The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-09-05
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES.
OcSoGoo0o G oGSS00E

Jack but | just bet FTeddies mother
is all wrong"
Wrong about WHAT" asked Uncle
Ted, who put down his evening paper
to join i'll the conversation.
Well" said Ruth, Freddie told me
that although his father was Demo-
crat his mother voted the Republican
ticket last election but she read some
place that the Republicans have not
been treating the eX-soldiers fairly and
after talking to another lady who
agreed with the story she is thinking
of joining the Democratic party"
Maybe you can show here where
the story and the other lady are all
wrong" suggested Uncle Ted. Be
cause there isn't one bit of truth in
any statement that the present admin
istration or Republican states have
treated the exservice men unfairly. /
have already told you about what fine
work has been done at Washington in
completing the many new hospitals
throughout the country and enlarging
others so as to make everything as
comfortable as possible for every man
wounded during the war. There is that
to begin with.
Then the facts show that the DEM
ocrats are the ones who have been
against assisting the ex-soldier. 1t
might interest those who are trying
to dscredit the aid given the ex-service
men by Republican states to know that
total of s36SOoO,OOO in cash has
been paid the ex-soldiers by Repub-
lican states through Republican legis-
latures! In addition to this large fig
ure the New York legislature voted to
give their men a bonus Of $45,000,0OO
but the high courts of the States ruled
it unconstitutional. California, another
Republican state has voted s10,000,00
in bonds which will be issued for ex-
service men and their dependents to
provide for education, training in vari-
Gus vocations and for cash aid in buy
ing homes and farms"
Haven't any Democratic states done
anything for the soldiers?" asked Jack.
Jack" answered Uncle Ted, you
have heard OF the Solid South, that
part fthe country made up of states
where the Democrats are in absolute
control. In those states little or moth
ing has been done tor the ex-service
man. Neither did the Democrats do
anything for the ex-solders when they
we're in control Of the Congress at
Washington. If you want further proof
o fthe diregard for the ex-soldier by
the Democratic party you do not have
to stop with the late war. 1t was the
same with the Civil war and Spanish
American war vetrans. The men who
fought for their country have always
had to look to the Republican party to
give them the aid necessary to put
them on their feet"
Have Republican states done any
thing besides voting bonus?" asked
Ruth.
|
Ted. "a great deal has been done
throughout the areas of the United
States where Republican legislatures
are in control In the states of Con-
necticut, Iowa, Massachusetts,, Michi-
gan, New Jersey, North Dakota and
Wyoming, the legislatures have passed
laws exempting ex-service men from
all state and local taxation. Only two
Democratic states did this and you
can see what great saving this would
mean to the men. Not one Democratic
state has sen fit to pass laws so that
the exservice men might be shown
preference in all civil service employ
ment yet such laws have ben passed
in seventeen Republican states.
"If an ex-service man wants to buy
a home in Arizona, California, Idaho,
Oregon OF South Dakota and he hasn't
the money, the state will give him
financial aid but no such aid can be
had by the ex-service man in any DEM
ocratic state. While the federal gov
eminent through the present admins
tration Is furnishing the finest hos
pitfalls possible nineteen Republican
states have passed laws so that ex-
service men may be admitted fire to the
state hospitals for free treatment Only
three Democratic states have made
such free treatment possible.
MANY times the ex-soldier could get
his fee ton the round fhe could have
the loan OF sufficient money. II he
lives in Democratic state he is out
OF luck as we used TO say In the army.
Blu the can obtain such loans In the
Republican states OF Oregon, South
Dakota and Washington,
"Tho Republican states OF Massa-
ohusetts, Nebraska. Nevada and Wash"
ington have made laws providing for
tho rendering OF assistance 70 ex-Boi-
disrs out OF work. 10 that they may
find adequate employment Not one