The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-08-04

m the matter and have found that
ZONE Of them are for II, some Of them
IRE against II. but that the majority
seems to he for It.
Why the Majority Favors II
why is the majority for III Not 20
much because the men want 10 feei
The cash In hand, but because they feel
that an Injustice was done them In
asking them to fight for s33 month
while other fellows were DRIVING
rivets for ten times the amount ana
were not under the necessity OF dodg-
ing shells or parrying bayonet thrusts.
Personally, the writer Of this has
been opposed TO the granting or the
bonus unless It could be given to the
men who actually need 1t and kept
from those who have no need for II.
There seems to be no way In which
this can he done, but, opposed to the
bonus ~ not, there Is every sympathy
among the veterans who think Hs
granting Is bad policy, with the men
who. looking at the thing as human
nature makes them look at 1t. say that
Il ought to he granted.
There Is a fear among officials IN
Washington that the bonus may DC
made n political issue. II seems hard
to conceive how 1t can be so mace
for the at-heart proponents and oppoh-
ents Of bonus Legislation are pretty
evenly divided between the politicai
parties as represented In Washington
due consideration being given to the
facts Of proportion. for there are many
more Republicans in the two houses
of congress than there are Democrats
Sympathy Versus Finance.
So far as the controversy today ID
concerned the senator's and representa-
tives are confronted with two state
ments, one from the treasury depart
ment and the other from the veteran
organizations. The treasury depart
ment intimates that passage OF the
hiI, will come close to bankrupting the
country. The veterans organizations
saw that this Is buncombe. sympathy
rms all one way but sympathy does
not always mean support. IL Is, VI
course, with the men who fought' INC
government officials who have SPOKEN
on the matter say that their feeiing
ia with the men, but that their sound
financial sense has to run the other
way. People will have to take ther
choice as between the two contentious.
II is perfectly conceivable that inc
whole thing may be put up 10 INC
country I'm what will be tantamount
m a referendum. This does not mean
that II will be submitted to the people
as direct proposition, but 1t may DO
that bonus or no bonus Will nhd
Mace In the platforms Of the politicai
nart,es. Then one will have to walt
to count the votes to know the nhisn
Of the fight.
Every veteran probably would ike
TO see the bonus bill passed II IT couie
he passed without injury to the credi
OF the country. The subject has oeei
passed on by the administration.
. has asked for postpOnement. Doe
! this mean the end or Is II really on''
!, a portponement7 This IL the question
!, the congressman and the veterans ar
!, asking today In the city Of Washing
ton. and there is no one yet who cal
give definite answer.
Taft Eighth Chief Justice.
In the White House Is the twenty
ninth President, and In the room
the Supreme court is the eighth cnie
/ ,ustlce. Presidents are elected for
> fixed term; Supreme court justice
are appointed for life, or until voiun
E tary retiremeN.
, The terms OF certain ones anon
! the chief justices of the United State
. have been coincident with the term
. of several Presidents. No politics
. marty on coming into power Is ah
to secure the appointment OF eithe
4 chief Justice or any associate Jul
!. tices of the Supreme court OF It's ow
a political faith. unless at the time ther
. exists a vacancy on the bench. Usua
! ly the high court has been 80 mig
!. that II is above politics.
John Marshall generally Is a.
!, counted the creates chief Justic
= that the bench ever has held althoug
: there are men whose feeling In III
A matter probably is "contrariwise
!, Perhaps the man whose name mo-
q frequently is on the tongue OF pc
a sons speaking OF incidents Of the 81
preme courts life. or Its decisions,
that of Roger b. fancy. II was II
bred Scott decision, given at tin
when the sectional feeling In the Un
D. ted States was at white heat, tn
8 made the name OF fancy so familia
IL even TO the casual students Of Anne
- lean history.
U William Howard Taft, the twent
" seventh President OF the Unit'
r states has become the eighth chi
10 Justice of the United States. New
y during the years of his adult life HI
~ Mr.. Taft made a secret OF the IA
that he had an ambition one day
40 sit In the seat of John Rutledge' u
~ first chief justice.
h' Succeeds His Own Appolntes.
when Roosevelt was President, al
Us prior 10 the time that Mr.. Tafts mar
OF WAS mentioned prominently for I
presidency, II was the presidential Q
. sire 10 put Mr.. Taft on the supref