New-York tribune., 1922-09-19
Makes 1t Plain TO Sol
diers' Organizations He
Will Follow His Deci-
sion TO Veto Measure
Congress Ready for
Message To-day
House Will Immediately
Overrule Action, but the
Bill Will Die i'm Senate


WASHINGTON, Sept. 1s.-~In last
appeal to the White House this after.
noon Commander Hanforl MacNider Of
the American Legion, accompanied by
delegation of other officials of that
organization, urged President Harding
to sign the bonus bill. President
Harding, made it plain he would ad-
here to his purpose to veto the bill.
The stage was set in the Senate and
House to-day for the reception of the
Presidents veto. The veto message
will be sent to the House tomorrow.
will be overridden by that body and
then will be taken up in the Senate.
The Senate will, according to last
minute canvass, sustain the veto. and
the bonus measure will thus be de-
feated.
The House will not necessarily vote
on the bill tomorrow. Republicans of
the New York delegation, by reason of
asked that the voting be Nelayed until
Wednesday. They feel that it would be
embarrassing to them to have to cast
their vote on this matter on primary
day For this and other reasons. the
vote may wait until Wednesday.
The real struggle is to come in the
Senate. That body will determine
whether the measure is to become law
Canvasses Of the Senate for some
days nave pointed to the defeat of the
bonus measure. They did not es-
sentially change to-day. Unless the
unexpected happens enough votes will
be mustered TO sustain the veto.
.Thirty-three will be sufficient to sus-
tain it, and the leaders of the bonus
opposition tonight said they would
have at least one vote to spare and
probably more, counting both those
voting to sustain the veto and those
paired in favor Of sustaining it.
Weeks Visits Senator's
Secretary of War Weeks visited the
Capitol to-day and saw Senators with
II view to making it certain the veto
would be sustained.
( The opponents of the bill to-day
We're cheered by a message from SEN
ator Weller, Of Maryland, to Senator
Curtis, Republican whip. Senator
Weller's message, dated Los Angeles,
said:
"If the President vetoes the bonus
bill, please pair me,-in favor Of sus-
tanning the Veto
Twenty-Five Senators were absent to-
day, though two or three of them may
return for the vote. Of the twenty
two seven favor sustaining the veto
and fifteen favor overriding it. Sena-
tors Edge, Fernald, Frelinghuyscn,
Keyes, Page, Weller and Mckinley are
the seven in favor of sustaining it..
Senators Caraway, Elkins, Harris,
Johnson, of California; Jones, of New
Mexico; Kendrick, Ladd, Norris, Over
man, Pittman, Pomerene, Poindexter
are absentees who are for the bonus
measure Senator's Edge and Keyes
and perhaps Frelirghuysen are ex-
pected back
However, if the efforts which nre be-
ing made to obtain pairs for all alb
sentees succeed, absentceism will make
no difference in the result. The ap-
sence of so many Senator'S who are for
the bonus puts Senator McCumber,
sponsor of the bill, at disadvantages
If all of his troops were present he
could follow policy of refusing pairs
for absentees and win.
bonus question to-day with several
Senator'S. He saw Senators New and
Nelson, who are against the bonus, and
Senators Kellogg and Mccormick, who
are for it. He also talked with John
T. Adams, chairman of the Republican
National Committee.
A delegation from all representative
veteran organizations, headed by Colo
mel MacNider, called on the President
by appointment, and formally requested
him to approve the bonus bill
Legion Officials Present
Among those accompanying Colonel
MacNider were General John R. Nc
Quigg, of Cleveland past commander
of the Ohio department. of the Ameri-
can Legion; Gilbert Bettman, COM
mander of the Ohio Legion, and John
Thomas Taylor, vice-chairman of the
Legion's national legislative commit
tee. Organizations officially represent
ed in the delegation were: The G. A.
R.. the American Legion Auxiliary, the
Disabled American Veterans Of the
World War and Auxiliary, the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary,
the United Spanish War Veterans and
Auxiliary, the Gold Star Mothers and
the War Widows and Disabled Emer-
gency Officers Association.
Colonel MacNider presented to Presi-
dent Harding a statement, which said
in part:
'The nation stands behind us in our
appeal. Whenever the people have
voted upon this question their answer
has been overwhelmingly favorable.