The New York herald., 1922-09-02
BONUS RAIDERS RUSH
MEASURE TO HARDING
Their Work Done in Its
Passage, They Leave Fate
to President.
VETO is SEEN CERTAIN
Elimination Of Improve
Elimination Of Improve
ments' Not Considered
Satisfactory Action.
PROTESTS ARE COMING IN
Soldiers Who Object to the
McCumber Measure Wiring
to the President.
ny LOUIS sEIBoLD.

by LOUIS SEIBOLD.
Special Dispatch to THE NEW YoHK HzaALp.
New. York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. c.. Sept. ].
Congressional supporters OF the
$4,000, 200, 900 bonus raid on the tax
payers lost no time to-day in getting
their bill started toward the White
Hous,e.
Tlhe most irritating legislative
measure in many years is expected to
resEh the President some time next
week. Very few members or either
taouse, who consider that they have
paid their political obligations to the
soldier element in full by passing the
| bonus measure, look for anything ex-
cept veto of It.
The politicians in the American
Legion, who exhibit degree of faith
and optimism worthy OF a better cause,
refused to accept the professional po-
litical judgment on this point. Spokes-
men for the military organization are
l.spparently sincere in asserting that
tWaae President appreciates the Inn
tI.oyortance Of it's political power and is
S1ifully aware of the fact that the un-
iSprganized elements representing the
totaxpayers are not to be politically
pffeared.
Consequently the leaders OF the
s.tAmerican Legion absolutely refuse to
fpadmit defeat through n veto. Further
,sra,an this they declare that in spite of
Laehe alignment developed by the Sen
foiate vote yesterday there will be
p'enough votes on hand to override an
adverse verdict by the President.
washing Their Hands.
This Is the pleasing side Of the
bonus picture revealed by the moves
made in driving it into the White
House corral to-day. The less agree
able feature OF Ito the advocates of
the bonus--is that the majority of
members OF both Houses display
tendency to wash their hands of the
V whole business on the theory that they
have won and are entitled to the sup
port OF the soldier element In the Con-
Eressionar elections regardless OF the
action of the President.
The attitude of the Senators and
! Representatives who supported the
bonus clearly indicates that the vast
I majority of them have lost interest in
the project to award Government cash
e. able bodied ex-service men. They
appear to feel that they have paid
thelr own political bill and that is the
end of 1t. What the conferees who
ac3cely set about mopping rp the
bonus to-day will do with 1t is COM
paratively small matter.
That these conferees either will
eliminate the s350.0o0,o00 McNaray
"swamp-root" plan to reclaim waste
lands in a few Western States at the
expense of the entire country and
throw out the Simmons amendment to
finance the bonus with foreign debt
payments seems to be the prevailing
opinion. There also appears to be lit
tic doubt that the lower house will
permit itself to be reconciled to the
cxpurgation of the land settlement
features which the Senate cast into
the discard.
The conferees representing each
house probably will make gesture or
two in opposition to the annihilation
OF its own improvements" OF the
bonus bill. but no great difficulty is
expected in reaching a completely
harmonious decision and passing the
buck to the White House as speedily
as possible.
Make Unusual Haste
The anxiety OF Senators and Repre-
sentatives who voted to impose a stu
pendous burden on the taxpayers to
roi rid Of the most annovipo prohior,
is clearly established by tho unusual
haste made to-day in that direction.
The Senate passed the ''improvedp
Tordney- McCumber measure late yes
tcrday afternoon. IL was reported back
to the House this morning with the
Senate amendments. The House was
informed also that the Senate had ap-
pointed conferees on the spot to in
sist on the acceptance of its amend
nents. There was a slight ripple OF
applause contributed by the more
ardent of the bonus supporters.
Representative Smell (Rep., n. ~.
acting chairman of the Rules Com
mittec (opposed to the bonus). brought
in a special rule paving the way for
the appointment of the House con-
ferces with instructions to disagree
with the Senate amendments. These
instructions usually are given to rep
rcscntativcs of each house on confer
ence committees.
In reporting tho special rule for the
bonus bill. the New York Representa- !
two explained that its purpose was to
expedite tho disposal Of the bonus
measure. He took occasion to say the
rule did not represent his view in the