Life, 1928-12-14 · page 19 of 48
Life — December 14, 1928 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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This Life magazine cartoon satirizes Republican political hypocrisy regarding campaign donations. The image shows figures labeled "The Senate" and "Big Navy Plans" receiving money, while a character labeled "Kellogg Peace Pact" stands nearby with flowers—suggesting naive idealism about peace. The accompanying text critiques Republicans for accepting substantial donations ($8,000 from Mr. Borah) while publicly opposing such contributions as unethical. The satire highlights the contradiction between stated principles against political donations and actual fund-raising practices. The "sweetness" in the title refers sarcastically to this hypocrisy: Republicans publicly condemn donations while privately accepting them to fund military expansion and political campaigns. This exposes the gap between political rhetoric and actual behavior.
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PRFREGES IE , cto ‘ical But un- nit a om- cted juct, r to veri ller- the na- med wet ing ctiv- Bu- only reby Bes be that with hics. en- to clair ittee fort, What Could Be Sweeter? conscientious Republicans had given Mr. Borah only some $8,000 to make up for whatever was done wrong in the election of 1920, while they were contributing sev- cral millions to make sure that the elec- tion of 1928 was done right. Mr. Borah was dienply out of touch with popular sentiment. It has been amply demonstrated that to the general notion there is nothing unethical about a political party’s receiving donations from such a man as Mr. Sinclair; and the jury verdicts in the Fall, Sinclair, and Doheny cases suggest that to the general notion there is nothing sinethical about what these gentemen did afterward. We shall all be better off if we think clearly about these matters, and thus give Mr. Hoover a chance to begin his administration with- out being hampered by irrelevancies. Some months ago, something faintly de- Togatory was said on this page about people who buy a stock that has never paid dividends at 150, in the hope that they may eventually sell it for 250. Since the stock which inspired this comment has lately approached 400, apologies are hereby tendered for such a short-sighted and un-American utterance. Elmer Davis — Life Lines — Bos Incersout is credited with: “When Texas goes Republican, Hell will go Methodist." Has any authentic report been received from the latter region verifying this prophetic statement? “By mistake I said not responsible for my wife's debts. —Marr Armerusrir."’ —New Orleans Item It’s all right, Matt. We understand per- fectly. LL Mr. Hoover has announced that he will never neglect to seek divine guid- ance. We earnestly hope this doesn’t mean that our next President is going to get his commandments direct from Moses. — ‘*Losr—Black satin dress, trimmed in pink, between Mrs. E. J. Munger and Sam Stone on Tinker Bell Road."'—Roanoke (Va.) Times. | Both of them must have been looking the | other way at the time. aL A Newspaper item says that Philadelphia now has women taxi-drivers, Front or back seat? L ‘Trip to Mars (Ride), seats twenty-four adults, good front, ticket box, all complete, ready to run; a bargain, two hundred dollars cash takes it." —Advertisement in The Billboard, Ir’s too expensive. We'd rather go to Niagara Falls. LL Ir is conceded that what defeated Al Smith in the last election was a com- bination of Rum, Romanism and Raddio. comicbooks.com