Show NEW POLITICS IN AMERICA The way to be elected to a po political po- po office these days lies not In Inthe inthe the tho way ot of speeches about taxes reforms economics or national Is is- sues It Jt joure youre running for office fine Sno and you jou ou needn't memorize any flowery speeches about abou this and that The proper method ot of cam cam- campaigning campaigning these days Is to hire a abrass abrass abrass brass band a vaudeville troupe and anda a a. couple of ot dozen beautiful girls with flags Dont Don't speak entertain Senator Reed Heed Smoot of ot Utah a a. spellbinder ot of a avery very ery fair order was delivering an address on tax tar reduction in Philadelphia the oth oth- other other other er night Upholding Secretary Mellon he be would began I say say tat nat Rat a tat tat Boom boom Then the strains of ot a martial tune as a brass band marches through 1 the hall hallIt hallit i It It is absurd to think ot of reducing ing log taxes any more than than than- Look who's here Hey Hoo Hoo- Hooray ray rayl I the crowd breaks out as a II dozen women with yellow slickers walk to tho the platform and turning reveal the printed Vote the Straight Republican Ticket on their slickers Its It's no use Senator Smoot It cant can't bo ho done Politics just aint aln t what she used to be The senator might hav have havo o done dono bet bet- better better ter ter it It if he ho knew how bow to play a n saxo suo saxophone phone hone or was familiar with parlor magic Ho would hare havo won on votes I Ifor for his program It he bad had invested I in a lot ot of tin horns and thrown I Ithem them to the audience for a II little General Jeneral whoop doodle whoop doodle de-doodle He lie would have has put his his his' candidate Into a strong position if he had been bees able to turn a few handsprings and hang by his teeth on a whirling wheel or something like that The new politics is oh so SG dir dif ferent nt |