Evening star., 1921-11-06
SOLDIER BONUS BILL
KILLED IN SENATE
AS RIDER ON TAX
Reed Amendment Voted Down
by SO to % Following
Heated Debate.
PRESIDENT is ASSAILED !
BY STANLEY FOR "0RDER"
Declares Mr.. Harding Moved by
Power of Mammon"-Politi-
cal Trades INDUCED In.

by a vote OF 3S to 2S the Senate re-
Jected last night the Reed amendment
to the tax bill proposing to enact the
soldier bonus bill and retain the ex-
cess profits tax as a means Of finan-
cling adjusted compensation for for
mer service men.
Five repubhcans-Capper. johnson,
Kenyon. Ladd and La Follette-sup-
ported the amendment, and two demo-
Gratis - Glass and Myers - voted
against it,
Roll Call Vote.
The roll call was as follows:
For the amendment: Democrats
Ashurst, Broussard. Caraway. Fletcher.
Gerry. Harris. Harrison. Hefiin.
Hitchcock, Jones'. New Mexico;
Kendrick. Mcclellan. Overman. Pitt
man. Pomerene. Reed. Sheppard, Sim
mons. Swanson, Trammel. Walsh of
Massachusetts,; Walsh of Montana,
and Watson. Georgia-23.
Republicans-Capper Johnson, Ken
yon, Ladd and La Follette-5.
Against the amendment: Repub-
licans-Ball, Borah. Brandegee,, Bur-
sum, Cameron, Curtis, Edge, Fernald.
France, Frelinghuysen, Gooding, Hale.
Keyes, Lenroot, McCumber, Mckinley.
McNary. Moses. New, Newberry.
Nicholson. Norbeck, Oddie. Penrose.
Phipps. Poindexter. Shortridge. Smoot.
Spencer. Stanfield. Townsend, Wads-
worth, Warren. Watson Of Indiana,
Weller and Willis-36.
Democrats-Glass and Myers
| 1t was midnight when the vote
was taken and the amendments by
Senator Simmons, democrat. North
Carolina. and Mcclellan. democrat,
Tennessee. proposing to finance the
adjusted compensation out Of interest
on siSs money owed the United States
by foreign governments vent over
| until 10 am. tomorrow. At that time
senator's win be limited to speeches
| OF ton minutes each on all amend
ments and on the tag. bill itself.
- Heated Debate.
The vote came after a session
marked by hot debate for and against
Senator Reeds amendment, a pro-
posal to continue the excess profits
tax as means Of financing the five
| way" adjusted compensation plan.
President Harding was assailed by
Senator Stanley. democrat. Ken
lucky. for what he described as the
order" given to the Senate to recon-.
nit 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 100000 former service
men. That power, he said, was the
silent. insidious and pitiless power of
mammon that knew what it could do,
| that understood its authority"
| None of the crowned heads of Europe
| would have dared to do what the
President did, Senator Stanley said.
adding that the event would go down
as a blot on history"
| Oratsrical Tirade.
| -s"In recording it, Senator Stanley
| said, historians. if they have pity.
w
patriotism they will write with shame
and contempt.
"The senator from Missouri (Mr.
Reed)," the speaker continued. has
given. you (the republicans) an op-
| 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 give up to the proud
| traditions Of the republican party
that has always been the friend of
the soldier, or whether you live up
| to the plane Of the present organiza-
tion>that il the most superserviceable
| slave that Mammn ever had since
| the children Of Israel broke up tha t
frolic around the golden calf in the
| nsishborhood Of Sinai"
IS President Defended.
Senator Watson, republican, Indiana.
replying to Senator Stanley, said the
movement to recommit the bonus bill
was not initiated by the President. that
| the President acted only after he had
been urged to do so by senators who
pointed out the federal financial situa :
ton to him. He said nearly one-thirl
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 the tools of Wall street
| Senator Watson reviewed the de-
mands Of the American Legion and
! then counteds a total of $33S,oo0. .oO8,
which, he said, had been dispensed
by states under republican direction
| as bonuses to the former service men.
He reviewed the actions of states un-
fder7 democratic rule, and shouted:
= Denserats Scored.
what have the democratic states
| done for the former service men1
they have done nothing; not dollar
have they, given. They have not
shown signs Of knowing that there
were ex-soldiers. Yet you democratic
senator's come >hexe and moan that
the republicans are not with the for
mer defenders Of the country"
/ The soldier bonus was advocated
| In addition. to Senator Reed. BY Sen
atar Helm. democrat, Alabama. whs