Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-22

ing with mitch interest what SEN
ator Thomas 7. Hef1in, of Ala
bama, said about the shelving OF
1.-THE bonus bill by the Republican
Senate at President Harding's
demand last week. The Congress
sional Record, just received,
gives the debate in FULL Senator
Hef1in is we'll known throughout
Kentucky. He was great friend
of the late Senator Ollie NJ
James, and has made speeches.
all over Kentucky and has many
warm friends III this state who
will read with interest the hot
shot he poured into the Republic
can Senators. Senator Hehin
was speaking. in reply to Senator
McCumber, Of Minnesota. The
Congressional Record reports it +:
Mr.. Hefiin: The Senator refer
red to my speech as one of the
most partisan speeches that he
had heard He is the first man
on the other side who has so re-
! ferred to my speech. | do not
know how many of them are III
the embarrassing predicament
that the Senator is in. The Sen
ator has announced his purpose
to vote to recomnit this soldier
settlement bill. and there are
others over there who will do
likewise. The President has
called upon them to pursue that
course. and they are face to face
with the proposition as to wheth
cr they will recommit this bill or
proceed. with us. to considera-
; ton Of it and to a fair and just
! settlement of the matters involv-
ed.
! | know that the Senator's po-
sition is embarrassing to him. be-
cause the soldiers in his state will
not understand it. the soldiers all
over the country who went to the
firing line and offered to lay
down their lives for this Republic
! will not understand why it is ne
cessary to postpone action upon
this bill until a partisan tariff bill
is considered
The Senator says he sees no
objection to laying this bill aside
until the tariff is considered. My
God, are the tariff barons Of
America of more Importance to
the country than are the men
who defended the country's life
and saved it / know that the
tariff barons are here. They have
been here for months. They arc
demanding legislation in return
for the contributions they made
to the campaign funds OF the re-
publican party last fall.
l want to cite to the Senator
from Minnesota that Carnegie
testified under oath that his steel
business was worth 100000.
and three years after that, while
the Dingley tariff law was in eff
feet. he testified that he was
worth $3oO,OOO,OO0l You took
from the purse Of the American
people $35O,OOO,OOO and paid tri-
butte to Carnegie under your
Dingley tariff law. No wonder
these men are pressing you now
to repeal the Underwood tariff
law and let them come back to
the high protective feast table,
where they can extract money
from the purse Of the masses O
America, and the Senator from
Minnesota yields to the call.
The Senator from Minnesota
in his speech urged us to side
track the bonus, or the soldier
settlement bill until more APP
propriate time and declared in ia
vor of revising the tariff first. He
could see no reason why we could
not put that bill aside until the
tariff bill be passed.
What is he going to do with
the high-protective tariff law ?
He is going to legislate money
out OF the pockets of the people
into the pockets of the tariff bar
ons of America. What are wei
trying to do? We are trying tot
the money that these boys are
justly entitled to and pay it to
them to help them live through |
the terrible times that are upon
us.
The tariff barons have manag-i
ed to get along some how. They
did not have to go to the battle
front; they were NOT exposed to
battle fire; they are in no danger
now. They were far removed
danger during the war, and now
they come up and press for at
tentior1 at, the hands of the Repub
lican Congress, and we find the