Success has attended the establishment here of a government of the people. We of this day have just finished a victorious war that has added new glory to American arms. We are facing some hardships, but they are not serious. Private obligations are not so large as to be burdensome. Taxes can be paid. Prosperity abounds. But the great promise of the future lies in the loyalty and devotion of the people to their own Government. They are firm in the conviction of the fathers, that liberty is increased only by increasing the determination to support a government of the people, as established in this ancient town, and defended by its patriotic sons. XXXIV _The Commonwealth of Massachusetts By His Excellency Calvin Coolidge, Governor_ A PROCLAMATION The entire State Guard of Massachusetts has been called out. Under the Constitution the Governor is the Commander-in-Chief thereof by an authority of which he could not if he chose divest himself. That command I must and will exercise. Under the law I hereby call on all the police of Boston who have loyally and in a never-to-be-forgotten way remained on duty to aid me in the performance of my duty of the restoration and maintenance of order in the city of Boston, and each of such officers is required to act in obedience to such orders as I may hereafter issue or cause to be issued. I call on every citizen to aid me in the maintenance of law and order. Given at the Executive Chamber, in Boston, this eleventh day of September, 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. CALVIN COOLIDGE By His Excellency the Governor, ALBERT P. LANGTRY _Secretary of the Commonwealth_ God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. XXXV AN ORDER BOSTON, _September_ 11, 1919 To EDWIN U. CURTIS, As you are Police Commissioner of the City of Boston, _Executive Order No. 1_ You are hereby directed, for the purpose of assisting me in the performance of my duty, pursuant to the proclamation issued by me this day, to proceed in the performance of your duties as Police Commissioner of the city of Boston under my command and in obedience to such orders as I shall issue from time to time, and obey only such orders as I may so issue or transmit. CALVIN COOLIDGE _Governor of Massachusetts_ XXXVI A TELEGRAM BOSTON, MASS., _Sept_. 14, 1919 MR. SAMUEL GOMPERS _President American Federation of Labor, New York City, N.Y._