Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-01
REFUuDIVC BILL
PASSES SENATE
DEFEAT BONUS
Senators Borah, La Toilette
and Norris Break
Party Lines
DEBT MEASURE WINS
Two Amendments on Soldier C0mpen-
sation Are Voted Down When
Bonus Bill Fails

Washington, D. c., Feb. 1.-After
voting down the soldiers bonus, the
Senate last night passed the Sill
Ou.OOO,000 foreign debt refundlng bill
virtually in the form recommended by
the administration.
The soldiers bonus question came
up on two amendments, one Offered by
Senator Simmons, of North Carolina,
and another offered by Senator Jones,
of New Mexico. The Simmons amend
mcnt provided for use of the interest
on the allied loans to pay the soldiers.
It was tabled by vote of AZ to 2S.
The Jones amendment provided for
a bonus to be paid directly out of the
Treasury. 1t was beaten. ~ to 2l.
The rcfunding bill itself was car
ried by vote of 80 to p. Three Re
publicans = Borah, LaFollette and
Norris-brokc away from party lines
and joined the Democrats in opposi-
ticr TO the measure.
The lineup Of the Senate on the
bonus question was as follows:
For tablin% the bonus:
Rrpublicans-Ball, Borah. Bursum,
Calder, Cameron. Cappcr. Colt. Cum
Minis. Curtis. Dillingham;. Elkins,
Ernst, Fcrnald. Gooding. Hale. Far-
reid, Jones (WaShington). Kellogg,
EcyeS Tcnroot. Mccormick, McCum-
her, Mckinley Mclean. McNary,
Moses. Nelson, Oddie, Page, Pepper,
Poindevtcr. Smoot, Spencer. Sterling,
Sutherland Townsend Wadsworth.
Warrrn. Watson (Indiana) ana
Willis Total. 40.
Democrats = King and Myers.
Total, ..
Against tabling:
Repubicans-Johnson. LaFollette,
Norris. Total, 81.
Democrats = Ashurst. Broussard,
Caraway, Fletcher. Glass, Harris,
Harrison. Heflin. Hitchcock. Jones
New Mevico), Mcclellan, Overman,
Pittman, Pomcrene. Ransdcll, Reed.
Robinson. Sheppard Shields, Sim
mons. Stanley, Swanson. Walsh
Massachusetts,. Walsh (Montana),
and Watson Georgia. Total, 25.
In the debate preceding the vote on
thc bonus amendments, Senator Sim
mons declared that no excuse could
be offered for further poStponement
Of doing Justice to the world war vet
Grams. He stated that the question
had hcen PIT up to the Senate three
times. and that it was becoming evi-
lent that the administration had no
intention of allowing a bonus.
Senator MrCumbcr. of North Da-
iota, Republican, chairman of the
=" Committee, informed the SEN
ate that % bill was now on the legisla-
tive ways to give tho soldiers adjust
ID comnrnsation. He predicted that
it world hc passed at an early date
and that President Harding would
si"n it. He urged tho Senate not to
"ti" IN" tho horus with the foreign
'"ht rrfunding bill.
''For my own part" said Senator
N"Cumhcr, 81 do not want to leopard
izc the bonus by attaching it to bill
which do not know the President will
'r" while there is such a good pros
meet Of nrompt rassa:.o OF a bonus
II which | am certain will receive
the Presidents approval"
Senator Watson, Of Indiana. Re-
,uhiican. likewise predicted prompt
md favorable action on the bonus. In
.;"'v Of this prospect, he moved to
table the Simmons amendment. His
IN stirred up hot Legislative tilt.
Democratic Senators characterized it
: uncthicaI and charged that it violat-
ID the spirit of the pending unanimous
consent agreement. Senator P!ttman,
f Nevada. Democrat, served notice
that if the motion prevailed there
voIid be no moro unanimous consent
agreements. The motion prevailed,
nevertheless.