Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-14
United State Senator'S on the Bonus Question
Senator Carter Glass, Dem- Of vir
ginla.

ginia.
/ shall vote against the Bonus bill
for general reasons and all pf them.
In my opinion. are good ones. In the
first place. the passake of the bill yin
greatly injure the general finances OF
the business communities Of . the
United States. Furthermore, I think
Il VII confuse tho Government r.
nsnces Just to the extent that 1t will
harass the Government itself In Its
efforts to bring about n return OF
normal conditions throughout the
country.
And also let us not forget that 1t
will depress the 22 and odd billions OF
outstanding Government securities
owned by nearly 230o0,o0o people and
| incalculabie losses to these people
may be the result. When one con-
siders that billions OF these securities
are held by estates and by millions
cf people OF small means, the hard
ship, that would he preclpitated by
the passage OF this bill are difficult to
compute.
Moreover, the business depression
| that would be caused and which would
reflect itself upon the .ex-sodiers them
selye. will be such that In the end
the bonus viii cost theae men more
than the compensation they will re-
ceive will amount 10.
And, aside from all this, l am OPP
posed to tho proposed bonus legfsla-
ton because l am utterly opposed tc
any proposition that involves the com
mercializing OF the patriotism OF the
United states.
Senator Knute Nelson, Rep, of Min
When the Civil War closed. In th'
North and South, when nm industrious
thrifty, and prosperous man stood on
4 prominently among his fellows 1t wa
generally true that he was one of tn
old soldiers who had fought In the wa
either as a defender of the Stars ant
Stripes or az follower OF the Star
and Bars Such man was not TO b
, found camoring for a bonus as ar
some soldiers of the World War today
THE whole thing seems urreasonabl
3 to me and 1t Is not creditable to tn
soldier of the late war.
When ] compare the experience c
the men OF our last war with that
the men who fought In the sixties. an
the pay the latter received. 1t seems
: mo very remarkable that the me
? who are now agitating for this bonr
}, can take the stand they do. At n
start of the Civil War the pay OF
Union soldier was s11 per month; sui
seauently 1t was increased to s1S ar
y fnally to sic, but at that time go
u was at n premium OF from $3.50
= s2.40 and the American soldier Wi
y paid I'm, deprecated paper currenc
~ In this last svar the soldier receive
II $40 per month ayd If he was marri'
,, or had other dependents he receive
y family allowance in addition to h
~ pay and when he left the army he r
's ceived cash bonus of $50. and MOI
OF these things were provided for q
- veteran of the Civil War.
n Senator John Sharp Williams, Der
Nd Of Mississippi.
c. I have never been In favor OF Al
1T man 5capitalizing his patriotism. ha
CT always opposed It and always will.
le, believe IN caring for the widows a
at orphans. for the MANNED and the 81
ne Of our wars, and doing so In the mt
re generous manner possible. III u
l. socalled> bonus bill was confined TO
lis men who were under fire in Fran
he belgium or anywhere else think tn,
n might be some room for debate
or favor of the proposition.
We But it is proposed to give bonus
Ter every man and every boy who {
listed in the American Army wheti
lot that man or boy went to the front
e}f not, whether he remained at home
lot crossed the ocean. And this is TO
pie done without taking into conside
)s- ,tion that those who were trained
lat camps received that training with
I've being subjected TO danger from Q
he quarter. that they We're wonderft
his Improved physically. and in nurner
Ich instances experienced a wholeso
or dicipline which they sorely needed.
her I cannot think that the men v
ust were in our armies have a right
say that they saved the country
der therefore they are entitled TO cl
at the right to bankrupt the treasury
try their country.
ldi- i shall. of course, vote against
bonus proposition.