The Washington herald., 1922-03-24
President Will Fight to
Delay Measure in
Senate. d
GALLERIES CHEER
AND HISS SPEAKERS
0ratorical Deluge in Con-
gress Resembles Many
Hinged Circus.
The House passed the $4,000. .ooO. Ooe

The House passed the So ,OO0. 900 oOe
soldier bonus bill late yesterday.
Since 10 amendments were p5r,n.t-
led under the rule. the measure as
passed waG IN the same form as re-
ported from the House. Ways and
Means Committee. II provides cash
payments TO men entitled to rc,s.Nc
$50 or less; an endowment insur-
Ence certificate on which ser lice
men may borrow up to 80 per CEN
OF its face value for others. ard
service men are given the opt, On %,
:Lese two provisions or home AZ.
farm aid. land settlement or yYca-
Jional training.
The bill now goes 20 the senate
where Presidens Harding may make
a fight TO have 4 delayed
Under the rule a two-thirds pa-
jorisy was required 10 pass the
measure.
Fight Begun on Bm.
The vote was 333 to 20. vastly
more than sufficient to put tns
measure through the lower branch.
/ Four voted present
Voting for the bill on the final
/ roll call were 24S Republicans
eighty four Democrats and one So
cisIist: against It, forty-two lsepub-
licans and twenty-eight Democrats.
The Presidents tight for deIayia..
or entirely rewriting the bIlI 81
the Senate. so that il may dehnit,-
ly provide funds for the soldier
compensation. was started even 10
( fore the measure hah passed the
/ House. The Treasury Department let
Il be known that collections on tie
March Is installme1t OF the income
and profits taxes indicated that tlrrs
would fall about $4,000. goo below
the estimates for the quarter.
Tax Collections Drop.
On the basis Of collections this.
far. the March Is installment. g was
said. will he only about $500 O0o .eCC.
as compared with $3.50. 600 6OO eN-
/ pected.- II this proves true after all
collections are compiled at the ehi
ca the month. the Treasury win face
i a shortage Of more than SsGe. Nac Coo
In the estimated revenue fTCn- this
source during the calendar gar Of
1922. entirely UpsettinE the Treas
ury's program for continuing re-
cuction of the public dC5t and n.sk-
ing necessary further Borrowing ~
the government 10 meet approD-!
tions made upon the basis OF
budget estimates.
The falling of in tax reycnUez
is attributable. Treasury officials
said. TO the Industrial depression
and she extent OF this may - iu-
, dicated from the fact that the sF1p-
4 oOo-0 expected from the FIRST guar-
! ter's collections this year are as
( against ST2S 600. o00 COLLECTED IRON,
the same sources for the correspond
ing quarter last year
House Like Circus.
To add a bonus drain To this.
. Treasury officials indicated. would
render even moro difficult the gov
ernment's financial operations
The House was like 2 mutt
rinGed circus during the six horrs
preceding the vote on tho bill.
The outcome. Of course. was never
in doubt after tho gag rule. SHUTTING
of all amendments. went through
about 2 o'clock. "eI to lel Ther.
was nothing then hut to use up the
four hours allotted for dshatc and
there was n vcritable stampede b.,
tho Representative 10 get 60 rcv
brief words in for the benefit ~
their RESPECTIVE" constituencies
During this rapid-firc orator..
each member being on his feet orl,-
minute or so-pcrsoualitIcs wCr,.
exchanged. galleries wcrc torn hc-
tween Kisses and cheers. according
as tho speaker was against or fo--
the bonus. and mos, ur tho tim.
il sounded as II everyone were talk
ing at once
Mellon IL Assaulted.
Different representative pro-
fessod to know exactly wha: thr
President would do IL the bill car
up To him. In fact to judge b,- th..
speeches. the President had a scor,
Of more Of spokesmen on the floor
about equally divided between those
for and against the bonus. Repre-
sentative LonEworth was sure ne
1 President would sign tho bill IL Con-
gress passed IL. but wasn't sure the
Senate would pass it. Representa-
tive Pou thought Congress would
pass IL, but was sure the PresSGcnI
would veto il.
Representative Jeffers. of Ala
bama. took occasion to asssiI Secre-
tary Mellon as a "profiteer." Rep
resentative Luce drew Kisses from
the gallery when he declared the
bonus would be an unnecessary
burden"
So il went throughout tho after
/ noon. II was a foregone conr'U-
sion what the House would -. a,
the Representatives got as mu,h
fun out Of the holiday as they roulJ
Crowded galleries looked down upon
the melee all afternoon. Manv
women and former soldiers were in
the galleries, joining in the demon
strations.
The RolI-CaII.
Following is the roll-call:
Republicans, for, 2AS--Anderson,
| Andrew CMRss.), Andrews CNebr.D.
Ansorge, Anthony. Appleby. ArentZ.
Atkes6h. Bacharach, Barbour. Beck.
| Beedy. BegR. Benham. Bird. BiNler.
Blakeney, Bland UndD, Boies, Bond.
Bowers, Brennan, Britten. Brooks
| Ill), Brooks CPa.). Brown (Tennl.
Browne CWis), Birdick. Burke.
| Burroughs. Burtness. Butler. Gable.
Campbell CRans.), Chalmers. Chan
dler (okla.), Chindbloom. Christie
pherDon, Clague, Classon, Clouss,
Codd, Cole 0owa). Cole Cohio). Col
ton. Connen. Connolly (Pa.D. Cooper
\ (OhioD Cooper Cwisl. Copiey.
Coughlin, Crago. Cramtoa. CROW
ther, Curry, Dale. Dallinger. Oar
row, Davis (Minn.D, Dempsey. Deui-
son, Dickinson. Dowell. Dunbar.
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