The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-02

refuse to pass the 15.O0O.00o. 900
bonus raid " their conclusions that
Secretary Mellon has spoken with
tho authority OF Iho president
proved corrcr, a. amy rate there
is ample iustiflu1tiDu for the state
muut that The senate viii not pass
any Kind of e. bonus bin before max
Ing an attempt ut loiaf to clear up
any uncertainties that may exist re-
EHrdiug 'hr ultimate wishes W the
t'ntu The senate Is NOR, ieNuttelt
Informed amy prediction us tp The
fate of the bonus legislation in That
body would De purely speculative
There arc three groups. Y n o.
sIrpugos. boo number gt he present
time BE- lu favor ur a bonus but not
uuit,d aa tu tho forW Some mem
beers NJ mis- group are lu favor ~ 70
sales iuX other. support cash hu-
NUS pltu tu take 800 Hll service mon
ana a third Is iu favor ~ using d."
foreign doh'.
The u,"t most important group IS
Iuui which VIII follow the lead az
fhu administration The members
ut this bio, will rally 90 tho support
uf measure which the white House
iIturs uI wfh equal iWphrtiulity
win vote against any bonus bll.
Wen Equipped to hill Measure.
The ihird group. which Is almost
us strong ts that fuVus;ug the bonus,
,s one uualtotably opposed tu a bu-
uuI iu any form, aud quite as mum
oruus and as we'll equipped to KIN
any measure by obstruCtiuR its pas
sago N such - course Is decided on.
The most important leaders ug the
senate expressed the opinion today
that tho certificate loan plan sent
over bE the house VIII remain
tucked away iu a pigeouhulc for the
time. Senator Lodge said the tdritt
question will be disposed Of before
the bonus bin Is taken up The tar
ff hIlI has not yet been reported by
tuu finance committee.
The tariff bin may come into the
senate within the next week or ten
days. Asked when ne thought the
bonus BIN would be presented to the
senate, senator Lodge said
wen Dross that bridge when We
come tU It The measure is now be
fore The finance cu.umlttoo, and the
members of that body arc nearly
dead from struggling f.ith the tariff
question Tor it Will PROBABLY require
some little time To- dispose Uf Ia"
bonus question oven after rhc tariff
bin is out ot tho way
Chairman McCuutbcr slil % proh-
ably wouli require another week tu
dispose Of the tariff bIU. and he
would not venture a prediction us
to the time it would require for tho
committee To- act on tie bonds bill.
There undoubtedly VIII be many
changes suggested" ho said. but I
find no serious objection TO IL except
iu the land settlement option"
senator SmoorS Opinion.
senator Smuot. the ranking mcm-
Der Of the finance committee. CN-
pressed the opinion that Il would be
weeks before We can get to the
bonus bill.' Tho Utah senator made
no secret OF his opposition To the
house bonus plan because II makes
no provision for raising the funds
needed To finance IT, He will make
u hard fight In the committee for a
bill providing a source Of revenue.
The indications are that the COM
mittee viii consume much time In
it, consideration of the bonus bill.
or course, tie bonus advocates Will
be "on their bac,s' constantly.
prodding them gently and other
wise, but the members OF the com
mittee, for the most part, are se-
rlous-minded men. who are dis
posed 10 consider measures iu the
light OF their effect and influence
upon the county as a whole and
not on one group OF c',fzens
Their experience with the tariff
schedules viii serve them well in
tho consideration Of the bonus buL
They found that the Forducy tariff
bill, which was jammcd through the
house In record time. much like the
bonus bin. had to be rewritten from
the beginning to the end as the
schedules, for the most part, were
unfair and inequltablc, and tho i'm.
preston was gained that the house
had yielded TO the pressure Of small
groups I'm reaching conclusions
The tariff bill was passed by the
house July 81, 1921, and has been
before the senate finance committee
ever since.