The Washington herald., 1922-02-01
BOrah, La Toilette and
Norris Break From
Party Lines.
DEBT MEASURE
WINS, 80 TO Is
Two Amendments Voted
Down on Soldiers
Compensation.

After voting down the soldiers
bonus, the Senate last night passed
the s11 900, 100000 foreign debt re-
funding bill virtually in the form
recommended by the administration.
The soldiers bonus question came
fered by Senator Simmons. of North
Carolina, and another offered by
Senator Jones, OF New Mexico. The
Simmons amendment provided for
use of the interest on the allied
loans to pay the soldiers. 1t was
tabled by a vote of AZ to 2s. The
Jones amendment, provided for =
bonus to be paid directly out of the
Treasury. 1t was beaten. az to 81.
Three Republicans Bolt.
The refunding bill itself was car
ried by a vote of 50 to %. Three
Republieans-Borah, LaFollette and
Norris-broke away from party
lines and Joined the Democrats in
opposition to the measure.
The lineup of the Senate on the
bonus question was as follows:
For tabling the bonus:
Eepublicans-BaII. Borah, Bursum
Calder, Cameron. Capper. Colt. Cum
Minis. Curtis. Dillingham;. Elkins,
Ernst. Fernald. Gooding, Hale, Har-
reid, Jones Cwashington), Kellogg
Eeyes. Lenroot, Mccormick, McCum-
her. Mckinley. Mclean. McNary.
Moses. Nelson. oddie. Page. Pep
per. Poindexter. Smoot, Spencer.
Sterling. Sutherland. Townsend
Wadsworth, Warren. Watson Qndi-
anal and Willis. Total. 40.
Democrsts-King and Myers. To-
tai. .
Votes In Negative.
Against tsblinE:
Tepublicans-Johns LaFolletta
Norris. Total, 81.
nemocrats-Ashurst Broussard.
Caraway. Fletcher. Glass, Harris,
Harrison. Heflin, Hitchcock. Jones
CNew Mexico). Mcclellan. Overman.
Pittman. Pomerene. Ransdell. Reed,
Robinson. Sheppard. Shields, Sim
mons. Stanley, Swanson, Walsh
tMassachusetts), Walsh CMontana),
and Watson (Georgia). Total. IS.
In the debate preceding the vote
on the bonus amendments. Senator
Simmons declared that no excuse
could be offered for further post
ponement of doing justice to the
world war veterans He stated
that the question had been put
up to the Senate three times, and
that il was becoming evident that
the administration had no inten-
tion of allowing a bonus.
For Adjusted Compensation.
Senator McCumber. of North
Dakota, Republican, chairman of
the Finance Committee. informed
the Senate that a bill was now
on the legislative ways to give
the soldiers adjusted compensa-
tion. He predicted that it would
be passed at an early date and
that President Harding would
sign it. He urged the Senate not
to tic up" the bonus with the for
eiEn debt refunding bill.
For my own part" said SEN
ator McCumber. 81 do not want to
jeopardize the bonus by attaching
it to a bill which / do not know
the President will sign while there
is such a good prospect of prompt
passage of a bonus bill which
am certain will receive the Presi-
dents approval"
Predicts Favorable Action.
Senator Watson. Of Indiana, Re-
publican, likewise predicted prompt
and favorable action on the bonus.
In view of this prospect, he moved
to table the Simmons amcndme Mt.
His motion stirred up hot legis-
Iative tilt. Democratic Senators
characterized IL as unethical and
charged that II violated the spirit
of the pending unanimous consent
agreement Senator Pittman, of
Nevada, Democrat, served notice
that II the motion prevailed there
would be no more unanimous con-
sent agreements. The motion pre-
vailed. nevertheless.