Have Faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. | Page 2

there may be ushered in a reign of law, that will ease the weak
of their great burdens, and leave the strong, unhampered by the
opposition of evil men, the opportunity to exert their whole energy for
the welfare of their fellow men. Let war and all force end, and peace
and all law reign.
GIVEN at the Executive Chamber, in Boston, this twenty-eighth day of
October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the
one hundred and forty-fourth.
[Illustration: Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts]
By His Excellency the Governor.
[Illustration: signatures of Calvin Coolidge and Albert P. Langley]
_Secretary of the Commonwealth._
God Save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

CONTENTS
I. To the State Senate on Being Elected its President, January 7, 1914 II.

Amherst College Alumni Association, Boston, February 4, 1916 III.
Brockton Chamber of Commerce, April 11, 1916 IV. At the Home of
Daniel Webster, Marshfield, July 4, 1916 V. Riverside, August 28,
1916 VI. At the Home of Augustus P. Gardner, Hamilton, September,
1916 VII. Lafayette Banquet, Fall River, September 4, 1913 VIII.
Norfolk Republican Club, Boston, October 9, 1916 IX. Public Meeting
on the High Cost of Living, Faneuil Hall, December 9, 1916 X. One
Hundredth Anniversary Dinner of the Provident Institution for Savings,
December 13, 1916 XI. Associated Industries Dinner, Boston,
December 15, 1916 XII. On the Nature of Politics XIII. Tremont
Temple, November 3, 1917 XIV. Dedication of Town-House, Weston,
November 27, 1917 XV. Amherst Alumni Dinner, Springfield, March
15, 1918 XVI. Message for the Boston Post, April 22, 1918 XVII.
Roxbury Historical Society, Bunker Hill Day, June 17, 1918 XVIII.
Fairhaven, July 4, 1918 XIX. Somerville Republican City Committee,
August 7, 1918 XX. Written for the Sunday Advertiser and American,
September 1, 1918 XXI. Essex County Club, Lynnfield, September 14,
1918 XXII. Tremont Temple, November 2, 1918 XXIII. Faneuil Hall,
November 4, 1918 XXIV. From Inaugural Address as Governor,
January 2, 1919 XXV. Statement on the Death of Theodore Roosevelt
XXVI. Lincoln Day Proclamation, January 30, 1919 XXVII.
Introducing Henry Cabot Lodge and A. Lawrence Lowell at the Debate
on the League of Nations, Symphony Hall, March 19, 1919 XXVIII.
Veto of Salary Increase XXIX. Flag Day Proclamation, May 26, 1919
XXX. Amherst College Commencement, June 18, 1919 XXXI.
Harvard University Commencement, June 19, 1919 XXXII. Plymouth,
Labor Day, September 1, 1919 XXXIII. Westfield, September 3, 1919
XXXIV. A Proclamation, September 11, 1919 XXXV. An Order to the
Police Commissioner of Boston, September 11, 1919 XXXVI. A
Telegram to Samuel Gompers, September 14, 1919 XXXVII. A
Proclamation, September 24, 1919 XXXVIII. Holy Cross College, June
25, 1919 XXXIX. Republican State Convention, Tremont Temple,
October 4, 1919 XL. Williams College, October 17, 1919 XLI.
Concerning Teachers' Salaries, October 29, 1919 XLII. Statement to
the Press, Election Day, November 4, 1919 XLIII. Speech at Tremont
Temple, Saturday, November 1, 1919, 8 P.M.

HAVE FAITH
IN
MASSACHUSETTS

I
TO THE STATE SENATE ON BEING ELECTED ITS PRESIDENT
JANUARY 7, 1914
Honorable Senators:--I thank you--with gratitude for the high honor
given, with appreciation for the solemn obligations assumed--I thank
you.
This Commonwealth is one. We are all members of one body. The
welfare of the weakest and the welfare of the most powerful are
inseparably bound together. Industry cannot flourish if labor languish.
Transportation cannot prosper if manufactures decline. The general
welfare cannot be provided for in any one act, but it is well to
remember that the benefit of one is the benefit of all, and the neglect of
one is the neglect of all. The suspension of one man's dividends is the
suspension of another man's pay envelope.
Men do not make laws. They do but discover them. Laws must be
justified by something more than the will of the majority. They must
rest on the eternal foundation of righteousness. That state is most
fortunate in its form of government which has the aptest instruments
for the discovery of laws. The latest, most modern, and nearest perfect
system that statesmanship has devised is representative government. Its
weakness is the weakness of us imperfect human beings who
administer it. Its strength is that even such administration secures to the
people more blessings than any other system ever produced. No nation
has discarded it and retained liberty. Representative government must
be preserved.
Courts are established, not to determine the popularity of a cause, but to
adjudicate and enforce rights. No litigant should be required to submit
his case to the hazard and expense of a political campaign. No judge
should be required to seek or receive political rewards. The courts of
Massachusetts are known and honored wherever men love justice. Let
their glory suffer no diminution at our hands. The electorate