The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-09-28
SOLDIER BONUS
FOREVER HALTED
CHANGING ATTITUDE OF PEop, r
ELIMINATES POSSIBILITY OF
REVIVAL OF MEASURE
Senator 30, an Of Idaho Is c,.d..,
With crystalizing the FEELING
Which Caused the Ae,
to Fall

WnshinCton.-The comment n N.
leaders " the ex.soldiers on the ve,o
IT the bonus hill. says Mark Sullivan
S that the fight has just begun.
The soldiers bonus is settled ia.
sue, not only for the present session
Of congress, but forever. II will nevo,
again come so near to winning in any
future CONGRESS- as II did in this Il
was raised by the house over the pre-,
ident's veto.
In every future congress the numbe,
OF senators under the OBLIGATION Of
promise to vote for 1t will be smalle, +
han in the present session and the
number II senators who will feel free
TO oppose II will he larger. Further. \
more, Hard'ngs veto is based not
merely on the present state OF the
treasury, but on principle.
Every reason that the president
gave for his veto will continue to ex.
list and viii even exist in a stronger
form during the remainder Of his
ERIN. So long as Mr.. Harding remains
n the White House. whether II is for
the two and half years remaining Of
his first term or for six and hall
years II he should have a second term,
he can he expected to veto any bonus
measure that comes up. For that mat
ter, the measure is not likely to be
brought up again in good faith. Only
in case there should he a congress
politically hostile to the president and
with a purpose to embarrass him Is
the bonus measure likely to be
brought up in the future.
The reasons that make the measure
impossible OF success will in time be-
come so apparcSt that the agitation
for the bonus will never a-ain have
as large a popular backing as II had
on this occasion. AS final reason
the bonus proposal cannot he sue
ceesful at any forseeabe time in the
future, II can be said that however
unable the treasury is to stand the
strain this year 1t will be still less
able at any. time for several years to
come.
The treasury already faces the pro
blem of a revenue which is 5000, 000,.
900 short of enough to pay the appro
priation. 1t may seem sensational t
say so. hut II is a fact that, even dis.
regarding the bonus, taxes in thi:
lflralg n ss,l,a
before they become lowsr.
The veto message was Harding al
his hest. II combined his familiar
qualities of patient and tolerant rea
condolences with complete firmness
In his veto he undoubtedly has had the
SUPPORT of the best and the largest
number Of his advisers. Here in
WASHINGTON we have understood that
out of the ten members OF the cabinet
only one was in favor OF the bonus
and one other noncommittal and eight
against IL.
The bonus message has a dozen
angles from which It must excite adj
miratlon even on the part OF many
who do not agree with II. His CIV
ing 1t the tone Of an address to con-
gress was both good politics and
sound in principle. 1t is n fact. as
Harding implies throughout the mes.
sage, that the bonus proposal arose
not out OF any solicitation from the
ex-soldiers. but rather from the desire
Of members OF congress and other pol.
iticians to do a thing which would
consolidate the ex-soldiers behind
them politically
One final point: Whether you like
or do not like this final outcome OF
the bonus, give the principal credit
for II to Senator William Il. ROrah,
of Idaho. II was largely his aggres-
sive energy that built up following
in the senate from almost nothing,
and 1t was chiefly the outspoken cour.
age of his speeches and writings that
crystallized enough feeling throughout
the country to bring about the present
result.