New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-08
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Escorted 10 Senate w,nv

escorted 10 senate Wing
Afterwafd the President was escorted
20 the main floor OF the Senate wing.
i re inspected the new dining room on
! we north portico and then went to the
rrlesiaents room, where the following
moned. saw hims Willis, Cameron.
McCemher, Borah. Calder, Kenyon,
curtis, New, Norris, McNary, Repub-
ilcans; and Overman. Underwood. sim
mons, Ponierehe and Harris. Democrats.
At was o'clock before the President
departed.
The President had an earnest talk
o. considerable length with Senator
aMe,Sumher. in charge of the bonus
Dill me President. laborpd TO con-
vert Senator McCumber into the idea
OF recommitting the bill, but Senator
McCumber insisted the measure should
be kept before the Senate and passed.
senator Underwood, Den,ocra tie
reader. was one of the first members
sent for by the President. Senator
Underwood, who is opposed to the bonus
Bib Is favorable to the Presidents
plan.
While it is not definitely announced
when the President will send his mes
sage to Congress, it Is probable it viii
be Monday.
The Presidents visit to the Capitol
To-day gave much satisfaction to pro
wilson Democrats, who commented ON
IL as another case of following in the
footsteps of Woodrow" The visit was
not formally announced. However. il
became known at the Capitol half
hour or more before the President ar
rived there that he would make the
Visit and lunch with old Senatorial
friends. The President has been urged
day Nv
who doubt tho wisdom of passing the
penas Dill to take some pronounced ac-
ton to head it off. The visit to the
Capltol to-day and the announcement
OF the Forthcoming message are the re-
suits
May Filibuster for Bonus
Senator Walsh, Of Massachusetts,
commenting this afternoon on the pro-
posal to recommit the bonus bin, said
he would oppose it, and intimated a
purpose to filibuster against it, II other
Senators would join. He remarked that
IT was a strange thing the government
could allow enormous sums to the rail-
roads, for building of batsleships and
Tor foreign loans, but had nothing to
meet the proposed soldiers bonus.
The discussion of the bonus bill went
on most of the afternoon in the Sen
ate. Senator Pittman, Democrat, of
Nevada, led off with plea for it. He
crlelclzed the letter of Secretary Mel
lon, which, he said, was intended to de-
feat the bill. He declared that twenty
three thousand new millienaires had
been created in the war period, while
millions of American soldiers were liv- |
ing in bitches, amid disease, vernin |
and death.
Senator Myers, of Montana, a Demo-
crat, assailed The bill ct length. He
proposed an amendment to eliminate
the cash bonus and the insurance
feature. The Senator asserted it was
costing sso,o0e,0oo day to run the
government in a time of profound
peace. He said the total cost of gov
ernment, Federal state and local, was
$4,000 100000 year.
i think few people in this country
are aware of this" he said, land be- |
iieve 1t should command their atten- |
tlen. think the soldiers ought to
know it. If these facts were known
generally | believe there would be an !
expression OF indignation such as this !
country never has known
The American Legion, he said, was
enc of the greatest Dulwarks between |
the government and "sullen, subtle |
spirit of anarchy and Bolshevism." He |
said 1t ought TO help resist the pressure
los the bonus legislation.
I'VE ought not" he said, "olunge this !
country into bankruptcy and saddle the |
people of the country with burde |
that will last for generations to come
Senator McCumber again defended
the BILL