Arizona republican., 1921-11-06
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 WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-By a vote of 3s to 2s, the senate rejected tonight the Reed amendment to the tax bill proposing to enact the soldier bonus bill and retain the excess profits as a means of financing adjusted compen- sations for former service men.
 Five Republicans. Capper. Johnson, Kenyon, Ladd and LaFollette, sup ported the amendment and two Dem ocrats, Glass and Myers. voted against it.
 The roll call:
 For the Amendment
 Democrats; Ashurst. Broussard, Caraway, Fletcher, Gerry, Harris, Harrison, Heflin, Hitchcock, Jones of New Mexico; Kendrick, Kellar, Over man, Pittman, Pomerene. Reed, Shep- pard, Simmons, Swanson, Trammell. Walsh of ssachusetts, Walsh of Montana, and Watson of Georgia-23. Republicans: Capper, Johnson, Ken yon, Ladd and LaFollette-5.
 Against the Amendment
 Republicans: Ball. Borah. Brande- gee. Bursum, Cameron, Curtis, Edge, Fernald. France. F'relinghuysen Good ing, Hale, Reyes, Lenroot. McCumber, Mckinley, McNary, Moses, New. Newberry, Nicholson. Norbeck, Oddie. Penrose, Phipps, Poindexter. Short ridge. Shoot, Spencer. Stanfield, Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, Wat son of Indiana, Weller and Willis-36.
 Democrats: Glass and Myers-2.
 It was midnight when the vote was taken and the amendments by Sen ator Simmons, Democrat of North Carolina, ana Mcclellan, Democrat of Tennessee. proposing to finance the adjustment compensation out of in terest on the money owed the United States by foreign governments went over until Monday.
 The bonus debate developed toward the end into a hot political fight in the course of which Senator Stanley Democrat of Kentucky. assailed Pres ident Harding for asking the senate to re-commit the bonus bill last July. and Senator Watson. Republican of Indiana, defended the presidents s course.
 In advocating a soldiers bonus, Senator Heflin, Democrat of Alabama, charged that the Republicans were proposing to take the tax off the profiteers."
 Senator McKellar, Democrat of Tennessee, announced that if the Reed amendment was voted down he would offer an amendment proposing VI AAAN SRNN country by foreign nations and the use of s2. .000, ,O0e, 900 of the interest in defraying the cost of adjusted com pensation.
 Senator Jones. Democrat of New Mexico, accused the Republicans Of attempting to delay the bonus "uIal in the sweet bye and bye most people will have forgotten about it."
 President Harding was 2ssailed by Senator Stanley, Democrat of Ken lucky, for what he described as the ''order" given to the senate to re- commit the soldier bonus bill
 Senator Stanley declared there was only one power that could have made the president turn his back on the f, ,OO0, GOO former service men. That power, he said, was the silent. in- sidious and pitiless power of Nam mon, that knew what 1t could do; that understood it's authority"
 "None of the crowned heads of Flu rope would have dared to do what the president dared to do,' Senator Stanley said. adding that the event would goo down as blot on his- tory
 "The senator from Missouri (AIr Reed)," the speaker continued, has given you (the Republicans. an op- portunity to show whether your con- stisuencies or whether you represent Wall street by the proxy of Mellon and the president; is giving you an