The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-07-28


Long before that date the bill, In
its present or amended form, will
be placed upon the statute books
Of the cOuntry.".Senator Nc
Cumber on the floor of the Sem
ate.
Antics of the Democratic press OF
Nevada in regard to the recommit-
ment of the soldiers bonus bill were
watched by The Silver State with
amusement. wonder, doubt, amaze
ment and alarm, and in consequence
the Congressional Record was
watched carefully that we might be-
come posted in the matter and what
1t means.
Most of the fight seemed to center
around Senator Pittman Ia this state,
and much capital has been made of
the plight of the soldier and Pitt.
mans fireworks speech on the floor
Of the senate Now we observe the
matter is to be taken up by the Lee
gion convention when it conyenes al
Lake Tahoe shortly.
The last straw was piled on yester-
day morning when copies of Pitt
mans speech, franked to voters here
of all political affiliations. were re-
ceived The editor of The Silver
State was not favored with one, but
a kind Republican friend was.
All this hullaboloo about the bonus
measure being sent back to COM
mittee was primarily worked up by
Pittman and his Democratic friends.
and it certainly must be apparent to
all that 1t Is a matter used for po-
litical capital alone. Otherwise, why
all the effort to include the Little
Senator" in pleading for the soldiers
and sailors.
Press dispatches published when the
matter was fought out on the floor
of the Senate told of heated argu-
ments and name calling. That was
right and we'll tell you, after perus-
ing the Congressional Record, how
it all came about
Senator McCumber wanted to ad-
dress the Senate to tell how the bonus
bill stood. The Democrats didn't
want him to, and they kept up, for
page after page of the Record, an
effort to hush him up by parlia-
mentary rules, staging a small riot
to keep him from talking. They ap-
parently figured if they kept talking,
McCumber couldn't. but he won his
point eventually and here's what he
had to say:
Mr.. McCumber: | will not take
more than or 10 minutes at most
and will ask the senator If he will
not withhold the conference report
until I am through.
Mr.. President and Senators, by a
vote OF AZ to 20 the soldiers compen-
sation bill has just been recommitted
to the Finance Committee This has
been done because of the urgent re-
quest of the President of the United
States and the Secretary of the
Treasury for more time The rea.
sons which induced the head of the
nation and the head of the treasury
department to make this request have
been clearly stated by the President
in his address to the Senate and b.
the Secretary of the Treasury in
letter which has been read into the
Record.
Several days have been consumed
in debate as to whether the fears ex-
pressed by the President and the
Secretary of the Treasury are well
founded On this question each Sen
ator holds his own individual views
I am satisfied, however, that many
Senators who voted for recommitta'
of the bill to the finance committee
did so more in Difference 10 the
earnest wishes of the president than
because of any deep-seated conviction
that the enactment of the bill at this
time would have as serious an effect
on the treasury and the country as
that indicated in the Secretary's let
ter. While l might not be convinced
that any grave and dangerous results
would follow the enactment of the
bill at this time, recognize that the
President and the Secretary of the
Treasury are charged with the pro-
lection of the national treasury and
the maintenance of the national
credit. and it is most natural that
great Difference and consideration
should be given to the anxieties and
fears of these two guardians of the
federal bank account.
Therefore, Mr.. President, while !
regret that 1t Is thought necessary to
recommit this BILL. and while l am
unable to bring my judgment into ex-
act agreement with that OF the Presi-
dent and the Secretary of the Treas
ury as to the effect of this proposed
legislation on any funding or refund
ing of the national obligations or
debts due to the country, I have
risen rather to correct an entirely err
roneous impression as to what effect
the action of. the Senate in recon-
hitting the bill will have on the bill