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To ~ that Ruth and jack lad
helped around the house would be put
ting it mildly. True, it had not been
the easiest thing in the world to get
thsm started in the early morning, fol
lowing a., big, hearty breakfast, but
with promises from Uncle Ted Of q
story that night and ice cream for
desert, they took to their work and
were hard at it an day. Jack cut the
grass, dug out the weeds from the
flower garden and trimmed the edges
with knife, until the yard looked
nothing short of beautiful.
Ruth had helped her mother in the
house. First there was the busting
and cleaning and then getting bread to
bake and cleaning the kitchen. Ys.
and she washed the windows in her own
room and made all the beds.
"You kiddies have worked today"
remarked Uncle Ted as he watched
them eating their supper. "Anyone
would know from your apetites that
you hadn It been sitting around doing
nothing"
So at bedtime, keeping his promise,
Uncle Ted gathered the kiddies around
him and began his story.
"You know, children, there are
many things I could tell you about,
but there is one subject that really
should interest us all at this time.
That is politics and the trend Of the
campaign. General Dawes made a
point in his speech accepting the vice
presidential nomination that stuck out
above the rest of his speech, although
it all was filled with splendid material,
That point was this: This is cam
paign of brass tacks-not bombast.' /"
"What does that mean?' asked
Jack.
cit means, Jack, that the Republi-
cans are acting and talking in words
that need no explanation. Brass tacks
is an expression that means there can
be no misunderstanding as to what is
being said or done. When a man gets
down to tbrass> tacks' he deals with
facts, not theories. Bombast is de-
fined in Webster's dictionary as sstuf-
fling, padding, high-sounding words. in
flated style, ETC.. In other words it
is just the opposite of brass tacks.
"In that phrase of General Dawes
we have the exact difference between
tie methods # the two major parties
at the present time. General Dawes,
because he represents party that has
done things, is able in his public
speeches to state facts and quote fig
ures while Bryan, the Democratic vice
presidential nominee, talks in terms Of
theorie-in other words, his long suit
ie bombast. 1t is question today Of
one man talking of things that have
been done and the other man talking
of what he says he will do.
"Just listen to this from Mr.. Dawes:
This Administration has reduced the
cost of government operation and it
was not an accident. As a result.
'under our new tax law, approximately
six million dollars day less, for ma
tional purposes, will DE collected in
2 1925 from the taxpayers for the fiscal
year of 1921, and our public debt has
been reduced during the budget years,
under this administration, in the sum of
$2,722, ,a96, ,331. 49, f
Mr.. Bryan comes along, probably
the echo Of his brother. and says:
'Woman's s rightful place istby the. side
of man. Anyone reading that would
think Mr.. Bryan was trying to make
his listeners and readers believe that
the Republican party was opposed to
woman suffrage. Why, if such an in.
sinuation were not so serious it would
be funny. The Republican party is
responsible for woman suffrage. No
party, group or individual led the
fight for it as did the Republican par
ty. 1t furnished the larger proportion
of votes in congress for the submis.
sion of the amendment.
Another amusing attitude taken by
Mr.. Bryan (also probably whispered
into his ear bby brother William Jen.
nings) is that he promises to abolish
child labor. Child labor has thrived