of the considerable stocks that have been long enough in · America to reach an ex­ pression of their capacities in the new en­ vironment, and an element exclusively relating to the. deeds of Norsemen. They branded their name upon French Nor­ mandy, and from it desc-:inded - upon Britain in the Norman conquest from which there was the beginning of modern English history." But before Wiiliam · of Normandy conquered at Hastings, Lief, son of Erik, found the new world, "five hundred years before Columbus." Perhaps the president gives too much -definition to one of the twilight zones of history, but the point re­ mains that the N orse1nen · were and are great and daring navigators. Delving into little . remembered his­ tory the president recalls the voyage 0£ the sloop Restaurationen, of 45 tons, which r,rossed to New Ym·k" in 14 weeks with a cargo .of iron and a party of 52 people, · driven to the new world to seek religious freedom. This 'voyage made 200 years later is compared by the president with the voy­ age of the Mayflower, 180 tons, which required nine weeks. The ways· of fate are strange. Lief the son of Erik came too eitrly, and the Restaurationen too late to re:rp the May­ flower's fame, and Legin th� �ask begun at Plymouth. . That eulogy which applies to most immigration is well said, by the vre,;ident. "The ywere children of freedom. They were native to rigorous conditions. They had learned the necessity of hard wo:rl,-. Thousands of them volunteered for the defense of the nation in its wars. To their adaptability the nation owes much for its success." . Thus the Presirlent in his Minne�s speech, in language which does more than justice to a hardy, gifted , d liberty loving stock. 1 A f{O,l'EfUL PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN RELA'rIONS Presld�nt Coolidge in n,s address ' Centennia l ! Norwegian the at celebration at the State Fair Gr01IU.(l � In Minnesota besides complim enting f the Scandinavian people who have i contribu ted so largely to the upbuild· Ing of America made some Interest­ ing a'u d suggestive comments show­ thought ing the wide range of his and knowledge of the social back­ grounds of our country. , He does well to make it clear that history is far more than a collection of dates, battles, political evolution and partizan controversies. As he says, back of all these lies the human st'ory of the unsung millions of plain pepople whose names are strangers to public fame and place. From these have been composed the sum of that magnificent and· wondrous adventure, the making of our own America. His philosophy, possible only through ruucl1 reading, thinking. and. deep study, is revealed in a few sentences: "Somewhere in the epic of the strug­ gle to subjugate a continent there will be found a philosophy of human relations that the world will greatly prize • If. we could seize and fix it, if we could turn it over, examine and understand it, V(e would have taken a long step towar_d solving some of the hardest problems of mankind." "If fraternity and co-operation are possible on the scale of this country among people · so widely diverse, why not on the scale of the world ? I feel it is possible of realization. I am convinced that our national story might somewhat help to guide man­ kind toward such a goal. Therefore 1 I urge deeply thoughtful study and 1 \ · teaching of our history." In this connection it is appropriate to call attention to a newspaper car­ toon - that was printed during the Roosevelt period, one that "Teddy" greatly appreciated and regarded as the best of his time. It represented a farmer at ease before his fireplace reading a Presidential address. Tho caption of the picture was "His ] Favorite Author.'' We recall this I b �cause it is true of Calvin Coolidg.; 1 w1th-the -comruon people .. lfe fa fast , becoming their favorite author for he most successfully, understanding­ ly 'a nd sympathetically expresses their thoughts, convictions, wishes and hopes. His Minnesota address will rank high with these readers tor it reveals once more to them the vital strength of a man who is one of them a,s well as President, one who feel and works with and for them. �And to them and to t h e rest otl our citizens no ma tter from ·what cou�try their forefathers came, his closmg words have a particu lar and vital appeal. He said:. America with a n that it represents of hope ln the wol'ld Is now_ and will be what you f!l<l; ke 1t. . Its institu tions o f rehg1ous hberty , ot educat ional _an d . eco_n omic opport unity, of coni;ti tut1on a1 rights, ot tne InJ;...J.:.a.z. -.1 ... tegrity of the law, a1·e the most pre cious posse ssions of the human race. These do not ema. A .V�LL DESERVED TRIBUTE. l nate from the govern ment. I 'rheir abidin� place is with the people. ress add his in Cooliqg-e They President come rrnm the yesterday at the Norwegian National I consec ra tion oJ' the rath e r, the I ---{,...,., , ,,,,,,,.,,,�� ,,.,,,,,,,,,,.� love ot the motlier, and th111 de. j JV!innea,poa Centenn ial celebration at Due to Fact That Immig Us said many fine and flattering e: · Two R.ot..LY . �1cE Their Own 11 6e uJ'AN sy DAY Tt-1 ROU(;i H '.S IV\oR.N votion ·o f th e children. They things a bout those hardy N orweg·ian : TH c M HALT J\J ST Mor e a re the product ot that honest, _ t�an on e -half the 1,2 • S: XTR..A immigrarrt.s who have come during earnest, and tirel ess effort that Sca n dmavia ns in the Unite d Sta to� TRAF'Ftc -, ...: . the past one hundred years to our ) ,.=::: goes into the rearing of the -' group e d In the half do�en stat e s counlry in such great nu mbHs, and family altar and the making of � "" 1 , .s en ted b: the grea: audience add � / the home of our country. 'l' hey who hav e played so vital a part in by Presiden t Coolidge at the Norse- opportun t ies. Not only 1ave 'm, can have no stronger support­ the growth and development of th6 e rs, n o more loyal defenders, American cente nn ial celebra tion at St. d inavians sought out a se ct ion in 11e n o rthern middle western states. H e ce n �er_ of the cou ntry, offeri ng con- I than that great body of out· Paul a few days ago. The lates t popu• vd1��Y retold the story of the arrival of the t10n s similar to those to which they citizenship which you represent. . lat10n figur e s of the United States, were accustomed, but this Is true to When I look up.o n you and Norwegian ship RestGrationen al s ays th e Trade Record of Th e ·a tionaJ perhaps a lesser degree of the o ther r e alize what you are and what New Y ork i n 1 8 2 5 with a desperate­ groups of p e opl e . ·• Of the 1, 5 0 0,000 you have done, l know that in Ci ty Ba n k of New York show t he ly heavy cargo of iron and a party your hands our country Is se ­ number of natives of the 'sca n dinavian Germa ns in the Unit e d S ta tes in 192 0 ov�r_ 2 03, 0 0 0 �ere i,n the_ stat e of I!Jlof fifty-two people, and drew a cure. You have laid :1p your coun tries residing in United States i n 1s , lnl , 0 0 0 I D W1sco n s1 D ; 1 0 0,0 0 0 I n treasure i n what America repr,:­ 192 0 , the latest official figures, parallel between , this vos,:age and at 11� D neso t a, a n d the Dako tas ; a n d 1 2 0 ,­ sent'.3, and there will your hei:i rt 1, 1 7 8 , 5 9 6, of which nurµber s25,5 8 0 M1 than ore m Mayflower e th of that 0 0 0 . i n Pen nsylvan ia. To the Poles, be also. You have given you r were natives of Sweden, 3 63, 8 62 of But before. com1 years Dg from �he norther n section of two hundred pledge to the Lan d o! the l<'l'ce. Norway, a n d 1 8 9,154 of D en mark. Out Eur?pe, the m�ning and manufacturing of • 'l'h e ple dge of the Norwegian though this was the beginning of this grand total of l,178,59G Sca n di- sectio n� of this cou n try offer special people has never yet g· one un­ n avia n s in the United S tates I n 1 9 2 0 the Norwegian settlement i n the � t tr a ctwns, _ for out of 1,1 4 0 ,000 Poles �med. th e census reports show 2 1.9 ' 209 livi n..'. 0 United States, the P resident pointed ID the Umted S ta tes 192 0 , 178, 0 00 i n Mi n neso ta, 5 3 ·, 2 8 5 ID • N 01th Dakota, were in Pen n sylvania in 16? 0 0 i Illlout that even before William of Nor­ 3 1 , 3 69 In South D a kota, 8 3, 7 4 9 i n Wi �- nois , 103, 0 0 0 in Michig�n , a'.'bout f,o,o o o 5 7, 8 5 7 in Iowa, a n d 15 0 , 4 6 0 In i n t h e N e w E ngland mandy ,had conq_u e red at Hastings, states, an d 2 4 7, 0 0 0 ������· Lief, tht- son of Erik, nearly 5 0 0 _ th e Trade m N_ew York state. Of t h e 1 , 4 00,000 How does It happen, asks Russia ns in t he c,o untry in 1920 th• yea1·s betor,e C oIu m 'Jus, app;;ars to Record, th a t, mo_re than one-h a_Jf of the n i ng a n d m an ur"<ctur1ng s ta t es had He 1 .1, 2 50,? 0 0 S� a n d 1 D av'. '.11:s enter1Dg the mi have found th e New World. ablsorbed a large proportion n sylva. I count 1 !• chiefly ar11vmg t hrough t h e nia 1 61,00 0 , Illi nois· 1 1 7, 0 0 0, Pen said ::New l!ln _ Atlan� 1c ports, traveled the thousa nd s land 1 4 7, 0 0 0 , an d New 'York sta�e Indeed, th ere seems lltlle of nules n�cessary to e st,a,bli'sh t heir 5 2 9 , 0 0 0, doubt that several centuries be­ homes in , th1� particular section of the Irleh I n Cities. of t !ig,, the saw Columbus fore coun try? Climati c con ditions and opThe cities seem es · lly tt ct day there was born upon Ameri­ portunitl es for occupat ion simil a r.. to to the na tives of Ir�::�� fo� :� i�! can soil, o � N orse parents, a thos e t o which t�ey had b�e n accus- 1,0 3 7, 0 0 0 nativ e s so of Irel�nd becam'l afterward in 1920 I who boy tomed ID t heir n ative land seem to have i n t his coun try 2 8 4 000 were i n N great a mathematician a u ct as­ been the great causes of the long-disYork 's t at e , 1 83,0 0 0 ' in Massachus'e t�:. tronomer that his studlO'l may I. stan ? e movement of these people after and 1 2 1,0 0 0 i n Pe nns,lva n ia. have contributed m uch to t i 1e I Passi n g through the Atlan t ic ports, for While the southern sta tes with th e ir fund of knowledge which h elp­ t� 1e states through n i which a l clima they t e, tered, 1s:e en have attract;d Yio:­ compara­ ed Columous formulate n is New York, Pe nn sylvani a , a n d Massa- t1 vely few, the oppor tu n itiy for outdoor ion of the world as we k,,ow it. chuse tts, r e tain but a small p e rce nt age life . in �he grain an d fruit areas of Among the falScinating chap­ of the whole n umb e r, more than half Ca hfo_rma have given th,i.t s tate a ters in the h istor y of the dark of th a t total being grouped I n this co m- l arg er number of whit e p e rsons of for­ ages is t he ston of IcelJ.nd. As parativel y small area many dayS' and eign birth than a n y o t her s tate except a l ittle Norse n tpublic it main­ nights of travel from the ports through N e w York, Pen nsylvania, Massachutained its<•I C fo,· several cen­ setts, Michigan , a n d Illinois, the total whlch they entered. tu1·ies as one of the real reposi­ number of "foreign-born whi t es" 111 Seek Same · Climate. tories of anci�r-t cultu1·e in a Califor ni a I n 1 9 2 0 bei ng 6 8 1,662, a ng i earn l of This disposit ion of the Scandin avians w orld whose !t• m p only exceeded by the sta tes of e ntering the country t o seek clima ti· c nNumber seemed near to flickerin g out. w Yorlt, Pe n nsylv ania, Massacl)uJ.on d'1 t, 10? ' 'S and occ upatio n al opportu n i- setts and Illi n ois, We have tong known of the despite the fact that :1es s1m1Jar to those to which the y were the average noble Icelandi c literatur e which "foreig n -born whi t e'' e n • .wcuStomed in their na t ive lan ds is t erlng the was produce d during those gen­ United S tates had to travel !haracteristic of the method by which a •· e rations of the intellect ual twi­ ;,is tance of 3 ,0 0 0 miles to e��h / light ; but we know too little o f the part which Iceland per­ form ed as an outpost o f the northern culture in sturdy bridging over the gulf of darkness betw e en the ancient and I I� ' J LJ'c., m odet·n eras of h istory. , '.l •j,, '.fhose people of Norweg ian de'11.fC .J P resident I NOTES FROM THE WIDE-OPEN scent who heard the � to speak�and the n umber, thanks PLACES. win cities, Mi n ne apolis an d St. th e radio, must have been in t he I T bad a big time during the Norse ­ hundreds of thousands-ma y w e ll ' Pa have felt proud of these and many Ame rican Centenn ial three wee ks ago. m or e thin gs he said. The y · have Gallagh e r and She an were the re in the 1 "Gr eenwich Village Folli e s" and ·big indeed played a most promine nt part in the life of the n ation o f which post e rs all ove r the citi e s proclaimed they ar e n o w a part. As the Prest- that "Mr. Gallagh er and Mr. Shean I dent said, Minnesota would not be welcome Presl,dent Coolidge to the Minnesota, tbe group of i mperial M etropoli tan." However, though the northweste rn states would ·not be theater got · some good advertisin g out what th ey are bu.t for the conlriou - of lt, the pre sid e nt did not go to th e ollies. tion that has been made to th e m F by the Scandin,avian countrie s. r F.-----=====....----------== r�·LF ... .............. .. .. IN1e-(The Flag-Man r I * * •. ( { ) �/jI r, 'l'he a e celelbratlng this week th: one hundredth anrtive'l'sa.ry of the se.• tlement in the northwestern states by Nol'weglans. Four states are con• cerned, M:lnnesota, Wisconsin and the two Dakotas. In all four of these commonwealths men from Norway ' , figured stiongly in the early growth and development, although not !llways as original settlers. As the Norse development was ' stronger in Minnesota In rproportlo.1 than In any of the other states, it Is natural that the center of celebration I should be In that state aud in !�s twin I cities. President -Coolidp Is out .� a.ndr M @lid� ;w!� a.n _ :!!,dt;�II§ , Wfl N NORSE M E N CAM E. � �living into the lllUS t y pages of I =:::-:::::r-: I I -- - - VllilNGS OF AJIBRICL\, I hl,J· rlcal events for Informat ion regar ng the first land ing of Norwe• gl ans in this c ou nt ry, " e fi !l >l a m oBl interesting chapt�r. The stalwart sons of Norn ay are I celebrating a centenary i n St Paul _ this week, which has been h _onored ., by the presence of President �nd Mrs. Coolidge, so that a turning back or the pages of hisl ory to the time 100 years ago wllell tho fln,t off .an Norwegian ship arrived A merican harbo1·, l an appropriate aiad agreeable task. The sloop which brought the Ors� Norsemen to cross the ocean lOO years ago waa the staunch Jittlt:? vessel Restaurationen, of 45 tons. Note the small size-even the Mayflower was a vessel of 180 tons. The Restaurationen carried 53 n1en, wornen and children, and took 14 weeke to �ross the ocean. A cargo of iron in the hold caused tho shl p t o sag to the bott0m o f every bil­ lowy valley. ,v11en the small sbip arrived in the harbor of New Yo1·J< it creat�d a sensation - nothing so small ha d ever crossed the Atlantic, Port authorities wete indignant that the lives of people were jeopa,·dizcd 1 in crossing the deep in such a slight YC'SSel, so the captain was arr€'stcd and the ship confiscated . ':rhe staid conservati\·es of New York did not reckon in the light of the paist performances or the Norscn1anic. race. 'l'he newco1ners were progeny of the old sea-kings who drove their square-rigged slups into evety crevice of the E urope�n continent, wJ.1ose exploits had be­ come famed in song, story and sag� . Tho trip over the ocean in the di­ minutive craft ·t-.as but of a piece with the exploits of N' orse man for a th O usan cl years. The Rcstaurationen was but the beginning of the Norseman invasion of the pnited States. Other rnssels followed, each bringing hardy so1� s of the northern fjords and t hen· I wOn1en folk. Thc,y were a far1n1ng , people, and scarcely· lauded upon tb e Atlantic coast when th e y set then· faces westward, A thou.s and miles and more they traveled, at ·a time m j the annals or tho nation _ when trav­ eling that far west was an adYenlure scarcely less epical than crosaing the ocean in ships of slight build. l which dealt etfectlvely with the mean­ ing or centennial celebration. One does not quite undargtan1 why the ce!e·bratlon takes place at this time. The partlcula.r. event Ill· vl�ng it was the coming ot an i organized body of Norwegians, :fl.ft)'• two all told, In the sloop, Restaura,. I 1 tlonen, for the purpose of locating In from sailed They the growing west. Norway for the land of the free on , July •• 1825, a good day to make tho start, and they did not arrtve until I October. It took time to cross the ocean in those days, What this splendid element has l been to that part or the country Is I written In the history ot all lliose states and in part In others. How · marked has been Its contribution t'l the government Is recognized. Minnesota has been a great agrl<lUI• tural state and It Is so to this day. 'Ht bas occasionally had some peculla1.· nolitlcal Ideas and at times has been Q(uite independent. Its general record h! clean and its advancement fairly s, teady, War inflations dlstu:rlbed It but It Is now back to a better recog­ nl tlon of business o_peratlons. Of the three other states, North , Dakota was _most affected by �his tre'k from the land of the midnight sun, Wisconsin the least. Still, in all !ou•· 1 states direct descendants ot Norweg­ ians now sit In the executive chairs and were on hand to welcome tho head of the nation. Uncle Sam al­ ways felt that he could not have to, many of this nationality settling down In the states,. whether from Nor- I way, Sweden or Denmark. They ye worth while folks who have !;}�YB bel,ped to build up. /, II - I The Norsemen settlers of this country beca1ne citizens eq,r! -; at I 1 least three generations J1aYe :Passed since they came in large nu111bers. Their children, or course, and their ' grandchildren and great -grandchil­ dren are those cif izr· ns of "Norwe­ gian extraction" who nrn. 1l e up the populations oc the northwest elates. In North and South D� lrnta they rank first among the in1migrant na.-. tionalities; in '¥1scousin • ·washing. ' ton, M ontanai a nd . ll!innc sota, second ; . . an d so on in the other western . I states. j '£ h e ir characteristi cs or idealis m and courage hnxc beco1ne t ransI planted in the soil of those com­ : monwealths. And while they are eel­ ebrating in St. Paul, Raold Amundsen, the present-day air \'iking or their race, has adcle<I a new chapter to the adventu res o[ ·r estless spirit.s by . attempting to pe11etrate the Arcti c silence of t he Pole, and it is yet to be determined whether he has succeedecl 01· failed. 'l'hc ,s pirit that took ,\ mu11clsen t the A rclic was tho same slreaJ, f ad\·enturousness that brought t}lat '11rst puny Norwegian bark to our Rj1orcs from the ice-capped erst of ' , N\rwa:r. I I l. E - �t\olidge lmong The Norsemen. l p-- ..l; Tl;,�� ll� Q� O� - ----�� /vEli � private citizen would hardly take on a trip to the mid-west in this terrific I heat unless necess ity compe lled, but Presid ent Coolid ge has gone through life on the theory that climate was made for man and not the reverse and he will doubtl ess do his busine ss , and return in safety. At least the high hopes of his fellow s attend him. One does not envy him his escort of detectives, scribe s and motion pictur e outfits but we live in the twenti eth centur y and presid ents certai nly may not live to themselves. 'l'he occasion ls the centenary of the comin g of the Scand inavian,; into the north west. A group of Norw egians led the way, arrivi 11g in a 45-ton sloop In the '!'win City district, Since ' then the Swedes and Danes have folio.\Ved and no stronger race groups are to �o und 'in mergi ng Amer ica. They are mamly agricu l­ turists. They are much given to politic s ere they prepondera te; they are clanni sh,, ·,' l_________________________________________,. largely In the beginning, as with other races, from necessities of lauguage and strangeness; 1 they are not cursed with humor; they ar e. ./... thrifty antl,lts<>reet to t.l!.!t �nt of selfish· ness except as moral principle, la which they are rich by i nheritance, enlarges •aeir sym• pathies. Their conservatism, desp i._ oc­ " casional economic diversions .frOJll...l'ill.ie,h g,iou crops speedily redeem them, makes a st�el girder under the commonwealths In _wine� they abound. The Intoxicated Norwegian l, not unknown but the habit does not seem to grip him as the more Impulsive breeds and it is no chance that the prohibition law bears a Viking name. He will follow a LaFollette to the polls when the rain withhold_s for some ' weeks but not much of his savings is foun,d In_, , banks run by angry grangers and talkative amateurs. President Coolidge could not 1ndulge In hyperbole if he would, but he I could not over· state the· merits or the race11 among whom � e now is. It was a happy day for the Republic when they found us out. �IN A:\1ERICA. he Pres iden t of the Unit ctl Si es trav el thro ugh 1 h e 1\Iii! dle \ _ est fo the tune of the Scan dina ­ Y1a11 ''skoll" and , ' was hael " is an ' Indication ti : : ffio llief Exe cutive is hack ed by one of the m ost pros­ peTo us and sanes t types of citize n we have with in our bord ers. Th e oc­ c � sio n was the Pres ident 's parti cipa­ � wn m the first cente nnial of Norse, imm igrat i on. I 'l'h e agric u ltura l Yal ue of the M,i d­ d l e ·we::;t, i t s fir m ly estab l ished pros perit y and its civil and po!it ic::tl clean lines s n eed not be cata logu ed hero . I t is en ough that ther e is a balan ce of N'ord ic sani ty o u t th ere o11 1.he rollin g whe at plain s, muc h I m ore than enou gh 1.o offse t the u n - i heat hY do<'t n_nes whic h feste r spas ­ m orllc ally in some of ou r East ern cities. j Ther e is the elem ent of the pi.:i­ noer i n the Scan d inavi an. He com.e s tn thii; 0011 n try, not for the purpo se , of barte r hut for "mar kens­ grode "-th e grow th of soil- to in­ duce the earth to yield its choic est fru i tion. O n the list o f desira ble aliens the j immig rants from Norway, Swede n, Denm ark, Finlan d, Faroe Islan d s a n d Icelan d rank very near the top. There is pract ically n o illi teracy am ong these pco1,1 e, and d isease is at a m l n i m u ni , I t is l')ot far from · wron g to say that, w h i l e the back­ bone of the Unite d States Is the A ngl-9 -Saxon race, its stron g right arm come s from the very breed that fa thered l,ief . the Lu cky, Eric the ed and the redou btabl , conte m­ raneo us Roa[d Amur),l'.<; en. SIDE�T IN 1\-II.l\'J'(ESOTA o e looking for p qli lica! dee� arations o even inferen'ces ln th e. add ress of President Coolidge at J.\fh1nuap0:lis �mi:i!.aL:£1£ill have to examine tile text of the speech with a J1igh-powered magnifyinfi, glass. H friendship were not an asped of pol­ itics, ihe1·e would be absol'utcly no possibility o f political tleductions from the President's words. T!1c long journey to the Northwest now seems :more than anything else to have· been solely a mission of friend ­ ship to \ hat considerable horly o f persons 1 orwcg1ct 11 ,,egian df'scent "·ho are conducting a celebrat ion upon the 1 0 0th anni\·e1· ­ sary of the begi nning of the Norw�­ gian immigration to the United States. It has been recalled that as Vice Presi dent Mr. Coolidge visited Min­ nesota but fail ed t o hold the atten­ tion of the ·go1.thering whlch he was assigned to address as· a campaign speaker. He now occup i es the high• est office in the Janel, b u t under any p�litical or economic condition h is add ress · of yesterday was calculated to create a strong bond of sympathy between h i m and his audience. There are few stories i n h istory m o re t hrilling than the YOyagcs, ex­ pl oratiurrs and conrtae.Jts of the !\"orscmen. 'I'he Pi-esident t ouched u pon these, indicated a possi b l e J i n !, between the proba b l e landing or Lief on America n shores a n d the later d iscovery by Columbus, and then told in interesting tl etail of the arrival at New Y ork i n 1 3 � 5 of the small sloop hes I uu ralionen carrying the pioneers of ihat i m migration move men t which was destined to build up in thi$ country a Norwegi­ an popu lation practical l y · as n u mer­ ous as the population of Konvay it­ Proce. eding fro m consid era­ self. tion of the K o rse i m migrntion to an aspect of the whole topic of i m m mi­ gration to this country, the Presi­ dent s1id that the part play0d 0y the United States was perhaps unique i n the h i story of i mm igrati,1,1 movements. 'I'he p eople whc, hau a l ready come across the Atlantic ex­ erted a strong infl ue nce upon their relatives at home to fol low them, nncl the stream of imigration was constantly renewed through the fi­ nancial help given by those who had come first and prospered. This the Presi dent eharaeterized as an ••i nvert0d crusade." The l\Iinneap o l is address revealed Mr. Coolid 6 c not so much in his ca­ pacVY as heacl of the Nation as in the l ight of an riistorian i n�pi red an,l fascinated by the material with which he worked, He cou � l1ave paid no greater tribute to the de-, scendantr. of the N"orsem 11 than h1' 1 hus ap; earing interest in THE N O RSE CENTENNIAL 1 In 1821 the Norwegian Cleng Peerson landed in Atner'ica, and 100 years ago in 1825 the tiny bark Restaurationism carried the first company of Norwegian immigrants to this country. It is fitting then that a Norwegian Centennial Celebration should be held at the Minneapolis in the heart of the great Northwest. which the Scandanavians have done so much to build up, and that the President of the United States should do honor to th,._ Norse contribution to American progress in a felicitous ad dreEf which shows a pa,instald:r.g study of the historical background anc1 a sympathetic understanding of the spirit of this interesting and �ignificant event. It is well indeed. to recall what thcseN orse­ men and those wbo followed them here in such goodly number:;: have done for our ·country all([ what America has done for them . The United States today has a million and a quarter inhabi­ tants of Norse blood. There are, in fact, as many people of Nor­ wegian stock in our country now as in Norway. They and their fellow Scandinavians have lariely made our great Northwest what it is today. Coming from a northern land of lakes and iron it seems natural that they should have gravitated to another northern land of lakes and iron. Coming from a race of explorers and pioneers, they were splendidly fitted to play a fine role in the building up of an important part of our nation. With a great history, datinp­ from the days o{ the vikings, they are not only m:sociated as navi­ gators with the earliest explotations on this side of the Atlantic, \ but as a people they are intimately connected with the pushing of our national frontier toward the Pacific in the pioneer days, and the conquest of the great American Northwest is an integral part of their great history. They brought here from the land of Ibsen, Holberg, Bj ornson and Grieg our own cherished ideals of personal liberty, free speech and free labor. So in the great struggle to abolish "t:lavery in this land they threw their strength to the free North and thus aided greatly in the preservation of the Union. They came in the daye when immigration was welcomed to this country and before an excess of alien population in our cities and in our industries aroused any question amo_u.g.us.-as to our ability to absorb the new comers . They came primarily to add to the growing and much needed agricultural p9pulation of the N orthwes�, and without d forfeiting any of the reverence and love for their homelands, they have become good, serviceable American citizens. It is a fact of deep significance in our nation's history that the various peoples of Europe, despite all their conflicts there, have been able under our institutions to dwell together like broth­ ers in unity. It was well for the President to place special em­ phasis in his address on this point and to ask in speaking of our American spirit: "Powerful enough to hold this people to a high ideal in time of supreme trial, why may we not hope that the same influence will at length reach men and women wherever they are found on earth? If fraternity and cooperation are I p on the scale of this contine.1t among people so widely I c-.' why not on the scale of a world.?" �c6o L I DG E I N T H E W E Si President Coolidg_e is homewarcl ·b ouncl Cl'om St. Paul after the greatu,t reception h e has received in his po­ l i tical career. During his stay in ·t h e t w i n cities, St . Paul and Miinneapolis, he w itnessed the largest turnout in his honor he h:as ever experienced. Approximately 60,000 people were jammed into the race track of th e state fair ground s, Lo hear his speech, every slree,t of St. Paul and Minnea­ polis Niat 110 traver·secl was li ned soliclly and he was made to real irn that he was the people's president. beside Frahk Kellogg was a n ob­ ject lesson in itself. .\Ir. Coolidge must have felt that words could tell no m ore. Besides, the presiden t may be­ l ieve that the wheat belt has got over its attack of agrarian radical­ ism. Certainl y the rest of the country showed in 1 9 2 4 that it is all fed u p on the kind of pap that the wheat farmers have been se0k­ ing. The nation's vote for Coolidge was a vote against the radical fringe of the farm bloc. :\fr. Coolidge at St. Paul was visual evi­ dence that while l\Iinnesota , the Dakotas an d Iowa may send nuts lilrn l\Iagnus Johnson, Bob La Fol­ l ette and Smith Brool,hart to Washingto n, the rest of the country put s people like the president on lhc .io-la� Perhaps after all, there was no I need of arguin g with the wheat belt. If th e Northwestern ers cannot I see the lesson in a president who refuses to Jet the rest of the coun­ try pay for' their wheat-growing deficits, words won't alleviate their blindness. /4 --;- �idge in Minnesota. is 'to \ie noticed that Preside nt lh:l.ge's Teceptl on in Minnes ota ls quite dlffereu t from that whic]). hs receive d the iast time ]).e was t'h ere. He spoke at the state fair then. The weathe r was hot and the great mass of people presen t were satisfied just to look at him and then wanted t,c get to the races. They showed theit disincl ination to listen and manJ turned their ·backs on him and h u r­ iried to the race track, but with char• acteris tic stubbo rnness he went righ1 on with his addres s until he had fin . lshed it, leavin g n othing out. ThE people out there did not realize the,r, quite W'h at so1·t ot a man Cool,id ge was ro1r what he was to becom e. The:; are making up for it this year. Sec­ retary Kellogg ls really the triump h­ ant membe•r of the party, He was beaten for the Senate in that state by Ships.tead. :Now he returns as chief membe r of the Preside nt's caibinet and the host of the Preside nt in the capital of the state. Since that first unfortu nate visit two old line Repub­ l icarns, Pearce Butlei· and William D. Mit,chel l, from Minneso ta, have been raised to high offlce, the for­ mer to the supreme bench and the latter to bec-o,m•e solicitor general. The occasion of the Presiden t's visit is the 1 0 0th anniversary of the ar­ rival of the first Nonvegians ln this country. To show how harmony is working for good lt needs only to be mentioned that Senaticr Shipste'ad of Minnesota and Norbeck ot South Dakota, both independen t Republi­ cans, worked ha rdest to get the Pres­ ident to accept this im·itation. His' The Cooli dge invasion of the wh eat belt was a personal triumph in two way,;. He successfully demonstrate'! his popularity in that secil ion of the countl'Y, regarded as a La Fo!lette stronghold, and he wiped out the odiµm of anoth er attempt to address the people of the twin cities. In 1922 then v ice-preside!IJt, Mr. ,Coolidge, visited . :.V.C inne·sota in behalf of the re­ election o[ Senator Frank B. Kellogg . Competing wil'h, an exhausting heat and the prospect Of a horse race he was booecl clown and never completed his speed1. Yesterday h e was cheer­ - NORSE C E NTE N N I AL ed •to the echo throughout a 45 min­ s · cuous i n UH· nurt11wcst c1re ute address. 1Os o ScandinH,·ian Ucsc011 L l l \\·as .s ix l een m iles of streets were pack­ , ccntu1 · ago tha t t ! . c fi rst of the :rn• Jligr'&.n ts V\"ho came lu tlus country ed with fla.g waving, enthus·i astic citi­ ,ven t.twest and they h:..vr in ,lie mea n zens as the president passed to the �lm o""'gTown u p ' w ith and n1tltc1·ially -i fa ir grounds, to talk to the peopl,,. aided i n 1 h e cl evolop1nent ul that ]Hirt presen ce there is e:i.::{>ect ed to do a President Coolidge has grown in ·P )C tl'(e countl'y. 1' h�1·e arc Loduy 11 c;J good deal to harmonize the divide d ,-·er 'a m il l i o n o( such �tunly, fai t h ­ Repub licans , and Minne sota may see ula1 ty east and west, north a n d I '. u l a n d ,1 'pendable people i n t h , s ri'.iun­ a reoon ciliat ion like that which 1s south and today his policie . , ud b is ll':V ana i t was to atldl'ess I he centen­ personali, y are endorse very gen- I nial arranged. fo1· the obsPt·\'ance o f now said to be going on in Iowa. erally. the• ::,;orse centennial that l'l'csiclcnt Coo1idg·e went tu JI inne:-;uta. The chief executive pai,1 dcsc ·,·eel tri lJ>t1 te to the contl'ilHitions w h kh the , �017\\·eg-ians h.a\·e n�aclP to this cou n­ Lr.1·, referring- to the ran th:tt they 1Y e1·e part of the many w h o had come here for the pul'posc or getting suci1 uenefits. as they Gould ll.ll(J a t the sam� l i m e, � ,vln.o; what \\' ll.� w i t h i n their PO \\.'Sf· he made the , , ,o,;, of the op­ poffu ni ty lo set l\ u rth t (· ' i n fluence they could \\1 ield for natitinal strenglh �nd good citizenship, ,.\s an example tu o t l 1 c•1·s t h r·o u .!.!"11 'l\ie Norse ·speech. ----, t\'hat has been dune h Prn, t h r pres i­ dent asked such sig-nifit•o1 nl q u e�tion:-j Jre id n t Coolidge disappointed as, · Po1Yerfu l to h elp thi · pc,,ple ot a ny people in his St. Paul speech. h i _:;·h icleal in tin1e l)f s11 p•· l'li:L, was a eulogy of the Xorse, who whY n1av we not h u pl' t h a l lhc :::: a I n e , ,ieserve it alright, just as other i n 1 iucnc� ,vill al lcn :::.. t h rr-,tC'h 1neI1 races deserve e ulogizing now and and \\'Omen where\'c1· Lil (•\' n1·e fo u n,I on earth ? If f1·atcn1 i l .\· n11cl coopera ­ then, b ut it didn't lay down the ti on are poss ible on 1.he �eale of 1,J1 ,s law to the wheat belt as strongly eontine11r, an-1ong peopln �o w i ll e l y LI 1 as some w o u l d have had i t done. verse, "·h y Jlot o n a Re..t1c o r a wn!'lll ?'' The omission probably was di ctated Front the fa ct t h a t I he �cancli1rn­ hy mere courtesy-the presiden t Yian§ have co ntinued to c·on10 hel ' c an1 r�main here it is e1·it1Pnt that tile) didn' t want to rub it in on people have followecl it. The,· have clone mucl who haYe been put on the political lll.i: tbe lancJ af Lllti • ..a.r;lu.W.iun. cn�n a.:i 1 l·lackllst. His presence in St. Paul they ha\'e oblaineil lar;:: 0 nt1,·a·1t.r .c; cs, _________________________________ Tlrtf"benefit has tlltl� \,o, 11 ll" • m l an, as , i, L f��.ould be. This centennial was :-q ,prnpriale:y held in the north we:-;t lo \\· h i ,�h the Xor1=e itnn1 ig-rants went .-:1 long l i 1ne a�·o··• � n cl where they h H vr tnnd0 Yast cont1·hiutions lo th<' n.�-rietJ l lu r;.., J de­ vel opment. ;======������������ �The Norse Centennial On October 9, 1 9 25, the ship Restaura­ tionen arrived in America bringing 53 Nor­ wegians. This was the first organized group to emigrate from Norway to the United. States. It marked the first low wash of a great wave of Norwegian immigration which followed. It is in honor of the one-hundredth anni­ versary of the event that President Coolidge went to Minneapolis to be present at the Norse-American Centennial. No small por­ tion of the development and u2building of the northwestern states is due to the efforts of Norwegians or descendants of Norsemen, And no better class of people ever sought a new home in America. They had w ithin them the spirit of Americanism before they came to the new land and adapting themselves to the new environment involved no radical · alteration of views or habits. They may take a justifiable pride in exhibiting -.,l.,hat has been achieved by them in the development of a section of the United States where the mass of them is sehled. A pageant portraying a complete picture of of the northwest will be presented. The event also provides the opportunity for a great reunion of those Americans who have an ancestry dating back to Norway. Tfiat t�ey take pride in their origin does not necessarily make them any the less American in spirit or the less devoted to our institutions. It has been to the profit of America tHat. so many Norwegians sought homes here as well ai profit to the former immigrants them,?elvq. nroot ·r om the Presi ent's fi tting tl1 e high a erage civic qualities of 0 1.1r Ameri(lan Scan<lt- 1 navians, the presence of_ Sen. Len­ root of Wisconsin by his side \\·as the most i1otable episode o-f his visit to the Northwest . It will have af­ ter- effects in that section when the St. Pall! address has been all b1.1t It seems hazardous to forg0tten. nssu1ne,... howeYer, as son1e political observers are doing, that the im­ mense ovation to :.\fr, Coolidge in the course of his progress through Wis­ consin impli-ed anything clearly as to :l!r. Lenroot's chances of reelec­ tion next year. If the President's entirely personal p restige in the heart of the enemy's country were twice what it probably l!, the fact must. still be an indifferent comfort to :Mr. Lenroot. He cannot forget that Nebraska last year voted for the radical Sen. Norris as werl as for the conse1Tatlve President. Cool­ idge, nor _that the most nearly con­ servative candidate the administra­ tion could get to oppose Magnus Johnson in Minnesota was Thomas D. Schall, who is himself of occa sionally erratic tendencies. rr Mr . L�oot wins in Wisconsin next year it w�m ost probably be througl his own prestige, not through j.he President's, .,-/' -- • I_,,,_ .-.......... mong Home Folks. and go6d taste charac­ resident Coolidge's address terized at the Norse centennial in :\1inne­ This is universally admitted. sota. Democratic papers, like The Hart­ York ford Times and '.l.' he New B... t ,•.:orld, praise it generously. Secretary Kellogg was in his home town and among people to whom h e had b e e n neighbors for 6 0 years. H e I d idn't have to be careful what h e / He had fought the radicals said. of the La Follette school for years and in the last battle they defeated He had come back to them him. now with prestige recovered, hon­ ored by the national party organiza. tion as recent ambassador to En g ­ lan d and now secretary of state. He spoke right 01.1t of his heart and ut­ tered solemn warning of the grow- I ing menace of Red propaganda, which is encouraged and spread by the constant agitation and unrest at He spoke not only of those I home. who "advocate the overthrow of the 1 government," but als·o of "a consid­ erable bod.y of our citizens 'who in the ·name of liberty and reform·• give sy,m pathy and aid to that de­ Said he: "I say et·ructlve work. to you and to all American citizens loving liberty and ju stice. 'Hold fast to the teachings of your fathers.' These prinClipes ot our Constitution are the great foun'dat!on stones on "·hich our fabric of governmen,0s b1.1ilded." / I Coolidge's Trllmto to th,e NOl'SCtnen. ( :\'ew York World.) oolidge' s address at the Nor­ entennia l celebrati on yes­ hQlds little for those politlca I strategists who read betwee n the lines of every preside ntial statem ent and find therein a message to the politicia ns. It is true that Mr. Cool­ Hlge pointed out that unlike races 11ve at peace wTfh one another in / Am<!rica, drew therefrom the lesson I that a certain "spiritual quality" is I common to all men, and asked hope­ fully the question, "If fraternity and cooperation are possible . on the scale 1 of this continent among people so widely diverse, why not on the scale Not even the most / of a world ?" a rdent isolationist, however, will read in these sentences advocacy of a world state or threat of a super­ government. Mr. Coolidge, at the Norse Cen­ tennial, was content simply t o pay trib1.1te to a race which has done much t o consolidate a western fron ­ ti<'r. This migration of a hardy, frugal people who Jive in a north­ ern land o f lakes and iron to an­ other northern land of lakes and iron impressed the President as an epic story, and t h e motive power be­ hind that migration interested him no less than its social effects upon our national life. Why, asl{ed Mr. Coolidge, should the Norsemen seek America in such num bers t.hat to­ day there are as many people of N'owegian stock ln t h e United States The anas there are in Norway? swer, .llfr. Coolidge thought, ls that the Norseman loves liberty, and "Here at last the individual was lord of himself, master of his own rlcsti ny, keeper o f his own· sover­ eignty-here he was free.'' Probably something o f that sort explain� the Norse migratio n . Not in as complete degree as .llfr. Coolide;e pictures has the Norseman won his freedom-his freedom economical­ ly, politically and socia11¥in this land o f his adoption. B u.J;, one free­ rlom a new land in an o1d world has o v e nvhelmingly bestowed on him. 1 Tha.t iH free<lom from the dead. I inning Bae the Northwest. Antt+ 1 moYe to recov er Repu b­ lican ngth in the insurg ent Xortl west, follow ing the recent vis­ it of President Coolidge to Minne ap­ olis and St. Paul as the guest of Secret ary Kellogg, is the appoin tment of a friend of Senato r Kel­ / logg's , anothe r St. Paul lawyer , for­ merly a partne r in Senato r Kellogg's law firm, Rober t E. Olds, as assist­ ant secretary of state. His appoin t­ m ent is_ a practic al one in other than Hs politica l aspects . Preside nt Cool­ idge Is making more and more of �fr. Kellogg as a n advisor and one o f the strong suppor ters of h is ad­ ministr ation. :.\Ir. Kel logg's health ds not very good and h e needs all the l1elp and relief that h e can get. He iknows :\fr. Olds and can safely shift ' some of his burden s to a stronge r 1 Pair of shoulde rs. All that the Presid ent is doing for and with Sec­ / a·etary Kellogg is more and more lmpres sing upon the Republ icans of the North west the fact that the ef• i!'ort to win back that section which /has always been a strongh old o f Re­ p u blicani sm is being made with great promis e of success. Mr. Olds is a gradua te of Harvar d and his Americ an profess ional trainin g and experi ence has been reinfor ced in !!:ecent Years by ..se.1'l'ice ab.road for the Red Cross of which he was for i---------­ three years head in Paris and now as the Amer ican memb er of the Briti& h Amer ican joint arbitration tribu nal. He ,vil! be espec iallv \\·ell equip ped with his foreign expei ience itoc senic e In the state denar tment . The remo vaJ of Senat or La Foll e � may make the recovery o,f the i �/Y>'� - �tJt . .. �• The ilorse Centendry The centenar,,y of �orse mig,ratle>n cu mstances were all the provocativ il I to the United States · is reminisce11 t 0 leme nt.s of agita fron a n d prop::i.­ at once of romance and of practic:, 1l ty of the most grateful kind. Kleng g·anda i n this cou ntry, for ri,g hting Peerson and Knut Olson Eide are the ·wrongs which had been co1u,m ' t ­ not as well known in history 'a s Wi l ted in the O l d v\'•orld. There was !iam Bra 1d ford and John Ca,rver, a n d o ccasions for feuds of Norvyegia n t h e May o w e r is fam Hiar to m an,· who never heard of th e "Restau r :1 - against S \Ye des, and of Finns against R ussians, and all sorts o f intrigue;;; Lto nen" Yet that voyage of a h un­ d red years am ply d eserYed the trib­ to provo k e .i nterven tion by our gov­ ernment. But n oth ing of the so,· t ute w h ich it received in the Ameri­ can press a t the time, that "an e n ­ occurred. Even when the great Nor­ wegian nati·o nal movement began in ter prise like this a rgues a g o o d deal 1 8 8 5 , flor separation from Sweden, o f boldn ess i n t h e master o r the and colltinued for twenty years, to ves-s el, as well as an adventurous spirit in the passengers." And it Wi1.S ·be finally success ful in 1 9 0·5, there \'r as no a.tte1n p l to emb roH our gov­ the precursor of a m ovement, f ) r . t h e li'ke o f wMch w e s h o u l d have ernment, nor even t· o arouse popu­ t'O go back to the earliest colonial lar sympathy in the mat te,r. Dou b '. ­ less t h e :--..rorwegia ns i n A m e r i c a fel t days. a d e e p interest in t h e case a n '.l. ·Turning from the romantic to th,� strongly desired t h e su ccess of No1 · ­ practical side of the case, th ere h , s way ; b u t certainly they regarded it b.een m u c h sa id, truly and deserved-­ as a mater f,or Nonva y a n d ,S weden il y, of the ste,rling worth of t h e to settle between t h e mselves, with ­ Norse i m m igrants ; b u t u pon one of out involving Ame rica. their chara_cteristics i t w o u ld b0 'T his is just one o f the qualities to · difficult to say too m uch or to speal, be a d m i re cl i n our ,:Sforse fellow citi­ I too appr eciatively. 'l' hat is, the fi n ,..­ zens, ,and it is by n o means the Je3.st q uaHty o1 their Americaniza t.ion, a nd of t h � m . A n d it is worth while to the com pl ete·n ess with w h i c h t h ey note a certa in h ighly sign ificant cir-. have refra ined from bringing i n t o cu mstance conne cted with it. That t h e f r n e w home any o f the poHtic'l l is, that the .Norse Pilgrims cam 'l isst1 es. passi-o ns and pro paga nd a of hit'h er just after the promu lgation the Old Cou ntry. It is n o t' to be su p ­ of the Monroe Doctrine, and under ll'Osed that the i m migrants from an)· the influ ence o, f its powerful i n i t ial other country have or had a m o t·e im pu lse, a n d were in deed the fl, rst intense affection for i t t han the im migrants to come hither under it. Norsemen for theirs, and it is qu i t P That me ans that they ca me with the certain t h a t n o n e n\ore com pletey fact strongly i m p ressed u p on their subordinated that feeling to theil: minds, and perha ps ca,me hithile loya lty o the and of their adoption , largely because of the fD ct, t-h at ,the ·This gratifying fact is the m ore United States was not ,g oing t, o med­ noteworthy when we recall the 'h is­ dle in Europea n affai,rs, a n d was not tory o f the Scandinavia n count,r\e, going to tet iEu,rope meddle in Amer · flor the last h u ndred y ears anc1 a i can affairs. I t is not u n reasonable little m ore. When Kleng Peerson Jed nor uni::-ra cious to a ssu m e that it is his Nor\\·egian Pilgrims to America. largeil y --b eca use o f their ha Ying first Norway had only a few years •before come in t hose. circum stances t hat been forcibly wrested fro m its D_an• the :No,r semen i n ~<\.merica have ;;o ish connect ion, w hich had prevaile d com pletely esc h 1> wed agitation ar,d for five h undred years and annexed intrigue on Old World issuils, and , bo Swede n ; and a. little b efore that have Jived, in an exce ptional de,gre . · Fin l a n d had been forcibl y tak _en t'h e very spirit o-f the Monroe D oj trine. cir· Crom ,Sweden by R uasia. In t hese �.. , COOLIDGE IN THE NORTHWEST President Coolidge in h i, address at the Nor -.American c �bration in Minnesota per:'ormed one of the ft ctions ex­ pected of Presidents ·w hich may b e tirin g but beneficial. The 1 people like to see the President at times. It shows them he is I one of th em afLn all, auali.is presence at great celebrations, I such as this, helps to cement a- nationa l feeling tlia may b_e some times exposed to corrosion when partisan or sectional differences b ecome too unyielding. The President should not be expected, however, t o answe1· every local call because his hea 1th must be guarded and it isn 't alwa ys safe i f there i s a great amount of hand-shaking. The President in his address refrained from any discussion of economic or political issues upon which there is wide -differ­ ence of opinion. He praised the spirit of th e settlers of the Northwest who have become .Americans in the true sense . They brought a new element into American l ife and it, welded with many others, helped to create the Ameri ca of today. It is well that the nation through the chief executive express th e feelings of the country as a whol e. Fraternity and co-operation were emphasized by the President as the factof8 that have made this country posi:;ible as i t is toda�·. He exp1:essed the hope that i:iie Rame J't¼as would be applied to the .forld and sa,v in their applica tion ih.e promotion of a bett ?J,· spirit ever;y,Yhcre. The l'resident was np�ound grolmsJ,� IN TODAY'S NEWS ONE SHOULD question whether all the peoples of the earth could l i ve in peace or not, � hu' turn to the United States for an answer. Here is Babel. Here we find many tongues and races and beliefs, men and women from all corners of the earth, and they are abiding together on a common basis of equality, m erging theii- national identities into that of �merican only. This is the point t Presi­ pressed dent Coolidge so • aptly in his address at the Wors -Ameri­ i can Centennial observanc in St. Paul, Minn., yesterday. T is coun­ be uni­ try is proof that there versal brotherhood; that those of different minds and native lands may- reside as neighbors. Forget the conflicts and the contrasts, and instead unite for the single pur­ pose of the general �fare and prosperity of all. 1·estriction laws ; and, whether they will disappear w ithin two generations will depend on the application of thinking I people of today. 'l'he Norwegians h11r-ve , not gone thfbugh the melting pot: They h ave done more-they have helped to ' build it. But th ey sought the open spaces, Children of F ree dom as children of freedom , to live ; theirs Not alone for its historical value, in not the problem of thti deluded dweller review of the immigration to and the or the congested c'ity, whose hopes denied, 11lia 1:e ill development of America by the i·e'bels a ga inst rtho institution s of the ' sturdy Nors einen, is the address o f P re s t- , la n·c1 , t he e a sy p r ey t o t he worst t y p � of O OA Y HONOR IS to be paid to _, dent Cool idge at the Norwegian Centena gro u p of pi lgrj111 5 ..\Vho can,e politician. n ial C1;ilebration, al Minneapolis, worlh to our sho:·es one hundred years ago that timely, but ce, coinciden a lt is l'l'hile. It is a complete record of -accQ_mand who, with those who followed h as reviewed the Coolid"e t Presiden pllshtuent by racial groups, welded as a them and thei1· descendants, have imm igration problem 011 the construct ive , whole, w h ich is the laSUng U:nited states ; helped to make this country great. side, j ust as there comes from Clevel_and immigration on lesson a is it in and The Norse-Ame ·ic n Centennial is the story of a mass-app eal by. fore1gn· p1· oblems of the day, from w h ich there being ob serve d · s . pau J , an d p resborll residents for one of t h e1r num b er I need not be detraction i f , on thi$ occadeliYer an adicient Coolidge s who has been convicte d and sentence d Nordress upon tl'fs occasion. sion, l\n excessively dominant place be the hei'nous crime of wi fe-murde r for Nor ussed. c clis· wegians have 001 ributed a valuable given to· those primarily a single extenua ting circumwithout element to the Ame�ican meltingdoes the issue of wheLb�r Erik's son, mass-m eeting, i n Itself, to The stance. Lief, antedates Columbus, as the prnsi1,ot, have become sturdy, loya l , subfor executiv e clemenc y petition a form stantial citizens, merging their own dent states, aEfect the values. The probsympat hy, would deserve a of basis 011 from arising nationality into that of their adopted lems of the United States, sympat hetic h earing ; but, when that ·t·a nee o f Scand1 · · l ancI . 'I'h e 1mpor not only free but u nwisely encou raged · tl1e appeal become s a d emand , ·m whi'ch t e _:t h e __________ navian immigrants is even now t i�o�n'.:_,_s�t:.'..il'...'.I_ e_::�x_::is:_:t::_, __:d::_:e::s�p:_:i,: i !g�r:_a� _:l:,:m�m� _________________ :..._ ::::::.,;t. L... recognized in 01.i r immigration law1, __ which limit the flow of al iens from south Europe while kee p i n g the gates open to those from the north. It is well to give thought at such nality has times to the part a natio� upplayed in the foundation a building"of the United Sta s. �d1 arge is made of prej ud ice against ' · foreigners,"' it indicates a dangerous slate o f afa irs. The threat is particula rly glaring, in the face of tlie fact that on t h e day or the mass-meet ing, and, per­ ha ps, because of it , another foreign ...born resident, who had already confessed the murder o f a fl'iend, wh ose wife he desired, failed o f conviction in a court of competent j urisdiction. This was not only a m iscarriage o f justice but, because of that wh ich caused it, indicates a serious clanger to the well-being of th e republic. Ju dge Daniel B. Cull, presid­ ing, properly castigated the j u ry for preju dice to unjtisti fied clamor that "the foreign-born are not getting a square deal." and rendered patriotic service by calling attention to the fact that ju ry negligence, persuaded by mass-meetln�s, "strikM at the very foundation o t tlie American judicial system.'' Such an act breeds anarchy. It can come only because th ere is neglect by those who h ave the institution of government in charge. And Cleveland has a real respo nsibility. Those ilhmig1·ants, who now o ffend there, are dlfferent than they are anywhere else. It ls only that something has hap­ pened to cause an outb1·ea k ind icati ve of i l l . They came here seeking freedom and opportunity, as did the l\'orwegians whom President Coolidge has praised, but their Ideas have been perverted. i 'ow, they must be taught that freedom may be had only when its instituti ons are preserved and tllat respect for law is I paramount. Parallel of the record recited by Presi­ dent Coolidge with the C l eve land situati on ruay be helpful. I no 1 Americans of Norse ongm meet today Minneapolis to begin the celebration of th... one hundredth anniversary of the first exodus of Norwegians to the United States. A million of these people, more or less, cam to this 1 country during th century, most of them to settle in the regions about the Great Lakes and in the Northwestern grain States. Some, unable to resist the lure of the sea which for so many generations had called their ance&­ t0rs, stopped at the Atlantic ports or pushed through to the Pacific Northwest. Minnesota. 1 the Dakotas, Wisconsin and Illinois, however, ' have claimed the majority of the childre-n u:f Norway, who tr.ere took up the tami.1_; of i; continent 1v the side of Americans of New �ngland, Ger.man and other 0ri 61ns. It ha, never been the nature of Norsemen to hang l:,ack or to look to other<, to play their pari. Crnnot the Norwegians boast of A MUND;-;F,:-; ao well as .NEIF ERICSON ? Pi11eering is in their blood. ln opening up the older Nor�l-west they had a congenial lifework. It is onlv natural that those gathered to­ gether in Minneapolis should dwell fondly on the glories of the Norsemen of old. They are justly proud of the deeds of their fore­ fathers. But there should be some n:iodern skald to recite the saga of the winning of 1 the Northwest, and to celebrate " the manner in which these sons of Norway fused them­ selves into the life of the United States, giving to their new homes in the woods a�1d plains the same loyal affection that their forefathers had for the hills and fjords of the Scandinavian peninsula. The Northern peo­ ple, as Professor Larson of the University of Illinois has aptly remip.ded us, have gone ito may countries, never with empty hands. In particular is this true of those who cnme to America, for they gave not only the un• remitting labor, but alsq_ their sanity, their , persistence and their strength. Nor have they been backward in directing the affairs of the Northwest The names of Knute Nlso;n and J. A. 0. Preus are still fresh in the pub­ lic mind, representing the best that this stock has contributed to American politics. To be , sure, there is Volstead also, whose popularity I has been more dubious than that of the other , two, but he was not alcin� r_esponsible !or the I Prohibition law. 1 Yankee, Norwegian, German and Swede I united to build this old Northwest. There , under the impact of common e:,aieriences, I 1 !i...-ing the same life in forest or farms, building roads and railroads toget;ier, and creat- 1 ing towns, these kindred stocks have fused 1 into a new element of American population. The old people naturally cling fon4ly to the , memories of the fatherland. Hardheaded ' Yankees beyond threescore y�ars and ten recall fondly the good old days in New Eng­ land, and dream of the little white :farm- · house under the tall elms where they were born. So also the Norwegians look back to Norway with an occasional twinge of home­ sickness. But their children too often know I , neither .New England nor the "old country," and are altogether absorbed in the life of today and tomorrow. They are conscious that to them has fallen one of the best sections of the great Mississippi empire, and that they will be called upon to share in the re­ sponsibility of crystallizing its development. Those who can boast of Norse heritage will , take comfort in the thought that their fore bears never shrank from hard work or dange:r, . and that having once put the hand to the 1 plow �Y never turned back.-N, Y. Timea. em states is due to the efforts of Nor­ wegians or rlescc>ncla nts of NorsP.men. And n o better class of people ever s011gllt 11 new home in Am erica. They r harl within them the spirit of A meri­ canism before they came to the new I land ancl aclaptmg themi;lch:es to th·? n ew env!t·onrnent involved no rarl ical alteration of views or habit�. They may take a .J ustifiable pride in exhibit­ ing what has been achieved by tlH'rn 1 11 the development of a section or th:i Uni ted 8ta.tcs where the mass o f th c>rn is settled. A pageant portray!n� a composite picture of the part playerl by Norsemen in the set tlement of the Nol'thwest wi!l be prseen tecl. 'rh e even t also p1·0,·iclPs the opportunity for a great reunion of those A merica ns who have an an cestry elating back to Norway. That they tal,e pride In their origin does not necessari -• 1y make them any the less A merican in spirit or the less devoted to our lnsti­ int10J1s. It h:i s been to the profit of. A mel"ica tiiat so man�· Xorwegians sou;.h t homes here as well ap; profit to the former lmmig-ranls th emselves. 1 I r O n Ortohe1· !1 • V i�� tho, s,1ip ne:.; ta u ­ lionEn arrived in ...\ n1erir,n l lr1ng1n � J•J Norwegians. This \\"as the fil·st organ­ ized group to emig-ra te from KorwBY to the United Stn tes. It mnrked the fil"St low wash of n great wn,·e of Ko1·· weg-lan immigration which followed. It ii, in honor of the one-hunrl redth ann iver�ary of the event that Presiden t Coolidge went to �1inneapolis to he present at the Korse -A mer1cn n Cenlcn­ nlal. No small portion of the develop ­ ment and upbuilding of the northwestTH E N O R S E C E N T E N N I A L COOL l l l( , E NI' S'I'. 1'.\ t·1,. h e Norsemen wll'o most iy i 11llahit our 11ort hwestern st,1te;:, and a re a very esti mable a n d desirab l e cla�s of cilizons lun l !11•r.n <·elebrat.iug the <·eu t <>nan ,11 th e coming of their a nce:,tors t.,, America. Th e occurrence ,u:;. .; d eemed of sufficient im po rtau c<' to insure the attendance of 1 h l: presi dent of lhe Un ite<l Stal�s who jou rneyed a l l t h e w.i y fro:11 ,va shi ngton to 8t. P a u l wi lil .i\l r� . in t h o 1 erri [ie • h en t of 1 Coolidge 1he pa�t wecl, l o express his ap­ I preda tio , o f 1 ll e merits o[ our :Korwcgian (•ili zcns. I One lrn uclred yea rs· ago tlr<.' ' good sh i p Restauralionen ;11 au guratecl the Norwegian in flux, which has stea dily i ucrec1sed 1111 t i l A merica now has a m ill! ,n· I and a quarter l'iti zeus o f Kor:,e blood, and th eir contribution tu o u r national character, tradition,; I and achievement is out of a ll proportion to their n u m ber::; 1 They h a ve been uniformiy i:;0od citizens, ha\'e ta ken easily anc! natura l l y to Americanization Th ey ha\'e never shown a tend­ enry to flock to the ci! 1e.; . a 1l"ea dy congest ed . li n t ha\'e p r eferred the '!\Teat > )Jaret;"' of till' we,;lern plai ns, where J a n el ,va � / chea p a.n d t h ey <'Onld a r q u i r e ,1 lit tle w i th u Yiew to t he h u i ltl- [ lng of a perrn uuent homt:. '!'h t•,· ll cl 1• e fostered schools a 11 d \ I I �churches, and t he i r influence h a:, gone far toward ma king lb: northwest what it is today. An,t they h ave not JJ een with o u t 1.he.ir reward. They h ave 'fali e n a n in­ tell igent inte r,,8t, in .pol itic a l m a 1 ~ ters. a n d t h e recorrl s show Uu,t I li o n t of 9 of tl1 e l a s t governon: 1 of · 111 i n n e8ota w e 1· , Sc·a 11Lli11 a ,• - 1 iam; . lJcn<lrik B h i p:;tea rl HJtd :Ha g n u s J o h n s o n h a .l'e can ietl 1 their X o r w eg i a n n11 m e:;, l o l t1 ' ] \Jnited St.ates s e n a te. No foreign · t o e k l 1 a ><1 erer b eea m o re rt u ick1y and t h oro u g h l y cts si 1n il a ted rn t o A m eri<'.1 11 l i fe and cu,; l o rn s t h a n ll as t h e Nor wegiai, . Th ey have <·ome here 1 o mal,e , ho m,,::,. to learn 1,1 11;: ; s h . to m a k e t h e i r c hildren y o u n g .Americans I as <1 u j c Jdy a ,; possible. They ' feel t h at t h ey ·1 10 1'e a great lt L,- 1 tory, dating b fl c k to t h e o l d V i k I ingfl, u n d they natnral l:s take p r i d e i tt t b e i r couQ llJi' ..s t' · of tlv� I 1 Am erican n or t h west. 1'h e p;'e,,i - I rle nt d i d well to honor t h i s /."l'ca :· gro u p of n e w .<\ merican8, a n d rl.e enthu siastic rece p t i o n which t'h s?)' 1 g a v e J1 im 11roved -th a t t hPy a p , precia ted t h e h o u o r, 1 I 7i Many must question the truth of the statement that in the United States One stateme;3at of l"Fesident Coolidge ! ln 1925 the "individual is lord of himsl'll rt his addcess at the NoEwegian Cen· master of his own . destiny, keeper of tennial Ce_lebration in Min�nota sJ:!..o ulE bis own sovereignity. Here, he is free ." the goal of a be !nterp eted rnore At no time since t-he early years of . national c sade n as a description the formation of the union have bigotry o! an exist ng condition, That part and intolerance bee·n more in evidence · of the J)resident's address referred to and ;freedom of thought,. speech and is : religion less secure than in this year "From the time when their fast-de­ of 1925. veloping _ institutions o_f popular gov· ernm_e nt, religious freedom and intelle c­ t nal !il)erality had come to take de­ finite and attractive forms, the people ot the Colonies took a new interest in inducing their · European relatives to follow them thLther. They engaged in an inverted crusade, a 'conquest without invasion and without force. The new country offered n·ot only materia� oppor­ tunities, but possibilities , of spiritual and intellectual emanci:patlou which tt.ey ardentlly wished their friends on the other side to share Citizenship something in the New World meant that it had not meant in the Old. It was seen that the New World offered something new. There was an increas·­ ing realization that many burdensofue · traditions and institutions 11ad some ·how been ·s hed. Here, at least, t11e indi­ vidual was lord of himself, rnastel' of his own· destiny, keeper of his 6wn sovereignty. He1'e he was free." Ordinarily the president is a pract­ cal politician , in sp�te, or pe;haps be · cause of his silly provincialism, but in spired by the noble history of the Norse ·· peoples- and t-h e exemplary ideals of the Scandinavian population in the United States he has allowed himself to deviate from his usual course in t this instance. C L A P T R A P F R O M COO LI D G E . 1 . �Th n tennial celebration this week i n 'ities, St. Paul and l\Iinneapllis, o f t h e '.lhvi � t h e Jan g of he first organized colony ;,f ?\'orsemcn n t11 is country, i's a testimonial to a hardy and valorous people who have con• tributed much to the development of America. The presence of Prooident Cool idge at the celebration, typifies the desire of the Ameri ­ can ;people to do th� Norsemen honor. In Eu1:ope, they carried on th e roving tra' ditions of the l)Copl e of old Phoenecia and set out upon ! Journeys of conquest and explo• ration. '1'11�1r wind -jammers requested the North Sea, 'the Arctic and ventured as !ar in the A tlantio as Ame rica, where Norse ruins muy be found even n o w along our New Eng­ land coast. The spirit �f hardihood and ad­ Yenture and pion eering, they carried with them into the Middle \Vest and the Great ,vest, which they colonized because its cli­ n,ate was the nearest thing to theirs that we have in America. Out of .t he prairies of the \Vest they ha,·e wrested wealth• in the growing o[ wheat and truck and corn. '£he Norsemen-and their neighbors, the Dutch­ are the most successful farmers in the woJ"ld. The Norse influence is manifested in our laws, i n our architecture and i n our lan­ guage. ..W hen \Villiam the Conqueror came down out of the EcandinaYian peninsula and placed England and that part or France which i-s now known as No:mandy, under his domination, he set i n motion· the many ag-en­ ,cies that haYe i·eflected thcfr results i n our modes o f life. �' aerit Coolidge, is aw.7:I d y the miracle let a ttle of the aw. his speech at the nial celebration in He owned himself s drama;· of impressed by the st our history, the molding of a world­ powerful, cultured nation in so few generations out of a raw, untamed lan d and a flood,.of diverse peoples. America, he called an "experiment of common citizenship." It was al­ m ost too much, h e h inted, t o expect that a great nation could be made out o f confusion of t ongne'l, con mct of tradilions, variations of historical set­ ting, vaRt. d!ff<>re11 ces in talents and ! tastes. And yet, J oo!{ing over the na. ­ t i on a s it lives a n d b1·eathes today, h e aays the experiment has been "mag­ nificently justified by the results." Fot· we h ave tak e n tile hodge-podge material a.nd evolved ft-om it a "spiritual u ni on." From confusion of ideals, interests a,n d abilities we have d rawn a wide and useful range of capacity an d genius. 1 The history of a country like Amer­ ica is a new sort oC history. Its story, the president says, is not to be told in any mere category of dates, battles, ! p olitical evolutions and 1mrtisan con­ troversies. Other nat!ous have come into being through conquests and po­ litical crises, but such of these aa America has ex perienced have been incidental. Her story ls a story of quie t lives, of simple people partici­ pating in the magnificent adventure of subjugating a contl nent. A m erica hns a few h eroic Jeaders j t o than!,, to be sure, but President Coolidgsi cloes not m<e ntion them . He lbinks her development is due to he­ roic multitudes of common people, to a thouM n d different l{inds of pio­ neers, people such as th ose to who m h e m a d e his address. t io cl esHis hearers were cendents or sturdy selves sturdy, healtl ""''--''-"-'•""· ·-· l'ld, fair­ h ail•ed. They were there because of a movement of people . 'l'he m ove­ ment started with · 5 2 Norwegians wh ose 1\1::lyflower was the ship Res­ taurationem. They started a settle­ ment at Kendall, N. Y. '.Ph elr letters to Norway brought friends ancl relaI tives and presently there was a m ovemcnt westward to La.Salle county, Il­ 1 li nois. The faster the Scandinavians came, the more they wrote for friends to come, and the peaceful Norse i n ­ vaders-Swedes, Dan es ancl Norwe­ . gians-swept into Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and tho Dakotas. A mei;�pa needed such people. It needed •their sturdiness, their h umble earnestness, their ambition and their ideals. P�·esident Coolidge said this . And he did not say it merely as a pret­ ty thing a public speaker feels called upon to say to hie, a u cl ienc<?s. He explained h is idea fu rth_fr wh<>n li e loft the subject of the Norse people to­ ward the end of his add ress to send a messagt' to all Amei·ica. ln that mes­ sage he said ihat tho good things or America do n ot emanate from govern­ ment. He said that the institutions of religious liberty, of educational and econ omic opportun ity, of constitution­ al rights and of the integrity o f the law are the m,ost precious possessi ons of the human race an'd thflt their abiding place is the people . They come, he said, from the consecr�ion of the father, the love o f the mother, an d the devotion of the chi ldren. They are the product of that honest, earnest and tireless effort tha.t goes into the rearing of the family alla:- and the maldng of the home of our country. If: thesE'l are th e things which make and save A merica, then there Is no question that America needed tho peo­ Ple 'o f the Northlan d ; these ho mely yfrtues iire, above all, their virtues. / �ALTON lU.., TEbl!l wa!!N!'}�I) A'v .lH�m �,Q, !�;{;, - Gt r coot� BRINGS RAIN. Forty tho a people s�t in � rain and listen:d , 10 President · olidge talk .!ll�i a big ! celebration there. Preside11t-CooI1clge. nughf'"e�n­ hance his popularity by visiting other parts of this parched country ,and ,bringing rain with him. Not 50,00 but fifty million might stand in a rain and listen to him, urging him to "go on," when he showed any inclination to stop, if his visit would bring the much needed downpour. D SE VED TRIBUTE TO NORSE AMERICANS. T h · e s no good ci tizen 1ml wh at wi l l i ndo rse the tribute t paid t tl America n s of Scand i1� avian ex traction by President �olid e a t the N ' ' • ,, n cen lennial in l\I i n ne•a poli s, Evc ry­ . J>0cTy-lmows that the Norweguu c, &w e<lc and t h e Dane industrious and inte-l l i gen t and sturdy h ave in t hem the mak­ i ngs of the fine•st ci tizenry and huve been among the i mportant bui lders. o f this nation. I L was fine that the president of the hrnd i n recognition of ,\• haL ih es� peop les h ave done for Amer- ' i ca should travel the t housands .of miles from Wash i ngton Lo cefobrale wilh the Norwegian A mericans and the newly a rrived Norwegians the one h undre d t h a ,�niversary of the arriva l here of thei r first large quota. 1 The American is s�rong and r<;sourceful because he comes of the hardy stock th0 Norsema n :re presents. He welcomes his I Norse kin not only because they a11e s l urdy and self relian t, 1nJ t because t hey are, worthy people, who throw in their lol ·w ith the native born, accep ting Jaws and idea ls and i n s t i t utions of the-ir ,new cou ntry, and help Lo promote the common good, Not only' as private citizens but as governors and l awmakers the Americans of Scandi navian e x t rac tion haye establi shed in / t he minds of the nation thei r high inL,�grily and abiiily, The 1 record is such t ha t one of the blood wou l d be s t ra nge, indeed if he did not take fine pride i n it. ! 1i1LOOMT'!'' fl"J'O J TT T BULT.- TUESD ' \ Ti , 9, :!.��§, N ORSE -AME RICAN C E N 'l' EN NIAL is h o lding an impo rtant The slate is week. It co mmem o historical ce rates the landi York just o ne hundred ~years ago o f the orwegian sl oo p Restaurati onen, , wh ich had on board fifty-three emigrants fr o m Norway, This little company was the vanguard of a mightier army that came later fr o m all the Scandinavian countries, and which has continued to flow steadi ly int o the A!herican northwest, The Scandinavlan -mumgranty picked a con­ genial clime fo r their settlement s omewhat akin to that o f the co untries they had left. The No r­ wegians and Swedes located fo r the m o st part in Minnesota, the Dako tas and Wisconsin, Illino is, too , became the h ome of th ousa11ds of these hardy and thrifty pe ople, The descendants o f the pi o neer N o rwegians who came over in the Res­ taurati onen are mo st numero1� s in Mi nnes ota, where they have go ne in very largely fo r agricul­ ture. The centennial anniversary celebration is to b e a fo ur day affair in which the whole N o rthwest will have a part, It will be in the form of an ex­ positi o n at which will be shown exhibits illus­ trati ng the achievements of Norse-Americans in the arts, in business and the pr o fessi ons, One of the principal features of interest is a m o del o f the ship Restaurationen, which the descendants o f the o riginal c o l o nists h o ld in sentimental regard as New Englanders to do the Mayflowez-. The nati o nal' govern ment has taken note o f the Norse-American centennial in a signal way. Pres­ id ent Coolidge has j o llrneyed out to Minnesota to he the guest of the state o n this o ccasion, the first extended trip he has made in quite a long time. He was given an enthusiastic recepti o n upon his arrival at St. Paul accompanied by Mrs, C o olidge, Secretary o f State Kello gg and Senator Lenroot ,of Wisco nsin. For o nce the twin cities of St . Paul and Minn�apo lis buried their ancient rivalry and residents o f bo th cities fo rmed the welco ming committee, In his address deliv�red at the state fair grounds at Minn �apo lis the President l)aid a h igh tribute to the contributi o n people fr om the Scan­ dinavian co untries have made to American life, and especially to the devel opment of the great Northwest. He pointed o ut that immigration from n o rthern and western Europe from 1815 t o 1848 built the United States int o "numbers, wealth and auth ority in. the w o rld!' This gave the North a prep onderance in numbers which hastened the extinction o f the institut,i on o f slavery. President Coolidge made n o direct reference to present im­ migrati o n pr o blems or to the law passed by a re­ cent Congress which limits the admis_si o n of aliens into this co untry. The President did, however, dwell pridefully u po n the success o f America's melting p o t in fusing many diverse racial strains into nati onal unity. Fo reign visit o rs t o our sh ores had o m­ inously predicted that a nation co uld n ot be made o ut o f such varied elements and many among o u r ow1i pe ople also h a d their misgivings, But when the test came said the President, "instead of crumbling into a cha os of disc o rdant elements America pr oved its truly nati o nal unity. It dem­ onstrated conclusively that there is a spiritual q uality shared by all races and co nditi ons of men wh ich is their heritage and co mmon nature," While the President's visit to Minneso ta at this time is entirely non -partisan in its character his presence may effect a little missi onery w ork for the republican cause in that hotbed of insurgency and agricultural unrest Memories are sti ll fresh of the republican disasters in which Dr, Henrik �Shlpstead, a young dentist, snatched the sena. t o!'ial toga from the shoulders of the veteran Frank B. Kellogg. Two years later the roaring Magnus Johnson grabbed the other senatorship from the admin istration favorite, Governor Preus. In the Presidential election Coolidge carried the state for president over LaFollette by a small margin. Minnesota produced two statesmen of national calibre and they were both Scandinavians. Knute Kelson, who was born in Norway, represented the state in the United States s,mate for many years. There he was a leader on the republican side nntil his death at an adva.nced age. The other P're,, t l\linnesotan was John A. Johnson, son of f:l wedish immigrants, who was elecied three times to the governorship as a democrat. This man who rose from poverty to eminence in truly Lin­ colnian fashion became the idol of Minnesota, and furthermore he caught the imagination of the whole country. A democratic presidential non ination was looming ahead for him when d h struck him down in his prime. 1an who can take ll c is : ,·ormwood which is tl1u pol'liu today, in the , faith lrn ndcd t, that i.omo ·o or some other day the off ring may turn to honey. President Calvin Coolidge Is one who are wise in theit- day, t; and who is wiJling- to bide his time. 'l'hc incident of his appearance and spt•ed1 at Minneapolis on 1\f onday "as al'i HllfS't'ttt'tliffl""'rli!""fflil'l"-.h&r&e­ tcristic. It recalled another vls�t which :i\fr. Coolidge made to the :t..l lnn esota. state fair gt·ounds In the full of 1922, when he was vice presi­ uent of the United State. . 'l'he re-. c<>ption accorded him on the former occasion was a decidedly chilly one, if not an absolute slap in the face. . In contrast with that sort of thing \\ as the scene in the fair grounds on ?,I onday, when the president was given an enthusiastic reception by a mass of people which taxed the ca­ pacity of the grounds within hearing distance of the grandstand-the same grandstand from which he spoke in 1D22. The summer of 1 9 2 2 was the low water mark for the feelings of the farmers of the great northwest. for the prices of grain had gone down to lw lf what they had previously com­ rnandell. Naturally. when the vice nresident of the country came to ,l\linneapolis to speal, to a great g·1thering of farmers, his hearers expected him to give them some ex­ planation for the state of things. During the course of his address, Vice President Coolidge spoke of the for­ mer price of $2 for wheat which the farmers had received, and then men ­ tioned the price, current at the date of hifl speech, which he said was $1 a bushel. Many of the farmers in the audience were not getting $1 for wheat, and they plainly showed ther feelings toward the spealrnr by "boo­ ing-" or hissing him, and then going off to attend the horse races. Soon most of his audience had dwindled away. OF FATE Yice President Coolidge afterward · In speaking of the incident, said : "I did not resent it." Perhaps he / thought that some day he would go . back and talk to the farmers again when they were not feeling so blue. The opportunity came on Monday, but M r. Coolidge could not have fore­ seen that he would be president i n ­ sLeacl of vice president when this second opportunity came. At least Fate has squared accounts between Mr. Coolidge H-nd the farm­ �rs of the northwest, a nd everything 1s now friendly. CAN 'lV SHALL WE A BANDON TOLER- Read in t Ii 1t of recent develop­ ments i n th ted States, the president's addr ss Centennial was an against the spread of intolerance that has been m enacing the unity of American li fe. This , we take it, was the meaning of his emphasis on the way in wllicll the nat1c,nal spirit hacl come from a diversity of racial elemen ts. 'fh i s spirit has d eveloped without compulsion, w ithout persecution. It has developed because Am erican ideals appealed to the best in h u m a n nature of whatever race. There has been a tendency of late to get away from this free develop­ Earnest persons, believing ment. strongly in their own i deas, have been \ trying by law to r u n everybody i n their m o l d . T h e country has recently gone through a political campaign i n iwhlch a group tried to create a relig­ ious issue. J ust now attention i s centered o n a state where the legis­ lature has attempted to interfere w i t h the details o f t h e teaching of scien­ t ific truths and has set up its own interpretations. It is not in this way that the Am­ erican republic has grown. Its found· era were broadly to'lerant m e n . They laid down fundamental principles of tolerance in the constitution. These principles wer� developed under the leadership of Thomas Jefferson into a body of poli tical doctrines which guided the course of the new nation. 'l'olerance is in the backgroun d of a century and a ·h alf of A m erica h i story. It was to this great h ist cal experience that President idge so finely appea· J ed. �A NTON ' L L. R E G I ST l! P MONDAY, ,T 'NE 8, 1 926, r THE , '====== .'N IAL lemen t Jt is a ci tizensh ip today celebrates in ,f!nnesota £11 cen tennial a11 niv � 1·sa1·y . of the ian! in g of the first sl11 pload the of Norwegian imm igra nts in Fnited Stales . That i m m igration nPver herded in the cities, making and maintaining Rlums whet'<' ct·iminalR are bred . It hel ped-it aided valuably-in devel­ It has con trib­ o ping th e country . public u ted to 11trengthen heal thy 1n nentiment and morals . Amer! ils e�ery way has hene�J;d hy comi ng . m ight IPresiclent Cool idge well make t h e trip t h at he has m ade t o p a y t h e tribute to t h e Norsemen a ml the 11 ost erity of Norsemen that h e pays to day a s spokesman o f h is -" count ry . RICAGO ILL £C'ONOMIST ( wkly) SAT URDA Y, J U. 'E 13, 1�25. RAD ).LISM ON THE WANE. Asi e from all partisan considerations, the citizens of the northwest who gathered to greet President Coolidge at the Norse Centennial at S t. Paul, and who stood in �zling rain to hear him talk, 100,000 or more of them, exem­ plified the fact that radicalism in that territory is on the wane. Four years ago when he spoke in the place, he was considered no more con­ servative than he is now, but the people walked away before he had finished talking. This change of attitude sho·vs that it was not the spe11 of LaFollene that <lrove the nort·hwest to elect such men as Magnus Johnson, Shipsteacl and Ladd. It was the low price of farm prod­ 1 ucts, the absence of world ma'rkets, and poor I transportation, all of them partly due to obstruc- I tive tactics of such men as LaFollette himself. Once Coolidge was in power, and the radical element in Congress had bee!l ousted, enabling him to take sound economic steps tci · remedy conditions, the prices of grain rose, foreign mar­ kets expanded on liberal credits, and transporta­ tion improved almost overnight. Radicalism was simply strangled in the throt­ tling grip of common sense, of which P�esident Coolidge is the personification. For a long time a sort of stigma has. attached to the Northwest because the rest of the country thought it sus­ ceptible to bolshevistic propaganda. This re­ grettable impression will be well nigh eradicated by the warm reception accorded President Cool­ idge. Stories already have been put in circula­ tion that Coolidge went to thi Northwest with the idea of strengthening his fences for a third term in 1928. We attribute no such motive to him. The trip was useful, if only to let the people see and fraternize with the calm, conserva­ tive indiv :dual who did more for them through old fashioned economic method� in a few months than all the trumpeting, vociferous, noisy radical freaks could have done in ten years. �• �lUCA.00 I.LL JOUllNAlt._______:_T�U�E �•S�D�A �-'--'Y1 JUNE 9�1�1�9�&�6.;_____ mrICAGO UL N1IWII MONDAY, J UNE s, 1925, f The St-;.ength of tbe Nation. \ Prnsident Coolidge 's j o urney from \ Wash ington to Minnesota.'s twin dties ! ·o atldress the thousands of A m ericans 1t 'Norwegia n hirth or descent in al· t ·.endance at the centen ' �l·.a.tio.u.� �r the arrival in 'tnls country or the I 'lrst lmmii:;rants from Norv:ay is a well · leserve(I rc<' ngn it ion of an Importa nt ,tnd worthy element of America n C'iti­ j ·1enship. Jt is mnre. Tl is a recognition \ ·1f the nation ' s incalculable debt to self- I •,;iliant and hl1e1·ty-Joving men and wom­ ,n from all foreign countries who have .hro,vn ln their lot with natl ve-bor11 •\. mericans, accepted Am erican ideals ·tnd ln sti l u lion s a.s tll&ir nwn �ind j oinP.'1 1ea.rtily in the common tasks thal �laim the att ention of n, great and ,mited people. The American Is strong and resource­ ful beca n�e he comes of ha rdy stock that crossed the sea to seek liberty and opportunity amid strange and harsh surroundings. It is well lhat the men and women of to-day should do honor to those adv en tui-ous spirits who planted civilization alonii; the frontiers. wl1o by their labor. J heir en duran<'e, their hon­ �sty and sober jutlgment brought order and prosperi.ty and pTogress to wide regions. Appreciation of their achieve­ ments and of the hardships they suf­ fered should cause the present genera• tlon to value more highly the basic principles of American government that zave to simple Goel-fearing folk the ;ower to build 'the greatest nation on earth. Because c-f what has been achleved, because oE the fine Americanism of tbs forelgn-born elements that are now Widely represented among the republic ' s 110,000,000 p�ople, t he policy of selec­ tive immigration must be wisely applied throughout the coming years. But tho nation will continue to welcome for· elgners of the courage, the self-reliance. the industry and the high morality of those immigrants who to so great an exten t built these western commonwealths. term,i of color nml vi\ id in! Nl'St tbe comfo� of the Norsemcu. Lief, su11 o( Erik. a balf millennium before ( 'olumbus. aml otllers of \ PrPsi dent Coolid.ge made a n eloquent, grace­ his race, stepping from Norway to lcelan1l, ft�d ress at the :NQrse-American Cc1�nial from Iceland Lo G reenla111l aud from Grc · \ celebration at l\linnea°pnlb on M n ay. Th e l:rnd to the mainland-first they were, autici- \ occasion was a happy one, and in his praise paling the coming of many more, not of thei r of the qualities which Scandinavian immi­ \ race alone but of uiverse races. grants have brought to their new land, the The President finds fasdnatiun in th<' president spoke for the entire nation. tbonght tr.at there develope1l in later limes n It is often said with good reason that of all phase of- tllcse migratiom; to .America wll!ch i mmigrants not of English speech, the Scandi­ is, perhapis, unique in tlw history of manki nd. n avians have fitted most rapidly into the To the originnl impulse of the old world ntl­ American scheme of things. They have go ne Yenturers was added the u rging nf U10.,;e wlin on to the prairies and into the forests and had sought and found freedom and ovporl u- j have had a large part i n the development of nity in tile new. Hands of invi � a t ion au,1 of f every region where they have settled and pio­ l help were reached from Amenca to 1Jr,. ug n eered. I across the seas Urn kin of lhe fu renmneris. f When ever the president of the United It is to the President a wanning thought 1 hat I States speaks, o n whatever occasion, he re­ American nationhood has been builde!l Urns­ ceives attention an oracle might envy. And .builded upon the Jo;rulty and love of those " ho the oracles of old spoke sometimes words of first carrnd out t he way,; and homes of l ibe rty doubtful meaning, or i n vague symbols, or on i ts pl ains and in it� forests. on two si des of a thought. Sometimes m e n And the Presidc11t finds in the stuQ of use language t o conceal, rather than to reveal, hesc beginning days ruaterial Cur the inspira what is in their mi ncls. Some talk an ideal­ tiou and enlightenment or our o,y n time . '''l'lu• ism and refrain from direct and practical sug­ making of snch a conntn ," he says, " ' .1;; 1rnt gestion of its application. Sometimes this is tu be told in any mere category of tlat<>s. hnt­ called straddling; sometimes it is described as tles, political e,·oluLions nml va rti,mu ,•ontrn­ 1 diplomati c ; again it i.s regarded as the expresyersies. Back of all t he1-1e, whi<'h a re l<H1 uften sion of uncertainty or timi dity. the chief material of h istory. l ies the ln1lllnu In each of two of his recent speeches, at I story of the unsung m ill ions o:C plain people , Arlington and Annapolis, President Coolidge I whose names are strangers to 1rnblic place n: 1•1 so gracefully evaded the direct issue and so w i th \ fame. 'rlle · l ives hnrn b<'"n replete wholly avoided coming down to brass tacks, quiet, unpretentious, modest lrnt none the less that he left to his hearers and readers the heroic virtues. From these ha� ueeu comJJO>'<'i'l i nterpretation of his remarks. the sum of t i.w t: magnificent and wondrn11s ad So again, at Minneapolis. It i s fairly ob­ venture, the nmking of our own America. Somf'vious, however, that the president had in 1 where iu the epic struggle Lo s �l.Jj ugate a coumind the world court. Much less di rect than tinent therl· will 1.Je fo1md a pl� tlosophy or_ � u\ , his predecessor, Mr. Harding, he supports, I mau relations that the world "- 111 greatly prize. nevertheless, a spiritual confraternity. Per­ If we could seize it n n!l fix it, if we eonlu haps he is feeling out public opinion. He de,s­ \ turn it over, examine and uuuerstand _it, Wt cants on the brotherhood of man, and does it wo11 l d haYe laken a long step t.owanl. sol, ing well, for he has a gift of line aml a feeling I SC>!ne of t.he hal'dest problems oC m anldrnl.'' _ for words. But Calvin Coolidge, the canny And hi,i m ind pas�cs from thu1 spectacle Vermonter, never p ins down Calvi n Coolidge, of Ute acllie,Pment of national uniry out· of C H I C AGO I L L 1-'0�'1' presi d ent of the United States. diversity to its lesson and promise for th!', TUESDA-Y, JU.1. E 9, 1925. Usi ng the successful admixture of races in ' larger realt11 of world affairs. "�e note aga i11 America as an object lesson, the pre.s ident, how the faith o( the Presidrut reaches to I he THE SAGA OF A IV,£RICAN i n one of his most significant sentences, asked possibility o f a het1er worl d order. It i s hr why this fraternity and co-operation should N AjlONHO()D com ing a characteristic of a ll his ntteram·••i::. n ot prove possible of world-wide applicatio n , ''If fraternity and cu-ope ration arc pos�i l l is a Uooljlilge as yet l it tl e ki10\ill t o t l.J.e and h e added that h e thought it more than Americ an pe "i,'Jle, but a Coolidge of ,, hou1. \1 e blc on t he i;cale of this conti nent among 1wo. a chimera. Then he slid off into the protec­ feel conYiuee<l, t hey w ill delight to knon morP, pie so widel y dil'erse, why not on thf' E-calc> of tive assertion that he was convinced that "our ! who stands J.:�l'ealed il1 the .·peeeh wll ki.J. t i ll' not a 11ew thou�lll, J;ks. ?'' t is he a j a world n ational .story might somewhat help to guide .President 01' Ui.P t "uiLcll f-H ates urnde ye;;1rn.J.11 y but it i s a profound ly engagmg oue. r fi rm l :i­ manki nd toward such a goal." . And then still at Minneapoli·.' belieYe it is more t han a chimera I feel i t more p rotectively he added in an anticlimax : The occasion w a s tile 100th anu in•rsn.Q o r is possible o f realization. r am couviuu•d t hat "Therefore, I urge deeply thoughtful study the arrival pf the rorty-five-tou sloop ltestnu· our nat ion:il story might sowewhot help to and teaching of our history." rationen, with its cargo of iron and i ts fifly- guide manldnd towa rtl stH'h a goal. 'rlierefol'' Thus he left up in the air, so to speak, the two Norwegian passengers seeking thei r fo r• 1 urge the deeply t houghtful study and teach things he had conjured from the air. He tnnes m the ne w world. The l' resicleut made ing of our h istory.'' made no direct plea for anything; he stated it the opportnnily 1 n <lc>l ivrr au :1 ddre�1< v. 1J id1 The reception given lhe Prc,1itlent uu tli i no plain p olicy. Mr. Coolidge at Minneapolis m a y b P t u rrnPtl, j w;tl ,- . a saga u f A mNi<•a n llH · visit t o the northwest lln s been must gratify ran true to form. tionhood . l·'or I IH.' d.1,1· he t11 1 'nL•ll f rom I lw:-:P ingly cordial. lt has come from the hen rts o mu tt ers of innued ia l P 1)l l l i1i<'a l a ud eeommi ir: the people as an ex pression of the confitlew:t moment whicll ha ve engaged hi,, atten tion 111 in his w i8l1om and sinrf'rity which be ha recent u tterances, and gan, h imself w itli ,..., i>ry merited by Ills leadership. Calvin Coolidg confidence ot' enthusiasm to a dell'ing into is finding hi,a way into the fa ith and affed il• origins and a re.iewing of movements o f race:-: of the Unitetl Slates. ThP strength of hi and nations, from the times of i:r -and Ca rthage hold upou popul:u tru�t a ll(! imagill ltt inu iu to the sel;J:ling of this wcste1·n continent. creases as ti.le t•Puple learn l o k nnw hiw bdtP Against tlrn backgrou nd of world migrn- An opporl u uitr i,; heiug t·rt > .ttf> d for him to lPn tlons and the exploits of peoples who�c hh,tnr)· boltll:V and ::ipl<'rnlidly , 11 11<1 we h:l ieYl• lw h: 1 merges with the mists of lc>gentl. he pain l(_,,l in I he ,·ision. l h(• " i:,:do111 and t he " 1 11 1 " 1 111 '"\ 1 The Speech to the Norsemen �ffi �l) ,J -----'----- �. 1926, � PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS Hot weather and the dull seas�111 in Wash­ ington are doubtless in part resvonsible for the efforts of various and sundry correspond­ ents to see politics in the President's ,isit to Minneapolis. It is more than broadly hinted I that t e 1 h ite House occupant i� seeking to i insure an extended lease of his official resi- ; deuce ; that his visit to the northwestern state marks the beginning of a campaign for re- ' nomination and re-election. It ls i,art of the IH'ice a 1:'resident must pay for the honor of h.is office to be credited with ulterior 1iolitical aims in wha,tever he may do. The Minnesota trip was fully justi­ fied by the occasion, and the use to which the President put it in the address he deli'Vered lifted it wholly above the plane of party or personal politics. No utterance he has made has carried less of the suggestion of political impulse or objective than the masterly and charming narrative of .American beginnings which he gave to his Norwegian audience, Of course if it be good politics to be in­ teresting and inspiring, to touch the hearts of men and quicken their souls, to deepen the loYe of one's fellow citizens for their country, to hold before their eyes high standards and ideals, then the address of the President at Minneapolis was the finest sort of politics. We wish we had , more elf it. But we are willing to credit him with no othr.ir desire than to do just these things. That the President i was llla king potential votes for himself should I he be again a candidate we do not doubt. That he was seeking t)lem in any other sense than that of a man who seeks to win and merit the confidence of his fellows we do not believe. The Minnesota address is worthy of a per­ mnnent place in .American literature. It ought to l;>e read in every home and in every school in the country. Perhaps to urge that is poli­ tics. If it shouicl help to keep Calvin Coolidge in the place of leadershiJ? for another term ,.. we are willing that it should. President stuck closely enough to his subject on i Monday. Every sentence of his address bore di­ rectly upon that subject. '.rhe address was chiefly a moving narrative o! the immigration of Norwegians' and i)f their con­ tributions to this country. In it was the drawing , of a striking parallel between the coming of the I Mayflower and the arrival of the Restaurat!onen. It was an .eloquent and deserved tribute to a century of achievements of Norwegian-Americans. Headline writers grasped at the President's words concerning world peace and his citation of the suc­ cess of the melting pot of America. But the 1 speech contained little which bore directly upon these topics. The few words given to them were deftly woven into the general theme, woven in the manner of the real orator. This President who lately has declined some­ thing like a score of honorary academic degrees took occasion to make a suggestion to the aca­ demic world. He said some historian might well devote himself to a study of the motives which have impelled various groups of Immigrants who have come to this country. Such a study would be a genuine contribution to knowledge. That suggestion likewise was made in such a manner as to leave no rough edges of apparent irrelevancy. No, this unpretentious man makes no preten­ sions to being an orator. But for unity, for coher­ ence, for beauty of diction, and for brevity this address was a model. 1 ORlOA'r TlJE�.:' l T I l H P 'l 1925, A Ml MAN OF MINNESOTA oad man related a story which President An old 'oolidge might 1 e repeated in his address in MinneapoUs Mn-nday. Norse immigrants used to land in Boston where they were hTltMlcd in lie]glit � equipped with rude benches to be transported with many changes and delays to the Minneapolis country. They rode much like cattle. Cattle they were to America's native stock. A conductor entered one of these dirty, foul smelling paches and $-' ''i,is lanter� down UP,O_n the straw$ When ' c, ;a; With an he raised it the base was smeared with dirt. angry expletive he seized the skirt of a cowering immigrant woman and wiped the metal clean. The man who related the incident often speculated ml'IC'XOO ILL TltU\lUlO' Probably she and her upon the future of that woman. WED NES DAY, JUNE 10, 1925, husband took up a section, cleared the land and made a farm blossom in the wilderness. They sent their children TMR. COOLIDGE IS AN In the sunset of school, and increased their acreage. to ORATOR. President Coolidge's St. Paul speech was de­ her life that woman may have enjoyed wealth. Her sons lightfully different from the addresses he and may have become colonels in the Civil war and leaders Her grandsons may have become other Presidents usually have delivered. It re­ in the civil affairs. vealed a side of his personality which hitherto governors, college presidents and senators. To honor the memory of that woman and to laud the has not been disclosed. He makes no pretensions to cratory, as Witness his reversion to the custom accomplishments of her successors the President of the of sending messages to congrel!!S instead of going United States finds it worth while to make a trip from up to the capitol and delivei·ing them himself. Washington into the Northwest to speak at the centennial But this speech was in a literary style not equaled of the first Norse immigration. by many who do count themselves orators. Here was no divulging of the position of the government on weighty and uninteresting ques­ tions. Here was no criticism of political foes or foreign governments. Here WM no preaching about the duty of the citizens. II'he occasion was the celebration of the cen­ te11ary of the arrival of the vanguard of the vast numbers of Norwegian immig,ants who have come to' America for homes. If, as our neighbor, 'l'he Line, remarked, the President seemed to forget his subject-or what might appropriately have been his subject-in his Memorial day address, the 1 �7 I J!VANSTON fLT . NRWS JND-n MONDAY, JU �6, ·1�:10. ators and twenty-two congressmen are of Norse extraction. That is a ratio far above that war­ With th�T�t�ngN�PR�f �mE m�ation bars ranted by numbers alone. Perhaps rt gives an against e oncoming l1orde of undesirables from insight into Scandinavian character and explains Europe the centenary of the landing in Amer­ the remarkable success of the Scandinavian as an ica of the first group of Scandinavian immigrants immigrant. He works with the country of his takes on special significance. Today President adoption, along the lines of its ideals. There are Coolidge addressed a throng assembled at St. no hyphenates among the Scandinavians ; there Paul to do honor to the upbuilding of /America would be qo "enemy alien" problem were war by the sturdy Norse pioneer. Tonight the gov­ , with the homeland to arise. The Norsemen ernors of five states and numei-ous congressmen have helped to settle too many countries in the and senators, with Secretary of State Frank B. past fO go wrong in th :i : _relations with this� Kellogg and high officials of the Norwegian gov­ ernment, will assist the president to greet per­ sonally a portion of the 250,000 visitors, most of them of Scandinavian origin, who have flocked GALESBURG ILL RJ!l'IJ to the Twin Cities for the occasion. M(.>NP,W1 JUNB Hi1 m�,-In all the dissatisfaction that has arisen over i America's former unrestricted immigration pol­ .· · -_ STEP HIGHE R The Me com pliment that the President paid to icy probably less complaint has been made the Norsemen at t h e celebration in Minneapolis has against the Scandinavians than against �ny other cau�orway to step higher. It has na tionality. The Scandinavian-Norwegian, Swe- 1 plet1senihem mightily'to learn that the representa­ dish or Dane-has come here for a serious pur­ ti ves of their race in this country so worthily repre­ sent the best traditions of their native land and pose. He has been one _of the most quickly as­ have reflected h onor on it. similated of all races, one of the most industri­ The words of the President were well calculated ous and progressive of all settlers. Accustomed to cement the ties of good will and of amity be­ to snatch a living from the barren soil of his na­ tween t he two nations. tive country by diligence and patience, hard JOLIET ILL HERALD-NEWR work and grimly making the best of things, he . 7SDAY, JUNE 9, 1'2'proved an ideal pioneer for the opening up of our western territory. It was the Scandinavian THE NORSE CENTENNIAL. who largely developed the Northwest, in the Presid n Coolidge spoke in the 'l'win Cities, Minneapolis midst of which the centenary is being held, and and St. Pa 1, Minnesota, yesterday at the celebration of the one wrested this fertile land from the hostile Indians. hun · ersary of the beginning of immigration to this Thousands of Scandinavians lost their lives in country of Norwegian . the frightful Indian uprisings of 1862. Nearly two million of these northern people came to this Scandinavia is the old brood land of the country during the century. 'l'hey settled for the most part in Nordic- race, accounted today the dominant fac­ the Northwest, with Illinois getting a large portion of the earliest tor in woirld civilization. Wave on wave of Nor- . immigrants. die stock overran the earth during past ages, set­ tling the Roman empire, Britain, Spain and Rus­ The states of Minnesota, the Dakotas and sections of Wis­ sia. The Vikings, •p ure Nordics and pure Scan­ consin· owe much of their progress, especially in agriculture, to dinavians, fared forth in frail craft and among people (lf either Norwegian or Swedish extraction. It has never other things discovered America 500 years be­ been the nature of Norwegians and Swedes to hang back or to fore the coming of Columbus. Upon the map look to others to do their part in anything· Pioneering is in of Scandinavia today there is not a spot of relief their blood• They have ever been. hardy, and thrive on labor and against the pure Nordic background. The up­ l1ardships. They boast of Amundsens and Lief Ericsons, modern 1 per classes in Britain, Germany, France and Rus­ and ancient proponents of pioneering. Yet these adventurers are ; sia are of No.rdic blood, but in these lands they only the few from those northern countries who have won fame , are mixed with the more temperamental but ra­ in doing things that are difficult and dangerous. cially infedor Mediterranean stock or the slow President Coolidge paid tribute to the early Norwegian im­ and stolid Alpine race. The predominant ele­ migrant in his speech yesterday. He lauded the descendants of ment in America is Nordic-not Norse but of those hardy old men of the sea, who turned to agriculture in common ancestry with the Norse. the new world. He called them good citizens, because they obey The Scandinavians are proud of their origin, the laws. The president's greatest praise of the race from the but they leave allegiance to the homeland or to north· was that "the pledge of the Norwegian people has never anything foreign behind them when they enter gone unredeemed. ' ' By that he means that those immigrants America. If they feel pride in their Nordic an­ from the north, and their descendants, have been known by a cestry they also feel the assurance of their ability civilization which centralizes in the home ; that they are taught to do it credit amid the new surroundings. For by e·arnest and diligent mothers and fathers to obey the l aws of they have the blood of the rover and the pioneer the land and the laws of God ; and that men and women who in their veins. They have been doing that for are taught as children to work hard, to be honest with tllem­ centuries. But above all they have obedience selves and their fellows cannot be other than good citizens. to constituted authority and a serious optim­ The unremitting labor, the sanity, persistance and strength ism that causes them to buckle down and work of the Scandinavian people have been a factor in the building of for the common good, confident of the outcome. the 20th century republic and a greater factor in the making of There are 2,500,000 persons of Norwegian an­ the Northwest. cestry alone in the United States today, a pop­ ulation equal to that of Norway itself. Twelve To the descendants of those old settlers has fallen one of goverp ors of states, seven '(!nited States sen- - the most prosperous sections of the United...S.ta.tc.s andit.is.their responsibility to further its development. Those who can boast of Norse heritage will take pride in �--­ the thought that their forebears never shrank from hard work or danger, and that having once put the hand to the plow the r never turned back. I i: �JOLIET fJ.L HMR A I D- NlilWS: WEDNESDAY, J U.NE 17, l.!!26, THE UNSUNG MILLIONS. ( Preside t Coolid ge use(l on e phrase in h i.-; ' · · , 'Cntcnnial speech wort y of special emphasis, when he spoke of the millions, " the plain and quiet :people who daily d isplay modest and unpretentio us virtues. The heroic is found 11 ot merely in the exploits of our soldiers and in the ideals of our statesmen. It is found in thy daily toil of the people who ha.-e built up this country in spite of great difficulties and sacrifkcs, . prominent among whom were the N'orsemen, in whose honor President Coolidge b as just spoken. "" JOLT�'T' T l ::. ' 'm .,. D-NEW'1 ' '\ l92o, COOLIDGE AND THE WEST. Presiclen ' lidge 's trip to t h e l\1idclle West hnd 1 1 0 pol i t ical urposc but · a d a decidedly political resul t. 'l'hc jou rn C'y w a,: nade to kcc a speaking en gagement and t}.lc speec h was not to iave been-1101· was it-a discussion of politics. 'I' hc presid ent ,VM merely t o be a speakin g· guest at the centennial o E t h e arriYal of the first Norwegian immigrants. Every c i rcmm:tance surround­ ing t l•e tr"ij) §li01vs 1C liifo nb'4:r ·tical intent. Once the president arrived in Minnesota thin gs hcgan to hap­ pen . Everywhere he went Yast throngs sou ght h;-1-H.- out to rheer him. Governor Qh rist iunson m froduced him as one of the cen­ tennial speakers. He opened his introduction with t his ,;tate­ l n c_n t : "'l'hc people of :Minn'esota believe in C11 lvin Coolidge. " "\V1th that utterance the en ormous c rowd bur.s t into tumul tuous applause whieh eontinucd for many minut es. The presiclent ·s address provoked similar enthusiasm. So it liappeued that the greatest reception eYe r ginn Prcs- J iden t Coolid ge was given ju the country of those who but a few montlis 'before cxerte � their powers fo r hi defeat: � / Ul IALLE. JLL.. POff LA SALLE. ILL .. POIT WiiJQN!llSDAV, JC. '.ll. ,141 l�o. TH E U N SU N G M ILLIO N S. Presiqe.i . <;oolidg e used o n e phras e in his Norse ce n ten ­ nial sp ee cl! wo1·thy of sp ecial e mp h asis, wh en h e spoke"t>f th e "u n su n g millions," th e plain and qui et p e opl e w h o daily d is­ piay mod�st � n d u n pre ten tious virtu e s. Th e h e roic is fou n d n ot mer e ly i n th e e xpl oits of our sol­ diers a n d in th e id e alf; of our statesm en . It is fou n d i n th e daily toil of th e p e opl e who hav e built up this cou n try i n spite of gr e at diffic ulti e s and sacrifices, : promine n t amo n g w h om w e re th e Nors e m en in whos e h o n or Pr eside n t Coolidg e has j ust spoken . WEDNJ_ R- \-_ HIN� � �- !��fi, ���-, by a civilization wh ieh c en traliz e s jn th e hom e ; that th ey ar e �,.;,.:;:_-=--=-'-'-=='-----,"'"'r------T HE N � ? ENTE N N.� AL'.. . . taugh t by e arest a n d dilig e nt mothers a n d fath e rs to ob ey the . . Pre sid en t Coolidge spok e m t h e Twm Citi e s, Mm n e_apohs laws of th e l and a n d th e laws of God ; and that m en an d worn­ a n d St. Paul, Min n esota, th e oth e r day• at the c e � e br� t1 0 J?. . of e n who are taug h t as c h ildre n to wo�k hard , to b e hon est wit h th e o n e h un dre dth anniv e rsary· of th e begi'n n irtg of immigrati on t h ems e lves a n d th e ir fe llows cannot b e oth e r th a n good citiz en s. ' "·, to this country of Norwegians . Th e u nr e mitti n g labor, the sa n ity, persistance a n d h e �� nort e s e Nearly two million of th P. � �p l e came to th.is stre n gth of th e Scan dinavia n p e opl e h av e b�e n. a, factor i n t� e c ou ntry during th e ce n tury. Th e y s e ti:Jl �d for. th e rp ost part m buildi n g of t he 2 0thh c en tury r e public a.n d a gr e at e r factor m the Northwest, wit h Illi n ois g etti11,g a .la.ttge portion of th e e ar- th e making of th e Northw e st. · _ ' liest immigra n ts. 'fo t h e ·i;l e sc e nda n ts of thos e ol d settl e rs h as fal len o n e of a ota� and s e cti � n s of Wis- th e mos� osp e rous s e cti?n s of �h e }{'��t e d States,_ and it is. th eir , .... t e � sota, nn i M of s e stat e Th \ � � �� _ . . _ con sm owe muc h of th e ir progre ss, e sp�c1ally m agriculture , to re spons1b1llty to further its dJv e lopm� n t. 1 , ,, 1 , . pe opl e of e ither Norwegian or S we d i sh e hra cti o n . It h a s n ev e r Thos e w ho ca n boast of Norse heritage. will take prid e i n been th e n ature of Norw e gians a n d Swedes to h a n g back or to th e th ought that their fore b e ars ;n e v e r shrank from hard work · l ook to othe rs to d o th e ir part i n anyth i n g. Pion e erin g is i n or da n g e r, .a n d th at havi n g o n ce put th e ha n d to th e plow th e y , th ei r blood. They . h av e ev e r bee n h ardy1 , a n d th riv e on la � r nev e r turn ed back. 1> ,':{ • � • 11 • I 1 an d hardships. T h e y boast of Amu n d\'!en s a n d Li e f Ericsons , modern a n d anci en t propone n ts 'of pio n e eri n g. Y e t th e se adv e nturers are o n ly th e f e w from t h ose n qi;tb, e rn .cou n tri e s who hav e wo n fam e in doi n g t h i n gs that are difficult a n d da n ge!ous. Pr e sid e nt Coolidg e paid tribute to t h e' e arly Norwegian immigra n t i n his sp ee ch y e ste rday. H e taiid e d th e d e sc en dants of t h ose hardy old m e n of the sea, who turn e d to agriculture jn th e ne w world . He call e d them good. c itiz en s, b e caus e they obey the laws. Th e pr e side n t's g;e ate st prais e of t he rac e from th e n orth was that "th e pledge of th e Norw e gia n peopl e h as n e ver gon e u n red ee m e d." But th at he m e·a n s th at those immi­ grants from th e n orth , and th e ir d e sc e nda n ts, hav e b e en known ; r �l.lNt:Ol 1\1 IL L. STAii MONDAY, u U E 8; 1�3o, �..,_-----� = ,_ ------- - WH EREIN LIES OUR GREATNESS On many occasions we hear extolled the virtues and. values I of America. We frequently h.ear praised the government we \ hl:ve and the opportunities we enjoy thereunder. All of this fr� i well and good. Yet do we appreciate what has made our com1. 1 try great and what will keep it great '? Do we as a people seri­ ously enough and often enough t�ike unto ourselves what cons �i- 1 _ tutes our great.11e:;� and what 01 ,hga l1on we each and all have rn 1 perpetuating American civilization '? No better of what has made America great anll what will keep it great 1n the future earn be cited than was spoken by President Coolidge today in ar!c1ressing the Norwegian Centen• nial Celebration at Min neapolis when he said : Our America with all that i t represents of hope in the ·w orld is now and will be what you make it. I ts institutions of religious liberty, of educational and economic opportu n ity, of consl itu­ tional rights, ,of the integrity of the ,Jaw, are the most precious possessions of the human race. These do not emanate from the Governmen t. Their abiding place is with the people. They come from the consecrat ion of the father, the love of the mother, , and the devotion of the children. They are the product of that hon­ est, earnest, and tireless effort that goes in to the rearing of the fam ily altar and the making o f the home of our country. / '---- JCARION ILLI NOI S REPURT IC� FR!DAY1 JU� E 5, 1921D. jh_y_P_r_ e-= si= d= en -t is going to -;-e Norse Cen­ tenary in Minnesota next month but he•w ill not travel in a plebian day coach on a regu­ lar train. There are those in Washington who think the Chief Executive should at least compromise between his rock-bound thrift principles and a style becoming t�e richest nation in the world. He and h1� party of friends and reporters will there­ fore have a club car, a couple of Pullmans, a diner and a baggage car, as second sec­ tion ,o f the Washington-Chicago express. --·u larity rn that state is regarded . . 1s. one . of th. e · as a b'1g factor m J'\f ¥it Coohdge � · his · select10 n m st popular presidents m his- to.,,succ eed . . h mse If C oo I'd 1 ge 1s . 1 • . tory b y th e recept 1011 regard d e . was s h.own as a f manc1er · an · . . d a Min -n ae t a, as we 1' given h'im in..�o . i p··es1 i ' d en t wh ose h eart 1s m th e as all along the way. At Mm - redu ction of taxes , an .IS d th gene neapo l h e addresse d an au d'1- eral welfare of the people of th� ence of 3_ 0 , 000 peopl e and was na..;�.. 1· 0n . H e 1s •. h IS · s h owmg . . ' ab.l 1lus tily cheered, especially whe n i ty to lo wer cos s t an d w1 11 ma 1 ce · -r:: ue toId th em th at th e Norsemen ta I.ecord . . . . if given time ; it cannot formed th e backb one Of th • e naall be done at once. . bon to a large xtent. His o - ' LSBORO TI L JOFRNAL (S-wl:17) MO TJ)AY JUNFl 16, 1926. f3,E AUTIF/JL PAT,RIOTI1S'M Presid nt. l-:::ivin Coolidge visited St. Paul Miii.n., last week and made an addr ss at the No Centennial. The popularity of the President was again demonstrated on this occasion and the nation's leader returned to his work as ex­ ecutive of the world's greatest coun­ try, a most happy man. It is said that on his return the President ap. peared to be happier than any pres­ ident at any time since Col . Roose­ velt was executive. The lb eautiful patriotism brnught out in the President',s address will go down in history to coming genera­ tions. "O}].r �ountry is more, far more, than a rolitical union. It is a sphitual union", was the key­ nots of the Prei,ident's address. "Religious liberty, educational and economic opportunity, constitutional rights, the integrity of the law, these do not emanuate from the govern­ ment", he declared. "Their abiding place i s with the ·people. "They come from the -consecration <'f the father, the love of the mother, and the devotion of the llhildren. They are the, product of that honef:l'e , earnest, and tireless effort that igoes into the rearing of the family altar • and the making of the home-when 1 I look upon you and realize what I )' O u are and what you have done, I �now that in your hands our country I is secure. "Y o u have laid up your treasu e ·· in wh merica represents, a � tl will O'Ur heart be al �, • ·1 ' 1 (cnl:1 l cele- l -- ul tbe. r,0 •'%->0 ] , i v, e> /, ·1 ·, re•• I\ · • li e e<. onquc·1t l 'I' ha� ,·oi,r: w VPl'.V l ._,,1w ut +he 0utin: '::tt •• ic, l�nmk "" tO an the Pn.d of it:J M 1 ' I '\ - / l\lR. COOLIDGE 1s AN ORATOR. (Chicago Tribune.] President Cool!dge"&..,fil. Paul spee·ch was delightfully different from h te addresses he and otn'e presidents usually have delivered. It re­ of : vealed a side of his personality whh:h Jiitherto has not been disclosed. ' He makes no pretensions to oratory, us witness his reversion to the cus­ tom of sending messages 'to congressi instead of going up to the capitol and delivering them himself. But this speech was in a literary st:rle not equaltd by many w h o do count th emselves orators. � . · l� u o l , Here was no divulging of the position of the gov-nment on weighty ;1'11-' ttor : and uninteresting questions. Here was no criticism of pol itical foes or • forei;;n governments. Here was no preachi n g about the duty of the 1 (, o nlcitizens. '.l'he occasion wa-s the celebration of the centenary of the arriva l of the vanguard of the vast numbers of Norweigan Immigrants who have come to America for homes. If, as our neighbor, The Line, remarked, the. President seemed to forget his subject-or what might appropriately have been his subject-in his Memorial Day address, the President stuck ·closely ac ­ enough to his subject on Monday, Every sentence of his address· bore d. f ':,in�cl I directly upon that subject. The address was chiefly a moving narrative of the immigration of Nrowegians and of their coll'tributions to this -country. In It was the drawing of a striking parallel between the coming of the Mayflower and the arrival of the Restaurationen. It was an eloquent and deserved tri­ L,( 1 1> bute to a century o fachlevements of Norwegians-Americans . Headline writers grasped at U1e President's words concerning world .'\ ,n - \ peace and his cifation of the success of the melting pot of America. But the speech contained little which bore directly upon these topics. The few words given to them were deftly woven into the general theme, wov�n In the manner of the real orator. This President who lately has declined something like a. score of honorary academic degrees took occasion to make a suggestion to the academic world. He said some historian might well devote him.self to a study of the motives which have impelled various gi:oups of immigrants who .h ave come to this country. Such a study would be a genuine con• tribution to knowledge, That suggestion l ikewise was made in such a manner as to leave no rough edges of apparent irrelevancy. No, this unpretentious man makes no pretensions to being an orator. . But or unity, for coherence, for beauty of diction, and for brevity this / address was a model. of I PIIORJA ILL TRAN■ . z'U�§Dg1 JVN� �;=---!��ijr ------------ 0 OLIDGE IN THE NORTHWEST 1 would be lese majcste, if not something worse, r l •. ' er , \vll':' l - even to intimate there w a s a n y political purpose in the journey of President Coolidge to St. Paul where h e ' spoke yei,terday at the Norse-American centennial, but ..Jif' ('ch n•,r it:.1 the political effect is ne'O'tlNheless definite and con1 - d� ol' l\'fi nue- · splcuous. : r>h1 rq tho o 1\:1 ' ·1 '1e,;ota nt l nt k into if �: rH', or re­ p 1 ,<t , ,rLi oncn, tt1 tl I J ,, tho Y O 1 n·r,iova �: 1 ( (\ ) •'ti v t�rl t}u� .1n <.L1n- it 1 ' ' 1 w,irrl • , U11:ir In the last session of congress, Minnesota was sena:­ toria!ly out of the major politic&,! parties. It was rep­ resented in the senate by Henr1k Shlpstead n.nd Magnus Johnson, both members of the farm-la]:>or p,arty and both political affinities of Senator La Follette o ! Wis­ consin. In the November, 1 9 2 4, election, however, Sen­ ator Johnson, the "magna ,,ox" person whose voice, It was said, could be heard from Minneapolis to Duluth, was defeated for re-election by the blind Thomas D. Schall who, despite his physical 11.ffliction, served five terms in the house. Schall beat Magnus by 8 , 0 0 0 vot'es. }Ie is a republican and is .seeking to redeem his state from the third party. President Coolidge is helping him, and incidentally doing a little missionary wo1·k on his own account. �_If politics were a consideration, there was another reason for accepting Minnesota's invitation to attond the Norweg·Ian centennial. Minne:iota, despite its wan­ de'rings from the republican senatorial fold, has been kind to the }5resident. In the November election, it gave him 4 2 0 , 7 5 7 votes, or a plurality of 8 1 , 5 6 7 over Senator La Follette, the Capitol Hlll pal of Shipstead and John­ son. Mr.· Coolidge not only carried Minnesota, but he carried other states in the northwest in which there was a large Scandinavian. population. Even in Wis­ consin, Senator La Follette's home state, the :r,resldent te�<!lved nearly as many votes as we're cast for La Follette in Minnesota. In his St. Paul speech, Mr. Coolidge · said nothing about politics or legislation but much about the Nor­ w eg'ian11 and their splendid contributions to the up. building of the northwest. In the bye-year campaign or 1 9 2 1 , Mr. Coolidge, .as vice president, was treated somewhat slightingly when he appeared at the Minne­ sota state fair. The Norwegians at that time were not interested in republican policies. What they wanted was some p'r::ctlcal relief such as could be afforded them by such loud-spe:i.ldng senators as Magnus John­ son. Now Minnesota has cast out Johnson and given a ' warm welcome to President Coolidge. The trip to the northwest, seat of revolt against the republican party, , also gave the president opportunity to meet dissatisfied republican leaders face to face and prepare the way for that distingui '1ed eastern missionary, Senator William M. ButJ e·r of Massachusetts, who has announced he will spend several months touring the "l\·est as soon as the hot weather is ended. Prellminary to his journey to Minnesota, President Coolidge appointed William D. Mitchell of St. Paul solicitor-general of tile U·1lted States to succeed James J'II. Beclt, resigned. Mr. Mitchell is a former law partner of Associate Justice Pierce Butler of the United States supreme court and is rated in politics as an inde­ pendent republican with democratic leanings. It was also arranged on the president's trip to Minnesota that Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin should accompany him and have his picture taken with that of the president as they stood on tho rear platform. To the politically minded, this might !ndioote that Mr. Coolidge desh-ed to let it be known that in mii,tters of federal patronage he will treat with Lenroot of Wisconsin and Schall o f :Minnesota. Altogether. the 1,resident is p'.::.ying smart politics while congress is in eclipse. His Memorial day speech in which he urged that the states assume more re­ sponsibility and relieve the pressure on Washington, ha.s created consternation in democratic cl'rcles as it · removes the only hopeful issue presented to the minority party. The presidential junket to the northwest was an excellent deal in futures, for it w!ll have a healing In• fluence on the only spot In the republican party that has been bruised by fiatism and radicalism. Minnesota , feels honored and refresh�d. Even the p:resident said he did not mind the heat. 1 A devoted missionary, who knows what he wants, never does. ILLINOIS NEWS-HERAUt W�:!:���DA -�- - :!.�: !?�5, - -- -Y, ill'�� P!lllU MR. COOLIDGE IS AN ORATOR ( Chi cago 'J'ri b u n e . ) i=iJesident Coolidge's S t . Panl speecl t \\ a "'> d li ght fn J'ily diffe re nt from t h e addresses ·;he and other presidents usually have cle l i \·crcd. T t revealed a side of h i s per<;onality which h i t h e rt o has not been disclosecl. He makes n o pre tensions t o oratory, as w i tness h i s rever­ sions to the custom of sending message s t o Co11gress instead of going up t o the capitol and d e l i vering them h i m self. But this speel'.h was i n a li terary style not e q ualed by many w h o d o count themsel ves ora,tors. Here was no d i vu lging of the posi tion of the government on weighty . � n �l u n intere � t _ing j 1 q u estions. H ere was no cnt1c1sm of poli tical foe s or foreign governments. Here was n o preach ing about t h e d uty o f t h e ci tizens . The occa sion \\'as t h e. c.elebration of the ccntenarv of the arri val of the vanguard of the I vast 11t11{1bers or N on\·e�6�in i m m i granU, who have come to .\ rn cfica°ior homes. l f , as uur neighbor, 'l' he Line, remarked, the Presi d e n l s e e m e d to forge t his subj ect-or w h a t m i g h t appropriately ha \'e been h i s subj ect-in lfr-, l\ l c rn orial clay aclcl res.;, t h e President s l nck closely e n ough t o his subjccl o n M onday. Everv sent ence o f h i s address b ore clircclh upon- that subject , The aclcl ress w�s ch iefly a moYing n arrat i v e of t h e i m m i gra tion of Norwegians a n cl o f , their contributions to t h i s coun t ry. In i t was .the drawing of a striking parallel between the com i ng of the M ayAower and the arri val oi the Restaurat ione11. It was a n eloquent and deserved tribute to a cen t u ry of ach i e \· e m e n t s of Norwegian-Ame ricans. Headline wri ters grasped at the Presi­ [ dent's words conce rn i ng world peace an cl his , citation of t h e su c;cc.s s of the melting pot of '. ,A merica. But the speech contained l i t tle ,v h i ch : bore d i rectly upon these ./topi cs, T,1 e f c \"-' / words given to them vvcre deftl y woven into the ge neral iheme1, woven in t h e manner of t h e real orator. This Presi dent who 12,tely has clccl i nc cl some t h i ng like a score of h o1;orary acaclcmic degrees took occasion t o make a s u gges tion t o the academic worl d . H e said s0me 11ifatoriau m ight well devote h i mself t o a study of t h e moti Yes w h ich h a v e i m pelled _variou s groups of i m m igrants who have come to this country . Such a study would b e a gen u i n e contribution to k nowledge. 'l'hat sugge stion likew ise was m ad e i n su cJ1 a manner as t o leave no rough . edges of apparent i rrelevancy. ! No, this un pretentio,ts man makes n o 15re� tens ions to being an orator. But for un ity, for coherence, for beauty of d iction, and for b re v i ty this address was a model. 1\( �KIVERDALE ILL POINTER FE1I>AY1 JUNE U/1 192fi, OUR MELTING-POT President Coolidge referred in his Norse centennial address, to the won­ derful national unity which has been achieved in this country, through that process of amalgamation called our "melting-pot." V-le have taken races which in the old world could never get along in harmony, and we have united people out of them. If we allowed the faults and weak­ nesses of all our constituent peoples to develop unchecked, our nation might gain material success from its favorable position, but it would never be a world leader. But if we can adopt the strong points of all these constituent peoples, we shall have a race whose power will set its stamp on all future world development. ROO'IO'ORn rTLL.) ST.All WflDNl<;f,DAY, lTTN� 1 �. l?�fi! Coolidge At the Twin -Cities. . Coolidge openecl his camp,,lgn [ r 9 28 by inaking what appears t be a very sensible appeal to the reople of the northwest. Some vt I his well stu,iied paragraphs will 1 bear repeating. •'Jf fra ternity anli co ...opern.tion are p()ssihle on the sc:ile of this contin­ Pnt .1 mong people so w:rl<'IY cl iver�e. w!Jv not on the ;scale o f the world ? I fee] it is possible o f realizal'. on. I am con \'inced that om· natlonnl slory might somewhat help to guide man!r!nd toward such a goal." He devoted llis time mainly to ex­ tolling the pi'lneers who blazed the way in the gr<,at northwest. Natur­ ally he dlsreg.1rded the ll.aw-plcl<lng negatives which have fettered his party's foreign policy and took the broader outlook. Cool!dge Is coming out on the rlght side. He has the vision of Wik;on. America is the great melting pot of the uni- 1 verse. It is here men came from other lands to make their home and raise their families in an atmosphere of freedom of thought and op­ portunity. The president was most impressive when he touched upon the Amorican home, with the struggling parents and the offspring over which they were applying their undivided I devotion that they might prosper In the fullest measure in those activities to which they were . best suited. I It i5 because of the spiritual unity In Amer­ ica as President Coolidge sees it that our bonds are unbreakable. We may differ over details, hut when the cotnmon enemy approaches we will be found standing shoulder to shoulder in the same cause . I v. m�: in delivering what his I ri\e s declare to have been his most forceful I ;i.d dress, told u0,000 hearers at the l\ orwedan reunion in St. 'Paul that America was great beI I cause of its spiritual strengtll. He saw a safe nation and a securo one just so long as that , spirituality annimated the whole people. It fires one's Americanism, and at the same I time ls reassuring, when one reads the St. Paul ' address of the president. We have but to take invoice of our own neighborhood to under stand the viewpoint of the president. It matters riot that here and there we find a citizen who has been 'seized with not!on s out of harmony with _ I the constitution.al guarantees of his own coun1 try. When an emergency arises he will always 1 I be found in the minority. I (,.JOLIDGE ON WORLD PEACE. resident Coolidge's address yesterday at apolis was an address to the world in behalf of univer­ sal peace. He honored, by his presence, the centennial of the settlement o! the northwest by Norwegian im­ migrants. Whlle he devoted time to the history and the achievements of the Scnndina1•lan spirit, his central theme was world peace. The races of the world have met on this continent, said he, and established here a fraternal and co- operative enterprise in free govern­ ment. He regards the experiment a success and• de­ dared that "it fraternity and co-operation are possible on_ the scale of this continent, among people so widely diverse, why not on the :!!Cale· of the world ? I am con­ vinced that our national story might somewhat help to guide mankind toward �ueh a goal. We are thankful for all the race11 that have corne here and yet more. thank!ul that the experiment of their common cltl7.<Jn­ ship has been so magnificently justiflccl In the results. lf one were to challenge the riddle of Babel, In support of aspirations for a unity capable o! assuring peace to the nations, In such an Inquiry, I suppose no better tes­ timony could be taken than the experience of this coun­ try. ',' The American nation he prophe.sled Is a "spiritual union, accompanied by a range of capacity and genius "\'lrhlch marks lt for a pre-eminent destiny " but It teaches 11 lesson to the world in its deroons�ratlon of ' 'the possibilities of peace among all men. AMERICA A SPIRITUAL UNION. l' r sident Coolidge, IIPlttNGl!'IELD flLL. l JOU1l Tv��DhY: JlJ!'l' m 1 WA IT'KEGAN TT,L N1!!W9 w,·nAv; J UNE 22, 18ao. COOLIDGE AND THE WEST esident Coolidge's trip to the Middle West had no political li purpose but it had a decidedly political result. The journey was made to keep a speaking engagement and 'the speech was not I to have been-nor was it-a discussion of politics. The presi- · dent was merely to be a speaking guest at the centennial of 1 the arrival of the first Norwegian immigrants. Every eircum- : stance surrounding the trip"'sli'ows it had no political intent. I Once the president arrived in Minnesota things began to happen. Everywhere he went vast throngs sought out to cheer him. Gonrnor Christianson introduced him as one of the I centennial speakers. He opened his introduction with this statement : "The people of Minnesota believe in Calvin Coolidge." With that utterance the enormous crowd burst into tumultuous applause which continued for many minutes. The president's ' address provoked similar enthusiasm. �o it happened that the greatest reception ever given President Coolidge was given in the country of the radicals who but a few months before exerted their powers for his defeat. The political servic-e to the count of the - presiaent's 1 journey rests in its disclosure of the wonders the Coolidge administration has worked in the Middle West. For several years the radical element has made the rest of the country feel that the wheat country was no longer a part of the union. There is reassurance now that the Middle West is with the rountry, not against it. J I J ---------' �e President is going t-o the Norse Centenary in Minnesota 11e t month but he will not travel in a plebian day coach on a regular train. There are those in Washington who think the Chief_ Lxecutive should at least compromise between his tock-bound thrift principles and a style becoming the richest nation in the world. He and his party of friends and reporters will therefore h ave a club car, a couple of Pullmans, a diner and a baggage car, ! as second section of the Washington-Chicago express. I WlLMETTE ILL LIF!I F?,!PAV, Jll?"Is !�; !��fi, l ALL OVE R ! W at's t h e use ? W e decided not to travel in a private car, in fact to take an upper when we couldn't get a lower, and all on account of President Coolidge's decision some months ag,o to use the democratic Pullman in pre­ ference t o the more exclusive way of traveling. And now what has he done ? The papers tell us that he has reversed Iiis decision of some / months ago. He journeyed to St. Paul to take part · in the Norse-American Centennial on Jun�n a private car ! all by himself and his more or less im­ mediate family ! So, what's the use ? as we said in beginning. It was hard for us to forego the comfort and pleasure of sol,o traveling. But when our Presi­ dent, born in Vermont, land of l the wise and frugal, lent hi� tremendous moral support to the ' I cause of economy, when he 1 shrw·ed us the better way, what could we do ,b ut follow ? After taking this fir.st step in the direc­ tion pointed out by Poor Rich­ ard, we contemplated going even further : we even resolved to give up our car ; and cover ground in I � he cheaper w,i.y, namely, walk­ mg. But n,ow w.e are discouraged .. The President has deserted the g ood old cause. And why ? He has decided . that it is safer to travel in the undemocratic fash­ ion. H e has given way to the arguments ,of the secret service men. "Safety firs-t" and economy second ! Too bad ! To save. or be safe ? That's the question ? • �1]\J T T" ,• !Al'il 19.l5. When ent Coolidge goes to 1'l inneap June 8 to a d dress the Nor�, 1Merfasi11.:�1tt;JJp�a1, he would not be human i f h e dis]. not derive som e sa t isfaction in comparing his arrival in state with a disconcerting incident that occurred when h e was last t h ere in 1 9 2 2 . I t was in the heat of l a te summer before the of-f-yrnr election s that Coolidge ventu red to speak to a state· fair at. th P M inne­ sota . m etropolis. Republican argu­ n1ents were not vny well received that yea r, for that was when the vo­ ters t u rned out Senator ,Fra n k B; Kellogg, n o w secretary ofl state, in favor or Henrik Shipstead, the dent­ ist and farmer laborite. The; vice president h a d prngressed well into h is speech , when his a u dit ors, lir\ i n g of h is talk, a n d a ttr, cted by near by h orse races j eered and booeci him in a most u n ma nnerly way. M r . Cool idge c u t h is s,p eech off in t h e middle a n d l e f t the pla tform. His friends say h e sa w the crow cl grow­ i n g restless under t h e beating sun o u t of consideration for them curt ailed h is remarks . But now he will T.itnrn assured of an a tidience. l. EL !O-IA �T / I N -.l TRUTM WEDNES D �Y, UNE 10, _18� � * OUT OF MANY ONE Pre;;ide t : lidge' s speech at the Norse-American centennial was a eulog o merica' s genius for ass�.2,,n, and a sincere rec­ ognition that its social and economic vitality is the product �e blending of many races. The most daring experiment any nation has ever undertaken is the admission into its national life and citizenship of millions of peo­ ple trained in a different social atmosphere under diverse political instititutions. The experiment is not new, but it has never before been attempted on so great a scale as here. There is no such thing a'S a pure or unmixed stock While the Anglo-Saxon influence h-a-s­ been and is our most determinative influence, other races by coloni­ zation, industry, thrift, and distinctive qualities have added much that while subordinate to our main traditi�ns is not of inferior value. This fact the president recognizes. As we associate Virginia with the cavalier, Manhatten with the Dutch, New England with the Puritain, we associate the northwest with the Scandinavian races. There in number and influence they predominate. There they be­ gan their epic struggle .to subjugate that section of .the continent. It is as the president calls it, an "epic story," worthy o f a place among their sagas. That Americans are a new race is accepted practically by all stu­ dents of our social life and institutions. "We have qeated a new nation with the soul of a nation," the president declares. "Out of the confusion of tongues, the conflict of traditions, the variations of historical setting, the vast differences in talents and tastes there has been evolved a spiritual union accompanied by a range of capacity and genius which marks this nation for a preeminent destiny. " Such an achievement as this is not an accident, or a national con­ ceit. It is the product of the �action of races living together where I free institutions give to each a fair chance to realize themselves. In 1 that fluid state talent and capacity has its chance that elsewhere is denied. The underlying conception of democracy is a sincere re­ gard for human personality. When that idea is fully translated into practice as it is incorporated into our institutions, America will be more than "a magnificent and wondrous adventure." It will be a fact "of human relationships the world will greatly prize." For America is not finished. It has li t_t le more than begun. / I -�-_c.--- CJlAWFORDSYTT,LllJ IND RP TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1925. HE NORSE CENTENNIAL gh the Nor�American centennial celebra­ o takes place in MniT!e§Ot!t week, the event is of more than passing · interest to Wisconsin, be­ cause Norse men and women have played a most conspicuous part in the upbuilding of the Badger 11"1' WAYNF. TNTI OA7 state. Dane and Ro<fk counties are well settled with WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1925, Norwegian folk. Tqey came into the state, settled on farms and by thrift and good husbandry have Amenca Scandinavia i mproved the land and have become comfortably well off, and at the sam ? ��me hav: assu�ed their We a�ite willing to believe there . fu ll share of the responsibility of citizensh1p. . • • They is 11e1· tt1 r 1 1·t1·cal pmpose nor s1gm. . . . av . n thr1ft y, been ng c law-abi people. apab and e r _ l ? flc ance i the journey of President Cool� _ Th�n· progress m prof�ssions and m the fi�ld of f idge to the Minnesot a capital for parti. busrness and industry is a br1ght chapter m the cipat!on in the eentena ry O r H -.se th.i � tory of th'1s hardJ, race. tlements in America. The occasion was . . fhe centenmal which opens next Saturda?' wlll : emi1+, · his presence and be II the more notable because of the v1 s1. t of ' he was as much � honored as honoring by _ Pre s1de�t ?oohdge, who m any mont� s ago accepted the attention h e gave the event. _ the mv1t�tJon to be present . . and deliver an address. While it is true that the great region Jhe President wlll ElfilL his- promise_ maldJ!C. ,a of the northwest-Including Wisconsin ' . Mrnnesota, Iowa and the, Dakotas-ha ve special trip west with_ Minneapolis as his objective: not been settled and de veloped wholly The U:niwd States gover1:m1ent established two by the Norse, it is true that in all of precedents ln connection with the Norse-American tlws � sta tes and especially in Minnesota, Centenp..iaJ. For the first tjm e in !Jl�tory Congress _ the imnugrants from Norway and Sweauthol'lzed a commemorative medal and for the den had an irpmense part in the winning :first time in history the Postoffice Department has of that portwn of the west. So numerissued two color stamps for a commemorative cele? us are the Norse and their descendents bration. ID lVImnesota that it may well be termed 'd To th e "Stavanger1a gt'' one O£ the th'1 rt: the American Scandinavia. . , , • , " � orse lags or cl ns, goes the cxedi: fo� mi tiatmg I t was natural that the Scandin avians a_ t)1e move!Jl�nt. This is the cl� n which 1s the outtook with favor to that P art of the coun�owth of a band of Norwegian men, women and children who July 4, 1826 left Stavanger Harbor for a new home in America. 0£ the first generation born to these immigrants, but twelve are living. h ilext ' y-�u j· , try, for its higher latitude gave them something of their own climatic condi­ tions, with a richer soil and vastly more room, even if without the rugged splendor of scenic aspect that their native lands, girt by the seas and ribbed by the l mountains, presents. In all the agricul­ 1 tural states of the northwest the Scan­ d inavians have l1een a prime factor of _Ldc vclu11111ent ancl prosperity and oae pt ' I I the buttresses of our nationa citizenship. They were hardy, inured o labor, industrious, thrifty ancl content to toil ancl sweat for the priv\lege of owning thl).ir land and making It pay. or all tha millions that nave come as immigrants I· from Europe seeking freedom and home , and prosperity In tills land no class has I imrpassed the Norse in those qualities which once made our immigration so muah sought and so highly uealrable. I! tAey benefite"d. greatly by coming here, It was not a benefit taken without recip!'ocatlon. They have glveu as well as 1 received. Immigrants from Scandinavia ancl Germany pretty much made up the body of settlers in those states of the north­ west after the earlier rush of Americans from the older states had brought at­ tention to the wealth which lay waiting for the pioneer hand in th'ose loamy prairies, as fine an empire of agriculture as lies under the sun. The hundredth an­ niversary of the coming of the first Norse, premonitory ripples of the great tide that was to follow, ls an occasion r worth celebrating and we are glad the President of the United States journeyed to the scene of the celebration to honor the event. �lm, Common Sense �S-NE... ha�e brought progress and wealth to every sec­ tion in which they have settled. The upbuild­ ing of the Northwestern states has been due in large extent to the efforts of thi� hardy and 1 . · - . thrifty race. The Nordic races have brougM .to, Ame.rica �o problems of assimilation. They have sought 1 the expenses ofland -and s�a rather than crowding into overpopulated cities, so they created • I no h9using and labor problems. . Who will deny that t.he Scandinavian im� :migrants ,have . more than compensated thei� adopted country for _its hospitality and protec· tion ? "That the Norwegians have not confounded loyalty ' to politicai organizations with loyalty to country is demonstrated by the stupend�us re·­ c_eption giveri Presid�nt Coolidge at their ceni tennial in spite of their notorious aloof�ess f;om the President'_s party in the last presidential election. Everything in the makeup of the Scandina­ vian- makes him a good American citizen. Newspapers speak of the diplomacy used and the 1 strategy employed by President Cooltdge when ad­ dre:;sing the citizens 0£ Minnesota at t�� centenial anniversary celebration recently. , �•H>f diplomacy and strategy in that address than common sense. Commun sense will al- . ways carry a man farther and with more safety than either diplomacy or strategy. Minnesota ill regarded as radical tenitory. It i;; an unfair cla1:1sificatio11. 'l'hc rank and file of the citizenry of .Minnesota arc good, loyal Amercan citiiern; iu sym pathy with democratic im,titutiorn;, but out of ;;ympathy with some of tlrn mancuvc1·s of ::;orne eastern politicians and finan\:ial interests wb o have been none too considerate of the agricultural interests of t he west and middle we:,t. 'l'aking ad­ vantage 0£ this situation, some of the western politi1 ciarn; have assumed an attitude toward the govern- I i ment and toward busines::; that wa;; unjustified and [ ,. which did not re.p resent the real sentiment of the peopl-e of the state, but gave to them the radical [have been intelligent and independ­ label. INUlANAPOUS fl'Nl). l ffMI ent citizens of his native land for l TVJllS:P '.\Y, JlTN� 11, President Coolidge is one of tho8c men l'ichly en­ centuries. He comes from a king­ dowed in that extraordinary thing called common ' dom, but it is one m th a,1 king of the NORf\'EGIANS IN AMERICA. people's own choosmg. The Norwesense ; he ii:i also pos ,,e8sed of t hat ble1:1s·e d thing born P si' nt Coolidge, in his address gian drops naturally into the spirit of t he heart <:alled faith m the comillon people. What at � \he orwegian centennial cele• . politicians called meeting the enemy 011 its own bratJon 'in §£. PaUI- }tee/ 11 � 1 paid of our institution::t. No one 1n t his country c'v er heard of a Norwegian well deserved tribute to \ a stream ground, President Coolidge called a privilege to t alk agitator wanting to subvert our l to a misunderntood people . . And wheu the president of newcomers who have cl"ntributed much to the development/ and sue- gove1·nment. The n a tive of Norway had concluded his adclre::;:-; the people of 1'1'1 innesota cess of our republic_ H% traced the JR no l 3/ " red," nor is he easily in ­ had a better understanding· of their government, aud r course of Norwegian j immigratiou fluenced by disturber�. l-1 e i� a nata better opinion of it than they had before Calvin from the arnval of the little sloop ural conservative. ' .r Restauratwnen on July 4, 1825, to I TJ1e 1mm1grant 1 rotn N orway does Coolidge came to them. not look for a Joh on the pol1cP The addrc:;s of t he presiLl' ut did not coni:iist of the present. The craft, of forty-five force of :Minneapolis or Fargo. Even tons registry, was the smallest that platitlL\ les and prai::;e. 1 t conHii,ted of a :mrvcy of a had made a trans-Atlantic crossing after he becomes a c:iti7,en politics nat ion that had its birth i n the midst of trying cir­ up to that time and bro ught fifty - has liLtle l ure for hin:1. He ls thrifty cumstance;; and um1cr condition;; t ha t tried the ::;ouls two peoplE> and a heavy cargco of and a p rodnce.r. He gives attention to getting himself a farm or a bust­ of men. Simply arn1 trnt hfully he recited the his­ iron. New York port authorities ness of his own and $peedily boc_omthreatened to deny. it permission to tory of this government and the part the N orwegian dock becaus, there w ere too m a ny ing one of the useful and lntl ue:atial .· ' immigrant had played in t h at history. 'l'he people people and too much cargo abroad members of the community in which I understood him 11acl entered into the ::;pirit of the for such a 2mall ship, hut common he resides. The late St>nator Knute discussion. He lifted those people to high altitudes sense prevailed and the firgt or Nelson was one or the few from Norway who turned attention to of thought as citizens· of th e United State;; aml gave Norway's immig;ants landed in public office and wa$ an outstanding America. - iu a government by the them renewed confidence _ Indiana has comparatively a small example of the sterling qualities of · people, for the people and of the people- He ell­l number of aliens from any country his race. It has been. said of the Norwegian ployed only common sen;:;e aml that met the i:iitua­ and only a scattered few from Nor­ way, 544 all tol d. The value of the that none who comes to our shores tiou grandly. or more o1·e I mo, I 1· quickly Norwegian as an clement in Amer - becomes rn ican population is best, a p pre c i ated thoroughly American, and there are in the Northwest , where P re si den t few nations that have sent to us a HAMM01liln IND TJMU Coolidge has gone to participate i n · l arger pe rcentage · of their popula'l'UESDAY1 JUNE 161 l:!26, the centennial celebration. A s fl Q, tion. The last census showed 1, 0 3 3 , - ' r pointed out, E1tropeans ve t'y gene r � 225 f ro1n Nor" ny ht this country ; al ly seek climatic conditions in thi s c orn par� d wi th a population of only i GOOD CITIZENS c o u ntry that are similar to those o f 2, 6 4 9 , 7 7 5 in the home land· Sweden they are- celebrating with their native lands. For that reason has contributed generously to our great - po p orougbnesf the ''h�rffireaflf it is not surprising th at t h e m � n or popul ati on, but its total was only a : anniversary of the first ·organized migration of the norlh in Europe have g·one to little mo re than 400, 000 greater than • ou r own Northwest in large num - that o! Norway, although Swed e,n Norweg1ans to the nited States. In a sense it · bers. 'l'he Norwegians also are- very is a country of approximately s, ooo , is a national celebration because the· Norweigians largely a ru ral population and they ooo . Denm a rk, with 50 per cent ·• are represented lil · every_ stat.e Of "t·1It amen soug·ht the lands of Mi nneso t a an d. more people than Norway, has sent to llR only 4 0 per cent a s manv " im! the Dakotas. _ b ecause the w ho1e nation • • es that· the recogmz 'l'hose who are familiar with the mi grants_ country gained much when it received that first 'l' he Norsemen hav� inh•rited in of the sons of Norway _i n this I record band of Norwegian immigrants to its shores. country know that it is one of which dependence and treedom o! thoug·ht to be proud. The Norwegian is ideal since the Middle .Ag·es. They main. ✓ Conserva f1ve, m · dustnous · an d honest the from which to develop t aincd i n Iceland a thousand yea rs material Scandinavian people, includine= the Norwegians, sturdy Americanism. His fathern aeo ~ the only absolutely free republic ---------------------------------------------- in exlstenc�. They had trial by jury ---hundreds of years before King John granted the Magna Charta at Run, nymede. 'l'hey had equal suffrage [ and women in their Stortlng before any were in our Congress. They have been democratic in thought and action, both at home and in their adopted country. America has appealed t o them with special force as a land of opportunity and they have been a most valuable addition to our melting pot. J u· ◄ I �rNTII AN .\ Pfl l .lS i lND_ I STA1' FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1926. l �LITICAL STRAws. rNnrA NAP() f rs I TND. I TIMES f 'l'hose who accompanied President ' Coolidge to Mippesot: ; tXi581ien�ed newspaper correspondents and secret service men, declare they hawe never seen the equal of the demonstrations welcoming the nation's chief execu­ tl ve. The trip was a great triumph for the President, not so much ir. honor of the office but in token of an abiding faith in his policies. Mr. Coolidge's quiet and efficient methods are not the type which or�arily evoke an outburst of popular ac­ claim such as the spectacular pro­ cedure of Roosevelt awakened. For that reason, the evidence of thorough approval, particularly in a section that has shown some desire to flirt with a dangerous radicalism, was all the more remarkable and demon­ strates the universal desire for th" continuance of a business adminis­ tration and a minimum of congres1 sional meddling. Every movement the President . may make is always given a political 1 Interpretation by those connected in ; any way with partisan organizations. 1 To that type the Coolidge trip to Minnesota has been regarded as a preliminary to the 1928 caml)algn. • It is an injustice to the President, however, to see any such motive in connection with tne No� ceJ.eJ,u:atlon. The President was in­ vited an �'pted the request !n good faith. The ovation he received should encourage the Republicans who have been watching the Farm- 1 er-Labor developments in that, sec­ tion and the poss!bllity of further LaFollette radicalism In the North­ west. The effects of the Minnesota. sentiment should have a helpful re­ action in \Visconsln, where the La Follette influence has swayed the political fortunes of that state far too long. 'J'he sentiment expressed In the reception to, the President, It le hoped, will not be lost on Congress. It demonstrated that the wave of popular approval which swept Mr. Coolidge Into office last November has not subsided. The public in­ dorsement has been so pronounced 1.hat it should end the petty tactics of the Senate obstructionists and convert that part of the House con­ til"igent which has blocked the adop­ tion of a scientific tax reduction pro­ gram. The country does not desire a legislative body of rubber stamps but until it selects men better qual­ ified for their posts than many of those down at Washington, it will insist on the acceptance of wise leadership from the :President an his advisers. Congress should nt be permitted to forget the Minneso a visit when it convenes next De­ cember, TUESDAY, JW'fE ll, rna5, 1���;:�;�����;��r:�� 1 �__:::._ r-_ --- • >ill ----� ------ INDJANAPOT,TS fTNn. l TJMD plomacy he ghes free rein to his fancy h FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1925. shows a fondness for adventure in the realm. of idealism. His address at the :t\orw centennia\ celebration in Minnesota was non-politica his mind seemed to be having a thorou @ E rise o de _end t h e intelligence o f Presi­ good tim�n interesting addre. l!!J dent Coolidge. In the name of the people \ This particular c�on com'm eII).ora of the United States we protest that he is not the arrival of Norwegian immigrants in 1825, a moron. This protest has become necessary. after the successful merican reYolntion ana the firm establishment of the United States as The President must be saved from .his friends -:Or from one sort of friend. Listen : ' an independent nation. " He wa� impressed mo;;t of all by the out­ ' Having discoursed on· the motives that , ward manifestations of patriotism and loyalty had prompted earlier immigration to. these shores from Europe, largely stimulated from among the people. ' ' That i s taken from an article b y a friendly the other side, the President came to the im­ correspondent traveling with the President migration encour:3-ged. from this side of the At­ lantic after the esta blisbment of our govern- through the northwest States. I What a suggestion that contains ! It pie- , ment. " From the time when their fa st-develop­ tures a President carrying with him into Wis­ ing institutions of popular, government, reli­ consin and Minnesota certain doubts, certain gious freedom and intellectual liberality had mental reservations, as to the loyalty and pa­ come to take definite and attractive forms, " 1 triotism of the people of those two great says Mr. Coolidge, " the peopl e qf the colonies States. But, the people in this unexplored ter­ took a new interest in inducing their European ritory having turned out in 'immense numbers relatives to follow them thither. They· ·en­ to cheer him, he acquits them of the suspicion gaged in an inverted crusade, a conquest with­ of disloyalty and non-patriotism l So this out invasion and without force. The new friendly co'rrespondent would have us believe. country offered not only material opportuni­ President Coolidge is not a mental nit-wit. ties, but possibilities of spiritual and intellec­ President Coolidge never has entertained any tual emancipation which they ardently wished notion that the peop .... Wis­ their friends on the other side to share. C.i ti- consm were any less patriotic and loyal than zenship in the new world meant something the people of Vermont and Mas:;achusetts. Cer­ that it had not meant in the old. It was seen tainly hfl never has had reason for any such that the new world offere<l something new. view. He is aware of the notable contributi ons There was an increasing realization that many of those two northwest States to t];le country 's burdensome traditions and institutions had needs, not only in war, but-whic h is more som�how been shed. Here, at last. THE INDI­ rare-in peace. He didn 't have to travel to VIDUAL WAS LORD OF HIMSELF, MAS­ St. Paul to discover these things. TER OF HIS OWN DESTINY, KEEPER OF It is a ridiculou s picture of the President, HIS OWN SOVEREIGNTY. HERE HE WAS which the friendly correspondent paints. It jg FREE. ' ' as if he had solemnly announced that the Presi­ President Coolidge can devote himself to dent was impressed by the fact toot the sun no greater crusade than to lead the fight to re­ rises in the ea t and sets in the west, in Minne­ store this country to the blissful condition he sota the same as Massach usetts. so eloquently describes as exiRting in 1825. ThE're should be some way of s,a v-'1'!11,j�'°""'"'-· A thoughtful sury·e y of his country today, Presiden t from such friends. of the harmony, patriotism and idealism of all the people in 1917 and 1918 and the insidious attacks on freedom during the past few years of awful reaction, must convince h im that he cannot say truthfully today that in the Fnited td ident's FooJ riends States in 1 925 the " individual 1s lord- --�, rt n1m- self, master of his own destiny, keeper of his own sovereignty. Here he is free . " :B�or probably at no time in the history ,f this country has bigotry and intolerance been · more . vigorously offensive �.}, religiou� free� ·-::�s secure than •-----------------------' ---------------- dom an<l intellectual libe �ht n ' �be proud . Popu l ation consdcleretl , :_ :; (;; Un ited St a tes has many of them m her borders . According to the last of the census reports , while Norway it­ e ' s addres� at !be N ,eg self has a populati on of but 2 , 649 , ,7:i fan Centennial Celebr ation at the city 1 ,e ople , in the United States are nn ct St . Paul , paid trihpte-ao the vir­ less than 1 ' o::rn , 225· of the stalwart tue of ii sturdy race-and a tribute peopl e . Sweden , equalJJ• a desirable deserved . For so;ne reason , doubtle$S , fountain of good citiz;en ship . has a hecat1se tlE'HieiHh• n f -: ,H'P giveu to ,1 pul tion of over six 111iilions of peo-• fo lli' w !t1 � in the tootste;;s of their , po t't l e- , but she has within our bord ar:J p a e d I l hav n ana ike states i , orebears f "nly 400 , 000 more i mm, i.grants tha1: comp a ratively small number of re'li- , have come from her so much smaller dents from th at race, l\'.Iost of lho;ie n eighbor. Denmark, which h as tift.v who come from N01 way go to mor,: per cent. more people than Norway , north ern tates-lio tably to MinnE:so­ -people very simi lar in acquireme n ts t a , a nd most d esirable additions to end thou ghts---h as sent us only 40 / the ponul a t'on the:,r malrn . Thev .we : . per cent . as many of her p eople . Th(.\ . clean bloocled , hard workmg , savm .� . . . \ its to r of Norway 1 wond erful . It : � rnd thrifty• by training , progressive . \ � �. _ s a n mdepentlent spirit wluch there honest , and-not easily led astray r y 1 . prevails . For more tnan 100 0 years communisti'c theories . Tt is ol' rPin Iceland , N orse en mainta�ne d ab­ rord th a t th e first i nim'gration from � _ all solutely t h e only rl'ee r epublic m Norway a rrived in the port of N e w th e world , while they hacl tr;al by a York on the 4th clay ol' July , i 8:2 ', juryi hundreds of years before .King They cam e in the l 'estanratfonen . � a .Tohn 'Weakened before the demanu., little craft of forty-five tons registry . \ of bis people and the Magna Charla '\vhich uµ to th a t rl ay and elate 'l't1.� r:ame into being. ·rhey adopted equal the smalle�t craft that harl ever � Pr �uffrage and h a d women m embers o[ crossed the turoulent Atlantic. Tim ,: their Starting (equivalent to our own first impulse of the New York pnrf Congress) some years before that m­ authorities was to refu se to a.llow the novation in the United States . The'r little vessel t o rl ock , beca use oi the 1,eople are quick to s ee opportunity fact that they consirlere<l it overlacl ,111 .America is ,to them a l and o f grea'.. with i ts 52 imn1ie;ranti; an!l its cans0 opportunity , a nd they come-nor ha� of iron . Ho, wever , thf're was st ' 1 l :i America ever had a ny rearnn to be modic u m of common se11 s e in th,, sorrowful over their coming. l a nd , anrl obj ect ion was speedil,\- r,1m oved-entered then the firs t of Nor �vay iro :nigration . Indiana has onlv 11 few scheduled N orwegians-544 is tlw number on record . According to the Coolidge address-an (l the Presi tlent unquestionably had stnclied over his subject__,European i mmigrants u sm,1ernoon President ?ooly sti·iv!:'" to find c l i m atic conditions 1 . Mond ry the Norse -Amencan in the United Sta tes which resembl,� hdge s if>ke _ ''TOunds tho:::e they IeaYe behmcl th em. Th::i t . [ Cent enm al a t the st Pr I in Minnesota. Th esident s ra n the President thought , accoun t ed for � wtth ice i_ n such a ay the main pop u lation of Norwegian ex- , "'. . . traction seeking new homes in the 1J . that h i s Journey _could be m ade wit� the greatest possible comfort. In his S . No rthwest . This is quite lilrnlv a tru e theon" . No better material e� i:r address he held America up to the came over the s ea from which to or- world as an example of how the races iginate sturdy American ism . In Lelli- of the world c ou l-d be fused and live re-ence is character istic of this r acl" . happily, and maintai ned that su, j c lose brotherhood could also be real -· His governm ental idea ls are sound for wbile he com es from a kingdom . i zed among the nat ions of the earth. marke that kingdom is one wh.ich makes it� The Centennial in Minnesota c,wn selection of kings . He drops int'J the fac t t hat one hundred year fifty-t vo people set out from orway p lace in this country like a cog fits the 4p- ton sloop, Restaurat1 n, as on into a wh eel . Records fail to disclose first organized party of i mmithe t hat even a single represen tn.t.'ve of from that country. The Pres­ this sturdy people has ever at tempted grants ide nt i n recalling this sai-d: "Minne­ or desired to subvert g,o v,ernmen L . sota wou ld not be Minnesota, the \ H e is a natural conserva tive and a::1 a northwestern group of imperial consequ ence , a reliable citizen . Ho states would not be what they are, 1 usually woi·ks on a fa nn,, s a�-es hi;; but for t he contribution that has money · in ti e secures a small PitlCt' been m a de them by the Scandi navian / n_i of land of his own . labors 0 11 t h at. count ries." 1 land , d e elops i t , continues to s..1.v,, I : 11 nd acqmre more land-a typ ·cal re,icl en t or whom any nation could ,Yell E G I A N AT H O M E AND 1 ➔ f1' I.OG ANS T'OTT T IND TR \ SATU!lD ', JUNE 13, 192.J. A GREAT SPEECH. Un r al praise has come to President Coolidge for ts expre�sed in the address he delivered the sent · · a few days ag during th€ celebration at the one hundredth anniversary of the arrival of the Nor­ wegian immitWP..! <\ in America if.l the year 1825. The address �he President was non-political, and be­ ing such, the speaker's mind was cleared of all personal or partisan bias, a promising condition for a real worth-while speech. In 1825, it is pointed out, the successful war for Amer­ ican independence had been fought and the United States had been firmly established as a free and independent na­ tion. An outstanding statement made in President Cool­ idge's speech was the following : "From the time when their fast-developin g institutions of popular government, religious freedom and intellectual liberality had come to take definite and attractive forms, the people of the colonies took a new interest in inducing their European relatives to follow them thither. They en­ gaged in an inverted crusade, a conquest without invasion and without force. The new country offered not only mate­ rial opportunities, but possibilities of spiritual and intel­ lectual emancipation which they ardently wished their friends on the other side to share. Citizenship in the new world meant something that it had not meant in the old. It was seen that the new world offered something new. There was an increasing realization that many burdensome traditions. and irn,titutions had somehow been shed. Here, at last, THE INDIVIDUAL WAS LORD OF HIMSELF. MASTER OF HIS OWN DESTINY, KEEPER OF HIS OWN SOVEREIGNTY. HERE HE WAS FREE." "' I I N C I E. I N D. ST A P SATURDAY, JUNE 131 1925, ' P ITICAL STRAWS. T h°Clll who accom panied President loolidge to Minnesota, ex­ perienced newspaper correspond­ en ts and secret service men, de­ clare they have never see n the equal of the demo n strations wel­ coming the nation's chief execu­ tive. The trip was a great triumph for the President, not so much in honor of the office but in token ot an abiding fai t h in his p olicies. ; Mr. Coolidge's quiet and efficient methods are not the type which ordinarly evoke an outburst of pop ular acclaim such as the spec­ tacular procedure of Roosevelt awakened. For that reason , the evidence of thorough approval, particularly in a section that has shown some desire to �lirt with a da ngerous radicalism, was all the more remarkable and demon­ strates the universal desire for the continuance of a businesl:l ad­ min istration and a minimum of congressional meddling. E very movement the President may make is always given a po­ litical interpretation by those connected In any way with par­ tisan organizations. To that type the Coolidge trip to Minnesota has been regarded as a preliminary to the 1 9 2 8 campaign. It is an in­ justice to the President, however, �to see any such motive in connec­ A pageant portrayl!lg a co mpos'tENSSE LATcil n-m TI"RT''O'BL!C.lW ite picture of the part played by tion with the Norse-American Norsemen in the settlement of the :f!HJRSDAYt JUNE 18, 1925, celebration. The Pres� in­ �-,i"orthwest will be presented The - �---vited and accepted the request in eyent also provides the opportunity good faith-. The ovation h e re• GOOD CI1'IZENS for a great reunion of those Ameri­ ceived should encourage the Re­ I i'[innesota th ey are celebrating with great pomp and cans who h ave an ances1 ry dating , publicans who have been watching back to Norway. That they take pride thoroughness the hundredth an ni versary of the first organthe Farmer-Labor developments I i n their origin does not necessarily , �d migration of Norwegians to t he United States. In a make them any the less American in in that section and the possibility sense it is a national celebration because the Norwegians are r;pirit or the less · devoted to our in­ of further LaFoll ette radicalism 1 stitutions. · It h as been to the profit represented in every state of the uni on and because the whole in the Northwest. The effects of 1 o f America that so many Norwegians the Minnesota sentiment should nation recognizes that the country gained much wlrnn it re­ spught home,s here as well as profit have a helpful reaction in Wis­ ceived that first band of Norwegian immigrants to its shor, e s. tQ the former immigrants "themselves . consin, where the LaFollette in­ --� �' Conservative, industrious and honest the Scandinavian fluence has swayed the political "PLYMOUTH tND DEMOCRAT · people, including the- Norwegi ans, have brought progress and fortunes of that stat� far too ' 5A'!'l!"RDAY; JVNE 2Q1 +9@9, wealth to every secti on in which they have sett.Led. The up­ long. The sentiment expressed in the building of the Northwestern states has been due in large ex­ reception to the President, it is tent to the efforts of this hardy and thrifty race. C AP COOLIDGE hoped, will not be lost on Con­ Thie Nordic races _have brought to America no problems � � gress. It demonstrated that the as assimilation. They have sought the expanses of land and wave of popular approval which Ona statement of President Coosea rather than crowding ito overpopulated cities, so -t hey swept Mr. Collidge Into office last lidge in h is address Norwe created no housing and labor problems. November has not subsided. The '-ian Ce�nial Cele�n in Min- · pu blic indorsern'ent has been so nesot,a sh�erpreted more Who wil l deny that the Scandinavian immigrants have as the goal of a national crusade pronounced that it should end the r more than compensated their adopted country , for its hos­ than as a description of an existing petty tactics of the Senate ob- '1 pitality and protection f condition. That part of the presid­ structionists and convert that That the Norwegians have not counfoundcd l oyalty to ent's address referred to i s . part of the House con tin gen t , "From t,he time when their fast­ pol i tical organizations with loyalty to country is demonstrat­ which has blocked the ad option ' devel'oping fosti tution's of popt&_J.a,r ed by the stupendous rece-_r,,t!i□ili gi %n ;fMsiden�ool idg·e at of a scientific ta:x; reduction pro- ' government, religious i'reedom Ap.d · gram. The country does not desire spite of their notorious alj;'r -P· n intellectual l iberality had come ;- to' their �entennia a legislative body of rubber 1 take definite arid att,r active rela�es the Pres1 n s party in the last prr "' 1 r·1 ential e.1,l stamps but until it selects men to , foilow them tp.ither. They engag­ Everything in the make-up of e j •"-w r1 9,ndi:n.i ed iu an inverted crusade, a con­ better qualified for their posts , h a good American *ci!,iz � ,i. * ,., ·1:,J :�:� c im qu:est without invasion and wit,hout than many of'-- those down at I ; ; � , m, ,�' force . The new country offered not Washington, it will insist on the · material opport uniti es, but pos­ oirly acceptance of wise leadership sibiliHes of spiritual and !int,ellec­ BEND lND TRTJI . from the President and his ad­ tual emancipation ,phkh they ar­ V TP"'\!� �. !9�fi, visers. Congress should not be dently wished their friends on the permitted to forget the M innesota other side to /.share. Citizenship in S F ETY Fl RST. visi t when it convenes neJl\.t De­ 11:t.e /New vVo ·ld mean/t sornet·h in g goes to Mlnnesotalto adWhe t h a t i t h a d n o t meant i n t h e Old . I t cember. dress t e mei;J..w,i,;w�11.ii-....-�� '\..._ was seen that t h e N e w World offered nezj; week President Coolidge will something new. There was an ·in­ travel in the special train accom­ creasing realization t,ha t many bur­ l"LYMO"PTH IND nF.nvrornAT modations usually provided for a deusome traditions and institutions MO�DAY, J UNE 8, 1925, presidential part,r. The white house had somehow been shed. Here, at announces that in doing so the presi­ last, the individual was lord oi' him­ THE N ORSE CENTEN�IAL self, master o f his own destiny, dent wtll accede to a request of the keeper o f his own sovereignit,y. Here railroads, the managements of which he was free." feel they can fulfill their obllgat!on On c e;• 9, 1 8 2 5 the ship Res- \ Ordinarily the president is a prac­ of providing safety for be chief ex­ taurationen arrived in America bring-­ tical politician, in spite, or perhaps ecutive more surely if he uses the ing 53 Norwegians. This was the because of vi,as s;uy Jp oviincialism, special. The point was raised bY the hrst organized group to ' emigrate the Norse peoples and the exemplary from Norway to the United States president's last western trip, when ideals o f t•he Scandinavian popula­ 1 It marked the first low wash of a t<ion in the Un ited 'States he has alhe went to Chicago iu a drawing great wave of Norwegian irnmigra room on a regula.i:, train, doing it as lowed himself to deviate from his tion which followed. usual course in this instance,. an example of economy. It is in honor of the one-hundredt � J Many must question tJhe truth oi' Probably in a long journeY, involv­ anniversary of the event that Ptes1- the stat,e.ment that in the United ing a chitnge from one line to an­ dPnt Coo lidge went to Minneapolis t o l St11t·es in 1 9 2 5 the "individual is other the ra!lroad executives are · be present a t t h e NO{se-American correct in using the s3.fety; argu­ Centennial . No small port ion of the lord of h imself, master of his own I de_stiny, keeper of his own soveri.gdevelopment and upbuilding of the ment. None ot them ls small nity. Here he is free." 1 Northwestern states is due t o the ef­ enough to be thinking of the addi­ At no time- since the early years t-orts of Norwegians or descendants tional revenue accruing to the lines t•he formation o f the union h o f ve of Norsemen. And no better class of from the special arrangements. It people ever sought J1 new ho.me in bigotry and inrolerance been more is a J)Oint of honor with raHroad· . � America. They had within them the in evidence and freedom of' thought, men to convey tho president to and s-plrit of Americanism before they speech and religion less secure than , from his dcst1nat1on in safetY'.. That came to the new land and , adapting in this year of 1 9 2 5 . Is their first consideration. themselves to the new environment, involved no radical alteration of views or habits. They may take a -'us tifi able pride iri exhibiting w hat �1,,as b_een -achieved by them in the deve10·11 ment of a section of the Unit­ ed states where the mass of theru is 1 s_ettled . ,_ I �TIIIIUtE HA UT'E nm ST A., yVlllDNlllSDAY, J'J -JE J.0 1 l0Z5! It has been said of the Norwegian A N S IN A M E R ICA. that none who_ comes to our shores I Presid t Coolidge, in his address becomes more quickly or more --at. the e�centennlal_cele­ thoroughly American, and there are 'bratlon- in St. Pa� pain few nations that have sent to us a a welI deserved tribute to a stream 1 larger percentage of their popula­ of newcomers who have contributed I tion. The last census showed 1,033,much to the development and sue- , 225 from Norway in this country ces,i of 01.1r republic. He traced t.he , oompared with a population of only course of Norwegian immigratlbn 2,649,775 in the home la1td. Sweden from the arrival of the little sloop has contributed generously to our Restaurat!onen on July 4, 1826, t9 population, but its total was onl y a the present. The craft, ot 45 tons little more than 400,000 greater than registry, was the �maJlest that had that of Norway, although Sweden :made a transatlantic corsslng up Is a country approximately 6,000,000. ])enmark, with 5_0 per cent to t hat time , and brought 52 people more peopie than Norway, has sent I and a heavy cargo of iron. New to us only 40 )?er cent as many imYork port authorities threatened to [ migrants. deny it permission to dock because 1 The Norsemen have inherited in­ there were too , many people an1 dependence and freedom of thought too m1..1ch carg o aboard for such a since the middle ages. The y main- ' small ship, but common sense pre­ tained in. lceland 1,000 years ago vailed and the first of Norway ·s the only absolutely free republic Immigrants landed in America. ln existence. They had trial by jury Indiana has comparatively ;\ I hundreds of years before King John small number of aliens from any &-ranted the Magna Charta at Run­ co,.mtr y and onl y a scattered few numede. They had eq ual suffrage from Norway, 544 all told. The and women in their storting before value of the Norwegian as an ele­ ll.ny were in our congress. They ment in American population is bci ve been democriltic in tho h best appreciated in the northwest, and action, both at home and in where President Coolidge had gone their adopted country. America has to participate in the centennial appealed to them with special force celebration. As he pointed out, 1!lu ­ as a land of opportunity and they ropea ns very , generally seek cli­ I have been a most valuable addition matic conditions in this country pot. that are similar to those of their J to our melting ------- • I I native lands. For that reason it Is not surprising that the men of the north of Europe have gone to our TlDRRE HA UTE T-ND STAii SATU�!)AY, JUNE 131 1925. own 1101·thwest in large numbers. The Norwegians also are very largely a rural population and they O L I T I C A L STRAWS. sought the lands of Minnesota and e, who accompanied President the Dakotas. Coolidge to Minnesota, experienced newspaper correspondents and secret Those who are familiar with the service men, declare they have never record of the sons of Norway in seen the equal of the demonstra- • thJi, country know that it is one tions welcoming the nation's chief of wh ich to be proud. The Nor­ The trip was a great executive. wegian is ideal material from which triumph for the president, not so to develop sturdy Americanism. HiF< much in I10nor of the office but In fathers have been intelligent and token of, an abiding faith in his independent citizens of his native policies. Mr. Coolidge's quiet and land for centuries. He comes from efficient methods are not the type ' a Kingqom, but it i� one with a king which ordinarily evoke an outburst of the people's own choosing. The of popular acclaim such as the Norwegian drops naturally into the spectacular procedure of Roosevelt spirit of our institutions. No one For that reason, the awakened. in this country' ever 1,eard of a evidence of thorough approval, I Norwegian agitator wanting to sub­ particularly in a section that has ' vert our government. The native shqwn some desire to flirt with a of Norway is not a "red," nor is he dangerous radicalism, was all the easily influenced by disturbers. He more remarkable and demonstrates is a natural conservative. the universal desire for the contin• The immigrant from Norway does uance of a business administration not look for a job on the police and a minimum of congressional force of Minneapolis or Fargo. Even meddling. after he becomes a citizen politics Every movement the president ha13 little lure for him. He is thrifty may make is always given a poli­ and a producer. He gives attention tical interpretation by those con ­ to getting himself a farm or a busi­ nected in an y way with partisan ness of his own and speedily becom­ To that type the organizations. ing one of the useful and influential Coolidge trip to Minnesota has been members of the community in which regarded as a preliminary to the he resides. The late Senator Knute 1 9 2 8 campaign. It ls an Injustice to Nelson was one of the few from the president, however, to see any Norway who tul'ned attention to such motive in connection with the public office and was an outstand­ Nors�merican celebration. The ing example of the sterling qualities presi�ed and accepted of his race. 1 The the requ� good faith. ovation' he received should encour- I age the Republicans who have been watching the Farmer - Labor devel_ and the 1 opments i:q that section possibility of further La Follette radicalism in the northwest. The effects of the Minnesota sentiment should have a helpful reaction in Wisconsin, where the La Follette influence has swayed the political fortunes of that state far too long. The sentiment expressed in the reception to the president, ·1t is hoped, will not be lost on congress. It demonstrated that the wave of , popular approval which swept Mr. Coolidge into office last November has not subsided. The public ln­ dorsement has been so pronounced t hat it should end the petty tactics of the senate obstructionists and convert that part of the house con­ tingent which has blocked the adop­ tion of a scientific tax reduction The country does not program. desire a legislative body of rubber stamps but until it selects men better qua.litle.d !or their posts than many of those down at Washington, it will insist on the acce·ptance of wise leadership from the president and his advisers. Congress should not be permitted to forget the i Minnesota visit when it convenes next December. �Boone, T::l, , Ne 1-·� .,., ' ' • " l'l'L.lNTIC IA NEWS-TF.lT,EOJU,.. THURliDA. 1.. F8!DA¥1 JlJN§ ti!: :mfi, COOLIDGE AT MINNE APOLI S. · �ountry through its publi� COO L I DG E I N T H E W E S To those who :'have for sjeveral ti ons is catching a glimpse now and 'l' here can b e no doubt o f th im· ,,,of years had a vis mense popularity of President :Cool­ and a belief in then of the real Coolidge and some � ths greatness o O�vin Coolidg e, now elf those whq have been super-critics, , idge and his s plendid wife. 'l'he p:resident of th Unfted States, there almost, are n ow giving him the meed President does not make many trips · is genuine pleasure , as the days un­ of pra se to which he is entitled . One to the west, i� fact he does not , j fl,)]<l, in n oting' that he is winning his o f them js the editorial writer of the ;make many trips at all; but when he Way to the good opinion 1,f those C hi cago Tribune, who recently said : I .does make one it counts. It was I me n who are expert critics of public very graceful of him to journey to President P aul e's Oo_olid S�. , i I I I speech was delightfully different :men. " the imperial northwest," . call on . I / from the addresses he and other . . the Norsemen and bid them •D uly modest as vice-pres ident , Presid ents usuallv have delivere d . It �pe under Harding, of a retiring disposi- / re ".ealed_ � side • of his perso_n ality tion, or of the belief that the lime- 1 whi ch hitherto has not b� en d1sclos. . ed. He makes no pretensions to ora. . hght belonged to his chief, 1t was not I tory, as witness his reversion to the , . mensely, and whether he knows it until he was presi�ent by election ' custo 1:1 ·of sending messages to con­ or not the President bound himsel[ . by still stronger ties to the agricuLthat he became the' leader' as he has gress mstead of gomg up to the capI ,, • 1 itol and delivering them himself. But • •. • been the savior, of his party. Smee tural domain of empire which we , I this speech was in a literary style n ot then he has developed a number of equaled by many who do count them­ call the middle west. li ni!s of political thought, but , more selves orators. Mr. Coolidge has broadened a than this, he has dug up and cleaned ' I Here was no d ivujging of the po­ great, deal since he became presi­ sition of th<e gove.rnment 011 weighty off and embellished a lot of homely I and uninteresting questions. Here dent. He is not the same cool and virtues which have ·been abiding in was no criticism of political foes or provincial Vermonter who came up the hearts of the American people , foreign governments. Here was no from various .stages through dry preaching about the duty of the citi­ sihce in their kindergarten days they 1 zens. New Engla·n d to the highest office learned that ''willful waste ruakes 1 1'he occasion was the �.J.il.��-"1 in the land. He has shown unmis­ woeful want," "honesty is the best of t� of the arrival of the takable marks of enthusiasm with policy," "an honest mail is the 'no- vang·uard of f.iie"vl:tm:' numbern o f life o! late. He has appreciated the ·have who immigrants Norwegian blest work of God," and that "there come to America for homes. I f, as ,vest and its broad minde·d inhabit­ is a destiny which shapes our ends, our neighbor, The Line, remark_ed, the ants to a; better· advantage since I President seemed to forget his subrough hew them as we may." ,e,'Oming in contact with the minds , ject-or what might appropriately Calvin 'Coolidge, it is stated by h ave h een h is · subject--in his Mem or the senate and congress in so thclse who know him most intimately, orial day address, the President stuck close a. w;ty. has never aspired to be known as an closely enougl1 to his subject on His growth has increased his Every sentence of his ad- ' Monday. orator. He would probably 'describe dress bore dfrectly upon that subject. :pop,ularlty and from the present, out­ bihlllelf as "a plain blunt statesman ; The address was chiefly a moving 1 look it! would �eem that he will the graces of the orator's art are to narrative of the immigratio n of Nor­ h, ave a hard til;lJe putting the crown ns contributio their of and :me unknown," yet at times h e. rises wegians to this country. In it was the draw­ :t�om him• in 1928, but we predict to linguistic heights and peaks of ing of a striking parallel_ between the that he will try very hard and thought which are known by the name coming of the Mayflower and the ar­ honestly to do so. t was en. i I Restauratio,i' of oratory. He did this in his ad- I rival of the . an equivalent and d' eserved t r1'b ut e --�·- to a century of achievements of NorI dress at Minneapolis lastTuesday an d , wegian-Americans. it was manifest a number of times Headline writers gl·asped at the in his memoria l day address. But President' s words concetning world peace mi d his citation of the success 1 ease and plainness of statement, of the melting· p o t of Ame1'ica. But certainty of facts, knowledge of the speech contained little which bore I , words and the •best to use for the oc- directly _upon these topics. The fow [ • words given to them were de· ftly 1 _ • cas10n, beauty of construction, home- 1 woven into the general theme, woven liness of simile, all these conspire to i n the manner of t:he real orator. make his product comple t e an d to • • 'I'hifll P1•esidcnt '\Wlo -lately,· has · decUnecl something like a score of . . . leave it m the understandrng of those i honorary academic degrees took occa- , I I who hear him. sion to make a suggesti·on to the aca- 1 demic world. He said some historian might well devote himself to a study of the motives which have impelled various groups of immigrants wh..2._ ------------------ have come to this count ry'. Such a !--------------------------------study woi.ld be a genuine contribu­ tion to knowl€dge. That suggestion likewise was made in such a manner as to .leave no rough edges of appar­ ent irrelevancy. No, this unpretentious man makes no preten:,ions to being an orator. But for unity, for coherence , for beauty of diction, nad for brevity address was a mode}- . 1 f 1 1 1 f �Charles f'ity, Ta.., News TUESDAY, JUNE 23, l!la5 COOLIDGE SPEAKS FROM THE HEART The finest press notices that Pres­ ident Coolidge has received-and' he has gotten a goodly num,b er of them, w�k to St. Paul, at the centennial I of th� Norse.men. The Chicago Tribune correspo n d­ ent says that it "was the greatest of the speeches Mr. Coolidge has made since he became president of t h e United States and he who says that has read them all and heard m,ost of them." The president · eached a high P'O int when he said : "Our country is more, far more, than a political union. It is a spirit­ u al union. "Religious liberty, educational ann economic opportunity, constitution­ al rights, the integrity of the law, these ,do not emenate from the gov­ ernm�mt. Their abiding place is with the people. "They come from the cons�cration l of the father, th_e �e,Qf the moth=,:: \ and the product of the honest, earn­ est, and tireless effort that goes into the rearing of the family altar and and the making of the home-when r l o ok up on you and realize what you are and what you have don•,, I know that i,n 'your hands the coun­ 'try is secure. "You have laid up your theasure in what America represents, and here will your heart be also. "You h ave given your pledge to the l and of the free, and the pledge oif the Norwegian people has never yet gone uh;redeemed,." 0 r'h;.r-t er C' -: WED:!' "' · L s It is fitting that the President d$;;, liver an address at the c t€lilu1al celebration of the Norwegians at St. Paul, for those hardy sons of th-e north did more than any other race in the labor and the hardships o� redeeming the North western prairies from the wild state. They have made of M i nnesota and the Dakotas a re­ gion of wealth, where most peovle would have 'b ecome discouraged and given up the j-o b. The President ii doing well in honoring them w it!:> his presence at their big meeting. Not only ,t hat, but he is givint them something tangible to sho'\\ that they have a real government t, enjoy here in America-a ruler wh 1 is not afraid or ,too big to come t, his people on their gala day, a co � ,man citizen in a high position. will fin,d many thir,gs in com'rn with his S,candinavlan friends, 1 the least being the strict econo, for which both he and they are not He will speak sometime next iM day, and the same scheme ,o,f' am fie.rs will be used that was used at ina uguration. ____,, TB (;] l(XU'.l'E :1\ KLSOX l\1..K: HORIA I, The coming o f t he N.Q,r�e ce�ebra- 1 l i on hri�s viv i d l y 1 0 m i n d l he rugged fi�ure of K n u t e Nelso n , sa, ys L h e Minneapolis .Touma l , <:on- 1 tin u i n g : T here w as � Jn ,1,11 ! C o m ­ i11 g- to l h i s cou n ln' as a peasan l hoy. he rost>. u n der the i n s p i r i n g i n ­ n nences t h at. su1-rou11 d ecl him , " ,�en t. i n I h e Cn ifecl Sl ates sen a t e Nol r•n l .v 1 b a l , h11 I i n I h e 8P1Hll e l1r- j w ;-, s t hP. 'V i r l nal l0artp1· < l n r i n ;,: t hc- I rlosi ug rf ays o f h i s I Hr. R n rl IV88 I rerng n i zPcl as such hy t h e pt'P::fs o f. t h .-, Pac;t . A n rl l11 e u Kn u l r ,'elHnn rl i<" d . He )l � d 1 l1C1!1Ted I he grud ges of SOJlJP,, tlJ e personal a n imosiLies of some, d u e ( o l he changing viewpoints in · polit ical l ife. But these u n pleasan t t l1ings passed with t h e :passing of' ;t,Lu, man r Knute Nelson was a great figure: an inspiration t() young men. He rose by harcl work. He was patient. He knew llHLConstit;.u Liqn,__ Jfo. was n ,•ver " · co.m p1elR con vcl-t {') I he �rparn t i o.1, .pf. . :t:-l orwa,· f.1'.qm •.B ·,·\l'•}.-O ll ­ of l h e· freci· . SaJtie' s·t atf'i:h.nat · ,;.;, dreamed a b 0 u 1 . \'ii h,�t have we done in l\lintesota '"I j si n re l1 is d ea t h I n ho nor i l1i"s 11-i iui ? J ' 1:-J <> s ltoulcl he hon n red bPfore a. ll men ns an Pxam ple o f w hat. every American boy can do, i f he wills t o rl o i t. Soon after h is death i s was I proposed t hat t lJ e people o f_. t he , state raise a statue to him. Part of I Lh� money needed Ttas been raised . The fund should h ave been closed , up long ago. Ju the judgment of T h e .T ouma!, H:te way to dose it up is to tn ake')t , a· state 11i atter among i he people. A l i t.hograp l1 po rtrai t h.as heB.n ..pre­ ·p-;,rerl 1.0 be sold cl •tring.-: rn� Norl'le­ A rn el'i ean r·P l<" brnl ion for a fpw cents. IL w ill be suiLable Lo frall!§, __ _______...,.___,..,... �....! amt il s h o u l d ad orn fh l'l walls of the \ homes of the people . of t h i s stale, , along with that o f J ohn A. :J ohnson , 1 who was another boy who rose t.o ;i h ig h pl ace on h is merit. 1: �....-�.......-,.---........-,.-c-�,.,..� -�--�__,_.... _____ ·Let everybori.v stai·l · along t h e dollars. Th al will b u i l d t h e monu­ u1ent q u ickly at the hands o f a. sculptor of the first class. This is t1l1e least we can d o i n memory of Knute Nelson. · rt a'ny re���r of 1;11 e .Journii l clfi� , . B_p:es l o senrl a r.ou.�1�.b1itf.9ry t o t h_is 1 r,ffir0.-. •The mon e:1• ,vm IJe 3·cknow 1. Nlg;Pcl and sent Lo the comm illee in \ charge, ) , DAVENPOR'r IOWA mn1 l:!:Q:NP,i\.Y: JUNE 8, 1925. THE N&RSf-AMERICAN CENTENN IAL. A n anniverpary celebration which is important enough to ��ng President and Mrs . Coolidge and prominent \:l_ni bers of the administration out from Washington to St. Paul and Minneapolis must have _, an unusual appeal. 'l'he president and his party were in Chicago Sunday and toda y are at the Twin­ cities, because of the nationalistic appeal there is to our large Scandinavian population in the centenary of the immigration to America of our first notable • 'groups of Norse settlers. It ..Jlljl!l July 4, 1825, that the Slope (sloop) Res­ taurationen sailed from Stavanjer, Norway. for 1 America, bringing these first groups of Scandi­ navians. The centenary of the event is being ob• served at the Minnesota state fair grounds, where many group reunions of Norse-Americans are being held in a three-day celebration which the president ' has 'c ome west to attend. The army and navy and various dep'artments of ,, the government will be represented. 'l'he naval bureau of aeronautics was to have been represented by the Los Angeles, but engine trouble forced the big dirigible to turn back tb its hangar at Lake. hurst after it had come as far as Cleveland. F'ive big Martin bombers are present as part of the con­ tribution to the occasion by the army air service, and we shall have a visit by them to the Tri-cities tb.ru the courtesy of General Patrick, who author­ ized them to stop for a day at the Moline field on their way home. It was the French who first came to Minnesota, t h e adventurers and traders Radisson and Gros­ sjleurs being there in the 1650's. Hennepin and Du Lhut came a little later, but they established no permanent settlements. The Scandinavian il� flux, . I heaviest after the Civil war, gave to that reg10n a great bod y of its sturdiest citizens, and they will be paid due tribute, doubtless, by the president when I he speaks there, and by others who comment on this· interesting anniversary., DA VENPO-•"J 2'UESDA i Q 1925. \ 'T'J Mffl;I I � TR . U{l:E TO A COURAGEOUS PEOPLE Presi e Coolidge came out to the g·a teway of the northwest j/esterday to pay homage to tlle founders of an, empire. The occasion was the lOOt,b anniyer­ sq.ry of the saili.lJ,.g oi aJittle bark which brought the van��-that army of Norsemen, who were to play so large a part in the��en oM e west. The Restauratione�, conveyed mo pilgrim s from Norway to America. It is claimed to have been the sma llest vessel ever to make the trans-Atlantic crossing, thus expressing th!l daring and the hardi­ hood of the immigrants ' from Scandinavia. The president was pleased to take part in the cen­ tennial celebrau'on, since it, afforded him the oppor­ tunity to pay homage to tb,e "unsung millions of p lain people whose names are strangers to public places and fames ; whose lives have beeJ?. replete with quiet tmpretentious, modest, bu,t none the less heroic virtues." Of such has this great nation been builded. Men and women of fixed determination, of high character, of fine spiritual quality, they made a mighty con­ tribution to the success of the experiment to :which this nation was dedicated. With the courage of the Vikings they set themselves 'to the task of convert­ ing the prairies of the northwest into farms and homes. The fight which they had waged against a none too productive soil in their native land, e([ufpped them to face the hardships incident to opening u p a new country. America measured up to their fullest expectation because they gave to it, that which solicited a rich reward. The loyalty of these people, their love of their adopted land, has never been questioned. They have met squarely every responsibility of citizenship. 'l'he nation shares the confidence of its chieftain when he "I know that in your hands the CQ. nntry is �DA Vl!lNPOlt'r TOW A OIIV THURSDAY, JTJNE :i1, l92�, l):M MOINES IOWA TRIB.-mws lUi§ fi..Y; JUNE 9, 1925. e l\1grseJ:Re n in A m erica e Norwegian Cleng J ohn A . Johnson-like Knut NelIn 1821 Pe erson Ian :,:,d in America, and in son , of Swedish blood-they might given the country a president. 1825 the ship Restaurationen initi- have Coming from nations interested in ated Norse i mmigration in earnest. e X'periment, they have taken nat­ The centenary, celebrated in the urally to cooperation and equal Northwest this week, deserves the suffrage-at times to the Non­ national attention which M r. Cool- Partisan l eague and the ideas es­ idge's presence will give it. When poused by Hendrik Shi-pstead and Fredika Bremer visited t1rn Unit- M agnus Johnson. Their cultural ed States in 1850 she found nearly interests, suppressed during their ,rn,ooo Norwegians already settled . yeal's of struggle with raw natul'e, in ,visconsin alone. They were have steadily grown in vigor. The , the advance guard df an army Norse in particular do not forget which , with Leif Ericsson's pio- that they come from the land of \ n eering spirit, swept i·apidly over Ibsen, Holberg, Bjornson and the Minnesota and Dakota prairies. Grieg. I America now has a million and a Culturally, no stock has become quarter inhabitants of Norse more quickly Americanized than blood ; and their contribution to the Scandinavians . . They have en­ our national character, traditions tered the country to make homes, and achievement ls out of all pro- to learn English and to rear their portion to their numbers. children to be patriotic citizens ; They and their fellow Scandina- they might easily have formed im­ vians have large l y made the North- pe1·vious foreign colonies , but it west what it · is. They may look was not their n ature. Jacob Riis around them in M inneapolis and in "The Making of an American" reflect that this city of 400,000 peo- caught th-e spirit of this adoptive pie was marked b y a single cabin loyalty. Yet it is not incompatible 'Ii> years ago. They bave turned with a sentiment o f reverence and the ·cold n orthern plains into one love for the trad.itions of the home­ of the most fertil e farming regions land. The Norse feel that they of the g'lobe. In politics the y have have a great history, dating from assumed control of their section the time of the vikings, and that and left their imprint on national the conquest of the American affairs. Of the last nine governors Northwe!lt is an integral part of It. of M innesota six have been Scan- They may well be proud of their clinavians. But ror the untimely heritage and its transplantation.death of thei r g 1·e� t l ib�� eader, New York World. I ____ ___ I SATURD A.Y, JUNE 6 19.26. --- -- � OF...S J.( OJNl<:8 1 0 W A (' A P 1 'T A'I 1 THE NORSE CENTENNIAL celebration Centennial Kor�•Ameri<.: an s today and ·w ill continue opens in Mii'r I for four days. It is attract ing n ation-wide atLe� will tion. The cro wning fealure of the celebrat ion he the add ress )Jy Presi dent C o o lidge M onday a fternoon. 'fhere will he page a n ts and exh ibits revealing the progress of Minnesota since the d ays of the first Norwegian imm igrants. The h istorical even t especia l l y celebrated is the first organi zed migration from N o r way to Alnerica one h un dred 1 years ago . Before tha t time, h o wever, there w.e�·e , m an y American s of Scandina vian origin. They , were to be fo u n d in the first colonies and they took an active part i n the wa1· fot independe nce. The m igration o f 1 8 2 5 led d irectly to the later 1 settlements in I o wa, M in nesota and other states of the upper M ississip:\)i Val l ey. M innesota· was d estined to profit conspicuo usly from the h eritage left by the early settlers from n orthern Europe. :t-,; o other state is so gloriousl y a symbol of what Immigrat ion at i ts best d i d for America. M i nnesota h as much to celebrate i n the Norse­ America n Centenn ial. 'rh e American people as a w h o l e are properly revealin g their interest and extend i n g their congratu lations by sending their h ighest o fficial represen tative. The l{cave nly Twins. I resolu tions, 1 he St. Pant newspaThe s a11ttltn e�s oC St. raul is \ pers t hreat ened to discontinue n ot s11ff'r i e , it seenr n, to mak e news servicf's which had n ut pro­ · a ppropria te the d esignation of claimed the presi de nt's coming to that city and Minneapolis a8 "the St. Pa ul. Per ba:ps nothing c o n l d so test heavenly twin s . " A rivalry that I dates from their hf'ginnlng has the poli tical dexterity o f a chief d eveloped a peculiar squint-e y e exec u tive. But President Cool, ch_a racter lstlc in resi dents of these idge has met the test. He sleeps \ ci ties. This is d ue, according. to ! in St. Paul, eats in M inneapolis common report, to the fact th a t I and attends the Nors no one in either town shuts both c ele bration in the m1 way district, eyes in s leep ; one eye is a lways I t h a t n o-man 's-land bet ween the kept open in jealous regard ·o f the r i Ya l municipal i t ie s. All is peace­ f u l along t h e upper Mississippi neigh l)Or city. 1 T h e evange l ism o! St. Paul con- and promises to re ma i n so until I sists ot efforts to sprea d the gos- so me Min neapolitan su ggests that v el of St. Paul's eminence. Here there is something a ppropriate in is the state governmental seat. t-h e president 's choice of St. Paul Here is the c h ief railway center o f as a place to sleep. 1 the north west, with more shops 1 Bu t perhaps no one will think than east l at and yards M inneap i o f t h at u ntil the celebration is I olis h as. Here is the meat-pac l,- over and the president is far awa y ing center of t h e n orth west. H ere from St. M inneapaul!s, ,ne headquarters o f the army for the no rthwest district a n d district headqu arters for the i nternal DES MOINES IOWA TRIB.-N:EWS l,l, HI�{), '.fHURS.Q�Y, J reven ue burea u . I-I ere is the chief I horse market of t h e west. ,,,.. The Role of America. The falls of St. A n thony must I lidge i n an especial­ be t a ken as s y mbolic-al of Mi nne- ! President apol is' evangelism. At these falls ly happy ia ress before the , began an exceptional mllling lrnsi- 1 !�rnc ilrl"ff!:i an: celebrants Mon day · neRS ,and a l though most of the touched on two places of notable raw lumber reso urce has been elevation . In the first i nstance he wi p ed out the city r a n ks first ln sa i d : sash milling, and in the m a k i n g : " It is demonstrated conclusively of flour it leads the world. In that there is a spiritual quality la kes and scenery M inneapolis ' hared by all races and conditions of also claims supremacy. I t leads � en wh ich l s their nniversal her­ its rival in popu lation. i lta.ge and common n ature. H tra.'rhe Mississippi river d oes not , 1 ern tty anrl co-opera tion a re • pos­ separate the two cilies. The river s ible on t h e Rra le o[ this ron t i nent flows i n and through both cities m on g p eople so w i d ely d i verse, /J, a nd between them only a s a -por- 1 �v hy not on a scale of a world ? Jt _ _ t1on o f t h e boundary llne. The , i s not a n ew thought, but l t is a difference is something thicker · p rofo u ndl y engaging onP. I fed than water. It is not, as has been ).1 ls possible of realization. am sai d, due to the naming o.f l\'I inneconvinced that our national story haha falls for the two cities even might somew hat help to guide man- 1 1 thoug h these faA ls are l ocated in kind toward such a goal." ::-outheastern M in neapolis, so that ln the second instance he sai. d : 011 the map the name natu rally di- " It s institutions o f religious lib· vides itsel f and the last two � yl - j t.y er , o ! educa tion al and eeortomk, '. " bles a ppear on the _ S.t. P a u l s1de . . opportunity, of constitutional J here are racial di fferences b u t . ( n g hts, 0 f t he 1n tegri•tY O f t he 1 aw, f ! o s of min are i r gni these even _ are the roost precious possessions , a n re. The wh ole thing reso lve,; of the human race. These do not i t self into a gru d ge case, alin ost 8 1 ema ate rom the government. � fend. .� . Thei r ab1drng place 1s with . the A l l this expl a i ns t h e · cliffi<' u l t y I ' people." which has arisen in col)ne�t -io�1 Wholly true are these statements ' with President Coolidge' s visit to which need constant emphasis. If I -ahem, the northw est. A Norse - \ we have fraternity, if our institu­ American celebration is being held ' tlons have their abid ing place ";ith somewhere in Minnesota an cl t h e ' the people wha t is more important president accepted an inv itation for America than u n trammeled d i s­ t o atten d. M inneapolis h ere took cussion ? There is place for appli­ a mean a dvantage and the news cation of these statements i n an­ blazoned his coming " to l\1 i nneap - other item of the Monday news. olis ." St. Paul g ave w ay to rightThe supreme court, by ruling on eous indignat ion. The St. Pan! an appeal by Be{ljamln Gltlow of o ted New York, sustained the New Yot'Tc 1 Chamber of Commer c e a rl p I I l 1 um� �,tatute on criminal a narchy, draw­ came over in the small colony in ing a line between the language of 1825 and who settled in northern New ·:l irect incitement and philosophical Yo,k. Their word back home encour­ 1bstraction. The majority opinion leclared that the state had every .a:ged other colonists to come, but the latter were attracted by the descrip­ ·ight to protect public peace and ,afety by seeking to "extinguish the tion of the land fa1·ther west. j :park without waiting unt i l it had I There Is no doubt of the Norwegian honesty and thrift. The great wheat •nkindled the flame or blazed into district of the northwestern states :onflagration." largely is due to their thrift and In­ A.s soclate Justice Holmes in a dustry. The emigrants were farmers, l l ssenting opinion declared that the and they remained farmers after their arrival. Several decades after iffense charged against G i tlow was they came over the drift of immigra­ Jne which "bad no chance of start­ tion turned to southern Europe, but ng a present con flagration," and under the Johnson immigration blll, 'urther that "Every idea is an in­ passed something more than a year ago, the trend is to give better op­ �itement." If we limit incitement portunities to the men from northern to action we limit incitement to Europe. This ls an invitation to the goo� action. The consti �ution pro• I same stock ot thrifty farmers who hlb1ts congress from abridging the are as welcome today as their coun­ right of free speech ; it devotes two trymen were one hundred years ago. 1 ------paragraphs to .limit the definition I I of and punishment for treason : DUBUQUE yrrw A HEJ. "Treason shall consist only in levy­ THTTRSn AY • • , .., ... .. .,... 11 _ ....l ;l9.1.5 • .,,._ ,.. ·•~ - -• - , ,TTTNF. Ing war." Why cannot we a pply to this NORSEMEN question of free speech the state­ /'" Mr. Cpolidge at the Norse-American centennial ments of President Coolidge ? In ed the simple, home cosmopolitanism lies our peculiar nts from Scandinavia such desirable cit!virtue, in entire freedom of discus­ mentioned the daring and courage which ' zens. sion lies our safety, We cannot brought Leif, son of Eric, to our shores in the year legislate the people into thinking 1,000, and called attention to the fact that the same right nor imprison them for think­ 1 courage has persisted to modern times,-demonstrated ing wrong. In free discussion, in by the intrepid explorer, Amundsen. the contact of various groups and Being a politician, however, Mr. Coolidge did not idea�, there ls fullest stimulation to dwell on the more romantic phases of Norse history right thinking. It ls the role when the old Vikings sallied forth from the bays and America to demonstrate creeks of Scandinavia to spread terror among foreign a bi!ity of that program. peoples. "They had scarcely any inducements," says the -- UOINES TOWA r, A P 1 T A l historian McIntosh, "to spare countries which they vis­ FR!n Av .m E J2. 1925. 1 ited only to plunder, and where they did not hope to dwell ; they were less than others liable to retaliation, :YING TRIBUTE TO A and they had neithe1· kindred nor family nor home. , HARDY RACE They were, perhaps, the only barbarians who applied <From th0 st- Loui• star.) their highest title of magistracy to denote the leaders resident Coolidge went all the 1vay from \Vashington to Minneapolis I of piratical squadrons, whom they termed vikings or yesterday to speak at the one hun- .! seakings. Not contented with their native and habit• ual ferocitl, some of them sought to surpass their ctre.dth an iversary of the arr , l in New York of a co on. -orweglans. companions by working themselves into horrible and The attention "·h!ch the president temporary insanity." pays the men of that race is well de- I And yet the world owes a great debt to these oldserved. The Norwegian is one of the rn.ces influential in settlement of time barbarians. They settled part of France which North Europe, and probably the fii-st \ was known thereafter as Normandy, and gave to Engta cross the Atlantic ocean. land her ruling classes. Rollo, Norse leader, married linder popular acceptation Amer!cans are prone to credit discovery of [ the daughter of Charles the Simple and became Robert, first duke of Normandy. From that line sprang 1 the Am erican continent to Columbus. :still, every schoolboy is taught, alWlliam the Conqueror, and the impulse which was to though many of them forget, that 500 build the British empire. years before Columbus landed at San So American history is linked closely with the Salvador a hardy group of Norsemert fortunes of those early vikings. Leif, son of Eric, menbeat their way ovel' the colds of the North Atlantic, came down the coast tioned by Mr. Coolidge, had far less influence on the of Labrador, and probably were the course of American history than the Norsemen who first to tuoch Amel' ican shores. Their e:i..ploits, · however, have not the in- ' ravaged France and conquered England. And the tcrcst of Columbus's voyage, since j whole nation would now repudiate the man who named they did not lead directly to popu· j is "Vineland." lating the count1·y. It is because After Leif, son of Eric, it was 725 years before that out of Columbus ' s discovery, EuAmerica again knew the Norsemen. That was when rope sent ships laden with men to 53 immigrants arrived in 1825 on the Norwegian ship, ,-.xplore the new country that his re· Restaurationem, and went to the northwestern regions. nown is celebrated to the exclusion of the men who arrived five centuries The descendants of ' the fierce old vikings made be.fore. admirable frontiersmen. Subduing difficulties in a The presidnt dealt with the influnew country was just to their liking. Unlike their foreence of the Nonvegian in building up fathers, they now came to cultivate the soil and underthe northwest, including the ;;tates of Minnesota, ""isconsin, North and take the responsibilities of citizens. South Dakota and northern Iowa. All Nothing In nisfory Is more remarkable than the or them have large numbers of men story of the Norsemen, their early piracy, and their ant.I \\·_______ omen desceclants of tpos who _______ _____...,____. later Christlanization and conversion into sturdy, pru- --------------------� dent citizens. That record certainly holds forth hope of world peace in the years to come. 1 �DUBUQTTE TOW' A TTMFlS-J0TT• � MOND..\.Y, J UNJll 16, 11J2o. OD CITIZENS they are celebrating with great pomp and thorou hness the hundredth.., ann-iversan, of the first organized migration of Norwegians n a sense it is a national to 1 celebration because the Norwegians are represent­ ed in every state of the union and because the whole nation recognizes that the country gained much when it received that first band of Norwegian immi­ grants to its shores. Conservative, industrious and honest the Scan­ dinavian people, including the Norwegians, have brought progress and wealth to every section in which they have settled. The upbuilding of the northwestern states has been due in large extent to the efforts of this hardy and thrifty race. The Nordic races have brought to America no problems of assimilation. They have sought the expenses of land and sea rather than crowding into overpopulated cities, so they created no housing and labor problems. Who will deny that the Scandinavian immigrants have more than compensated their adopted country for its hospitality and protection ? That the Norwegians have not confounded loy­ alty to political organizations with loyalty to country is demonstrated by the stupendous reception given President Coolidge at their centennial in spite of their notorious aloofness from the president's party in the last presidential election. Everything in the makeup of the Scandinavian makes him a good American citizen. • JiUQUE TOW A TIMES JO ....._._, • l "?, T MONDA.. COOLIDGE AND THE WEST .t'resident Coolidge's trip to . the middle west had no politica urpose but it had a decidedly political result. The jou ney was made to keep a speaking engagement and the speech was not to have been -nor was it-a discussion of politics, The presi­ dent was merely to be a speaking guest at the cen­ tennial of the arrival of the first Norwegian immi­ grants. Every circumstance -surroun mg the trip shows it had not a political intent. Once the president arrived in Minnesota things began to happen. Everywhere he went vast throngs sought him out to cheer him. Governor Christianson introduced him as one of the cen�nnial sp�re. He opened his introduction with �ment : "The people of Minnesota believe in Calvin Cool­ idge." With that utterance the enormous crowd burst into tumultuous' applause which continued for many minutes. The president's address provoked similar enthusiasm. So it happened that the greatest reception ever given President Coolidge was given in the country of those who but a few months before exerted their powers for his defeat. The political service to the country of th� presi­ dent's journey rests in its disclosure of the wonders the Coolidge administration has worked in the mid­ dle west. For several years the radical element has made the rest of the country feel that the wheat country was rro longer a part of the union. There is reassurance now that the middle west ·is with the country, not against it. The general appraisal of the presiden t's address at the Norweg- J ia �ntennial at the Twin C ities last wee1t' � -4.t,. was the great­ est of his life. The president is •·e­ vealing a remarkable mental grasp. and executive qualities beyond the thought of his most ardent, appre­ ciative ad mirers. He is reveal ing remarkable powers of analysis of the essential issues of the d ay, aud a determining power for their logi­ cal and practical adj ustment. He inspi res the faith of the people and their unreserved confi dence l -· •tHi!'-'· F.s;thervi!1e (!owa1· _. nter-p.;.,,. WEDNES AY. MAY 6, 19Zf I <:o v 1mN lrnN'J' 'I'O ,u ur n A S P EC l \ T, PETE mrn .\ 1, The M i n neapol is Su nday Tribune for M a rch 29 h as t h e fol low i n g in­ terest i n g i n fo l'ffialion: for No1·,wme n : "For t h e fi l'st t i me i n h i story, Con­ gres;a; h as authorized the m a k i n g of a T h e medal i n United States m i n t. q uestion i s t h e Nof1'e-A m cri can Ce11- 1 ten n i nl med a l , w h i c h will l>e struck I off at t h e Ph i l adelphia mint and used a,-; a souve n i r of t he CentP n n i a l , J u 1w : Tt 11· i l l 1 6 to 9 i n t h e fa i :r grounds. c:om mernorat<' t h e a rr i val in t h i s cou n t ry or tlw fir:-;t load of Nors<' i m ­ m i g rn n ts. by One medal propos ·d , des i gned .T a m ps Earle Fra:.wr. w i l l be oct ng-l,n,ll i n sh ape, of s•i l ver. i n qual i t.1• the 1 f a nw as the n a ti on'H s i lver coi n a n d I t i;; a bo u t the r:; i ze of a h al f dol l a r. I p robably th at 1 000 of t h · se med a l s I w i l l b e struck o f f i n gold. Congress h as rwt h o r i zed t h e minting of 40,000 me<la ls. The fig ure i n the foregro u n d o f t h P Frnzer medal i s t h at o f a l1eroic Vik i n g i n th� act of sett ing foot on Amer i can so i l . The c1L s ig11 is e m b lem at ic of b.Jth the d iscovery of A meric,t by Lei f E r i cson, ·1 000 A. D. and the a r rival of the Nor,;e p :Jople in 1 825. l I n the fi r.;t b u l le t i n issued by Mr. G u stav B. \Voolan, ubl i c ity Di rec- ' tor he i n forms us th an overw h e l m­ i n g i n ten'st i s bein m a n i fe:sted i n : t h e Cente n n i a l . Wh i l e the opening day wil l b e de­ voted to the Bygdelag meetings, ar- j ran gements are bei n g made for a I la rge p u b l i c reception Satu rday evP­ n i n g by Governor an<l M n; . Th eodor0 Ch ristianson of 1VJ i m1e,-Ltn, in tile rot u n d a of M i n n esota's won.' e r f . l state capito l in St. Pa u l . Tlwy w i l l he as:-;i sted i n a,rrangi11g for t h is rcc0p­ tion ·b y the St. Pau l A l l il d Wc,men's orga n i zat ion, com p r i s i n g 52 <; i f er n t bod ie�. c i vic, p rofu;sion a l , 1: o l i t ical, sot..:i a l , re l i gious and frate rn,tl, ,1niJ h av i n g a com b i n o·d membo1 s h i p of more than 1 0,000 women. The recep­ tion w i l l be in tho n a t u re of nn of- ficial wel come to the tt > n,; of tho u,;­ I n the ands of Cen te n n i a l v i s i tors. rece i v i n g l i ne with Governor and M rs. ('h rht i anson w i l l In, the five ot her Norse governors a n d t h e i r w i ve , ; Gov. J . .T . B l ai ne, Wiscons i n ; Gov. A . G . Sor l ie, North Da kota; Go\'. Cn rl Gunderson, South Dakota ; Gvv. J. E. Ericso n , Montana. and Gov . H . L. Whith ill, M issis,; i ppi. Others i n t h e rcce•i vi ug l i n e w.i.U b e ofdcial r�prc­ sentati.ves of th ree governments : t h e Un ited States ,Can ada a n d No rwa,r, besides some of the Cente n n i a l of­ fici als. Accord i ng to prrn,e nt p l n n s PrPs i ­ d e n t Cal v i n Coo l i dge w i l l g i v e h i s ad­ d ress on i\londay a fte rnoon. That even i ng w i l l be " Govern or's N i ght,"' w h e 1 s hort add reS'<il's w i l l be g i ve n h y v i s i t i n g governors a n d officials o f Nome b i rth o · . f ll'T MADTSON TOWA DEV _THURSDAY, J TNE ll, 1�26, ms COOLIDGE .AND WESTi;N VISIT. Pres nt Coolidge "go t away" in good shape wh"!l b e: mad h is speech a t the Nor e-Ame · elebration fr St. Paul Monday. The comments on llis address and ou his visit i n general are complimentary. It is quite p1 obable the p resident is learning how to toss aside some of that coldness and reserve for w hich he ha3 been noted so n�any years. We frequentlr read now o[ i n stances where he smiles warmly, a t hing unheard of until recent months. The president's w ife is a goocl rn ixer, and i t is quite l ikely she has given him a few � i cle lectures on how to meet with h is ..:onstitu ents in a way to make them feel good about i t . For, after all, a president of the Uni ted States belongs to the p opk and they have a ri ll L to expr ·t that h will be a good h \Vl1 1t,, fellow. When l\Ir. Coolidge first went iu f ouse he did not l• td j k now how t o n " •• the p .iblic. He was afra'd to Jo,:e the presidential ignity and J 1 ,1 ,, a,, ucscribed as b ing cxtrei;r,ely stif. aa l eo' cl. II;:3 \\ e t0rn trip t h is w0ek show:, t his tl ra'\\ bdC;k i, being c,·,,n ome to a corn,icl era ble extent. \Ve arc f u lly c'Jgni zant of the fact iat d man can he a good chi 1 exer t ivc without he. g �I! •milu. Likewise a man who is a gooll m ix0r m ' ght be a po 0r Jl l · c• ent. B u t regardless of how effir' nt a man is a� like to thinlr d11 f exe cutiv" of th·,. nation, the peo l1im as a m�m of t l!eir own kmcl . t n p o r PrEo�i­ du� Coolidc;-e tr th \" •�t has s,,ry d to b�in � hi,lt cl OS Pr The y have ((I tJw hearts o[ th' pl'ople he is serv, ng. nd him to be a ''f oorl fellow," at leas more so t han 110 u secl to be. and t hey l ik e it. If he k p t h i,; H P ior ti e n.mainder of his tu-..11, h will go out oi: of 'ice a 3 a popular pre�i lei t, a t ll ing no t tl!ou 0 h t possible 1 } t>,u· and a ha! f ngo. n �l I TRAVELING _ PR� SID� TS President Coolidge 1s to J urney to S Paul, early in June, to attend the No -American cen _ iaJ cele­ bration. e ma e no stops en route or on his return. Mr. Coolidge has no taste for journeying about the country. He perhaps will go about as little � s any president of recent years. H1s plans are laid for the summer. rrhere will be a temporary white house in a quiet spot in New England. There, and with his aged father, Mr. Cool-. idge will spend his summer vacation. ' There has developed a fixed public sentiment that . the president belongs to the people and to the whole coun­ try and that he should visit, at one time or another, every section of the country so that his countrymen may see him and hear him. This lies with the discretion of the incumbent president, however. How much each succeeding presi­ dent shall journey about the country depends much upon the temperament of each chief magistrate. The prac­ tice of traveling about e�tensively began with President Cleveland. He however, traveled modest distances compared with som� later presidents. Mr. McKinley made some notable trips, including a journey to the Pa­ cific coast, and another into the heart of the south. Colonel Roose­ velt, as president, set the pace as a spectacular . traveler. His jourrieys were punctuated with stirring speeches. Mr. Taft, as president, was an inveterate traveler. Mr. Wilson was rather frugal in his journeyings, but made his memorable p ilgrimage across the country in behalf of the League of Nations. Mr. Harding traveled modestly, up to the time of his jo1.1rney to Alaska, ·which ended tragically for him. One of tl1e characleristlcs of -·•­ Norwegian popula.t!on which won t he pre.sl dent's favor, obviously, was that which _mould., lt Into the American l!te and enables It to ahsorb and ex­ empllty the tenets of our part;cular :form or representative government. Th& immigrants are capable of !iv• Ing ln peac e wlih their neighbors. '!'hey are· good citizens from the mo- I ment that they land. They live in happy remembrance o:t their native• land but they see In the American government and In America greater !lnd finer opportunitie s than at home. They become a unit in our clLzenry and they raise the standards ot citi­ llenship. In th!.!! connection, the president re­ vealed a hint of hi s pt·acLicably ideal concept of a world brotherhood of man which w:ll preclude future con­ Wets between nations. ''l t was not so many yea,-.s since visitors from othet· quarters of. the world were wont to contemplate our concourse of races, origins and inter- i Mts and shake their heads ominously,'' h s stated. "They feared thal 1 from l'!Ucb a melllng pot ot diverse elements w e could never drnw the tested, tempered meta.I that Is the only ,substance for 11atlonal char­ ] Lake Mills, Ta.• Graphic WEDNESDAY. MAY 13, 192.i 'I'he Norse people, according to :rn­ c!ition, discove1-ed An•erica under Lh,f Erickson somewhere -along i n the year 1000. They rediscovered it in I 1825 when a shipload of Norse emi­ grants lert the native -shores f'or America. This time they followed it up )ll'ith -shipload after shi::;>load or compatriol8 who ·., ettled in the new , world •a nd have now become part or its most valued citizenry. The cPn­ tennial celebration of this second dis­ covery is t; be held Mffi'�esota state fair grounds June 6 to 9 and i s interesting a large number of Nors-e­ America n•s and their (lescend-ants. at die MA ltf'll I A LL'f() W 1\' . I A , H. ElPITBJ,'f!'-; ., 8A'l'1.URD.A.Y, J UNE G, lU,H, THE NORSEMEN. 1, i e Noc emen meet at Next week M;uorapolis, 'if' E Nordic typ; �and � I the Norse tongiue will be in evidenc. f B u t withal that gathering will essen- , tially American, It 1s a pcculianqr of the 5c.1 nclina­ vian that while retaining his love of Norse mountains and fiords and with that a desire to keep the Norse lang­ uage al ive he docs not f«il to become a real American citizen. He accepts the change ;md the duties that come with a change of allegiance. He learns the Unite<! States langoage promptly, i nterests himself in the po­ litical questions that affect this coun­ try which he has made his own in fact as in residence, meantime attend­ ing to the business of getting a liv­ ing and somewhat more. If he holds a memory of his native land and the land of his forbears he is abk prompt­ ly to adapt himself practically to America and become first of all an American. The Norse in America are entitled to the high respect and appreciation of all goo<l citizens ; for they also are good citizens and beyon d that goo A merican citizens. . The Times-Republican wishes for � . its Norse neighbors an. '.'outmark" good time in Minneapolis. &cter. Even among ounelvri!t \were ! many who I'slened with ·serfo� conI cern to such forebodings. They were not quile sure whether we had ere· aled a nation with the soul of a na· tlon. They wondered if. perhaps we had merely brought together a large , number ot people Jn a large place. ";Had these m!sgfvlngs been jus- 1 Hfled when the ,hour of trial came, ' it would have meant disaster to us I and to the worlcl. Bu t Instead of crumbling into a chaos of d :scordanl elements, Americ11. proved It� truly national unily, It demonstrated con· , 1 1 elusively that there Is a spiritual ! quality shared by all races and con• I dltlons of men which ls t.helr uni, vereal heritage and common nature. , Pow,erful enough to hold this people to a high Ideal ln time of eupreme I trial, why may we not hope that the same influence will at length reach men and Women wherever they are found on earth·? If fraternity and co· operation are possible on the scale , of this continent among people so .... .on• T A U,AJION CITY TflW widely diverse, why not on the ecale l'1TEBD >: • ; "'i ,,, It-, 103§, . ot a world ? ' 'rlJE NO..SEM.JiN'S PART, "It la not a new thought, but It Is President Co� ln hie master• 1 11. profoundly engaging one. I firmly tul e.ddre11s at Mlnne�li�esterday believe it I s more than a. chimera: I . p&'d tribute tO' sturdiness and es­ f.e el It Is possible of realizat' on. I sential Integrity ! the Norwegian I am convinced that our national story people. It was not idle flattery. lt ; I might somewhat help t o gu'de man'r be : had an historical backgrou nd. ' kind toward such a · goal. Therefore, ' pa.rt played by the Norseman from I I urge t he deeply thoughtful study the very discovery ot this continent and teaching of our history." , wu brought out, and the contrlbu· ' Amel'lca owes a debt to the nation tton which this hardy etock from which has supplied us with a seg· the north o! Europe has made to the I ment of i ts population such as th€' tireaent national life wa.s traced. l Norse o f . this n_Qrthweste1:n cou ntry. [ The visit of President Cool:dge and L_________________________________ _________.,. his ad dr ess- o n e or t he mos t a\Jle ___ from the standpoint oC thought and diction of any eYer d�llvered b,.Y him or any other president-was an ap­ propriate gesture of friendliness. j �'.Milfora,. Ia .• M3.i1 TaURSDA¥. ,HJN� .J.8� 1Sl25 NOR,SE-AM ERICAN CEN'l1ENN ii The recent Norse-American Cen Vmnial \£.elebration at M'innea,Polij served to"t!Ml.'9t"fflfflffi'tl• throughout th� country to the part that American citizens Qf Norwegian birth and des­ eent have had in the building .up of t his nation, especially the great middle western states of Iowa, Illi­ nois, Minnesota, the Dakotas and Montana. The celebration especially commemorated the beginning of a great wave of Norwegian immigra­ tion that began with the arrival at New York of the sloop Restaura­ toinen in 1825. It is estimated that t N or'wegian holdings of farm lands iR7 the middle west exceeds 30,000,000 acces, and that ap1proximately 200, • 000,000 bushels of wheat is annually µroduced · by Norse-American farm­ ers, an amount which equals our av­ erage annual wheat -exports, besides which they are large raisers of corn, live stock and dairy prnducts. But their industrial activities have\ not been confined to farming. In manu­ facturing, milway building, br;dge and building construction they have also been effectively active. A nd as should 'b e expeded they hav,;i tnk�11 a very prominent part in ship:build­ ing and navigation. In building and maintaining schools and colleges they have taken and maintained an acl­ vanced position and illiteracy is 1prac­ ticalyl unknown among them. The amount of money they have invested for educational and 'religious purpos­ es is estimated at $50,000,000, not including taxation for pttblic schools. No element of our p�ople excels them in "good dtizenship, or in apti­ tude for becoming thoroughly Ameri­ can, and th•ay have been especially prominent, capable and patriotic as st•a te and national officials. They h:1ve furnished two governors in Wisconsin, three in Minnesota, two in North Dakota and one in Montana. Twenty men of N•o'l'wegian blood have held or are now holding seats in the national house of representatives and :.even in the senate. The late Senat­ or Knut,a Nelson is an ideal type of the Norwegian-American. Coming to this country at six years ,of age, i t devolved upon h i m t o help support a widowed mother, but he managed to scwre an education and enlisted for the Civil War at eighteen. Afte1· the war he settled on a homestead, be­ ca me su ·aessively count.v attoniey, st'.1tc senator, governor, congressman ' and United States senator and won national fame for ability and states­ manship. The national government recog­ n ized the great historic significance of the centennial of the beginning of Norwegian im migTation to this coun­ try 'by issuing two special postage stamps and President Coolidge testi­ fied of the general appreciation of the contribution t h ,a Norwegian­ Americans have made to the ·b est in terests ,o<f our country by attend­ ing and delivering ,a most fitting ad­ dress. .,. COOLinGE vs. C�NGRE SS d .Preside 0;t Coolidge was given a tremendous ovation of this week. Appar­ Mmne �polt: and ently JJI..M to Of V.�a some v /Pf,M · · s say there are a great many people, regardless of po 1 cal aff!lia­ tion�. who believe in the economy program which Mr. Coolidge is seeking to bring about. The congressmen :ind �enators who . talked loudly · about economy before electwn and then mcreased their salaries from $7,,§00 a year to $10,000 a year, did not impress the average tax­ payer very favorably,-yol_u mbus Gazette. .- MR. COOLIDGE IN THE WEST. 81· iaul Mon� ' Mua�a..i!t.eJ -: ... , ·n-t u .RsD v nr"'' � .. > "' rn. 1s;iz5 THE NORSE CENTENNIAL The �orse-,.\merican Centennial cel ebration opens in President Coolidge is back in Washington after his Minne!l;pl,t�y and will continue for four days. It is trip to the northwest, having had just about the most ,1 attractmg nat.�'W,tr�"W-ffltwll'ial:GIJia�illlNiftitfl,'tl".1811,t,ttre pleasant experience of his officia l career. He met the I of the celebration will be the address by President Coo­ people of the middle west and lilted them. They re­ . lidge Monday afternoon. There will be pag.eants and turned the compliment. He ci;tught the attention of the exhibits revealing the progress of Minnesota since the day� of the fir)lt Norwegian immigrants. The historical nation with his notable address to the Norsemen gather­ event especially celebrated is the first organized migra­ ed at the Twin Cities to Uon from Norway to America one hundred years ago. and saw something of tie economic condition of the BeforP- that. time, however therP- w�re many Americans great farming region, didn't. have . to talk politics, and of Scandinavian origin. They were to be foun(l in the first colonies and they took an active part in the war generally enjoyed himself. for independence. In connection with Mr. Coolidge's speech, some of the The migration of 1825 Jed directly to the later settle­ l arge newspaper!! and periodicals are just beginning to ments in Iowa, Minnesota and other states of the upper realize that although the president is not an orator in Mississippi Valley. Minn esota was destined to profit the sense that Ingersoll or some of the other great men conspicuously from the heritage left by the early set­ tlers from northern Eu ope. No other state is so glori­ of the nation have been orators, his addresses have ously a symbol of whatr immigration at its best did for something about them that commands attention. When America. Minnesota has much to celebrate in the Norse-Amer­ that attention is, given one invariably finds a lyric qu al­ ity along with the plain stating of facts, that reveals 1 ican Centennial. The American people as a whole are properly revealing their interest and extending their a fine mind behind it. congratulations by sending their highest official repre­ The Chicago Tribune declaring that "Mr. Coolidge sentative.-Des Moines Capital. is an orator," had the following to say about his ad­ dress to the Norwegians : OTTUMWA IOWA COUJI The address was chiefly a moving narrative of the im- 1 migration of Norwegians and of their contributions to fll1P�{JJ;�DAJ; JVNJ3 !�; !���. this country. In it was the drawing of a striking par ­ allel between the coming of the Mayflower and the ar­ T H E P R E S I D E NT'S TR I P. rival of th.e Restauratio,1:in . , It was an eloquent and de­ ile the Norse-J\rn<"rican centen­ served tribute to a century of achievements of Nor­ , bservance is essentially Minnewegian-Americans. sota's event, the trip to it made by This president who lately has declined something like a score of honorary academic degrees took occasion to President Coolidge and his party was make a suggestion to t'he academic world. He said some an eve11t of the middle • west. This historian might well devote himself to a study of the section ot the country ciaims and a • motives which have impelled various groups of immi­ claims it. grants who have come to this country. Such a study would be a genuine contribution to knowledge. That The national domain of our country suggestion was likewise made in such a manner as to is extensive, for we are both a nation leave no rough edges of apparent irrelevancy. and a continent. One of the presi­ ]';o, this unpretentious man makes n-0 pretentious of dent's tasks as its chief executive is lwing an orator. But for unity, for coherence, for beau­ to make the nation realize that sec­ ty of diction, and for blevity, this address was a model. tionalism and geographical considera­ For our part we have thought the Coolidge speeches, tfons do not and s houl(l not enter into are nearly all models. His first message to congress fts policies. Probably there is no bet­ had Lincolnesque qualities such as that of no other ter way to bring this realization home president o'r recent times has been able to approach. to the American people tha� by jour· Similarly, whenever he was called upon to address any n eyings among them like t he trip to group of people, Mr. Coolidge has demonstrated that he Minneapolis. Sucb contacts as these knew what they were there for, what their purpose was remove the sense of remoteness at­ as an organization, an! he had some helpful sugges­ taching to the government and the tions to make to them. Not only by his executive acts president when they are too much but by his speeches this president has confounded those thought of as expressing Washi ngton criti.cs who called him a backwoods lawyer elevated to only and not America.. high place by luck. 1 1-�istory, we remember, shows that Our only regret is that this section of the country before the government became quite does not see and hear more of him. If be should come settler! down and was root ed on the to Iowa his reception would be no less hearty than it banks of the Potomac, the capital flit­ was in Minnesota. It would d'o him and this state muc t ed about quite a little. Of course, good. �there were reasons · � �t the j umping from Philadel phia to York 1 a n d Princeton and back aga in 1)rob­ a6l y serve·d other than strict military purposes, for the people were given au opportunity to become acquainted with the government, and historians aeem to agree that such a need was ., _. � I (, imperat-ive the n: whe�i• '\asn't quite I I settled whether we were a nation or I an association of ideas. ! Now, because we are a nation, it is desirable that the president should I from time to time make what th.e Brit- \ ish �all, in connection v-Uh their n­ tacts with their ruler, a "progress through the republic.' Such a trip seems the best way to establish the intimacy and co-ope.ra• \ tion betwee� the people and their gov­ ernment which President Coolidge has recommended and done so much to I promote. It is to be hoped his recent visit to I the middle west will be repeated on a more extensive scale. OTTUMWA row A rotrll ,IHURSDA.Y, JUNE 11, · 1925. r ST f! AY I N G. When stud i'pl't in the light of recent developments in the United States, ·Presidel!lt Coolidge's address i.it the Nors_�rican centennial takes on the 'ione of an implied plea against the spread of intolerance , that has been menacing the unity of American li fe. This seemed to be the meaning of the president's emphasis ori the way in which the national spirit had ·come from a diversity of racial el�men.ts. Without compulsi� n,.1 without perse, cution, this spirit has developed. It has grown because American ideals appealed to the best in human nature of whatever race. Of late there has been a tendency to get away from this free develop­ ment. Believing strongly in their own I . ideas, earnest �ersons have been try­ ing by law to run everybody in their mold. Our recent political campaign saw the attempt of a group to create a religious issue, and just now attention is centered. on a state where the legislature has attempted to regulate the details of teaching and has set up its own interpretation. The American republic did not grow in this way. 'The founders of thl's nation were broadly tolerant men. Fundamental principles of tolerance were laid down in the Constitution. These principles were , developed into a body of political doctrines which ; · guided the course of the new nation. American history for a century and a h alf h as bad a background of tole�·­ ance. an<l to this great experience th :president was appealing. ~ --1 Rola-rid (fa.Y 'Record. THUR 8DA¥a UNE l l, 19Z:5 cent�l lrnportant-Evt{itt The bigg.e st news this week i'n local­ ities where ther,e are settlements of people of Norwegian descent, and to a certain extent over the whole coun- ! try, is the report of the Norse-Ameri- : can Gentemrlal celebration._ in Mitl'fn,-7' 7 · IfTand ' sota. A large e weire in attendance, as they were �rom all .sections throughout the middle west, and it is one of the big,gest gatherings of its kind -ever held any­ where. It is stated that it was the Ia1·gest audience that Presirlent Cool­ idge had ever spoken to, when he gave his address Monday. It iis interesting to note the stpace given to the cele� tion by newspapers and the editorial comment in some of them. We copy the following editorial from the Des Moines Capital as a samp!e of thought expressed by American newspapers in rega11d to the event: "The Norse-American Centennial celebration opens in Minneapolis to• day and will continue for four days. It is attracti11Jg, nation wide attention. The crowning feature of the celebra­ tion will be the address by President Coolidge Monday afternoon. There will be pageants and exhibits reveal­ ing the progr of Minnesota since first Norwe:gian im• the days of t f migrants. The historical event es­ pecially ·celebrated is thei first organ­ ized migration from Norway to Amer­ ica one hundred y�rs ago-. Be£ that time, howevser, there were many Americans of Scandinavian origin. The,y were to be found in the first colonies and they took an active part in the war for irtdeperudence. "The migration of 1825 led directly to the later settlements of Iowa, Min­ nesota and other states of the upper Mississippi Valley. Minnesota wa,s destined to profit conspicuously from 1 the heritage left by the early settlers from northern Europe. No other state is so gloriously a symbol of what im­ migration at its heist tlid for America. ca. "Minneso in the Th their congr mg thei ive." their highest _ rH URSDAY. JUNE 1 1, l925 Sumner, ra., Gazette WHAT A DIFFERENCE JUSTA.FEW YEARS MAKE President Coolidge traveling by special t�ain, visited the No:c�-J\merican Centen­ mal Celebration, at St. Paul 1tmrMst of the week. The trip from Washington and re­ turn was made without stops and without incident. .As expressed by one cartoonist, the President 's economy is fine until he ex­ tends it to his visits. Then it is all wrong. The west would have liked more than a fleet­ ing glimpse of their chief executive. The President addressed a tremenduous gathering in the Minnesota State Fair Grounds Monday. Reporting the address an .Associated Press writer said : " Today's ex­ ercises, the feature of the celebration to commemorate the one hundred anniversary of the first organized migration of Nor­ wegians to the United States, were staged in a scene where three years ago, Mr. Coolidge, as vice president, sought to ad­ dress a state fair crowd. On that occasion he was interrupted by a part of his audience, who thought his speech was delaying the horse race which they wanted to see. Today he had the respectful atte'ntion of the vast throng throughout his address, and repeat­ edly he was cheered and applaudBd. ' ' It takes an unusually strong man t o hold an audience, unless he has considerable of a reputation behind him. Three years ago, Mr. Coolidge was not president, and a horse race was far more imuortant to a lot of people than was the vice president. To­ cloy it is different. .And possibly the President, sensing the change which would come over people, and realizing ihe difference which might be ex- i pected in the way of a greeting determined upon this trip �al� w� acrosf! !4.� continent 1 for the express purpose of showing some of his political opponents, that his pop11larity was more pronounced than it was three years a.go. �Vff TON now Ai TIMES TU!!JSD ' v, ,, li � n i, 19:,16 . L MAKING- MINNESOTA SAFE. Pn'Bi(l 'llt Cooli dge will a Hcll(1 t h (• Non , 1 l\m te1rn i a l 1 i u ,hmc. ...:1.lf-io, o f com·1.:,c, }rn .·w i ll ? i s i t t w f SL � lll lvl i n l'C'c] 0,fo;. And tlim:, al a t ri p, lw w iJl li an p11t a "'edge into Mi111 1 esot:1 looki u g to tl1{ c-mnpn igu of 19:28. Xow' i t rna�' be m1jw-;t to q1e 1 re:-;ident to suspect tha t 110 i:-; rn a ki 1 1 g h i s pi lM-rim a.gc to l l ie state of a tli ommHd la kes t o rn a k e votes for a pos8ihl c ocea sion four ven n, licncc< H u t wo do not call a ttP1 1 t i on to tlie ci rcumHhlll�(,)8 of' Mr. Coolid ,...c 't; trip we:-,tward in a spiri t of' ,fori�·iou. Fal' from i t. Wt adm i re 1 ! i c m m 1 fo1 h i s ( mni")' poli t ics. Jc is m1dcniahly t l 1 <' !1:r:.:atcst poli ticia11 t l i P White 1lo11se l ia s e,·cr Jrno w 1� . .A ud a g reat pol i 1i e i a n m nst l1 a,T 0 a b road hurn ,rn mH1e1Ktand i 11g. rrl i e l'H•sidcnt i s 011lr doi1Jg w h a t oth er Prci,idents h ave bee11 too " 1J i.� n to do "·lieu he v i s it s St. Pm� to J 1 elp t l i e No rwegi an:-; et'lehrnie t h eir cen ten n i a l . Ile i s playi11µ; t h e gm n e. l fo p ht �·:-; :t in t he l wnwl,v ·w ay we like to BOP it pla:·ed. He does it wi th­ out U 1 ri ll5 and born ba:::;t. , resi dent ( ;ool idge, i t w n s :-; t a t ecl i 1 1 a Jie ws H on· bY • a corrc 1 s poude11t, was accol'ded a " persp1 1 a l " t 1·il 1 1111]1 j � l 1 i s r-css ;;, .,. rec<.· 1 1 1 Y i s it t o fst. Pa u l n n d M i m i ea polis. rrlw coue:-:p 011 de11t / doi'>cril.Jed t l w tremernl{mii <·1·owd of cl wer i u g- citi iern,-said to I hl1 11cady �0O,OOO-wlw gr,t'eit> d tho Presiclcut a ml lisicuod r.c ­ :, ped fu l l y t o h i B 1V{ntl s a::i h e ::ipoke t o t l 1 em a t the state fa i1· / g1 onrnlR. W l icu Cool i d ge ,rn �; \'i C<' p n. :-;ide11t ! l1v:se same J lC' l ) ] lk', o r c i t i zpm: Yen rnueh l i ke 1 l i � m , booed h i m do,v n ,vb cn l 1 i :-, speech i11 t ,,·J'e-i·pd with n l 1 m-.·1, •. we ui Ll ie ::\fin n('sof o fa ir gro u n (l:-:. Jt .i s sl nl llgQ.., UUW H ' ll HJ.l, ' s. J-.cm 'tB p..t.1;.t:li:-1 'Ol'.1'1.!8jj01.l.!.Wt Lave to l w to 11o1d tl w i r johN co u ld uot I oa l i1/,0 t l 1a1 Hi e ovation ;.!,'i\·011 ( 'oo tidg,· a t t l i l' Nor:,;e ( 'ei i t <\J l l l i n l wm; not a p_s- 1'1,o n n l J ri lrn i e, I nd n t ri l nt� h i s J 1 iB,'l1 qf"i:.q .r=,.,f t i e �!":i0,000 cifo'.:( ' l lH ,1·erc 11o t c l 1 ccri 11g l 11u h· i 1 1 ( \>olidge. rl1l 1 <'�· were <'lit>l 1 1•i 1 1 g- ill<' PrP:', i tlent of l lw U n ited Sta tes. rrliat is v vitle11 cr of pat riofom1, aud i:,.i n:,.i i t :,.il io11l1l l>e. f ,ot W i l l i n l l l I T o w a rd rruft 0 1 w o J 0 11 1 · 1 1 1 0s! popnlu r .P n1 Hi­ deu tH, v i s i t �J i rn 1ea po l i s 1 1 0 \\·, �rnd " l iat w o 1 1 l d he l i i s wull'o 1 1 1 o f Npi :,;o J 1 1 1 w b . A delega t i o n <,l f l ec1 d i ug citfaC'1'r::; would meet l i i 1 1 1 2 t t l w l'ailro ad s t a t i on. r1 1 1 t ey would o:::;co rt h i m to a lead i n g l1 otd. T h ere would be a banquet all(l a s1H�oclJ a.t the colisenm. rrh o C'Ol i8t'Um wonltl be n hout 01 w-th i nl J'i l le, l. All t1rn t ::;im ply l leCH lli:i(' rrn ft i:-:; ]l ( ) loll p;('l' J 'resicl e n t. j_ wt rican 1·i1 iiens honor and clrnl'l' t h e Pres i deJ1 t. The,\ ' d on ' t care wh ether ]w lia vpeus to be Cool i d ge, ltooHe vdt, rrn rt , V v i lsm1 o r ,Jo lrn Doe. T h t .\' respcd O w 1m1 1 L, o f cou h-ic, l m t ' 1 h er se(: 1 1 1 1 i ;-rn t lc of gJo r_,. fhrng 1:trqmH l b im as l µug a::; lH� oc- l e;u piPs h i is h i gh offi <'c. "\Yl1 e n h e step::; clowu to give his off ice ' to ,rn o tlwr t h o ma utlt1 pa8ses to h is stwee:-;sor arnl t b e cheers �o w i t h i t. 'l'l 1 i::; pP rsonal . tri bute stuff is t l i e bun k. If Coo l i <lge " h1 nrn t o J\Ei meapol i s a :·<'a1· aft e r l H' is out of offi ce to givP he mar yet l iY e to be booed dowu aga i n in onlcr t l , n t 1 011, COOLIDGE ON WORLD PEAOE. The succ�s of the experiment of the United .\S t'a,.tes in welding a mul­ titude •of p oples into a single and mo derately harmonious nation lends encouragen1ient to the movement for wor[d peace. This is t11e key­ note -of that portion of Pre�d . ;;;Coolidge's address at .Non celebration a American a1s wlth -international co­ w operation. "If fratern,ity and co-operation are possible on the scale of this continent among people so widely d iverse, why not on a scale. of the world ? " the president asks. The great o'bstacle to world peace is not the se,curi.ng of co-operation and harmony among various 1 peoples u nder an organized govern­ ment. Most of the diffictrlty is in the establishment of that government. [ The Amerkan colonies were set­ tled by an essentialily homogeneous group. The government of the United States was firmly established I long 'before the tide of immigra­ tion began to pour in, for it was not until the latter half of the nine-. teenth century that the movement assumed large proportions. Immlgrants coming to this coun­ try accepted the 1aws of the lan d as part of their bargai n when they were admitted. If they wanted to come in, they h ad no alternative. This is a vastly different matter from the formation of a govern­ ment by the nations of the world, each possessed of sovereignty and jealous of yielding any portion of it. The immigrants submitted to the authority of a constituted gov­ ernment ; the nations must set u p their own rmac•h inery. Mr. Coolidge expresses the belief that the i dea of world co-operation ls "more tha n a chimera'' and that . ft is possL'b[e of realization. There are grounds for snch a !belief, but t he analogy he draws is not a good one. �The Sturp.y Norsemen r- The Norse Centen nial. Frnm the Minnoapolis Journal. The government of Norway bas ·That the pre detJ.t considered the centenshown lively appreciation of the lm­ ary celebration ot the coming to America of poi·tw_ce and signiflc..,, nce of the the "'first Norsemen of great importance was Am •Jean Norse Centennial celebra­ -� Twin Cities J 9, by tlon I made evident by hls long journey; it was made designating a , two lead­ evident .also by the study he !Se.v� to his speech. · ing men-the premier and the presi­ For Ca�eaUdl1,1r made a great address at dent of Its parliament. The premlet· is J. L. Mowlnckel of the Mh� ts:._ State Fair grounds. Trondhjem and the Storthlngs­ He told.1iia"i!'ons and daughters of Norway president is Ivan Lyklrnr of Bergen. that America could boast of no better stock Appropriately enough the one is a member of the Left or radical par­ than that � which they come. He advised ties, while the otJher is from th<> Right that this country ls not great because of its or conservative. parties. political organization, but ls great because of 'l'here Is also a fair chance that fts spiritual union-another way of saying that the Sto1·thing will authorize Crown Prince Olaf, who has recently attain­ Americanism ls a religion. ed his majority, to visit America and The president's heart beat with the audi­ be the guest of Minnesota at the ence when he said: "Religious liberty, educa­ Norse Centennial. The only obstacle Is said to be economy, an Issue as tional and economic opportunity, coru.titutional ' paramount in Norway as in the rights, integrity of the 1aw, these do not em'a.­ United States. The crown prince is na.te from the government. Their abiding place described as a oh.arming young man. democratic in his ways and tastes, a ls with the p�ple. They come from the con­ patron and participant in outdoor secration of the father, the love of the mother sports, and very popula,r with the and the devotion of the children. They are the Norwegian people. product of that honest, earnest, tireless effort The signal recognition of the Norse Centennial by Norway shows that goes into the rearing of the family altar the ancient ldngclom, however,. that and the making of the home." Beautiful senti­ much it may 1:niss 'lit hori1e the ·mariy ment. All powerful words, spoken to a people sons ancl daughters it has given to America, appreciates the -historical that deserved them. significance of tJhe centenary. Noi·­ There was no polltt�s in the Minnesota meet­ way in fact has hacl all through the - ena.­ ing. Henrik Shl.pstead, Farm.er-Lab'or e centuries an in1ens1vo influence over tor, was chairman of the meeting. But having the- outer world out of all proportion to its size :J.1.1 d populaUon. In the old seen and heard President Coolidge at his best, Viking days this Influence was mar­ it may be said that all Minnesota will agree tially exei·tecl, and its stirring story that the president ls just what he has been is written Into the nlstory of Eng­ advertised to be by his party friends, a. sincere, land, Ireland, France and other coun­ tries of Europe. The Norwegian in:­ honest, straigltt-forward, plain public servant. vasion of the United States, begun a Th<c1 fortunate thing for the Norsemen is century ago, has on th0 ol:,her hand ) that they found just the part of the country been peaceful, but none the less has ! it proved a vital in1'.lu.ence �n Amer- I suitable to them. They, with their fellow Scan­ dinavians, from Sweden, did more tllan any rlc.lP development. . •P other peopl� to make Minnesota what 1t 1s to­ day. The climate suited them. The soil was there for them to build on and they have made the best of , their opportunities. One excellent thing about them is that the fann is home. It Isn't something to leave when suecess has been accomplished; it ls something to h'a.nd down from generation to generation. To them the soil is not something to dissipate; it ls some­ thing to preserve. One hundred years ago July 4, the ship RestauratloI).en sailed from Norway with the first group of Scandinavians. This Is the event that was being celebrated in M:tnnesota. And the importance of It ls seen in the fact that the army and navy were represented. The aeronautic branch was to be present in the air­ ship Los Angeles-engine trouble preventing. Few celebrations of like nature have been so honored. French traders were In Minnesota more than 100 years before the Scandinavians but they were traders, not tillers of the soil. It was the Scandinavians, mainly Norsemen in the beginning, that settled down in that wild country and made it develop. It ls that cour­ age and industry that is being cognized. �U!ICJ.!tlU.!l CITY. K..\S .. Tn.A.VUlJ! Pl,� C ONS W�. n,_i;,:>:J��l', TCAN JUNE 11, ll!2ii. u_U�.� 14, 1£;2:i. . ;- LL IMERICA AB,ANDON l I GOOD CI1'1ZENS - -,, _ �LEl'M.NOE? ,·"· they are c'e�brat'nnesota r _ ; . _ R ad n tlie light of re . · t de­ g w, - h:!gti:!6,t J?Omp a l)! thoroug,h � njlredth amfiv ary of '?less he I velo me ts li!i the United �.t�:, rs_ ' or, anized �igra n of the President's address \ll� �e � the tes. Norweg· _ ns !o the ·"United • �-American Centenni · yesleis a national In a sense terday "'w' �- c-.iaplied plea bration because the Norweg ns against the spread of intolerance are repl'esented in every state� of that has been menacing the unity th_e · union and because the whole 1 of American life. This, we take nation recognizes that the coun- ; it, was the meaning of his emphatry gained much when it received · sis on the way in which the .na­ that ffrst band of Norwegian im­ tional spirit 'had come from a dimigrants to its shores. versii:y qf racial elements. , Conservative, industrious and This spirit has developed with- ' honest the Scandinavian people, , _ out compulsion, ·without persec1:­ I tion. It has developed because including the Norwegiap s, have brought progress and wealth to i American ideals appealed to the every section in which they have ! best in h uman nature of whatever settled. The upbuilding of the ' race. Northwestern states has been due 'l'here has been a tendency of · late to get away from this free dG ,· in large extent to the efforts of th[s hardy and thrifty race. devolpment. Earnest persons, be­ ' The No1·dic races have brought · lieving strongly in their own t,o America no problems of assimi­ ideas, have been trying by law to run everrbody in their mold. The fation. They have sought the ex­ penses of land and sea rather country '.has recently gone through than crowding into overpopulated a political campaign in which 'a �ities, So they created no housing grou p tried to create a religious issue. Just now attention is cen­ aml labor problems. Who will deny that the Scandin­ tered on a state where the legis­ avian i mmigrants have more than lature ha � attempted to interfere compensated their adopted coun­ I with the d\ltails of the tea:ching of scientific truths and has set up its try for its hospitality and protec­ tion ? own inte-rpretations. That the N��ll'iaPlle, •re not ; It is not in this way that the confounded foyalty to political or- 1 American republic has grown. Its founders were broadly toler­ ganizations with loyalty to coun­ try is demonstrated by the stu­ ant men. They laid down funda­ mental principles of tolerance iµ pendous reception given President the Constitution. These princi­ Q�.,,, at their centennial i n ples were devoloped under the , spite o f their notorious aloofness leadership of Thomas Jefferson from the president's party in the last presidential election. 1 into a body of political doctrines Everything in the makeup of which guided the course of the '"he Scandinavion makes him a , nation. · 1 American citizen. Tolerance is in the background of a centur y and a half of Amer­ ican history. It was to this great historical experience _that Presi, dent Coolidge so finely appealed 1 -The Kans:ois City Star. tJiE HAB,JT OF THOOOHT I 1" ,.� , There al'e good reasons for cheer­ �>lJ President Coolidge, the true - Aroerfoan, from the mountains of Yierrilont, who believes the govfrn­ mfmt shou_!!. Jive., _ within it,: f;-1e-tmre, tbat feiieral taxes should be · 1:e­ !1.uceg., that foreign governments _ kfi' pay their de'bts, and who, j s,hou· ,whilti unwilling to pawn America's . ',P-J:�cel��s heritage in. the League of ! ��tions,- favor-s every reasonable m,oy!:! loo\dng toward world peace, .particl;llarjy American adherence to the· Piennanent Court of Interna­ iforial Justice. i 'lW:qst ·persons hiss too readily and ;�P�laud . too willingly. tA.nd they dnll'.t tp_foil,!: enough. There was no �pre ,l:'e�son .-for, hissing Vice Presi­ ,;,fept ,.- Cool i<_lge four years ago than ither� i s , ,for hissing President Cool­ ji;fie now, · There was n o go-od rea_ SOJ'.l for it on ejther occasion. And , �o, far -as� the m1u:1. himself is con­ ,;!efnpd, tjiere was as much reason .for; .aJ!>pl;mding him four years ag·o �ll there is for applaudi ng him now. . ihe . Minnesota crowd, which hissed tour years ago, didn't _ know -�tm· · ITq� crowd which appl!l,u ded .Ji.rm .: fe1>tf:!r4ay does. _ ,, The p.:abit of thought is one of ,the tpos�, :9 ifficult to teach. �!lll -� Folr y ars 3go Presid� t ,' Coolhissed i�• 1Jn · ce pr,esident, ·nne� \ ro d attending th at Fair in St. Paul, �ays sota City Journal. Ye,\ter­ 't,� . nns day, at . the Minnesota State 1Fair ,-i',l'<;>unds, he was cheered enthusias� ,tiea�)¥, by a crowd attending the �nial eele-bra� tion. ,str,,ange, isn't it? IO!'l!:KA, HASD.j CA.Ff"ll'U. J U NI!J 9, 1:j25. filE PRESIDENT ON WORLD FRATERNITl'. 1t Coolldge's tribute to the contribu: ' · 1 stocka in .America'•. "melting t1on§J o · Swedish and Norl'(egian lmmigra:PGt'" o ·, Bl)eech :vesterda:, ln Minneapolls, tf.on, ln will be ge rally tndorsed. .America ha■ re• -:efved an important element of lta m:txed popu­ lation, workers and citizen,i, from these north• ern European countries, who have readily adapted themselves to American ideals and cus­ toms. Kansas as well a.a the Northwest has­ had its portion· of these northern immigrants, who have remained here, in that respect dif!�r"" ing largely from some southern European races. They have found America congenial and are a sturdy, part of the country today. The President seized upon thia occasion oi' e-A.merlcan centennial in the Twlr the word regarcling mixed Cities to sa to deprecate pes; racial stocks bl .A.merlca:, si mistic misgivings, that this nation .may be un· able to assimilate the various races that - comf 1 o ft. The new immigration policy in fact pro1c•cts the United States from a dlsproportionatt immigration of races less adaptable to Amer!• < ·:mism. But the President makes a good point -i,bcn he says t.hat "instead ot crumbling Into ,1' r•baos of cUsordant elements, America proved lb , truly national unity. It demonstrated co1±, dusively that there is a spiritual quality shared �Y all races and conditions of men which ii! t.helr universal heritage and common nature.". �.A,nd the President asked; "it fraternity and co­ operation are possible on the scale of this con• ' tinent among people so widely diverse, why not o-q the scale of the world?" The better judgment of the country came to i he conclusion following• the World war, whose -,:onsequences included an accelerated immigra­ tion from war-racked countries, that reasonable restrlctton was necessary, and this has been ef­ :f'ected by the scheme of a ratio which safe' guards this country from accepting_ larger 1nouthful1 than it can properly digest and as13imilate. But the history of immigration r1roves, 1u1 tho President suggests, that ·Amer• lea can take care �f a reasonable and even a e immigration. We may say that this union states mto one continental nation, with the ral and at times too liberal immigration cy, has proven not only the possibility of fraternity and cr,-operatlon among diverse racial litocks, but also the possibility of a larger -poli­ tical international co-operation than has ever I been tried out. A United States of Europe is ; probably an lmpracticable vision, tho some first class European etatesmen hav� been greatly t-i.ttracted by it, but the United States of Amer• ica is a demonstration of the practicabillty ot a closer lntornationalism in the world. t "leI!'tT.A R'.S. !'3�A{;f.Hi1 JUN.ill ' S, 1V2�. -�· ,l I A Significant Speech a_ppearance of President Coolidge at th Mi�ne' so s t¢ 'r grounds where � • . · en� te � ial ;is eing celebrated is of more t'1· ordinary X intere T ce bration is in honor of the fI · xteusi,e Norwegian immigration, one hundred years ago, when the ship Restaurationen followed I the Viking path and brought new settlers to the North American continent. �be President discussed this development with an intelli­ gent comprehension and did not ,:esort to mere _£ompli:_ mentary platitudes which are the stock in trade of many who appear before such gatherings. It is a remarkable tribute to the essentially com­ posite nature of the nation, the spirit of in-gathering and fusion wherein some of the most desirable of the 1;1orthern Europenn races are induded in the common stock, which, after all, goes \Jack thru devious paths to much the same origin. Much has · been said in recent years of the Nordic 11trains in our civilization. The \Vord has been over-used, perhaps, but it describes in a general way the strains that have been emiriently successful in conquering new :wildernesses, in establishing schools and colleges and churches, in planting solid ind ustry in the soil. Presi• dent Coolidge, in tra,·eling half way across the continent to pay a tribute to the spir�t of the 'immigrants who have played such an important part in the settlement of the nation did more than compliment an Americanized Euro­ pean nationality. He t)aid tribute to all the worthy im migrants who have built physical and spiritual power <J . this soil. / -,;;;_ __ �OUVffl'�TON, KY., POST !JJJ!E !l, ;l}lii. Coolid ge on Freedom President Qoolidge 's thought F ii:i u h mper d by thC' pressure of . olitica c plomacy and he gies free r,e in to 11, fancy he shows a fondness · for ad en re in the realms of ideal­ ism. I·fo, address at the Norwegian Centen­ ni a l celebration in Minnesota -...vas non­ polit ical and his mind seemed t o be having a t horoly good time. Result : An int eresting addrei-;s_ This particular <'ele bration commemo­ rated the arriva.lof Norwegi an immio·:· in 1 825, after the s'ltt1isdn) �.!1f'an -r-evo­ l uti on and the firm estabfahment of th,e United States as an independent nation. Having di8coursed on the motive� that had prompted earlier immigration to t hese shores from EuropP, la rgely stimulated from the o_t her side, the president came to t he imm igration encouraged from this side of t he Atlantic after the establishment of our goYernment. ' ' From the time when their fast-develop­ ing institut ions of popular government, re­ ligious freedom and i ntellectual liberality h a d come to t ake def1inite and attractive forms, " says Mr. Coolidge, " t he people of the Colonies took a new interest in inducing their European relatives to follow them thither. They engaged in an inverted cru­ sade. a conquest without inva8ion and with­ out force. The new country offered nth only m ater:al opportunities, bnt possibilities of spiritual and intellectual ema ncipation which they ardently wished their friends on the other side to share. Cit izenship in the New Worl d meant something t hat it had not meant in the old. It was seen that the New World offered something new. Th ere ,ms an increasing realization that many burdensome t raditions and institutions had somehow been shed. Here at last the indi­ vidual wa; lord of himself, master of his own destiny, keeper of his own sovereignty. Here he was free. ' ' Pres(dent Coolidge can devote himself to no greater crnsade than to lead the fight to restore this country to the blissful condi­ t i011 he describes as existing i n 1825 . A thoughtful survey of his country to­ day, of the h armony, patriotism and idea l­ ism of all of the people in 1917 and 1918 and the insidlious attacks on freedom during the past few years of awful reaction, must convince h im that he can not say truthfully t oday that in the United States in 1925 the '' individual is lord of himself, master of his own destiny, keeper of his own sovereignty. Here he is free. ' ' For probably a t n o time i n the h istory of this cotmtry have bigotry and i ntolerane1; been more vigorously off�nsive, or religio us freedom and inte ectual liberty les8 ·eeure. COVINGTON. I{Y., TIMJilS-S'l'Aff NEJ 9, 1925. L'-�---J~ The Broad ,U,rse Trail St. Paul, 1 11 wes partici pales, is a h i storic e \'ent of e recogn i t ion of this i s the presence of , Anoth e r i s t h e p resence of the No rwegian , Johann Mowincke l , and of an official d e l ega­ Prime I\ t i on from t h e Non\"egian Stort hing, headed by C. .J . Hambro, chai rman of i t s For ei gn R e l at i ons' commi ttee, and foremost among the younger l eaders of t h e Scan di navian k i ngdom. Nor­ way's own cel ebrat ion of lhe occasion w i l l take t h e form a fort­ n ight hence o f ·ahA m e rican Week at i ts ca p ital city o f Oslo, and 1 of tlie unv e i l i 11g of a monument 011 the significant dat e of J uly 4t h at the sign i ficant port of S tavange r. From Stavange r, J u l y 4, 1 825, sai l e d / he Norse Mayfl ower, though it bore anot h e r nam e. On the 45-ton sloop Restaurationen were Lars Larsen, J ehane anJ Gudman H aukaus, w i t h 50 fol­ lowers, in search of greater re l igious freedom and i n d i v i dual op1 µor t u n i t y . T h i s was the begi n n i ng of an exodus wh i ch brought tu America about a m i l l ion stal wart Norwegians, and gave it a 1 I . or w i t h i n 350.000 I prese nt Norse-.�merican popu.l a t i on of 2,300,000, . I o f the population of t h e hom el and. The broad t ra i l of Norwegian , ! . energy, i n i t i at i v e and i n dom i tab l e i n d ustry crosses our cou11- [ t ry from the Lak es to t h e Pac i fic. Somet imes these " N ordics" ' ' haYe a l i t t l e fam i l y fun about t h e sl rong qual i t i e s that �re i m - 1 µuted to t h e m . But they are m i ghty good peop l e . \Ve w i s h th ere / 1 were more of them. which ti t,;;:7.Ir;flT J t.· >, . 1: · - : .\1L.1, lh, .,. , . v, "VISION OF UTOPIA" The Courier-Journal, 'W. riting on the President's ebration I t-ecent s-p ech at the Norwegian Centennia . at Mitlnea ol!s, d�. " opia" which ,does not e br�ce within H.s ,range the League of Na­ for that newspaper. tions. No ot)1.er Utopia "' ve at the gates or occupy The worl will nevet the lost paradise about which men .have dreamed ex­ cept as this cou ntry leads the way by going into the �uropean system. The Lexing-ton Leader recognizes and appreciates \ �he real and earnest desire for universal ipeace an d a a,.ew world order which The Courier-Journal cherishes, and sincerely entertains the hope that sooner or later the dream which filled the mind of Mr. Wilson during the later years of his career will ,b e realized on earth. But there are different approaches, perhaps, to that gtate of concord and bappiness. There a1'e many I �ho believe that vas t spiritual forces, operating over l almost i mmeasuraible •p eriods of time, will b e requ ired ' , to so modify human nature that a charter can be . drawn that w111 be a u nivers•al declaration of hu man · ,rights and a constitution embracing all n ations. They !believe that for the present e,o nditlons ·a re n o t such as ] to make any such world organization feasible. �The tremendous disparity 'between nations, poli\ 1cally, morally, and racially; the existence of a,g e-old !l)rej udices and antagonisms; the stresses and strains t ' !Which operate to ,p roduce just such conflicts as the Great War, which �e-ft the world stricken and humi li- l ated put still, in Iarge part, unrepentant ,a nd m u4ually hostile, all indicate that any present attempt, :however· well :Intenti oned, to bind the scattered frag­ anents of humanity into 'One bundle must inevi tably fail. Anything too ambit ious, any scheme too far in advance of 1 world thought and of n,oral progress, can only, 1n its fail,ure, produ,ce reaction and pessimism. In other words, those who hold views contrary Ito the opinions of The Cou rier-Journal, while wishing devoutl y that its dream mig·ht be immedlately realized , d o not feel that the eX'pectation that w e shall soon see It.he light of the Millenium f!us'hing the east is j usti fied, and ra:th.ex feel that the ·attempt t o usher i t in by means of a league of nations cannot possibly be sue� .:essful. The Oourler-Journal ,criticises the following · pas­ sage from the President's speech : "If fra:ternlty and coop eration are possible o n the scale ,of this continent amon .g people so widely d iverse, why n ot on the scale of the world ? It is n-ot a new thought but 'i t is a tprofoundly en.g aging one. I firmly ,b elieve that it i s an.ore than a ·chimera. I feel i t is possible of reali­ l')atlon. I a.m ,convinced that our :national story might l!Omewhat h,elp to guide m ankind toward such a goal. Therefore, I urge the deeply thoughtful study and teaching of our history." The Courier-Journal regards this as dn "inspir­ ,ng idea," a. "bedtime story" to which the world is wekome, and considers that our n ational story is marred becau.se we have n o t pocticed its teachings lby going into the League and fraternizing and co-· 'Operating with the rest of the worl d . "Mr. Wilson ," I t is said, "proposed to impose the American policy on the worl d , -g ive it something' t o f.raternize about iand cooperate in." But reading on in the Presiaent's speech we see that his statement has ·a h istorical ,b ackground and setting. In a fascinating way · h e traces the slow pro­ gress of mankind from the .most remote ,period o f time, its high adventures, its ste/Ldy movement toward a richer, fuller life, physically and spiritually, and !l)aints a picture of the evolution o f civilization over a vast ],apse of time which leads to the conclusion at which he arrives ·b y • an irresistible logic that the race still faces ages o f toil and effort and ��ans­ iformation, and that it is premature to suppose �11 ... c:we have come ev en within meas e distance ot the �lt!mate goal. . [ i Furthermore, recognizing tl,'\e� pa nt fact that this . . l,a:i1wtrl". sta.ndS--- !n, ..a.dva;nce- � aJ..l 2. i:a .and ill- the- van of progress, a descending scale which leads rapidly "ehru ni.any grad ations of moral, social and po.Iitical cul ture unti l we •c ome to raw sa.vagery, which still holds :millions in its clutch, the President ·b elieves that our very detachment, our p osition of friendly neutrality, Kives us, with the ob­ j ect lesson of o ur national history always before the w orld·, a place of singular l eadership and an influence for · goo'd which we should only jeopardize by asso­ ciating ourselves in • a ·political w orld organization , with all the other <p eoples and tongues. 1 co-operation are possibl e on the scale of thls continent among people so widely diverse," he demanded, "why not on the scale o f the world?" He I answered his own question out of the spirit of his exalted mood : ''I firmly · believ e it is more than ·a mere chimera. 1 _ that it is possible. I am con­ I feel vinced that our national story might somewhat help mankind toward the ' nnesot - • -�-.,.-· e f th' ather al up of Norwegian Imgoal ." migrants o e United St.a tes that Inspiring idea. I f a �edtime story played an mpo'1tant part in the devel• will help, the world is welcome to the opment of the Northwest. This !ltt;e story. President Coolidge will even ba nd of homeseekers brought from I tell it. I n fact, h e did tell it. But their native la nd to Ameri9a stout the incident is most significant plw· hearts and bodies inured to work, chologically. Under his crust of recharacter formed by toil often within serve, the President conceals imagina­ the boundaries of the Arctic _circle and tion. But there are different ways thrltt that 1 had been i nculcated of employing the imagination. There ' throughout the centuries. They were are men of vision , "the world's great prepared for the hardships of pioneer• dreamers," who hold the imagination Jng', for the task of transforming the under discipline to supplement the wilderness into fruitful harvests and reasoning faculty, never losing con­ tor the undertaking of building in the tact with reality a.n d projecting it new West of the N ew World a great deliberately, as an engineer r u ns h is and prosperous commonwealth. line, (or � h e ach ievement of their Unlike their stalwart ancestors, f d1·ea111s. I n other men the . imagina­ 1101110 eight centures before them who tion fu n c tions as an irrational re­ came and left no trace of their settle• action to som e outside stimulus. The rnent. these latter-day Norsemen made clream may be real to them while 1: the idle p\·alrle work for them , made lasts, but when the stimulus is w it:i ­ the earth yield up Its mineral and I drawn, the vision fades and start built beside the rivers o r on _ northern reality reappears, the dream no near­ lake front the foundations of pt·oud er realization than it was before. cltles. More important of all they When President Coolidge thi n ks n1ade a path Into the new West, over calculatingly of world affairs, he 'l\'hich t heir fellow coun trymen have severely restrains his imagination and 1 :foll owed them even to the present accepts conditions as they a ppe;i:: clay, and Minnesota's grnatness and su pe1·ficially. When h e gives it reil, prosperity are in no small part due under the spell of the occasion, the to thei;;e migrations. b1'otherhood of man is not adva n ced Into t h is Jand, i t Is ofteu recalled by any observaLJon that "fraternit:v by old settlers, came a young Nor• u.nd co-operati on'' ln the Northwest weg!an some forty years ago. He were cultiva tecl by a common problem had worked o n a hill farm i n arctic and mutual dependence. The "na• 1 Norw•ay and he longed to follow iu tio nal story" of America as a guiding the wake of his -,ountrymen . He was princjpJe in international relations is of the same type, industrious and slightly marred by the attitude of the .painstaking, frugal and thrifty, and United States i n refusing to practice yet with something of the roving dis• the teaching-s of its "nat ional stor"\'" position of those earlier ancestors, an'.1 o( "fraternity and co-operation ." Knut Hamsun returned home to make Woodrow Wilson saw the same sig n a name for himself as a poet, to de• in th e "national story;" but his imagi• J ' n eate the lives of his people in novels n ation ·was so .studiously co-ordinated t rrnt rank' among the best in modern world literature. j with his reasoning faculty that his practical mind refused to b�l ieve that W hat H a m s u n has done in the the rest of Lhe world could be induced , realm of letters, his people over here 1 to fraternize and co-operate u n l ess the have done In making the history of ' Uni ted States fraternized and co-opera­ a. peaceful and prosper ous people­ ted wilh i t. "Fraternity and co-oper·a• woi·ks worthy of the :4,;;hest prai. , 1 Lion" are America's contribution to statesmanship, if President Coolidge's I dream is n ot a "chimera." !.(nl'l SVlY,1',FJ. �! .. C".)UTIHl!:t --.tl'I J lJ I--IE 12, U);!."i, Wilson proposed to impose , the A merican policy on the world, give it I PIA something to fraternize about and co1 entertains a operate in, and a means to get togeth- 1 11t e brot His et for that purpose. t Norse-A 'W ilson belongs among the "world's ', tenni c ebratibn-"midway between c;-reat dreamers." He n � vcr lef t t the vin Citieis"-was occasional in question whether an idea w · a1 ' charact�r and afforded him a n oppor· 'chimera" to h is feelings. tunit y to expand a theme without impinging on controversial issues. The miracle of America stirred the Cool­ idge imagination. "If fraternity and l When the world has further ad-van-ced, when there is in Africa and Asia, as well as Europe, a body o f o· p lnion ,powerful enough t o swing those enormous ' masses of human beings into line with the ideals of America, a lea•g ue of nations o n -a u niversal scale may become possible. For the present the o n e which has 1been organized i s -a European instrumentality which this country hopes will succeed in u niting the various �es ·and t-ongu€s o f that continent fa 1'...11 � t�es similar to our own. tClillVlLLE. K!".. coum:ma.m J U N.I:.: h, l�.:;,. �:ltn)Ul'V'Jt,Lm. IIT.. COUIUDl!l-lllli . lQijli! l_2�:... ' .::.l.'!<. �2.::: f• ---..... _,,....- , t't�i·f"1t WRblANY'S suJGESTION, eel' ge In his recent _ e Twin Cities ot Minne• {d�Jess · Jt 1 sota re y meant that tq,e · u.n1,ted ' · �ald b1i' 'more than an ob• \ ject lesson to th e world. he may be called u pon to put into practice his Ideas on American ••fraternity and <.'O· operation." There has been no doubt of· the need by Europe of such attl• tude and such action, but heretofore <he--ailil.!!.de has been o·ne of . aloofness ll.nd what action. there lrns bee n has 1 been en tlrely ;_,nofficlal. Now .ln the midst of preliminaries looking to negotiations for a. security pact. Germany, it is. reported, Is hope­ ful that the Gnited State� will play a part In . a plan by being the , repository ot the pledges of European nations, and perhaps passing judgment in the e;ent a.n y pledge is broken. All . of this·, however, Is unofficial. Edwin L. James In tlie Ne\_V York Times verifies In London tha� such s4 ggfstlons have been made but . as yet they have n.ot taken the,.shap� : of having; the, Be1'lin Government o'ffi$ially behind them. t Germa11y's . suggestion Is to the ef­ fect lllat the United- Stat.es would not 1 be required to commit Itself fo a1iy a,•Uou. Tbe pa,·t it 1rnuld play 1,ouid \ be' �1tj.11iar to tuat. 1-11a)'ea ny �ct. \,'c�. Young : and Robinson in the repaf� t ions tangle. J n a, ,m ea�ure it wou�rl I e to .the boundary q ueslion what . tit• Duwes plan ls lo -th e econo1�1ic _q ues t lon, ,,-ith 'i',"ashington officially rep1•e sented. as it was �ot ln tl1e former 0 t.hefr. enforcement not ]f8cessarily preclude the United . Stales from par­ liclpatio11 in .the �•ea�e plari'. No �10re oartlc!pation would . be called: for tl;an t is n9w giving 111 the.traffic ln arms 1egotlations. , Even as a non-n1e111ber h e United Slates ,could µlay an Im· >9rtant judicial rol�. l11 the measures 01• European. sec.urlty. H _thu� could [emonstrate its spirit of "fraternity .nd co:operatlon·• without entangle­ nents, without committin g Itself to .�y action. Such a role, it is a1;gued, vould Increase the µrestige of the ,eague, with Germany a full ·member end the United Sta,tes as the arbiter •f boundary questions that mean so nuch to European security and . sta­ ,lllty. -·French officials characterize the Idea as "interesting and important,'' but Franc� will rightly insist that the machinery for . determining se1:urlty must be the Leag ue. A comprqmlse therefore ls suggested . in the United State� co-o_peratlng with the League. affordlng an opportunity for Amer!· can assistanc e and clearing the way for Germany's entry Into the lnter­ na.tlonal ·body; It Is the starling point at least tor an Interesting discussion, wh!Gh may mean much to· the peace of the wor 0 1 And it is the more interesting to compare liis speech to one of T. R.'s because, in the reign of Theo­ I dore I, it was such an occasion as he might have seized not only to pour out his vast informetion on the sagas and the Vikings, adding, perhaps, a footnote to the translations of Mon'.is and Magnusen and putting a world straight on the "Voyage to Vinland the Good;" -but to open the stops of the great organ, connected with carillon chimes in the belfry, and deliver an orat;orio in praise of all th!;ngs vigorous, virile and Nordic. Blurt it Out, he might have said, and Do it Now! We ve so few otthem here I The verbal orchestration of Roosevelt was Jacking "a,ng, it's our los�-4 in the address of President Coolidge. But we believe �ns, we meQ,n. we see traces of the same vocabulary which upturned Lots of people question the Europe not so long ago in the address of Alanson B. priority of Columbus in favor Houghton, our plenipotentiary at the Court of St. of some red-haired son of the James'. For what could be more apropos on the eve of Vikings, some Leiv or Eric or the announcement of the F9ur Powe11 Pact than this . llaraldphrase: They tell about Vinland and If fraternity and co-operation are possible it makes a pretty story, on the scale of this continent among people But, when it comes ta Cristo­ so widely dh:erse, why not on the scale of !oro Colon, we are on solid a world ? ground. : We are not among those who believe that every f!.nd we expect to rerruiin time the President makes a trip he is so lost to the oc­ old-fashioned enough to tag I .. casion before him that he lets the job of being Presi­ , along with the pious, ill-re­ dent worry along by itself. Washington correspondents warded mariner who gave an may have us believe that the trip to Minnesota was the , empire to Spain which was not work of somebody over in the press bureau of the Re- I the Indies he dreamt of. publican pa'rty wanting to fix up the fences said to be 'Ro take part in a Norse­ clow!1 in the wheat territocy. Well�·-mebbe so. But the 'A merica,n centennial the Los Chancelleries of Europe are, we fancy, by this time '.Angeles sets sail. reading all the prepared speeches of a President whom ' Minneapolis her destination. they suspect of an irony sheathed in a scabbard of sen­ So great was the expansion 1, timent and patriotism which .._uts so delicately that it ,'Of her helium, gas due to the leaves no scar. heat, that her start was deWe believe it will be reviewed not only in the Min­ 1,ayed: nesota local press, but that it may penetrate as far Helium's too valv4ble to south as Dayton, Tenn., and receive favorable comment ",Waste by release. in the St. James Gazette, the Temps, and other journals About the same time the on the continent as much more than an engaging liter­ Norse Government that sto-od ary, oratorical and historical what not. We are pre­ sponsor for Amundsen starts. pared to accept it as the True Doctrine of Common an expedition on its way to.. Sense, Spitzbergen. The President was awake to other goings on in It will link up with the sup.>-­ the world. One suspects he has had time to read of the ply ships left behind by the Scopes case, the attempt of the Kluxers t;o keep a explorers. statue to Columbus from being erected in Richmond, It canies seapl,anes equipped Va., and the activities of the' Soviet Bureau of Inforwith wireless. mation in Washington. In a week the search will What could be more apt and adroit than his casua\ begin from base. reference to the coming of the immigrants on the small Then we should get some 1. Norse ship "Restaurationen" ? Not all the commit­ news, Not necessarily bad news. 1 ments of party platforms in the world are half so in­ It's a king of men they set forming as the phrase, "and it appears that one of their forth to recover, reasons for coming to this country was that they had A gallant .4 merican sports­ not enjoyed entire liberty of religious opinion at home." 1 _ man his companion, Sure enough+ W. J. Bryan engaged m the perse- 1 They expected the unex­ cution of a young Kentuckian-setting up an "infant!- ' pected and were ·-p1·epared for list" creed, when he might be out tending to the firms' ,t. realty holdings, has probably· forgotten that, whatever 1 the Jaws of Tennesse..e the fundamental law of the land 1 has not changed. Calvin Coolidge has not forgotten. And evidently LOVJSVJLL'.m. KY.. HillRALn ____.::: h,.. e...d..,o"4'rs not propose that anyone shall forget: JUNE 1�. 1925, Citizenship In the New World meant I �DF.•A.l(S • )methlng that It had not meant In the Old. ...,..... was seen that the New World offered someing the President's speech to his fellow tin g new. There was inre'.'-slng reallzatlon e nt no one can accuse tat many burd ensome traditions and . lnstl tu . . 8 o� . at last ons had somehow been shed, Here • e pysche-f P · • commonly . . 1e i ndividual was lord of h imself, ,;naster of filled it 1s Nor dullness. as mental 1s own destiny, keeper of h is own soverwi.th that species of obscurantism cheerfully known to 15nty, Here he was free. this m id-Rotarian age as bunk. The President hits on re a1:e incontrovertible tidings that we are not all his cylinders, getting plenty of power and speed- 'under a sky of promises." Better a man in the but with no detonation of words-as when Roosevelt House who is so careful with his words that he used to jerk open the throttle and release the cut-out. s to -commit- himself four years 1n advance as to just what he is going to do with the European situation ---­ -and have him achieve/ a real participation in the wo1·k of restoring the world. Better a man who is in no hurry to inject the toxic poison of religious controversy into a campaign and is under no illusion about personal freedom and liberty. He comes forward at the right moment. I It is an answer to the pretending healers, who c re things with platforms rather t:ian principles; by pa s­ ing a new law rather than by common sense. We should like to docket this among the Papers f the Presidents as : First Principles, including a clisse tion on the Scandinavian, by Calvin Coolidge. LOU!5VU,LE, :n· . HElR.1'.? r­ .J U.N.1,1� I, ..t:.l20. n • THE PRESIDENT ·r �Leia!!!VIT..:r:r:i. ta.. rowr JUNE J2, J.�;!&. NO POLITICS IN IT. 'OME ar �ver too busy to r0�d ul: erior political motives made by a public officer. .) into any � This w s rikin�ought out in the comments made on Presiden C olidge's recent trip to Minneapolis \9 help the descendants �f""t'J:te � 11'Mi'ls ce e rn e i'he cen ennial of · the arrival of the original settlers. The journey was made without loitering at Minneapolis or ,vay stations ; a speech was delivered, free from political allusion, direct or indirect ; there were no political consultations en route ; yet the entire trip is given P'Olitical color by a number of correspondents who seem to think that things can never be so simple as they seem. Because the President · passed through Wisconsin, the home · of La Folletteism ; because he visited the Northwest, an area of Republican insurrection, and because he had never been there befoie, a political 1notive is ascribed. It is too far fetched to interest any but those minded that way. Cer­ tainly the President is not made of such unhuman stuff as to desire to repudiate a good impression he may have made or not to regret it if he did not leave a happy memory. Whether either would affect his destiny in the future is highly speculative. Certainly that was farthest from his mind. The question of renomination is one that bothers the gueirners much more than it does him. What with foreig·n debts, taxation, a none too tractable Senate and a new obedience to impress on the people, h e has something J)eside an election three years hence · to occupy his mind. It is ex­ tremely d-oubtful whether he has ever given the subject enough considel'ation to know whether he wants to run again, if he can. The discussion of the trip's effect on Republican for­ tunes in imp,ending congressional elections also appears con­ siderably strained. It is unlikely that the privilege of gazing upon a chief executive is repaid by a substantial conversion of the electorate. And however well the President may be regarded, a congressman, rather a local officer, cannot ex­ pect to profit from this affection. He is not looked upon as a facade for the White Hous-e. · Those whose ambition is political prophecy are given to stressing the unimportant. 1 They look for straws when the wind isn't blowing. The en­ tire importance of the journey to Minneapolis lay in the tribute to the Norse influence in our civilization and an '-/J_ x­ for pressed recognition of the conditions which have m us have sound AmeriG,an institutions. If that is politics more of it: ALL IN VAIN ? '/ ' Mr. Coolidge went out t Minneapolis last and de1iver-ed his o� was a maste1�c.e not onl y in in co� also from the po­ litica p nt of view. In one hot evening the presi ent kicked poor old Columbus out ◊f the win�qw, enshrined Lief Erikson, trh e I '"Nordic Cath�lic, ,in his place and displayed to, fife wo1M itfe, figure of a new national h ero, Snorre Thorfinnson, th e firnt native­ boTn white American. And as 'a by-projl­ uh of this stupendous effort, he presum­ a�ly linked to himself the Scandinavian vote ffom this time henceforth , forever, and c]incihed the happy relations between the : ljQjted States and Norway; . ' "F hat was President Coolidge' s contributi.on to the cause of pe,ace and good will �ong men. But while he was so comfort­ itg himself, another servant of the Ameri­ can people, the customs agent attach ed to tjle American legat�on at Oslo, in Norway, 'ta,� trying his best to upset th e apple cart. ' . 1 Acting in pursuance of an wet of the con� gress, this gentleman has been seeking to get' information as fo the cost of manufac-­ tiu:e of certain N orwegiau goods. The i dea, of course, is tih at now that th e people of the JJnited States h ave a sli ding ta1:::i ff scale a'tl.j'Usted according to th e cost of m anu­ {aeture in foreign cotmhies, the foreigners :must tell us about how they do business 0 1 have to submit to an ever-.i ncreasing 1:ari.ff on their products ,, hen sold to this country. Hence the arrival of the customP *gents in Norway, hence th eir insistence �pon knowing how th e foreigners conduct their businesses, and h ence, alas, a certain feeling of irritation in the mind-s of Nor­ wegian business men, and in official circles as w:ell. 'i Whether this attempt to carry out the �-il! of congress will_ undo all the go �d work 011e by Mr. Co hdu ementmg our ay1 it i too soon to f�,endship with No r $ay. Certainly .si 1ilar mttho s when used · le 1 t j 1 I ,, . /•,';, etse : ...,:i : again.5t Swiss mairn fac t u l'e,....,�-•� v ; 1·athcr badly. Perhaps the Norwegians are : brnader-minded than we th ink and will decide th at the crowning of Lief E-rikson and t1he. discovery of Snone more than gives us the right to pry into their business s·e-c rets. But it would be a pity, wouldn't it� :f · . some petty Ame1·ican j obholde1· in Ouo managed to undo all the good results flow. ing from the Minneapolis speech ? I I �P'AmTO'AR, KV., NEWS-D�MOCJ't.A.T JUNE 11, ...l. •r ____,- SETTLERS OF THE NORTHWEST ooli� ourne:, across half the continent Presi e during t p e� k of the heat wave to speak at the �!'1i��­ 'A merica Cen nnial �·ation in Minnesota was an hon­ r. or richly dea.iiliilll'iffl'°'15 y that hardy p eople, which made the ,ttrg� ·· ontribution to the seltl ement of the Northwest. The Scandinavians, assisted by gaunt hard Anglo-Saxons from New England, lived a mightier saga than that of Beowulf, in putting the cold forbidding wilderness of Min­ nesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and the Dakotas under culti­ vation. "Main Street" gave us t.. picture of the drab, hard lives of these p eopl e, and of their drab, hard souls. But nevertheless they were heroic, and they have set up a pros­ perous empitre, where once were only sombre forests and prowling Indians. The rigors of the long, gray winters, the comparative sterility of the soil, the almost impreg­ nable battl ements of trees, made pioneering the hardest sort of task. None but men and women of iron-tinctured souls could have gone up i_nto that northern country and conquered. In the battle for survival they had to forget much of the beauty and sweetness of life. But these Scandinavian p eoples of the Northwest have made contributions to o ur national character, traditions and achievement all out of proportion to their numbers. The cold northern wilderness is now one of the most productive regions in the world. It is dotted with mills and factories and great cities. The politics of this great section is domi­ n ated by the , Norsemen, and they have made ·themselves felt in national politics. During the war between the states, the valor and hardihood of the mill hands and plow­ boys from the Northwest were a tower of strength to the armies of the Republic. Of the last nine governors of · M innesota six have been Scandinavians. But for the un­ timely death of their liberal leader, John A. J ohnson_:like .Knut Nelson, of Swedish blood-they might have given the country a president. Being--of-the race whose genius lies - in organization and government, they have fitted easily into the American political system. Now that the pioneer­ ing days are over their suppressed cultural interests are reviving, and they are giving their share to the enrichment of the literature, music and art of the country. The Norse in particular are revealing that they are of the stock which produced Ibsen, Holberg, Bjornson and Grieg. These Scandinavians were easily Americanized. They , came to America to build homes, not to exploit the coun­ try ; and they built homes. Their children have been brought up to speak Englislt and to love America. Isolated as they were in the early days, they mi�ht have formed imperyJous foreign colonies, but this was not their nature. Jaco Riis in "The Making of an American" caught the spir' of this adoptive loyalty. America will never look i ain to these people for loyal defenders, who are e in every way of fighting with all the cour ·tenacity of the Norsemen of old. \ �1 It was just 100 years to the da1.: when the president delivered his ad­ :lrnss that a shipload of Scandina­ vian farmers reached · New YoTk, and, later, made their way to the prairies. In that century they have taken Iowa, Minnesota, and the two Dakotas, If Lief Erickson had con­ sidered New England worth having 1 he'd have kept it-if he was eyer there. Despite the stress and storm through- which the years have as­ saulted his reputation, it is ' still generally taught that Christopher Columbus discovered America, anJ the president when he speaks to "little Italy" in New York, _ next year, will forget Lief Erickson and I remember that the great discoverer 1 was an Italian. Thus is memory I when you can remembei;.ju�t wh_,1t;"'/ � serves your purpose. .oN!\OE. I.A.. NEWS-STAR � . J}J�]l Q, �Q_�!- Making Oiii Homes r OR!'..1� ��NR l,A. S'I'A.'1tF.3 J Ul'L:.l - 3� 1D�5. en discovcrctl Americ a and Pres!-l Speaking at the Norwei::ian Centenni11l celebration a-s"'t1iscove).;Cd the Norse men a 1 1 ,1 ' a V8\[J :friendl y feeling exi�t i i innesot.a yestrMil, I're·iia •IIP'ffltffld�f�ted to · · eople or Ede the Hetl the aijty of home life which was brou!'ht to America ?,."1'fit�" otdlJflli'lf' igrants of that nationality, sturdy pioneers by the ·· thr0)lll:' ,a-nd laid the foundation for the who f g solid � osjerity t at has typified the growth of the north*est n tier of states. One paragraph of the address delivered by Presi­ dent Coolidge yesterday was intended 1'p articularly for those of Norwegian extraction, But it sounds a clear no,te which so harmonizes with the type of thought' which must grow in America , that it carries a strong lesson for those in the United States who have not become naturalized or who have but recently attained full citizenship. The paragraph reads: . "Our America with all_ that it represents of hope in the world is now and will be what you make it. Its institutions of religious liberty, o f educational and economic opportunity, of constitutional l'.ights, o f integrity of the law, are the most precious possessi9ns of the human race. These do not emanate from the l:'IJ.?nltV!!:l:O"l\','l' X-A. T!l\'ffi9 Government. Their abBing place is · with the people. .. - -- -- �J!:ll.:Tg J.Ql J.Q2Q, They com e from the consecr11t!on 'of the bther, the LA UDS NORSE PIONEERS love of the mother , and the devotion of the children, ! ? They are the product of that honest, earnest and tire- · Mimitsota i s��M n ia l of organ i ze d i mless effort that goes into the rearing of the family 1 m,i.gr� tio from Nor":ay to the U�i�ecT�'W' . :-M�n.d,a.y the the Un1te<l Stat-e s v 1 s1 t e d the M innesota State ' altar and making o f the homes of our country." � r�s1den _ , .. Fa1,r Gr<;>t �'ti and addre _�se d t h e multitu ? es. Fear �as been e;cpre$sed that the homes of Amer• , _ rhe p est'1e n t s po� m high l y comp l i menta ry t erms of the ica are disintegrating. Much has been said on the . subject, and much that has been said has served the h ar.d y m from Nm· w ay a n d oth er Scandinavian cou nt r i e s who cam� to sett l e. the Ameri"cati wi lderness and convert it i nto purpose o! reviving t h e realization that upon th(! a £roduct ive �n d f e rt i l e region:. perpetuity of the hom e rests the security. of t],e na. . Great regwns have bee n b u i l t mto prosperous sections o f tion. All Americans, not merely those who are tlfe cou n try. The record of d evelopment made by these peop l e cently from another country o r who considu i s amo n g the brightest chapters in the annals of human selves as a separate group in ancestral nat· 1ty will proirress. do well to keep in mind � ntlnua�.. 'l'he c h i l dre !1 of t l: e �� p i � nccrs have long been amal gamated • shrine which must b� mai� n o into onr A m e n can c1 v 1 h zat10n a n d have mad e o-reat co n t ribu­ else fails. tions to , the co n t in ued :· , · ,.- - .. ,· ement of- the n atio�a.l J i fe. I f we cou l d s e l e ct irn.;1 · ;;nu1ts o f t h e k i n d and holdi n ,,- the 1.ofty . i deals of peace and i ndustry, i mmigrat ion p rol�r erffs I -. " " ou l d never worry t h i s country. B ut t here have b.e en i m migrants comi ngs i nto this country • 1n rece n t yea i:s wh o ! ave n ot ente_red w!th the t hought of work, I '. but rather w i th a_ v i e w of prey i n g on the results of th,c i n ­ d u s t r y o f others. ALL DO IT. '� �ere fore the immigration bars. A m e r i can has , ast spafieS awa1t111g � evel ? pnient-. The door o f opport u n i t y s t i l l i s opl\1 . · t Coolid�ed the occa- · But � m e n ca ngbt f ttl l y f e e l s t h at s h e shou l d say to whom t h� hi add�at St. Paul to in- , ' · tl n or 1 s t o be opened. ·. h Norwegians �be : _____ • ~ � ��--;, 'I-� l 'l'l'Si!lu11t in 1 !.l:2:-l a nt l that t]tp :.!100 ' _ -� a Scand. ,, �ir,·-_ inavian rover, Lief Ericks011, dis- l � lll il l ' jOUl'lll',\' to :\l i lllll:'U POlis : 1 ml n•tur11 covered America, and that a Nor­ was for t!Je purp""P of va.t tiug the wegian had the high J::onor of being pn'.;itlt•11tia l fl'uc:P� in ordPr in that e -first white- child oorR- -:i-n- whaLis.. va rt of the C<•nntry, Th e l'rl'si<knt rfh By PETJJ.� rn,,_.,,u,1 . wns iwlllellsl'I�- pll'asP<l ,! ,�· t h( ' hl':trt,1· t1ow New England :ind incidentallv Sp 11.l ·espond"nt of ,the South, he United Stat-.s. It doesn't matte; rl'n•ptiou ,1Ylli<.:l1 he l'l',•(•i 1·pt\ in :\I iun­ 1o11at history and America had lost c�ota, ,·sr,wdally �1 Yi<�W of the fact 111 lmowll:ldge of Lief, son of the LITll 'L.\.:\",S in Wash tlint the last ti.fill' lw waH · tllere lJPfor<> Red, and that his settlement had l'o<•li<lge'H trip to he was lw1Ykll down in au 11 tt('Ul!)t , :lisappeared1 spurlos los. It is a fine :\I in1 1t'stou to !leliYPr au mlcl resi,; a t tllt• to ruake .t c:amp,tigu speech . •\.t t ho t [ political move to tell a people of . ·orse-AnH•ril'a n eel.-·l lra tinn is ta ken to tiull' lte wa,; rnn 1Jing for VieP-PreHi<lent ,vhat a smart race they sprang. ,ffl��;...i,1,1i1,ooiM'n r,t ' a earnli<late for w i !;_h Harding und the �ortlrn·est wa� tlll'll ge>ttiug into till' l'oi1f rol nf tlle ________ _. ,,_ F,1 r m -L>tl10r partr. 1whlc-h llad ;;light J' l •>\lPl't for the n•tl-ht•a,letl ,:\ Ia,;,;11l'hUsd tA l i,irernor who 11uwlertook to <'xpl a i u �P\\' Eugla ntl .Uepul•lkan priud11h-,; to them. l' _ oj .., 1 1 -- 1· �Pre d t Coolidge's trip to Minnesota to attend the Norse-American Centennial will disclose the place GLORIOUS VISION that the President holds i n the regard of the people It seem too much like utter- of the middle west, if that was not already sufficiently ing 1ere generality to say that estabHshed by the endorsement giv n him at the polls the people of this country need the I last fall. steadying influence of clear compreWhen LaFollette began his candidacy as the hension of our blessings and obliga- 1 nominee of the third party it was freely predicted tions and an informed yision of the ' that he would receive the electoral votes of several future. Anyhow, read what President of the states adjacent to Wisconsin but this did not Coolidge said at the Norwegian prove to be the case, President Coolidge receiving all except those of Wisconsin. I Centennial Celebration, Saturday. From recent reports from the mid west the Presi, "\Ye are unaware that anywhere has dent stands higher even than· at election time. The ' hr; better demonstrated 11is ability to nee things as they are, to draw / agricultural element believes • that President Cool­ logical conclusions. In it is no note idge ·'g sympathetic and has shown his desire to all of pessimism, no ful 0 ome eulogy, no l viate the troubles of the farmers, while his eco ic strained optimism . He sees with re - i ' ation. ' views have been received with distinct ap markable clearness the evolut!cn of , · pres1'd en t h e b eca I Th' s fi st tr i· p t o th e wes t s mce rt sfJiritual union a mo ng t ile pco 1,,Ics I . 1 I IS like! to develop into a tour of ad tion. of the world, evidence of "a l,as lc I \ brotherhood among all races of men", a hrothcrh oocl not yet eslub­ lished, not yet an assurance of abid­ ing peace, hut shaping under guid­ ance of huth seen and unseen powers. 1 It is a glorious conception, a splendid concl,rn:on from evidence we now hrl\'C'. it includes the as.- ; sur:mce tk t t' ,c 'united States of I Americ.,, con�t itute a t.remendous ;cchievement-if we but do our part. A gratifying, but also a sobering i , · . Ll conception. By what this country has already clone It has arrived at a ' ,tatt'ment of President Co ol- hi st, the individunl ,, :; l 1rd o-f hin1 capacity for doing vastly more, ancl 11 ll' s add ress at the 1'o nvegi,' n i: l l 1 ..1<1 t- p Of unless we meet the obligation, the:i, t·1 ]U'<:PL l o :: l1 . � (! Wit inevitablY, we turn backward in de- 1 he wa,; freP." ]J(' int Prpr,tc· tl mon, , s th _ _ �llne. It 1s by such seers as Calvin Ordi1urily the Pr, !'l i lif•n• is a J)l",tl'­ goa: o f a na 10nal cru.·ad0 th,1n a a :..:oolidge, one in sentiment, conse­ tical politir'ian, in ,•1J l t , or p 1 r ' a, �; exi ·tin1:,; con ditio 1 :ration and prescience, that we may 1 resid ent's all ' r ' · · because o r his si l y J" .Jv i n ctal1� .1. 1ope to be led forward from achievcbut i n cpiJ e d >Y th<' n•r';l • hi'.l1ory ;,• 11cnt to achievement. "Fr 'Ill tbfl tnn wllen l !i E· ir fa�L the • o.-s,' people a Hl , lv cx•f · ; l I r . ;le, -loping in stituti on� o f p[) pll' r id eals of t h o i-,t·and i n .;., ia'.l p,,pul t­ governm ent , rel ic'"ions freedom a nt1 tion in til e United St,w·;; be ltn,: ,ti i ntel lectual ,J ib0ral ity had colll l' to lowed himself w <l ivia i ., iro •u J ,i,. HK ual cours i thi � im;tanc'-' · lPkc df 1n·-te an<! attradive 1orm� l\lany l p c t, (]lH 'StiOn ! '. "' trut 1 l 0 the p"ople of the Col o n i es to ok nt•,· J11t•· rest in i r d n , ' •1 P· th0ir Vi n­ the st:.1tPmenl tll·t t in the U n i t•· l S,i,ates in · 1 �- 5 the "indh idual , op e., n rc;Jati Vl"3 t i ;ol l o w lord of hi n,self, ma ·ter o[ his c, ,, l' thither. They engi�"ell c1 u nde, a conque t witl, out i11 v-a.,; o destiny, keeper of bis own s·W r a11 d � - �hout force. 'l'lle new eon n tn eignitY . Here he i ; free." , ff 'f'd not only r1,• tcr i:.d o P or uni At no time sh1ce the early yea -� ties, b ut possibilities of spiri t u a l :,, 1 >i of the formati on of th.e u n i on h av1 inUl lec.tual eman r;pa wn \\hi -'.1 th P) bi.e.:o try and intoler rnc� been m o "c• ardently wished their fr• e1,ds on tho in evidence and freedom of thought, , othPr sirle c share·. C i c i 7 t . i 0 ilip i n epeech a n d rcli::>ion J<'ss secure 111.-1• ! t l!P �e,\ Wor'd 1 1 · r t i i u, ; ., i 'l J · Jear cf 19210. VADING THE MID WEST �An rExcellent Change ident Coolidge, who is planning a trip to �innesota, has consented to use a special train instead of going as an ordinary passen­ ger on a regular as he did 011ce before. Once · was enough of this sort of �hing. Perhap s it was worth while as a hit of an object lesson to the country and a boost for economy but can hardly be justified as a regular custom, because of the danger to the President himself and the general public. A regular train carrying the President is far more difficult _to handle proper-• ly than a special, is lia'ble to demoralize the schedules and cause accidents. A special is far safer for all concerned. No matter how democratic a President may be by nature there are limits beyond which he should not go even in this country. The office of itselif makes certain unqualifi.el demands that must be met. Mostly Presidents bave ap1 predated this fact and have ·submitted grace­ fully, confident the country would understand, 1 which has been true. There is such a thing as a democratic pose as well as an aristocratic one and making the office of President, of which every American is so proud, too �Qlllmon is more liable to . give offense than surrounding it with proper �ignity, President Coolidge will be far more popular in his special tram amid surroundings appro­ priate to the office he holds than he would be mingling promiscuously with the regular pas·sengers where he would be subjecting him.self to unnecessary risks and his fellow travellers to the inconvenience· of the crowds that always gather around him. In his own train he can meet the demands of the public, be more com­ fortable himself . and less trouble to all about him. Railroad men have done well in insist­ ing that he shall have a s�cial and he is doing well in submiUing.i 1 1 1 �made this c untry what it i s, and that PRESIDENTIAL TRO U B A- w i thout them i t would have been a O mighty poor affair, if not a c mplete DOUR. ft '.A mid the clnsh f resounding n rms in fa i lu re . That point having been de :fi­ China, the renaissance of Mootish do- ni tel y set t led as soon as the Pilgrims set t led on Plymouth Rock, it seemed hen President Coolidge's thought is unhampered by the mini n on the thre shold of Spain, with p ope its accompanying threat t the fa r-flung r r a t t his time, when there i s n th . pressure of political diplomacy a Q he gives free rein to his territorial ambitions of F ance, and the ing el se f grea t im portance pending, to fancy he shows a fondness for adventure i n · the realms of cla mor f the A ll ied :fi re engin es rushing render a final decisi n i n the l ng-stand­ idealism. for the fiftieth time to pour more s�cu- ing case o f the Norsemen vs. Coh,1 mbu s . His address at the Norwegia • Ceqtennial Celebration in M in- rity water upon the continental v lcano, N w that Columbus has been definitely nesota yesterday was non-polit cal, �nd his mind seemed to be there comes to us from Minnesota a 'k icked out of court and ordered to g Result : An interesting charming and refresh ing Pre:idential b a ck to I tab,, or Spa in , or wherevc1· h e having a thoroughly good t me. "excursion," rivaling that of W rds- came f r m, we can rest eas;v and feel address. rth . into the delightful fields of h is- that there is n thing left t worry us. This particular celebration co1n memorated a rrival of No r- w torical romance, poetical glamour and ' What the President's close friend. wegian immigr.ants in 1 825, after the successful American revohigh adventure. While Asia and Africa Henry P'orcl. may t h ink of h is 8candi­ lution and the firm establishment of the U. S. as an independent are sha king in the first spasms of war, navian pooan we don't kn w ; bu t he is nation. and Eur pe is groaning with acute indi- a practical man who realizes that. as H aving discoursed on the motives that had prompted earlier ges tion. we stand at neace in a sheltered autos must be built of wood and steel immigration to these shores from E urope, l argely stimulated paradise remote fr m human ills, with 11nd rubber, so Presidents mu st be made came to the immigration side, the no President problems to distress u�. l istening from popular sentiment. and that sugar from the other encou raged from this side of the Atlantic after establishment of delightedly to our modern Presidential · atches more flies at the ballot box than troubadour, harp in hand. singing h is vinegar. We venture to say, h wever, our government. Said he : lyric to the daring Nordic expl rers. and that, c n sidered as a historical investiFrom the time when their fast-developing institutions of popular world 1n· neer s f many a ges ag . 1ator, the Presiden t lias perf rmed a n government, religious freedom and intellectual liberality had come to · take definite and attractive forms, the people of the colonies took a The President"s address t o the hardy nc mplete j b. I f w e are looking f r 1 new interest in inducing , 1eir European relatives to follow them Korse-Americans illustrates as n t hing t he first discoverers of the new world, thither. They engaged in an inverted crusade, a conquest without invaelse could do so strikingly our mental why stop with Eric the Red and thers si n and without force. The new country offered not only material 1l separation from a pert urbed outer of the Nordic fami ly ? How about the opportunities, but possibilities of spiritual and intel lectual emancipa- , world , and the breadth and depth f the A merican Indian s ? When did t hey tion which they ardently wished their friends on the other side to jI nati nal · culture which demands such arrive ? Did Eric bring them over in share. Citizenship in the new world meant something that it had not scholarly excnrsi us into the remote h is b at ? And h w about ancieut Mexi meant in the old. It was seen that the new world offered something regions of hist ry. Tt is n t ft en that can and Sou th American civilizati ns, new. There was an increasing realization that many burdensome traditions and institutions had somehow been shed. Here, at last THE even · a New England publ:c man sur- which , it is said, g back f r thou�ands IN DIVIDUAL WAS LORD OF H IMSELF, M A STER OF H I S OWN renders so completely to the Puritan of yea s ? It is trne the Indians don't DESTINY, KEEPER OF HIS OWN SOVEREIGNTY. HERE HE passfon for the "high sp ts" in hist rical cast many votes and that the Aztecs are WAS FREE . literature ; and so far as "-1, remember dead. But if this is a genuine quest the Holy G ail of h istoric truth, Coolidge can devote hi mself to no greater crusade than to Mr. O ool idge is t he fo· st of his tribe t 0 1ead the fight to restore this country to the blissful condition he institute a t-omparison between the :May- why n t follqw the trail t the end \ fl wer and any other vessel that ever Perhaps we might find that Noah was so eloquently describes as existing in 1 825. he rigina l discoverer of America and A thoughtful survey of· h is country today, of the harmony , sailed the seas . 'l'h at the President ttha actually did both .of these things in his t he landed on a New England hill. patriotism and idealism of all the people in 1 9 1 7 and 1 9 1 8 and Minnesota l yri c to N rdic courage and I f you mu st explore the jungles of years past of Kordi c achievement-ex clud i ng even a h istory, M r. Co lidge, why bar uJ; l few the insidious attack on freedom during the awf ul reaction , must convince him that he cannot say trut hfully reference to the beneficent influence of the _voteless members f the Amer\pe.n I today that in the U . S. in 1 925 the "i ndividual is lord of himself , Kew England's hil!h tariff levies upon � ___ __ ,./ I __ _.,, m aster of his own destiny, keeper of his own sovereignty. Here the Western farmer - constitutes an epoch in Presidential orato;Y, and enhe is free." For probably at no time in the history of this country has courages t h e h ope thftt hereafter our bigotry and tolerance been more vigorously o ffens ive, or relig- p uhli c spea kPi:s . will abandon the _l w g r unds f politics a ncl always soar mt ious freedom and intellectua l l iberty less secure tpan r ight now. i the _ _ n and beauty. empyrean f erucht1 . Of c urse, there are cynics who will see in this Coolidge "saga" a familiar bait for the Norse v te in the sweet by and by . Suell weaknesses have been detected in Presidential minds be. fore this. Still we refuse to believe the Minnes ta address represents any­ thing but a New England love f r cul­ tural investigation and an intense i n ter­ est in historical subjects. '.rhe Puritan s decided long ag t h a t if they d i d not actually disc ver the new world they o ' o o o o o o r o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o r o o for r o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o �� https://www.norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/files/original/8d951b9db1bee9df590812b84a3ed786.pdf 3b593543c28b713c136a3d0dfb0c2a6b PDF Text Text Title: Preparations clippings scrapbook, 1925 Date: 1925 Identifier: p0562_clippings_06 Front Cover Page 1 Praise For Melting Pot, 1925 June 10; The Coming of the Norsemen, 1925 June 13; Columbus' Position Secure, 1925 June 20; Distribution of Scandinavians in the United States, 1925 June 30 Page 2 Distribution of Scandinavians in the United States, 1925 June 30 (continued) Page 3 The Coming Of The First Norse Immigrants, 1925 June 12 Page 4 The Scandinavians, 1925 June 10; In Honor Of Norse, 1925 June 4; An Unusual Celebration, 1925 June 9 Page 5 An Unusual Celebration, 1925 June 9 (continued); America as a World Example, 1925 June 2; Dwindling Labor Supply, 1925 June 9 Page 6 Norway Pleased With Coolidge's Address, 1925 June 19; The Norse-American Event, 1925 June 10; Norway And America, 1925 June 10; The Norse Centennial, 1925 June 8 Page 7 Good Citizens, 1925 June 18; Foxy Amundson, 1925 June 15; President Dissipates Radical Wave, 1925 July 1 Page 8 Fredrik Stang, 1925 June 4; No Parallel, 1925 June 9; Untitled, 1925 June 13; Melting-Pot Inspires, 1925 June 11; �Populating The United States, 1925 June 13; Coolidge on Freedom, 1925 June 9 Page 9 Coolidge on Freedom, 1925 June 9 (continued); Norsemen Welcome Coolidge, 1925 June 10; The Big Family; 1925 June 17; The Heroic in Man Spurs Him Upward, 1925 June 22 Page 10 Coolidge To Minnesotans, 1925 June 9; President and People, 1925 June 12; Untitled, 1925 June 17 Page 11 President's Minneapolis Speech, 1925 June 9; California Invites President, 1925 June 21; The Norse-American Centennial, 1925 June 18 Page 12 Traveling Of Presidents, 1925 April 10; The Unsung Millions, 1925 June 23; Our Melting Pot, 1925 June 23; Untitled, 1925 June 3; Minnesota's Welcome, 1925 June 11 Page 13 Looking to 1928, 1925 June 12; He Said What We All Hope, 1925 June 23; The President's Visit To The Northwest, 1925 June 12 Page 14 The President's Visit To The Northwest, 1925 June 12 (continued); The Melting Pot, 1925 June 13; Good Citizens, 1925 June 19; Good Citizens, 1925 June 19 Page 15 Meaning to Melting Pot, 1925 June 10; Untitled, 1925 June 19; The Norse Centennial, 1925 June 19 Page 16 Clap Trap From Coolidge, 1925 June 20; Our Melting Pot, 1925 June 24; Our Melting Pot, 1925 June 21; the Unsung Millions, 1925 June 23; Our Melting Pot, 1925 June 24 Page 17 President Coolidge on the Norsemen, 1925 June 3 Page 18 Coolidge On World Peace, 1925 June 9; �The American Ethos, 1925 June 6 Page 19 Post Punches, 1925 June 8; "Twilight of the Gods", 1925 June 10 Page 20 Pres. Coolidge Speech Referred To Old Saga, 1925 June 17; Mr. Coolidge Also A Dreamer, 1925 June 16 Page 21 Their Eyes Opened, 1925 June 10; Coolidge Eulogizes Northwest, 1925 June 10; A Hopeful Philosophy Of Human Relations, 1925 June 9 Page 22 A Well Deserved Tribute, 1925 June 9; Notes From The Wide-Open Places, 1925 July 1; Half of Scandinavians, 1925 June 25 Page 23 When Norsemen Came, 1925 June 9; Vikings Of America, 1925 June 9; Mr. Coolidge Among The Norsemen, 1925 June 8 Page 24 Scandinavians In America, 1925 June 8; The President In Minnesota, 1925 June 9; The Norse Centennial, 1925 June 21 Page 25 Coolidge In The West, 1925 June 9; The Norse Speech, 1925 June 10; The Norse Centennial, 1925 June 10; Coolidge In Minnesota, 1925 June 8 Page 26 The Norse Centennial, 1925 June 9; Little Use To Lenroot, 1925 June 9; Kellogg Among Home Folks, 1925 June 11; Mr. Coolidge's Tribute to the Norsemen, 1925 June 12; Winning Back the Northwest, 1925 June 25 Page 27 The Norse Centenary, 1925 June 11 Page 28 Coolidge In The Northwest, 1925 June 15; In Today's News, 1925 June 8; Children of Freedom, 1925 June 12; In Today's News, 1925 June 9 Page 29 In Today's News, 1925 June 9 (continued); A New Norse Saga, 1925 June 14; �The Norse Centennial, 1925 June 9; Coolidge At St. Paul, 1925 June 11 Page 30 Coolidge At St. Paul, 1925 June 11 (continued); Clap Trap From Coolidge, 1925 June 15; Page 31 The Norse Celebration, 1925 June 9 Page 32 Untitled, 1925 June 9 Page 33 Coolidge Brings Rain, 1925 June 10; Deserved Tribute To Norse Americans, 1925 June 10; Norse-American Centennial, 1925 June 9 Page 34 Norse-American Centennial, 1925 June 9 (continued); The Turn Of Fate, 1925 June 10; Shall We Abandon Tolerance, 1925 June 15; The Norse Centennial, 1925 June 8; Radicalism On The Wane, 1925 June 13 Page 35 The Speech of the Norsemen, 1925 June 9; The Strength of the Nation, 1925 June 8; The Saga Of American Nationhood, 1925 June 9 Page 36 Presidential Politics, 1925 June 10; Mr. Coolidge Is An Orator, 1925 June 10; A Woman Of Minnesota, 1925 June 9 Page 37 The Norsemen, 1925 June 8; Step Higher, 1925 June 15; The Norse Centennial, 1925 June 9 Page 38 The Unsung Millions, 1925 June 17; Coolidge And The West, 1925 June 20; The Norse Centennial, 1925 June 10; The Unsung Millions, 1925 June 24 Page 39 Wherein Lies Our Greatness, 1925 June 8; Untitled, 1925 June 6; Untitled, 1925 June 6; Beautiful Patriotism, 1925 June 15 Page 40 Conquest Of Norse Vote, 1925 June 22; Mr. Coolidge Is An Orator, 1925 June 15; �Coolidge In The Northwest, 1925 June 9 Page 41 Coolidge In The Northwest, 1925 June 9 (continued); Mr. Coolidge Is An Orator, 1925 June 10 Page 42 Our Melting Pot, 1925 June 19; Coolidge At the Twin Cities, 1925 June 10; America A Spiritual Union, 1925 June 10; Coolidge On World Peace, 1925 June 9; Coolidge And The West, 1925 June 22 Page 43 Untitled, 1925 June 1; All Over!; 1925 June 19 Page 44 Untitled, 1925 April 21; The Norse Centennial, 1925 June 2; Out Of Many One, 1925 June 10; American Scandinavia, 1925 June 10 Page 45 Common Sense, 1925 June 11; Good Citizens, 1925 June 16; Norwegians In America, 1925 June 9 Page 46 Political Straws, 1925 June 12; Coolidge on Freedom, 1925 June 9; A President's Fool Friends, 1925 June 12 Page 47 The Norwegian At Home And In The U.S., 1925 June 11; The President's Journey, 1925 June 10; A Great Speech, 1925 June 13; Political Straws, 1925 June 13 Page 48 Political Straws, 1925 June 13 (continued); The Norse Centennial, 1925 June 8; Clap Trap From Coolidge, 1925 June 20; Good Citizens, 1925 June 18; Safety First, 1925 June 4 Page 49 Norwegians In America, 1925 June 10; Political Straws, 1925 June 13 Page 50 Coolidge At Minneapolis, 1925 June 12; Coolidge In The West, 1925 June 11 Page 51 �Coolidge Speaks From The Heart, 1925 June 23; Untitled, 1925 June 3; The Knute Nelson Memorial, 1925 May 30; The Norse-American Centennial, 1925 June 8; A Tribute To A Courageous People, 1925 June 9 Page 52 The Norsemen In America, 1925 June 11; The Norse Centennial, 1925 June 6; The Heavenly Twins, 1925 June 9; The Role Of America, 1925 June 11 Page 53 The Role Of America, 1925 June 11 (continued); Paying Tribute To A Hardy Race, 1925 June 12; Norsemen, 1925 June 11 Page 54 Good Citizens, 1925 June 15; Coolidge And The West, 1925 June 22; Untitled, 1925 June 18; Government To Make A Special Fete Medal, 1925 May 6; Coolidge And His Western Visit, 1925 June 11 Page 55 Traveling Presidents, 1925 April 9; Untitled, 1925 May 13; The Norsemen, 1925 June 6; The Norsemen's Part, 1925 June 9 Page 56 Norse-American Centennial, 1925 June 18; Mr. Coolidge In The West, 1925 June 11; Coolidge vs. Congress, 1925 June 13; The Norse Centennial, 1925 June 18; The President's Trip, 1925 June 10 Page 57 The President's Trip, 1925 June 10 (continued); Straying, 1925 June 11; Centennial Important Event, 1925 June 11; What A Difference Just A Few Years Make, 1925 June 11 Page 58 Making Minnesota Safe, 1925 June 2; Cheering The President, 1925 June 11; Coolidge On World Peace, 1925 June 9 Page 59 The Sturdy Norsemen, 1925 June 10; The Norse Centennial, 1925 May 14 Page 60 �Shall America Abandon Tolerance, 1925 June 11; Good Citizens, 1925 June 14; The Habit Of Thought, 1925 June 17; The President On World Fraternity, 1925 June 9 Page 61 The President On World Fraternity, 1925 June 9 (continued); A Significant Speech, 1925 June 9 Page 62 Coolidge On Freedom, 1925 June 11; The Broad Norse Trail, 1925 June 9; "Vision Of Utopia", 1925 June 18 Page 63 "Vision Of Utopia", 1925 June 18 (continued) The Coming Of The Norsemen, 1925 June 8 Page 64 Germany's Suggestion, 1925 June 18; In A Word, 1925 June 7; The President Speaks, 1925 June 12 Page 65 No Politics In It, 1925 June 12; All In Vain?, 1925 June 16 Page 66 Settlers Of The Northwest, 1925 June 11 Page 67 Making Our Homes, 1925 June 9; All Do It, 1925 June 13; Special Correspondent of the South, 1925 June 20 Lauds Norse Pioneers, 1925 June 10; Untitled, 1925 June 23 Page 68 A Glorious Vision, 1925 June 8; Invading the Midwest, 1925 June 5; Clap Trap From Coolidge, 1925 June 13 Page 69 An Excellent Change, 1925 June 2 Page 70 Coolidge On Freedom, 1925 June 9; Our Presidential Troubadour, 1925 June 10 Back Cover � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Norse-American Centennial Papers (P0562) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context P0562 Description An account of the resource <p><span>Correspondence, minutes, financial records, reports, programs, clippings, pictures, pamphlets, and scrapbooks of an association incorporated in 1925 in St. Paul, Minnesota, to supervise the observance of the arrival of the first group of Norwegian immigrants in America. The collection describes in detail the management of the celebration and gives data on observances in Chicago, Canada, Boston, and Brooklyn. Letters and essays reveal the loyalty of Norwegian Americans to their cultural heritage and the rivalry among area groups of Norwegians in America. The celebration was initiated by the bygdelags. The chief officials were Gisle Bothne, S. H. Holstad, J. A. Holvik, Elisa P. Farseth, and Mrs. Wm. O. Storlie. Correspondents include Juul Dieserud, Knut Gjerset, Hanna Astrup Larsen, and O. M. Norlie. The centennial received nationwide press coverage.</span></p> <b>Funding:</b><span><br /></span><span>Funding to digitize the Norse-American Centennial papers provided to the Norwegian-American Historical Association through the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, a component of the Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy constitutional amendment, ratified by Minnesota voters in 2008.</span> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context p0562_clippings_06 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. p0562 Norse-American Centennial Papers (P0562: Clippings) Title A name given to the resource Preparations clippings scrapbook, 1925 Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - the United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspapers Description An account of the resource <span>Clippings scrapbook about the preparations for the Norse-American Centennial.</span> Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. [Indicate the cited item here]. Norse-American Centennial Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota. Text