Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-18
BONUS WILL HAVE BIG
MAJORITY IN CONGRESS
Poll Of Both Branches Shows
Adherents Strong Enough to
Override Veto.
New York Times.

New York Times.
An overwhelming preponderance Of
new members OF the House OF Repre-
sentatives In favor of the soldiers
bonus and nearly as great preponder-
ance OF bonus advocates among the
new members of the United States
Senate are shown by poll of the re-
Gently elected membership of the two
houses OF Congress conducted by The
Times. A bonus bill may be expected
to pass both Houses by lnrge majorl-
ties
The result of the poll coupled with
the record OF votes of those who re-
main i'm Congress. shows that the
bonus advocates in the House are in
n position again To override veto If
President Harding finds the next bonus
bill to be passed no more satisfactory
to him than the last.
Assuming that reelected Represen-
tatives will vote on another veto the
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. a tabulation of the
result gives 292 votes for a bonus and
SO votes against. with ninety members
unreprescnted, either because they
are new members and did not reply
TO the query or because as old MEM
bers they failed to vote on the ques-
ton.
! The situation in the Senate Is more
4 closely balanced. II a vote To override
| a Presidential veto should become
necessary. A poll prepared in the same
manner as the poll of 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
Likely TO Get Enough Votes.
| Under the rule requiring two
thirds vote TO override a veto. the sup
porters of a bonus would have to oh.
tain at least sixty-four votes in tn,
Senate. on the face of the canvass, il
would seem likely that the bonus sup
porters might olrain the additiona
vote needed. but the replies receive,
were necessarily to n question as &
how each member stood on the princi
pie of the bonus and not to any par
tiCular form. In making the tabula
ton, the name of Senator elect Simeol
u. Fcss of Ohio was Included in tn
list of supporters of the bonus. in ac
CordanCe with his vote as n Represen
tative, although The Times receive'
| no 80 o. p,s 20 him
OF the eighteen new Senator's cleo
canvassed. replies Of some nature wer
received from fourteen. Nine OF then
Senators s-elcct Ferris OF Michigan
Shipstead of Minnesota. Howell q
Nebraska, Copeland of New Yorl
Frazier OF North Dakota, Mayneld c
Texas. Dill OF Washington. Neely c
West Virginia and Ralston of Indian
declared in favor Of n bonus.
One Senator elect. Frank L. Green
of Vermont, telegraphcd that he wa
opposed 10 a bonus. and three Sena
/ tors-elect, Bayard of Delaware. Bruc
) of Maryland and George of Georgi
declined to express an opinion. Cover
nor Edward /. Edwards, Senator-elct
+. from New Jersey. is away from Trer
| ton. and his secretary said that Il
one was authorized to speak for hir
! on this question. Governor Edward
, made little reference TO the bonus dul
. ing his campaign, but ii was said {
: his office yesterday that he was likel
to announce his position soon. y tel'
. gram from Butte. Mont. said tn;
> Senator-elect Wheeler was i'll ar
- could not be interviewed on the que
T tion.
6 Senator-elect Smith w. Brookha
of Iowa could not be reached at h
n home in Des Moines. but. as he pledg'
himself TO support the bonus durir
;, his campaign, it was said that the
was no question concerning his pos
. ton.
, No reply has been received fro
Sena tor elect stephens of Mississippi
The Senate failed TO pass the la
!, bonus bill over the Presidents veto
: a. vote of "A to 2S of members preser
with Ia Senators favorable TO Il
:, bonus and seven Senators oppos
" joined in pairs, and with three Sen
tors not voting. The House overro
i the Presidential veto 25S TO 54, wi
70 paired. 43 absent and not pair
and Speaker Gillett present but n
voting.