The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-08
SAM SHERARD'S STAND
ON THE SOLDIER BONUS
Gives Reasons Why He Is in Favor
cf Adjusted Compensation for
Fx-Scrvice Men

In MS Speech at Wntlmfe, CoH
gresham Dominick called attention
to the fact that ne had represented
the Third district since March, 1917
and that he came into Office at time
when momentous questions were be
ing voted upon, and of al Of the
hundreds Of votes made by him, Ii
was source Of great satisfaction
and of keen pleasure to him to know
that Mr.. Sherard only disagreed with
him in only one vote; his vote on the
bonus for ex-serVice men.
I want to say, my friends, that l
disagree with a great many votes
Mr.. Dominick made while he has
been member Of the congress, but
since he has seen fit to discuss only
the bonus question, it Will be the on
ly ore l will discuss at this time.
The ex-seryice men deny with en-
phasis that they ask charity of our
government. Their claim is that
while away in military servicec, CIV
ilians earned unusual and enormous
wages, and that excessive profits
were made by people back home as
a result of the war. They believe
they are entitled to payment to COM
peneate for their losses while absent
on duty, ard they present a bill, not
for money earned as soldiers, but for
money lost by reason of the inter
ruption of civil life.
1t will be remembered that a sol
dier's pay was thirty dollars per
mont. Out of this he bought war
savings stamps, Liberty bonds, sent
allotments back home to his wife,
mother or other dependent relative,
and paid six dollars per month as
premium on his life insurance. It
will also be remembered that if there
ever was price on patriotism, it
was paid to those who were employ
ed on government jobs or in the fac
tories where war material was man
ufactured by contract, and not to the
men who served in the military fore
es of the United States, The man
who served went with the spirit of
"Duty calls, I must CO." He had no
thought of high wages. The laborer,
however, said, "Pll go where can
get the most money for the least
number of work hours" Who set a
price on patriotism, the service man
or the laborer?
We are now paying the price for
patriotism. Men who ) were once
strong and robust are today in many
cases physically impaired, and there
are some with families unable to
care for their loved ones, because the
head Of the family is in the last stag
es of tuberculosis and under the
present law, cannot get help from
our government for whom they gave
their all,
know that great deal has been
done for the diseased ard disabled
veteran, but is there any record of
where Mr.. Dominick has INTRODUCED
single bill in their behalf? He says
the present bill is monstrosity, and
if I want to do something for the ex-
service man, why don't l come vat
like man and say so. l want to
say in answer to that, that the pres
ent bill is the best we have, it is en-
dorsed by six of Mr.. Dominick's col
leagues, by cur own state Democrat
ic convention, by ex-service men
generally, Mr.. Dominick's statement
to the contrary notwithstanding, and
if 1t is such a deviIish piece of Ieg;s-
lation, if he be in sympathy with ad-
iusted compensation, why has he not
improved the present bill, or intro
duced better one?
Mr.. Dominick says the present bill
will not help the service man, stating
that he will be given a handsomely
engraved certificate, stating that the
United States would pay him three
hundred dollars at the end Of twenty
years, and in the next breath says
that if the soldier will keep the GER
tifcate twenty years ne can draw
something like 100000" There is
whole lot more to this bill. 1t
provides homesteads for ex-service
men, and it provides vocational
training both along the lines of
skilled artisan and professional lines.
Mr.. Dominick states that the fed
eraI soldier of the War Between the
States asked for and received no bo
nus. l want to state that he did ask
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