Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
FRIENDS Of BONUS
RUSH BILL THROUGH
BYLARGE MAJORITY

amendments. The INA! vote was
2s9 to 80, or IS votes more than
required under the parliamentary
procedure to keep out amendments.
Additional taxes of approximate.
ly $1,950,000,000, the payment OF
which would be started next De
cember and continue for or, t Idee
of the benefits granted will be
available until June l, 1921.
The service men are given the
option of cash bonus, home aid, land
settlement, paid-up insurance OF
are imposed upon real estate trans
fers, stocks, grain exchange trans
actions. with increases over. the
present surtaxes and tobacco leVies
Greatest Peace Time Bill
time revenue bill in tn history OF
the country, but debate on it was
limited to forty minutes over the
protests of the Democrats and in
surgent Republicans who. sought to
amend the. measure. During the de-
No immediate action on the
measure is contemplated in the SEN
ate and the charge was made ire
quently in the house today that 1t
will be killed there. 1t IS VII, virtual Il
taken before the proposed adjourn,
ment or recess the latter part OF
Forty Republicans and fifty-tw?
Democrats voted against the bill
on the final roll call.
The fight over the bonus opened
with an effort to prevent the sub
mission of rule suspending thl
rules for six days. Representative
Mann, Illinois, who led the Repub'
lican bonus opponents, and Repre-
81 inn
ed that the rule was not in order be-
cause it prevented motion to re-
''n''"ie '"a first i Test Vote
After a sharp debat s;,,t this T Ths
Of Republican Leader Mondell to lay
On the table an appeal from the
decision of the chair, made by Repre-
sentative Garrett, Tennessee.
The bonus came through by a
eount being I'll 'h 1ss to- 0n 49, Had this
motion been defeated the bill prob
ably would have been thrown open
to amendments, with filibuster
likely.
to weaken and after a sharp, debate.
the rule suspending the rules was
adopted by. vote of 22o to 165'
Chairman F'ordney Immediately call
ed up his bill and after short de-
bate, in which about twenty mem
ton to pass the bill under sus-
pension of the rules. 1t was on this
vote that the opposition weakened,
and the bill received the necessary
two-thirds' majority:
ing on parliamentary question, in
dictated that advocates Of the bill
were short by sixty-four votes of the
two-thirds majority while the second
by which the suspension program was
adopted 200 to 165 showed they lack
ed only 81 votes.
The third test was on applying
the pension program to the bill it
self, which was carried IT'S to 81, or
two less than the required number
or passage.
Between roll calls the dabte was
heated. The Democrats aided by a
minority Of the Republicans attack
ed the gag rule" of the majority.
Advocates of the suspension pro-
gram, declared a vote against 1t was
vote against the bill itself and
sition, the final vote recording A.
Republicans and 81 Democrats in
opposition.
Supporters of the measure declar-
ed that the bill was just to the eX-
service men for losses they suffered
QuT1nS CHG WdIs puI It's OppOlCAAS1
denounced it as a political trick
to win the soldier vote through an
attempt to "commercialize patriot
ISM
Democrats Swung
Only thirteen Democrats voted to
bring Up the bill on the first test
vote, but on final passage nearly 100
more swung away and voted aye.
A group of forty Republicans stood
pat against the measure through the
entire fight.
the house opposed the bill. includ-
ing Uncle Joe" Cannon, Representa-
tive Tess, chairman of the Republi-
can congresion committee, Represen-
tative Flood, Virginia, chairman OF
the Democratic national committee
Representative Garner, Texas. Demo
cratic whip; Chairman Good, of ap-
preparations committee; Chairman
Kahn, California, of the military af'
fairs committee, and Chairman But
Ter, of the military affairs commit
tee.
Mr.. Cannon, after stating the
measure would mean a big increase
in the cost Of living, said he had re-
ceiVed far more protests than re-
quests for the measure.
Those Opposing Bill
Those voting against the bill were
roughs, Butler, Glenn, Cannon. Gregg
Massachusetts; Glenn, Good. Greene
Vermont; Hicks, Hustled, Kahn. Lehl
bach, Luce, Lufkin. McFadden, Ma
fasa Mann fRSis MSFnt M0GFes
ker, Peters, Plat, Ramsey, Rogers
Rowe, New York; Sanford, Smell
Temple, Tilson, Tinkham. Treadway
Walsh, Ward, Wason, Winslow. To
tai Republicans, 40.
mon, Bland. Virginia; Box. Buchan
bell, Pennsylvania; Coady, Collier
Connally, Dent, Dewalt. Dominick
Doremus, brewery, Dupre. Eagle
TeGoa He 4snar Holfand Ha areS
reys, Johnston, Mississippi: Johnston
New York: Jones, Texas; Lanham
Lea, California; McDuffie, Mann
South, Carolina; Martin, Montague
Moon, Tennessee; Moore. Virginia
oliver oyerstreet, Padlgett. Parish
ems, Mississippi; Stevenson, Stoll
Summers, Texas; Venable. Whaley
Woods, Virginia; Young, Texas. To
tai Democrats, SO.
Total against, go.
Those voting for the bill were:
Observation-Disclosures, Andrews
Maryland; Andrews, Nebraska; An
thony, Bacharach, Baer, Barbour
Begg, Benham, Bland, Indiana; Boies
| Bowers, Britten, Brooks, Illinois
Brooks, Pennsylvania; Browne, Bur
dick, Burke, Campbell, Kansas
Chindblom, Christopherson, Classon
! Cooper, Copley, Cramton, Crowther
Curriar, Michigan; barrow Davis
Minnesota; Dempsey Denison, Dick
inson, Iowa; Dowell, Dunbar, Dunn
Dyer, Echols, Elliott, Emerson, Esch
Evans, Nebraska; Fairfield, Focht
Fordney, Foster, Frear, French, Full
Ter, Illinois; Garland, Goodykoontz
| Graham, Illinois; Green, Iowa
Greene, Massachusetts; Griest, Had
ley, Hamilton, Hardy, Colorado; Har
reid, Haugen, Hawley, Hays. Hersey
Hickey, Hill. Hoch, Hull Iowa
Hutchinson, Ireland, James, LETTERS
Johnson, South Dakota; johnson
Washington; Jones, Pennsylvania
JUL, Kearns, Kelley, Michigan; Kei
ly. Pennsylvania; Kennedy, Rhod
Island; Kiess, King, Kinkaid, Kleczka
Kraus, Knutson, Kreider, Lampert
Langley, Layton, Little, LongwortE