New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-09
With President Taking
Responsibility Senators
Swing in Favor of
Recommitting the Bill
Adjournment Plan
May Be Defeated
Backers of Farm Meas
ures, Beer Bill and Free
Tolls Demand Action
From The Tribune's Washington Burea,

WASHINGTON, July s.-Presidens
Harding has practically won his fight
to have the soldiers bonus bill recon-
mltted to the Senate Finance Commit
tee, there to wait until the tariff and
taxation bills have been passed. The
PRESIDENT, however, has not succeeded
IN inducing the Senate to adjourn. All
indications are that it will remain in
session until number of agricultural
bllis have been passed. The friends of
the beer emergency" bill will not con-
sent to adjournment while that meas
ure Is pending, and, in addition, Sena-
tor Borah is insisting on passage of the
Dill for free tolls through the Panama
Canal before recess is taken.
Under direction of Administration
leaders in the Senate, polls were taken
Of Republican Senator'S to-day. sena-
tor Underwood, who is fighting the
passage of the bonus bill. also sounded
out sentiment on the Democratic side
AS a result it was developed that
thlrty-six Republican Senators would
vote to recommit the bonus bill. To
these Senator Underwood has promised
to add seven or eight Democrats. This
gives total Of 43 or A. votes assured
More than forty Senators are absent
and of the absentees the Republicar
Leaders have no doubt they can music,
an ample number to insure q majority
.torrecommis The bill.
Harding Taking Responsibility
President Harding is expected to
send ms special message to Congress
IN favor of recommitting the bill on
next Monday. With the President as.
suming the responsibility for recon
m,ltting the leaders are urging Repub.
mean Senators to accede to this plan
and are making converts.
The bill will not be recommitted
without bitter debate. The fact thai
secretary of the Treasury Mellon viii
ask large appropriation from Con.
gress TO make payments to the rail.
roads will be injected into the situa.
tlon. Senator Watson of Georgia re.
1erred to it briefly TODAY in a colo.
guy with Senator Myers and pointed
out half billion was to be maid the
railroads. vast sums had gone to Euro.
pean nations and large amounts spen,
Tor Junketing, but justice was not
being done the soldiers.
Senator McCumber, in lengthy
speech this afternoon, urged that the
tI nonus Is Dill De passed now and put up to
Inc mouse. lie argued that inasmuch
as the bill was not to take effect until
yuly l. lS22, 1T could not be success
iu!1iy ,!ay argued that it would make any
dlference as to financial effect on the
country whether it was passed now q,
after the tariff and taxation hills arc
passed. He held Secretary of the
treasury Mellon had exaggerated the
financial effects of the enactment ~
the bonus legislation. -
Senator McCumber said Congress
has paid little attention to the Pres;-
dents plea for economy. He pointed
out Congress had given the railroads
about $2,000,000,000 to help them cet
on their feet and would probably Give
them half billion more.
congress has mercilessly set as;d.
the plea for economy" Senator Nc.
Cumber added, "and has appropriated
hundreds of millions Of dollars for new
others. w
apparently Congress Is determined
to spend every cent that can be raised
by taxation. Therefore it becomes mes, -
choice as to whether we shall devote
money for financial obligations or for
a moral obligation, like the adjusted
compensation for soldiers"
Recites History of Bill
In opening his remarks Senator Nc
Cumber said:
"On May 20, 1920. the House passed
the soldiers adjusted compensation
bill with not more than half a dozen
votes against it. At that time it was
too late for the Senate to pass the
bill in that Congress, though am sure
that Congress intended to pass it.
That action was taken at time when
(ContInued on naae flve,