The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-11-28
THE NEW CONGRESS IS
STRONGER FOR BONUS
POLL OF SENATE SHOWS BUT
ONE VOTE NEEDED TO OVER
RIDE VETO BY PRESIDENT.
SEN. GEORGE NON OMMITAL

Lineup of Recently Elected Solons
Shows Soldiers Relief Measure Is
Favored by Many New Congress
men, May Wait Until Regular Ses-
sion Before Action
NEW YORK, N. Y.-An over
whelming preponderance of new menu
bers OF the house of representatives
in favor of the soldiers bonus and
nearly as great preponderance of
bonus advocates among the new MEM
bers OF the senate are shown by poll
of the recently elected membership of
the two houses of congress conducted
1 by the New York Times. A bonus bill
may be expected to pass both houses
by large majorities.
The result of the poll, coupled with
the record of votes of those who re-
main in congress, show that the bonus
advocates in the house are in a posi-
ton again to override veto if Pres
ident Harding finds the next bonus
bill to be passed no more satisfactory
to him than the last
House Strong for Bonus.
Assuming that reelected represent
same way they did to override the
presidents veto on Sept. 20 last, and
counting the expressions of those new
representatives, who replied to the
Times query, tabulation of the re-
~ IL L. I,
So against, with ninety members UNI
represented, either because they are
new members and did not reply to the
query or because as old members they
failed to vote on the question.
The situation in the senate is more
closely balanced if a vote to override
presidential veto should become nee
sary A poll prepared in the senate
in the same manner as in the house
gives sixty-three senators for bonus,
twenty-seven against, three non-com-
initial, one non-committal at present
but likely to announce his position;
one i'll and one whose position the
Times has not been able to determine.
Under the rule requiring a two
thirds vote TO override a veto the sup
porters of bonus would have to OBJ
| tain at least sixty-four votes in the
senate On the face of the canvass it
is likely that the bonus supporters
might obtain the additional vote need
ed but the replies received were nee
essarily to a question as to how each
member stood on the principle of the
bonus and not to any particular form.
In making the tabulation the name
of Senator Simeon d, Fess, of
Ohio, was included in the list of sup
porters of the bonus, in accordance
with his vote as a representative, al
though the Times received no reply
to it's query.
New Senator's Stand.
OF the eighteen new senators-elect
canvassed, replies of some nature were
received from twelve Nine of them
Ferris of Michigan, Shipstead of Min
nesota, Howell of Nebraska, Copeland
of New York, Frazier of North Da
kota Mayfeld of Texas, Dill of Wash
ington, Nicely of West Virginia, and
Ralston of Indiana declared in favor
of the bonus.
One senator-elect, Frank L. Green,
of Vermont, telegraphed that he was
opposed to a bonus, and three sena-
tors-elect, Bayard of Delaware, Bruce
Of Maryland, and George of Georgia,
declined to express an opinion.
Gov. Edward |. Edwards, senator
elect from New Jersey, is away from
Trenton. Gov. Edwards made little
reference to the bonus during his cam
paign.
Senator-elect Brookhart, OF Iowa,
could not be reached at his home in
lDes Moines, but as he pledged him
self to support the bonus during his
campaign it was said that there was
no question concerning his position.
No reply has been received from
Senator elect Stephens, of Mississippi.
Previous Senate Vote.
The senate failed to pass the last
bonus bill over the presidents veto by
a vote of A to % of members present,
with fourteen senators opposed Joined
in pairs and with three senator's not
voting. The house OVERRIDE the pres
idential veto, 258 to 81, with seventy
two paired, forty-three absent and not
paired but Speaker Gillett, present but
not voting.
OF seventy-nine new members OF
the house. sixty-seven declared for the
Ibonus and only one against 1t. There
were eleven epresentatlves-elect VINO
were non-committal, most OF them
saying that they wished to see the bill
before declaring how to vote on the
question.
The poll shows Senators La Fol-
lette and Lenroot and Congressman
Cooper. Vogt, Nelson Schafer, Ber-
ger, Lambert, Beck, Browne, Schnei-
der and Spear of Wisconsin for the
, bonus.