The New York herald., 1922-06-21

| tention of his associates on the tariff
| When Mr.. Walsh finally edged his way
in he made good his declaration that
he would try TO swing the Senate
around TO the bonus.
1T has seemed to some of the mi
nority members of the Finance Com
mittee whom | represent" he said,
''that an effort should be made at this
time to take up for consideration the
adjusted compensation bill. On two
occasions within the last month have
been personally assured by the Sena-
tor from North Dakota that within
reasonable time he would request the
| Senate to set aside the. tariff and take
up the bonus bill. Senator Robinson
of Arkansas obtained from MIR. Nc
Cumber the same promise.
Senator Walsh pointed out that the
tariff bill had been set aside several
times to permit consideration of other
measures.
But when those of us who favor
the bonus demand similar privilege"
he said. lit is denied by the majority.
Therefore, Mr.. President, l move that
we now proceed to the consideration of
House Bill 1854, an act 10 provide
adjusted compensation for the veterans
of the world war, and on that motion
| ask for the yeas and nays. l for
one refuse to join with the enemies
of this measure in postponing action.
Let all that oppose this bill vote ia
postpone action, but let those who sin
cerely believe in this measure unite
with those who are demanding i'm
mediate cation"
Senator McCumbcr who was mani
festly laboring under great emotional
pressure, mada an attempt to defend
himself against the charge of Mr.
Walsh that he had violated his prom
Use. His statement of his position ap-
party associates than to the critical
minority Two or three times he
stumbled orally and halted and at
others his nervousness was accentu-
ated by the food of PHI ases with which
he attempted 20 defenc himself.
McCumber's ApoIoEerIc Tone.
He is poor pilot" said Mr.. Nc
Cumber in All apologetic tone, who.
hndiug dangerous ltcks in the course
| he has chosen is not willing to vary
around and enter a safe and certain
channel into the por' for which he is
headed short time ago there were
numerous reports af'oat of the purpose
of the Republican party to sidetrack
the bonus bill
When / heard them 1 immediately
expressed myself in favor of calling
for a showdown. stated to the
friends of the compensation bill that
1t was my purpose in a reasonable time
! TO move to lay ASIDE the tariff and
i proceed with consideration of the
bonus bill. IRA. statement resulted
1 in the immediate calling of O Republi-
can conference. The conference went
on record squafely unequivocally and
determinedly 20 put itself back of the
1nal disposition of tie bonus bill. 1t
further put itself on record that there
should be no adjournment or recess
until that bill had been passed
NOW that is what / wanted to be
assured. l would rather secure this
action through cooperation on both
/ sides of the chamber and especially
with the support of the side which
I
would rather work that way and be
certain that | vas going to secure the
action desired because / knew that
once the matter was voted on in the
Senate there would be no question of
the results"
Reads Conference Resolution.
Mr. McCufnber then read the reso-
luton adopted by the conference.
which was printed in THE New YORK
HERALD this morning
Il first moved in the conference. /"
he explained. that it was the sense
that the soldiers compensation Should
supercede for the time being the tariff
Dill. l failed to secure enough votes
to pledge the conference to this un-
dertaking because the majority of the
Senators thought it inadvisable to Law
aside the tariff.
ITO correct reports that the bonus
bill might be abandoned and reassure
the country and the soldiers that there
has been no change in the plan of the
Republican members of the Senate, we
adopted resolution providing that
the bonus bill should be taken UP i'm
mediately after the tariff.
Il cannot imagine a more definite
assurance to the country and the SOL
diers than the party in power, uniting
with the minority party. shall abso-
lutely and unquestionably put the bill
to vote before there is any recess or
adjournment. / secured all that l
kasked-the assurance that the bill will
not be abandoned"
Senator Watson (Dem.. Ga) stirred
up the North Dakotan by asking him
: why he backed down when the Presi-
dent opposed the bill last year.
Denied He Had Backed Down.
Senator McCumber denied that he
had backed down. but asserted that he
had voted against the Presidents re-
quest. He then made this significant
statement:
THE President has power to
destroy any measure. While l think
J the President may be within his
} authority L believe that when $50
members OF Congress chosen by the
people decide that thing should be
done the President should yield to
} their judgment rather than insist on
the judgment of one man [presum-
ably Secretary Mellon1 as against
450"
Senator Watson insisted that Mr..