Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-22
HEFLR RIDDLES REPUBLICANS
OMREJEcTION OF SOLDIER BONUS

reign Of the republican party
and l am reciting facts, and if
they are not facts 1, want them
answered. l do not want. one of
1.-THE millionaire club of this body
to rise UP and say he listened to
my speech with disg,lisN without
furnishing the facts to answer
arguments Now, let me tell
the Senator what is going. on to-
day.
Thousands OF people ia his sec
ton OF the country and mine
bought Liberty bonds when they
were not able to buy them. They
got money in every way they
could and bought Liberty bonds
to help save the life of the Ma
ton, and what, do we see going
on now? In the south and west
we see these patriotic people
bringing in their Liberty bonds
'and selling them for SIS and $50
on the 500 bond. and WHY. Be-
cause the Federal Reserve Board,
under control of the Republican
party, has drawn in the money
needed for legitimate bus
mess. The bonds are forced upon
the market. and these bond
sharks are buying them up. and
they are going to come with
them later to the Treasury and
present them and get dollar for
dollar. with interest from date Of
their issue. That is what is go
ing ON today under Republican
rule. VIII the Senator take that
and consider it when he is listen
ing with disgust to the argument
OF a Senator made in behalf OF
fair treatment to the American
soldier?
Mr.. President. the Senator
says he is willing to take UP the
soldier compensation bill when
ever the conditions of the Treas
ury will justify it. In spite OF
all that the prohteers and bond
settlement with our soldiers. |
am convinced that the condition
OF the Treasury will Justify it to-
day. You can not deceive the
American people. We. are the
richest nation in all the world,
and yete a nation with the wealth
that. we have, the resources OF
this young Republic the finest i'll
all the world, is bowling at the
knees of the tariff barons and the
money kings of the government,
who are heurishing uponsthe mis-
fortunes, the distress, and the
disaster. that rest upon the Amer
lean people today under the reign
Of the, Senator's party
| am not making this as par
tisan. speech. | would to- God
that it were not true. l. would
love today by my vote, which l
would cast cheerf,illy; and be-
lieve the Senator from Nebraska,
(Mr. Norris), knows that, | would
to cause prosperitytodo BLOSSOM out
in all the western section as /
would, have it blossom in my oM,:l
beloved Southland. There is
nothing partisan about it with
me. L am giving you facts that
l regret to have to recite in this
chamber
But l shall not take any more
OF the time of my good friend,
the able Senator from Tennessee
(Mr McKellar), who is going to
champion the cause of the brave
boys who offered their lives for
the country. who went to make
the last sacrifice. to give all they
had. and who are back here aow.,
many of them. with nothing toi
live upon.
The tariff barons, | repeat. CAM
wait. The excess-prohts :acn
can wait little while until we do
justice by the soldiers. They are
the two classes of people for
whom the Senator from Mime
sofa (Mr. Kellogg pieaded-tl,e
excess profits men and the tariff
barons but the soldier who
walks the streets today i'll the
Capital OF. the greatest Nation onl
earth, whose present existence Isl
due to the vaIor and the bravery
of this same soldier on, the flrlngi
line. we are going to postpone
action for him until the excess
profits tax cam be revised and a /
sales. tax put upon the American
until the. tariff barons
can have their way. But the sol /
lier. the Senator from Minnesota
thinks, should wait. for a. more
time. He intimated i
hat he would. cheer fully vote forI
t when that time comes bat