Bisbee daily review., 1922-03-21
BONUS MEASURE
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 Speaker Gillett also had an engage ment with the president in the fore noon to discuss the question of a sus- pension of the rules, but the execu- tive,s conference with the house com mittee lasted so long that the speaker was obliged to forego his appoint ment in order to be at the capitol at noon to preside over the house Reaching the capitol, he made known to those in charge of the bonus legis- lation his decision not to entertain a motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
 This necessitated further confer ences among the leaders, who refus- ed to abandon their plan to call up the bill with the rules suspended.
 No final decision on procedure was reached, but there was at least tao it agreement that the bill would come up Thursday.
 Representative Mondell issued this statement when the conference broke up:
 Tomorrow, we shall reach a decis- ion, possibly by.poon, as to when and how the measure1 will be brought up for consideration There will be no party cOnlerence.|
 Asked if the bill would come up this week, the floor leader said:
 "Oh. undoubtedly; probably not later than Thursday"
 Speaker Gillett said things are as unsettled as they were" adding 'the only thing certain is that the bill will come up Thursday"
 The president was represented as giving no indication one way or an- other as to his views on the bill, and as desiring to be left free to pass Judgment on it when it reached the White House. He was quoted as say ing that he had not had opportunity to study all it's provisions as fully as he might have wished; also that he thought the responsibility was with congress at this time.
 Another attack on the bonus bill was made today in minorty report from ways and means comittee mem- bers-Representatiyes Kitchin, North Carolina, rhe Democratic leader, and Oldfield. Arkansas; Grips. Georgia, Carew, New York, and Tague, Massa- planchusetts, all Democrats. They characterized the certificate bank loan plan as [ due bill-rain-check-b borraw- money-bonus mode Of payment, and declared that it was an insult to every World war veteran and q shame tul discredit to congress and the na- tion.'
 Insisting that tine bonus bn paid out of taxies levied on "big incomes ur millionaires aud multi-millionaires" profits of the big moncpoiistic corpor. ations", the minority charged that President Harding and Secretary Mel Ion body offer bribe to the World war veterans to espouse the cause of the money power in their efforts tO establish as a part of our revenue system the vicious poiicy of general sales tax" t
 They offera bonus in consideration of the veterans and his friends favor ing sales tax said the report "They vigorously. fight bonus without sales tax, in the hope that the brave boys will be tempted to yield and be willing to help the president and Mir mellon and the money power to drive the first effective wedge under rhe established policy of the income tax, founded upon the principle of ability to pay"
 zThe report said the proposition in the bill for the bank loan was absolutely q gold brick" in view of the attitude of the comptroller of the currency, and added:
 "so we are presented with the