The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-09-14
UNCLE TED'S BEDTIME STORY


Jack, "but l just bet Freddie's mother
is all wrong"
"Wrong about what?" asked Uncle
Ted, who put down his evening paper
to join in 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 her wFe. y the
story and the other lady are s,n very
wrong" suggested Uncle Ted, "be-
cause there isn't one bit of truth in
any statement that the present adj
ministration or Republican States have
treated the ex-se1vice men unfairly.
have already told you about what
fine work has been done at Washing-
ton in completing the many new hos
pitfalls throughout the country and en-
larging others so as to make every
thing as comfortable as possible for
every man wounded during the war.
There is that to begin with
''Lhen the facts show that the DEM
ocrats are the ones who have been
AGAINST ASSISTING THE Elk
SOLDIER. Itmight interest those
who are trying to discredit the aid
given the ex-se.vice men by Republic
can States to know that total of
S36S,000,00O in cash has been paid the
ex-sodiers by Republican States thru
Republican legislatures! In addition
to this large figure the New York
legislature voted to give their men a
bonus of S45,0O0,000 but the high
courts of the State ruled it unconsti-
tutional. California, another Republic
can State has voted S10,000,O0O in
bonds which will be issued for ex-ser-
vice men and their dependents to pro-
vide for education, training in various
vocations and for cash aid in buying
homes and farms"
Haven't any Democratic States
done anything for the soldiers?" ask
ed Jack.
"Jack," answered Uncle Tee, "you
have heard of the Solid South, that
part of the country made up Of States
where the Democrats are in absolute
control. In, those States little or moth
ing has been done for the ex-service
man. Neither did the Democrats do
anything for the ex-soldiers when they
were in control of the Congress at
Washington. If you want further
proof Of the disregard for the cx-sol-
der by the Democratic party you DO
not have to stop with the late var 1t
was the same with the Civil wa" and
Spanish-American war vete, ans. The
men who fought for their country
have always had to look to the Re
publican party to give them the aid
necessary to put them on their feet"
"Have Republican States done any
thing besides voting bonus?" asked
Ruth.
eyes indeed, Ruth" replied Uncle
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,, Mich
gan, New Jersey, North Dakota and
Wyoming, the legislatures have pass
ed laws exenpting ex-scrvice men
from all State and local taxation. On.
ly two Democratic States did this and
you can see what a great saving this
would mean to the men. Not one
Democratic State has seen fit to pass
laws so that the ex-service men might
| be shown preference in all civil ser,
, vice employment yet such laws have
been passed in SEVENTEEN RE,
PUBLICAN STATES.
III an ex-sevice man wants to buy
, home in Arizona, California, Idaho
I Oregon or South Dakota and he has,
not the money, the State will give hin
, financial aid but no such aid can be
? had by the ex-service man in an,
7 Democratic State. While the fedora
: government through the present ad
r ministration is furnishing the fines
} hospitals possible, nineteen Republi
| can States have passed laws so tina
. ex-service men may be admitted
t FREE TO THE STATE HOSPITALS
: FOR FREE TREATMENT. Onl,
three Democratic States have made
: such free treatment possible.
: Many times the ex-soldier coult
e get his feet on the ground if he coul:
t have the loan of sufficient money. I
: he lives in a Democratic State he i
, out of luck as we used to say in tn,