Evening star., 1922-04-18
REPUBLICANS VOTE
26'T09FOR BONUS
IN SENATE CAUCUS
Result Shows Determination
of Party to Pass Bill at
This Session.
FINANCE committee
ASKED TO BEGIN WORK
Means of Raising Revenue Still
Question-Democrats to Sup
port Measure.

Senate republicans in party caucus
today determined that a soldiers
bonus bill should be passed by the
Senate at the present session of
Congress.
a resolution offered by Senator Len
root of Wisconsin declaring that it
was the sense of the republican con-
ference that a bonus bill should be
passed at the present session and
requesting the Senate finance COM
mittee to report to the Senate in a
reasonable time a bonus bill
These Senators Oppose Resolution.
The senators who opposed the res
olu<ion were: Senators Calder, New
York; Wadsworth, New York; Edge.
New Jersey; Nelson, Minnesota:
Weller, Nd; Newberry, Michigan:
Hampshire and Sterling of South Da-
kota.
Senator Lenroots original resolu-
ton provided that the finance COM
mittee should be requested to report
bonus bill within three weeks. On
motion of Senator Fernald of Maine,
the resolution was amended so as to
provide reasonable time instead of
three weeks. The Fernald amend
ment was carried by one vote.
The prevailing opinion is. how
ever, that the bill will be reported
out within three or four weeks and
| that 1t Will be taken up for consid-
Grafton Immediately. the tariff bill
being temporarily laid aside for that
purpose.
There are a number of other sen
ators who are known TO be opposed
| to the passage of a soldiers bonus
bill at this time, including Senators
Borah of Idaho, Frelinghuysen, New
! Jersey, and Dillingham;. Vermont. How
ever an overwhelming ma jority of the
/ republican senators will vote for the
! bill and even some of those who opposed
! taking the measure up at this time
may vote for it in the end. The hill
viii have much support, it is said.
| among the democrats. and its pas
| sage is apparently assured.
}- Financial Feature Question.
The question was raised today as
the rules governing legislation, i'm
sert in the soldiers bonus bill rev.
enue-raising provision. Revenue
producing bills must originate in
the House. 1t was pointed out that
the soldiers bonus bill is not rev.
producing measure and could
not be SO construed
President Harding. has strongly
urged the advisability of including
in the soldier bonus bill means Of
raising the money to pay the bonus.
Since the House omitted this. II is
now held that the Senate is not at
liberty to place revenue-producing
beer much discussion as TO whether
the President would veto a bonus
bill which failed to provide the
money to pay the bonus.
May BE Put I'm Tariff Bill.
The suggestion was made today
that the provision of raising revenue
to meet the soldier bonus could well
be placed in the tariff bill, which is
a revenue measure, originating in the
House and now before the Senate.
The republicans plan to go ahead
with the tariff bill, beginning on
Thursday. and will keep the measure
before the Senate constantly in an
effort to expedite its passage. How
ever some of the republicans are. in
favor of reporting to the Senate
soldiers bonus bill as soon as pos
sible and temporarily laying aside
the tariff bill to pass the bonus meas
ure.
Committee to Meet Tomorrow.
Senator McCumber, chairman of the
finance committee, it is understood.
will call the finance committee to-
gether tomorrow to begin considera-
ton of the soldiers bonus bill.
Senator Smoot of Utah. who is op-
posed to the bonus bill passed by the
House. plans to draft substitute
measure. largely dealing with insur-
ance features.