Show POLICIES i I By L L. A. A Hollenbeck po Politics i h lips has s strange bed fellows While the rank and file of the public pub puh lic lie is inclined t to sta stay with their party there arc aro those that see that se see things a little different t and havethe have havethe havethe J the nerve to say so Senator Borah comes out fiat flat flatfooted footed the soldier bonus and tells the reasons why wiy while e John John- I McAdoo and ot others ers are are JOhn 1 playing play play- playing ing for the American Legion vote But the Legion cann cannot t control the soldiers ex vote except except in part and that hat part pait seems to be a dwindling dwindling dwindling ing fra fraction Coolidge and Mellon lelion seem to agree with Borah and stand footed looted nga against the bonus The division is not on party lines Both parties are at nt loggerheads among themselves Everybody is clamoring for a reduction of taxes The hon bonus s advocates tes claim they can reduce th-e th the taxes and increase th the debt The bonus anti-bonus crowd sa say that if the d debt bt Is Is' increased eased the taxes will be increased Everything Everything Every Every- thing also being equal the antis seem to be e right They seem to say that 2 plus plu 2 equals 4 while the pro-bonus pro gang see seem to say that 2 added to 2 make 3 Well VeIl as a matter matter mat mat- ter of arithmetic the bonus anti-bonus I people seem to be right It will take tale a lot lot of reasoning like tike Einstein that nobody can understand to make people believe that we can add greatly to our debt and still reduce the taxes And dont don't forget that tha the pressure to increase the taxes is tremendous All the different departments o othe or of orthe the government are trying to get a abig abig abig big appropriation for that department nt and you will find the same sante thing true right down into the state and local government and i if you dont don't believe it watch events from the Legislature down clown to local loca concerns in the several counties es and anu l I Ithe the on one in which yo you live It t takes k ks k's s nerve and intelligence to fight th the expense U I Many schemes that look real in innocent innocent innocent in- in and good on the surface in ina n na a legislature have a good s 's sized zed nig nig- ger in n the woodpile hid away to hoodwink the unthinking or Impotent Impotent impotent Impo Impo- tent legislator that doesn't dare to toI tos tosa s sa Y S y his soul Is his own That Is I even more true in a congress What becomes of the congressman when I he finally goes out ot or office If l lies he's liesa es e's esa a big man he remains a big bg man after he gets out If he is a small man he lie immediately drops drops' out of ol sight when he gets gets' out put An n election to c congress congress r gress doesn't mal make brains The election only gives his brains an opportunity to shine If theres there's no shine theres there's no brains That is why we like Borah He shines not always our way but he backs it up with reasons and those reasons he publishes to the world If all parties parties parties par par- ties were wiped out of or existence Borah would get a tremendous backing for tor the presidency from Crom all Independent thinking men Let us stand by the man who tries to hold down taxation in both state n national and local matters for tor taxation and graft threatens to destroy th the country 0 |