The New York herald., 1922-06-09
Democrats Offer Aid in
Scheme to Put Opponents
in a Hole
SPONSOR STILL HOPEFUL
Battle Royal Expected if SEN
ator Calls Up His Measure
Next Week.
ny LOUIS sEIBoLp.

Special Dispatch to THE New YonK HnsALp.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. d. c., june 8.
The McCumber bill to leGalize
$1,000. 100000 bonus raid on the public
Treasury met with lively reception
at the very portals of the Senate to-
day.
For several hours the mucn dis
cussed and generally discredited neas-
ure Topped around. on the Senate door
mat. During the interim Chairman
McCumber and a number Of Demo-
cratic Senators pleaded with Senator
John Sharp Williams (Dem.), from
agricultural Mississippi. to withdraw
his objection to the submission of the
bill. :
With the grim determination of i
man watching another kind OF rat hole
with a gun the Mississippi Senator
stood by to head on any attempt to
even place the bill on the Senate
calendar back Of the tariff. 1t was not
until he was assured no effort would
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mediately that Senator Williams with
drew his objection. The bill then was
presented.
The comments made by the pictur-
csque and intellectually sturdy Mis-
sissippi Senator in turning down the
pleadings OF Mr., McCumber and his
Democratic allies were caustic in tone
and comprehensive as. to vocabulary.
stands By Most OF Day.
II intend" he said. ITO withhold
unanimous consent to even the re-
port Of this proposition because do
not want to be pdrticeps crimtnts in
the remotest manner to any part in
this performance
Senator Williams, who frequently
has expressed his opinion of "the log
rolling brand of peanut politics" Of
some of his associates in seeking the
votes of noisy minorities. neld reso-
lutely to his seat most Of the day.
When he left the chamber he had no
difficulty in procuring the services Of
a pinch hitter to present his protest
against the bonus performance" To-
ward dinner time he reluctantly agreed
to permit the McCumber bill and re-
port to come In SO that 1t would obvi-
ate the necessity for radical change
in Senate procedure. He did so on the
assurance of Mr.. McCumber that no
move would be made to take up the
bonus bill for several days.
The measure now is tucked away
on the calendar back OF the tariff. tn.
navy and several other importan.
measures. Mr.. McCumber. and the
other bonus Senator's who reflect
frenzied anxiety to slip the bonus bill
into the tariff debate "for a. few days
undoubtedly will try to call it up next
week. The minute Mr.. McCumber does
so. there will ensue battle royal that
probably will be remembered for a
long time. .t4t.l Wr ~
Several Republican Senators. as wei,
as Democratic, who entertain neither
admiration nor respect for the bonus
scheme are preparing to meet every
move with, stubborn resistance. One
OF the most significant features of to-
days preliminaryiscrimma over the
McCumber scheme, which President
Harding already has dsapproved was
that the sole support and encourage
ment received by Mr.. McCumber came
from the Democratic side OF the
Chamber.
Would Put Party "in Hole"
The majority of Democrats is In :ul
sympathy with Mr.. McCumber. bur
not because of any sincere or friendly
motives. 1t is the Democrats ambi-
ton to put the Republicans in "A
hole" by compelling them to impose
additional taxation on TIE people. who
already are clamoring for relief from
existing burdens. None OF Mr.. Nc
Cumber,s Republican associates came
to his rescue. In fact, one or two OF
them sided with Senator'S Wi..iams
and Underwood, who are more con-
cerned over the welfare OF the people
without regard to partisan considera-
ton than for the dubious political
benefits that might accrue from bonus
legislation.
For the present the McCumber bill.
which would run for forty years ina
cost The people $1,000, 900 900. acco ID
ing to Senator Underwood. will remain
on the calendar. II has two chan es
for coming to the Lead OF the iegicfa-
tive class and showing the equally IN
popular tariff bill out of the way. One
is through unanimous consent. Tha.
will be denied.
The other is on a motion decided by
majority vote to temporarily set aside