Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-09-29
SOLDIER BONUS
FOREVER HALTED
CHANGING ATTITUDE OF PEOPLE
ELIMINATES POSSIBILITY OF
REVIVAL OF MEASURE
Senator Borah Of Idaho Is Credited
With Crystalizing the Feeling
Which Caused the Act
to Fall

Washington.--The comment of the
leaders Of the ex-soldiers on the veto
of the bonus bill. says Mark Sullivan
is that the fight has just begun.
The soldiers bonus is a settled is
sue. not only for the present session
OF congress, but forever. II will never
again come so near to winning in any
future congress as it did in this. II
was PASSED by the house over the pres
ident's veto.
In every future congress the number
of senators under the obligation of a
promise to vote for 1t will he smaller
than in the present session and the
number OF senators who will feel free
to oppose It will be larger. Further
/ more, Hardng's 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 will even exist In stronger
form during the remainder Of his
term. So long as Mr.. Harding remains
! in the White House, whether II Is for
the two and a half years remaining OF
his first term or for six and half
years II he should have second term,
he can be 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 be 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 apparent that the agitation
for the bonus will never again have
as large popular backing as 1t had
on this occasion. AS final reason
the bonus proposal cannot be sue
cessful at any forseeable time in the
] future, II can be said that however
| unable the treasury is to stand the
strain this year II 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.-
600 short of enough to pay the appro
priation. II may seem sensational tC
say so. hut II is a fact that, even dis
regarding the bonus. taxes in this
country are likely to become higher
before they become lower.
The bonus message has a dozen
angles from which II must excite ad.
miration even on the part OF many
who do not agree with It, His Civ
ing IL the tone of an address to con
gress was both good politics and
sound in principle. II Is 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
lticians to do thing which woulC
consolidate the ex-soldiers behiaC
them politically.
One final point: Whether you like
or do not like this final outcome o
the bonus, give the principal credi
for II to Senator William T.. Bo~ah
of Idaho. II was largely his aggres
sive energy that built mp following
in the senate from almost nothing
and II was chiefly the outspoken cour
age OF his speeches and writings tina
crystallized enough feeling throughou
the country TO bring about the presen
result.