The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-26
From the New York Times.


The soldiers bonus bill. which
will add anywhere from s1.500,000.-
900 TO $4,000, 100000 to the debt
burden OF the American people, will
be passed, 1t is practically certain.
The leaders of the republican ma
jority in congress have so decreed,
and the bill, the money raising pro-
visions of which are now being
drafted by the house committee on
ways and means. In expected to
reach the senate before the end Of
the present month. The bill, unless
there Is an unexpected change. will
pass both houses by overwhelming
majorities at 1t looks now. 1t is
doubtful IL as many as a dozen votes
can be marshaled against 1t In the
senate; at the outside, not more than
Is or 30.
But this little band In the senate Is
going TO put up a vigorous fight,
not that they have any hope OF de-
feating the measure, but because
they want the country to know just
what. in their opinion, the bonus
business means not only TO the fl
nancial fabric of the government
but to the ordinary taxpayer. to the
financial and industrial institutions
OF the nation.
At this moment there are just IL
members Of the United States sem
ate who are definitely against the
bonus, Six of them are democrats;
the other five are republicans.
Here Is the "antibonus" list:
James w. Wadsworth. jr., OF New
York.
Oscar f., Borah OF Idaho.
Carter Glass of Virginia,
Francis Il. Warren OF wyoming.
william II. King OF Utah.
Knute Nelson OF Minnesota.
John Sharp Williams OF Mis-
sissippi.
Henry l.. Myers OF Montana.
George Wharton Pepper OF Penn
sylvania.
Nathaniel B. Dial of South Caro-
lima.
1t IL understood that Senator Ell
lison ID. Smith of South Carolina is
also against tho bonus. but I've was
out of town when this article was
being written and cannot therefore
answer for himself. Senator Rich
ard Ernst OF Kentucky is in doubt
as to the stand he will take, and the
same Is probably true also of Sena-
tors Frank B. Brandegee and
George p. Mclean of Connecticut,
Reed Smoot OF Utah and Walter Il.
Edge and Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
of New Jersey.
This story, however. has to do
only with tho IL who are beyond all
duibble against the bonus. This lit
tie group includes the leader of the
democratic minority, the only two
civil war veterans In the senate,
namely. Senators Warren and Nell
son; the only senator who has served
in the cabinet, Mr.. Glass. and the
chairman OF the committee on mill
tary affairs. Mr.. Wadsworth. Botah,
williams and the others are all OF
them among the outstanding figures
In the congress OF the United States
A few days ago representative OF
The New York Times asked these
senators II they would state their
reasons for opposing the bonus bill.
The statements obtained follow:
From Sen. James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Of New York.
l will 30 the limit of generosity IN
| our treatment OF the wounded and
| disabled soldiers and sailors OF the
| late war. and / will cooperate ear
nestly in the passage OF any legisla
| tion which will make more effective
the relief and rehabilitation measures
thus far estal lished by the govern
ment. cannot, however. vote In
favor OF giving cash bonus TO all
the eX.service men, regardless OF
their respective needs. regard the
| indiscrlminate distribution OF money
from the federal treasury as being
dangerously unsound In the eco
nomic sense and utterly demoralIz.
ing from a spiritual and patriotic
standpoint. 1t Is absurd to use the
term adjusted compensation
/ There is no possible way OF fixing
or adjusting compensation for a sol.
| dier or sailor who risks his life.
! No amount OF money can compen.
safe the man who endures a great
battle. Nor is II possible to measure
| the value of business opportunities
lost by soldiers and sailors while
they are defending their country, II
the payment OF such a compensa-
tion Is TO become our settled policy
then, indeed, we have changed our
| conception OF duty and patriotism