Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-11-06
SENATE BAT TIE
ON BONUS BILL
IN FULL SWING
President Harding Is
Censured for Causing
Delay of Measure.
La gillette Launches an
Attack on Mellon; I ak
Bill Delayed Again.

Washington, Nov. 5.-The fight
full swing Saturday night in the senate
speak that there was doubt if a final
vote could be before Monday.
The first proposal taken up was that
by Senator Reed. Democrat, Missouri,
to continue the excess profits tax as q
means of financing the "five way" ad-
justed compensation plan. The plan
was rejected 3S ct % and as n re-
suit Senator Simmons of North Caro-
lima, and Senator Walsh Of Massachu-
sets, Democrats, now intend to offer
their proposition to pay the bonus out
of the interest on the foreign debt.
After the bonus issue is disposed OF,
leaders on both sides expect rapid
progress to be made on the tax re-
vision bill with possible passage OF
the measure Monday night. Debate OF
the bill was enlivened by an attack on
Secretary Mellon by Senator LaF'ol-
lette, Republican, Wisconsin, and
defense Of the treasury chief by Sen
ator Watson. Republican. Indiana.
Flags President
President Harding was assailed by
Senator Stanley. Democrat, Ken
tucky, 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 on earth that could
have made the president turn his
back" on the four million former serv-
ice men. That power, he said, was
"the silent. insidious power of man.
mon: the ring of the dollar.
None of the crowned heads OF
Europe would have dared to do what
the president did, Senator Stanley sald'
adding that the event would go down
as blot on history
.aThe senator from Missouri" lMr.
Reed) the speaker continued, mas
given you (the Republicans) an OPP
portunity to show whether you repre-
sent your constituencies or whether
you represent Wall street by the proxy
of Mellon and the president is giving
you an opportunity to say Whether
YOU will live up to the proud tradi-
tons of the Republican part, that mas n
ALWAYS been the friend of the soldier
or whether you live up to the plane
of the present organization that is the
most super -serviceable slave that
mammon ever had since the children
of Israel broke that frolic around the
golden calf in the neighborhood Of
Sinai"
Watson Replies to Stanley.
Senator Watson, Republican, In
diana. replying to Senator Stanley,
said the movement to recommit the
bonus bill was not initiated by the
president but that the president acted
only after he had been urged to do so
by senators who pointed out the fed
eral financial situation to him. He said
nearly one.third of the Democratic
senators either voted or were paired
to recommit the bill and that in the
face of this they were now charging
the Republicans with being tools of
Wall street
Senator McCumber, Republican,
North Dakota, announced his opposi-
ton to attaching the bonus measure
to the revenue BILL Referring to the
Reed amendment he declared be had
"too much respect for the bonus
measure to tie it to corpse"
1.-THE soldiers bonus bill will be
passed independently of the tax meas
ure." Senator MeCumber said, adding
that son the adjustment of the foreign
loans hangs the fate of the soldiers
bonus"
The presidents recent address to the
senate on the subject, he said, had
made it clear that the executive was
waiting on the funding of the foreign
loan to pay the bonus"