The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-21
SPEAKER AGREES.
TO TAKE BONUS
UP UNDER PLAN
Under This Procedure
Two : thirds Majority
Necessary To Pass Bill
Confident That Ma
iorities Can Be OBJ
tanned.

Washington, March 91.-The SOL
diers' bonus bill will be taken up by
the House Thursday under suspension
of the rules under plan agreed upon
today at Il conference between Speak
er Gillette and Chairman Campbell OF
the rules committee. The speaker. 1t
was said. has agreed to entertain
motion to suspend the rules. Mr
Campbell said he would call a meet
ing of his committee tomorrow morn
ing at which he will ask committee
members to report rule designating
Thursday as suspension day with
provision that four hours debate on
the bill shall be provided.
Under this procedure Il two thirds
majority would be necessary to pass
the bill. No amendments would he
permitted nor would it be possible 20
make motion to recommit the meas =
ure to the ways and means commit
tee.
Those in charge of the legislation
were confident that it would receive
more than the two-thirds majority.
They expected the vote to come be-
fore adjournment on Thursday after
two hours discussion on each side.
The rule will have to be agreed to
by a majority of the rules committee
and then will have to obtain ma
iority of votes in the House. Pro
ponents of the bonus legislation were
confident that both majorities could
be obtained.
Washington, March 21.-Speaker
Gillette was expected to give a final
Il tel fN10 a tn NTh 10 q
entertain a motion to bring up the
compromise soldiers bonus bill'in the
House this week under a suspension
of the rules. Republican leaders in
charge of the legislation still intend
ed to handle it in that way if possible
in order to shut of a motion to recon-
nit the bill as we'll as all amend
ments.
Although no decision was reached
at the speakers conference with the
House leaders late yesterday as pro-
cedure. there resulted at least a tao.
tic agreement to take the bill up on
Thursday and should Speaker Gillette
adhere to his position regarding sus-
pension of the rules, the measure
would have to be brought up then
under a special rule. There would
probably be not more than several
hours of debate under either proceed
ure, which would bring a vote that
day. Under special rule, even if
amendments were shut off, a motion
to recommit would be in order and
Democrats in that event are prepared
to move to recommit with instruc-
tions to replace the loan approval of
the bill with it's original agreement
If such motion prevailed it would
reopen the whole question of financ-
ing the bonus.
Speaker Gillette has given no indi-
cation early today as to whether he
would change his mind on the uues-
tion of suspending the rules, but lead
ers believed he would be guided by
what he considered a preponderance
of House sentiment. He was to con-
fer further on the matter today with
Representative Mondell. of Wyoming.
the Republican floor leader; Chairman
Campbell Of the rules committee, and
probably one or two other leaders. It
= was not expected, however, that there
would be any general conference in
his office such as that of yesterday
which was attended by members of
the ways and means committee and
the Republican steering committee, as
well as a number of other leaders.