The Washington herald., 1921-11-06
Votes Down Reed Amend
ment After Midnight,
3S to %.
DENOUNCE HARDING
IN STORMY SESSION
Democrats Attack Ad-
ministratiOn for Sub
serviency to Capital"

After a hot partisan fight, with
dramatic clashes, the Senate, just
after midnight. voted down an at
tempt to tack the soldier bonus
feature to the pending tax bill. By
a vote of 3s. to 2s the Senate re-
jected an amendment by Senator
Reed. Missouri. Democrat. providing
for payment of the bonus out of
excess profits taxes
The Senate then recessed until to-
morrow, when the Simmons Walsh
and McKellar amendments will be
taken up.
The proposal was supported by
five Republicans, and two Democrats
voted against the amendment Re
publicans voting for the bonus were:
Capper, Johnson. Kenyon, Ladd and
against the amendment were Glass
and Myers.
See Defeat Tomorrow.
The defeat of Reeds amendment
foreshadowed a similar fate tomor-
row for the Simmons-walsh and
Mcclellan bonus proposals. The for
mer would pay the bonus out of the
interest on the foreign debt. and
the latter would pay 1t in the bonds
of foreign nations instead of cash.
The vote came after one of the
most dramatic night sessions the
Senate has staged in years. Sena-
tor Reed f1ayed the Harding ad-
ministration mercilessly. Senator
Stanley and other Democrats fiocked
TO his support. drawing a hot an
swering fire from the Republican
side
Senator Reed pleaded for the men
who barred their breasts to German
bullets while the prohteers sucked
the nations blood behind the battle
lines" and big Tom Heflin shot
laundering challenges across the
aisle to the Republicans who, he
declared. were "toadying to the
profteers at the soldiers expense"
subservience to Mammon-
Senator Stanley. of kentucky,
charged the Republicans with sub
seryience to the -insidious power
If Mammon." and declared Presi-
dent Harding's course in dealing
with the bonus made wilson's "sins
rs white as snow. IL sins they
were"
Senators Watson and New, of in
diana, sprang to the defense OF the
administration. Watson declareo
that while many Republican legis-
latures have given cash bonuses to
the soldiers. he knew of no Demo-
cratic legislatures that took similar
action
senator Kenyon, of Iowa, aroused
the crowded galleries to applause
in his brief plea for the adoption
of the Reed amendment The Iowa
senator admitted that he had heed
ed President Harding's request to
send the bonus bill back to COM
mittee because he did not want to
embarrass the President at the out
set of his administration.
Millions I'm Mines.
But / would not do it again,
said Senator Kenyon. Not after
two recent experiences. 1 listened
NO, long ago to the testimony of a
west Virginia coal operator who
said he had last year paid an ex-
cess profits tax of million dollars
and didn't feel it That same day
7 was called from my seat in the
senate to see an Iowa soldier VINO
had been wounded seventeen times
in France. He appealed to me on
behalf of his starving wlfe ana chill
dren. who were then being cared
for by the salvation Army because
he could not support them
.Jt is easy to be considered
demaZogue in the United states
senate, but be this measure Demo-
cratic or Republican, / am going
to vote for it"
Vote on Bonus Rider.
The roll call follows:
Yeas-Ashurst, Broussard. Capper.
caraway, Fletcher, Gerry. Harris.
Harrison. Hefiin, Hitchcock. john
son, Jones New Mexico). Kendrick.
KENYON, Ladd, La Toilette. Nickel
lar. Overman, Pittman, Pomerene,
Reed, Sheppard. Simmons. Swanson,
Trammell. Walsh (Massachusetts).
walsh (Montana). Watson (GeOr-
gia).
Nays-Borah. Ball. Brandegee,
lBursum. Cameron. Curtis. Edge.
FernaId, France. Frelinghuysen,
IGooding, Glass, Hale. Keyes, Len
root. McCumber, Mckinley. Nc
|Nary, Moses. Myers, New. Newberry,
Nicholson, Norbeck, Oddie. Penrose.
phipps., Poindexter. Shortridge.
moot, Spencer. Stanfield. Town
end. wadsworth. Warren, Watson
Fndiana). Weller. willis.