The New York herald., 1922-09-01
BONUS BILL PASSES
! SENATE, AZ TO %;;
VETO IS PREDICTED
Twenty Are Paired in Vot-
ING and Seven Are Listed
as Absentees.
In CONFERENCE TO-DAY
Measure Will Be Sent to the
President Not Later
Than Monday.
QUICK ACTION EXPECTED
From Three to Seven Who
Supported Tt Will Switch
on the Next Ballot.
QUICK ACTION EXPECTED
ny LOUIS sEIBoLD.
Special Dispatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
Il New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. G.. Aug. 81.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. g.. Aug. 81.
The United States Senate to-day
paid its political debt to able bodied
soldier voters by passing the $4,000
000,0 900 bonus raid on the public
treasury and taxpayers of the country.
Only sixty-nine of the ninety-six
Senators actually voted on the bill,
forty-seven casting their votes in favor
Of it and twenty-five against it.
Under the pairing arrangement
twenty OF the twenty-seven Senators
who did not participate In the vote,
were evenly balanced in support and
against the measure. Or the seven
absentees without pairs five declared
their purpose to vote for the bill and
two against it. The full vote actually
accounted for was sixty-two in favor
OF the bonus bill and thirty -four
against 1t.
OF the forty-seven votes for the
bill. twenty-seven were cast by Re-
pubIicans and twenty by their Demo-
cratic associates. OF the twenty-five
votes actually cast against the measure
fifteen were contributed by Republi-
cans and seven by Democrats.
Veto VIII BE Upheld.
On the basis OF the vote to-day a
veto of the the McC'uuiber measure.
which is expected by almost every
Senator, will be upheld. In addition
to the number of Senator'S who voted
or We're paired against the bill. at
least three and probably seven-"as
many as may be necessary'-will vote
to sustain the Presidential disapproval
of the bonus scheme.
1t is expected the President will act
on the McCumber measure, loaded
down with amendments which are not
acceptable to the executive department
of the Government, without delay.
The supporters OF the McCumber
bill will not waste any time in getting
1t to the White. House The joint
conference committee of the two
houses will take up the measure to-
morrow and expect to get it out Of the
way in a day or two despite rebellious
predictions made by House leaders
that the changes made by the Senate
in the bill, which passed the lower
house in March last, will not be ac-
ceptable.
Obstruction to the bonus scheme at
this stage would involve it in difficult
ties which might delay executive
action for some time TO come. Con-
sequently there is reason to believe
the conferces will agree in record
breaking time to accept the Senate
bill. which differs little in essential
features from the House measure. The
Senate leaders are confident the meas
ure will be delivered to the President
not later than Monday.
There does not appear to be the
slightest doubt that the President will
return to Congress the bonus bill
within week, nor that 1t will be ac-
companied by message of disap-
proval, enumerating the objections TO
its acceptance under present condi-
tons.
supporters of the bonus measure as
sert that the President can be induced
70 sign the McCumber bin despite com
pletely convincing information to the
contrary that. up to last night M
least. his judgment was set against II.
- Votes TO Block Rcpassa9c.
Senate leaders have informed the
President that there will be at least
thirty-four votes provided to prevent
the repassage and enactment into law
OF the McCumber measure. A poll OF
the Senate, ,aken at his suggestion.
has satisfied him that the number OF
votes necessary to sustain his disap-
proval OF the McCumber measure will
support his stand. The advocates Of
the measure, cheered by the result to-
day, assert confidence the other way.
From member of the Presidents
Cabinet the Information was obtained
to-day that the President regards the
McCumber bill as even more objection
able than the measure passed by the
House, against which he registered his
protest. Secretary Mellon, while de-
clining tc comment on the action Of
the Senate. Indicated this afternoon
that his estimate of the bonus pro-
posal wns the same as when he urged
his objections TO II last spring.
The effect of the renewed agitation
for the bonus has been closely OBJ
served by the Treasury. An official
OF that department said tonight that
since the passage of the McCumber
hill by the Senate was made certain
Liberty and Victory bonds had de-