The New York herald., 1922-08-12
Supporters Plan to Force
Measure Right After
Tariff Action.
STILL COUNT ON VETO
Insincere Advocates Want
Burden of Rejection Put
on the President.
by LOUIS sEIBOLD.

New York Herald Burcau.l
Washington. d. c., Aug. IL.
Promoters Of the notorious $4,000
100000 bonus raid on the taxpayers
will resist any effort to sidetrack it
because OF the crisis in the industrial
situation.
The Senatorial supporters OF the
scheme to reward able bodied soldiers
with money to be put into the empty
Treasury by the people in the form of
taxes made it quite clear to the Senate
leaders this afternoon that they would
demand action Immediately after the
vote on the tariff.
The intimation from the White
House that President Harding might
deem 1t advisable to request the atten-
ton Of Congress to legislation designed
to correct industrial evils has not
served to modify the demands Of bonus
Senators for an early vote on it.
Goaded by the politicians in the Amer
lean Legion and Democratic Senators
who desire to put the Republican
party in hole" bonus Senators refuse
to admit that the coal and railway
strikes are Of paramount Importance
as compared with the bonus.
The leaders in the enterprise to
wiring $4,000, 10000 more out Of the
taxpayers to redeem the pledges OF
individual Senators have notified the
leaders Of that body that they intend
to hold them to their agreement. I'm
der the terms of the understanding
negotiated more than two months ago
the bonus raid was placed just back OF
the tariff bill on the Senate calendar.
1t has remained in that position de-
spite sporadic gestures made chiefly
by mischievous Democratic Senators
to advance 1t ahead Of the tariff.
Depends on Harding.
Senators on both sides Of the cham
Der concurred in the statement to-day
that the tariff would be disposed OF a
week from tomorrow. II their predic-
ton Is realized II Is very likely the
bonus raid will Immediately be moved
up into the open Senate unless. of
course, President Harding projects the
more acute Industrial problem into the
legislative situation.
1t is apparent from the temper Of
bonus Senators who still labor under
the delusion the politicians in the
American Legion can deliver the SOL
dier vote in large units to Democratic
as well as Republican candidates for
office that they will insist upon their
pound. OF Treasury flesh in accordance
with the Senatorial agreement. In
other words. any effort made by Presi-
dent Harding to center the attention
Of Congress on the coal and railway
problems viii be stoutiy resisted.
The chief supporters Of the scheme
to block presidential Intervention are
the majority Of the members on the
Democratic side. aided and abetted by
minority Of the Republicans, led by
Senator McCumber. These advocates
OF the bonus raid assert 1t can only be
replaced on the calendar by unani-
nous Senate agreement. Such con-
sent will undoubtedly be opposed un-
less the President peremptorily de-
mands legislative attention to the more
vitally important Industrial conditions.
| The fact that insistence on the bonus
may entail disastrous consequences to
| the country as whole makes no APP
peal to the bonus raiders. They con-
tend that any change in the program
designed to hold the bonus back will
be Just another excuse for delaying
action on IT. Democratic Senators
who are clamoring for bonus for the
sole purpose of embarrassing the Re-
publican Administration expressed
hope that the President can ultimately
be induced to sign the McCumber
measure, which has merited repeated
disapproval.
Walsh Accuses Raiders.
The Democrats naturally perceive
tremendous partisan advantage in com
pelling the Republican party to as
sumo the responsibility for imposing
ctdE6ttiIib NdA dcilc OH the people.
The minority position was set forth
tonight by Senator Walsh of Massa-
chusetts, one OF the really sincere adj
vocates OF the so-called adjusted com
pensation. He said:
THE Republicans have been feeding
the veterans, on promises for three
years. They did so when the country
was in a fiourishing condition. and
they are doing the Same thing now.
The time has come when we shall in
sist on showdown on this PROPOSE
tion. and nothing under the sun can
stop the measure from coming before
the Senate just as soon as we vote on
the tariff bill. We hope Republican
Senator's who have given their word
to vote for this just measure will have
the courage 10 face sthe issue i'm a
manly fashion and not be Influenced
by arguments from the Executive
branch OF the Government. Up to this
time the Senate majority has made
Itself ridiculous by the way IL has
handled the bonus project. The ma
jority Of Republican Senators say they
are for the bonus bill when they are
really against It."
Justification for this estimate Of the