The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-20
HOUSE PASSES
BONUS over The
HARDING VETO
Moves Swiftly Despite Action of
the President.
Vote Was 25S to 81 Uph0Iding
Former Strength.
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RESULT is WILDLY CHEERED
No Debate or Discussion Pre-
vious to Roll Call.
Measure Passed on to Senate
Where 1t VIII Die.

Washington, Sept. 20.-The bonus
bill was laid before the senate shortly
after $3.50 o'clock and the presidents
veto message read to the senate,
which already had been debating the
question for more than an hour.
Among those voting in the house to
override the presidents veto We're
Bird, Campbell. Hoch. Little. Strong
and Tincher. all of Kansas.
Washington, Sept 2O.-Undeterred
by President Harding's vigorous dis
approval, expressedf in his veto mes
sage, the house of representatives this
afternoon. passed the soldiers bonus
over his veto, the action however.
was regarded as constituting little
more than an empty gesture. The bill
now goes to the senate, where the
enemies of the bonus are stronger.
and where the presidents veto will be
sustained-thus effectually killing the
bill so far as the present session of
congress is concerned.
When the house first passed the
bonus bill on March %. the vote was
3S3 to 70, the ratio of almost to l
in favor of the bonus being main
tanned in today's vote of 25S to 50.
The house moved swiftly in express
ing its approval of the soldiers bonus,
despite President Harding's veto.
Debate Eliminated.
Republican leaders had decided that
forty minutes should be allowed for
discussion of the veto message and
the bill before taking a vote, but as
soon as Speaker GiIlett formalIy laid
the presidents message before the
house, an immediate vot without dis
cussion was ordered.
The announcement of the vote was
| Followed by storm of cheering ana
handclapping from both the floor and
the galleries.
Soon after the house acted, the
bonus bfff ana the presidents mes
| sage we're transmitted from the lower
tchanber to the senate with an official
notification that the house had over
ridden the veto by the necessary two
thirds vote.
Bonus opponents in the senate at
once began "a drive" to force final
action on the veto at today's session.
as cbunt of noses disclosed the alb
sence of number of senators favor
ing the bonus bill. Republican leaders
in charge of the measure planned,
however, to postpone vote until to-
morrow. in order to arrange for as
large an attendance of senators as
possible when the roll is. called.
Reed in Bitter Attack
Declaring that the goddess of JUS
tice should be stripped from every
capitol in the nation, and the figure
I
Reed, Democrat, OF Missouri. deliv-
cred a fiery attack this afternoon
upon President Harding for his action
in vetoing the bonGS. Reed charged
the administration rintended to aban-
don its soldier heroes"
washington, Sept. 20.--The battle
Scared soldiers bonus bill went back
| to congress today-apparentiy to die.
The house is expected 10 prolong its
life little while by passing IL over
President Harding's vigorous veto.
Then it will 20 to the senate. where a
| close check up revealed today that It's
will be given the death thrust.
The bonus, however. cannot be con-
sidered as permanently inferred, even
after the senate sustains the White
House veto. Friends of the bonus-
and they number in the ma ajority in
both branches of congress-and off
, GERS of the American Legion made
this plain today. g f
This fight is only starting" Han
ford MacNidcr. national Commander
! of the American Legion. said today.
I'VE are just taking eff our coats
There is no thought of dropping It,
I'VE won against seemingly great
odds in France on occasion and we
/ are not discouraged now"
New Attempt Soon.
! Other friends of the bonus in con-
/ gress asserted without qualification to-
! day that new bonus legislation will
be introduced in the short session OF
congress starting in December.
1 duplicate the Fordney-AIcCumber bill.
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