The New York herald., 1922-06-20
MCUMBER'S EFFORT
T0DISPLACE TARIFF
FOR BONUS BEATEN
Republicans Vote 30 to 8
to Keep Revenue Bill
Before Senate.
ANOTHER TEST TO-DAY
La Toilette Will Try to Get
Raid Measure on In
side Track.
DEMOCRATS MAY HELP
Doubt Exists Regarding Result
Unless Harding Forestalls
Raiders.
DEMOCRATS MAY HELP
BY LOUIS sEIBoLD.

BY LOUIS sEIBoLD.
Speoia, Dispatch to THE NEW York HARALD
New York Herald Bureau,l
Washington. ID. c., june 49,
BY odds of more than 3 to a Sem
ate Republican conference to-day re-
sponded to the leadership of President
Harding and administered a decisive
blow to the bonus raid on the public
Treasury.
The tariff will remain first on the
Senate calendar. as recommended by
the President-if the Republican ma
jorityl can keep it there. There is con-
siderable doubt on this score, because
combination of Democratic and Re
publican Senators will attempt to-
morrow to shove it aside and bring up
the bonus.
Upon the result of this issue will
depend the future of the bonus. I'm
certainties of the situation are prolific
of possible eventualities. First in i'm
portance of these is the attitude Presi-
dent Harding may assume in meeting
the existing situation.
Definite Declaration Needed.
The unequivocal statement of Sena-
tor McCumber IN. d., chief Republi-
can sponsor for the bonus. that the
President would approve his bonus bill
is conceded to call for definite dec
laration on the part of the Executive
on the subject. Until Mr.. McCumber
expressed confidence in the Senate de-
bate on Saturday that the President
would sign his bill the majority of
Senator'S held diametrically opposite
opinion.
The North Dakota Senator's asser-
ton naturally disturbed the dominant
point of view. although there seems
to be actually little basis for it. The
complexities of the situation, however.
are conceded to be sufficiently impor-
tant to justify the President moving
to set at rest speculation as to tis ex-
act position.
Outside the Senate chamber there
does not appear to exist the least skep-
ticism regarding the Presidents in
tention to veto the McCumber bill,
which does not provide the revenue as
suggested by him. But inside tie
chamber Senators on both sides of the
bonus controversy express the belief
and hope that the President will not
hesitate definitely to affirm or repudi-
ate tie confident prediction made by
Senator McCumber.
This desire is predicated on the alb
solute confidence that declaration
by the President at this time would
sweep the bonus project out of the
way through passage or abandonment
and leave the field clear for the tariff.
the ship subsidy and one or two other
measures that call for action before a
reasonably early adjournment Of Con-
gress.
speculntin on Situation.
Senators both for and against the
bonus to-day devoted rather more time
to speculation as to the Presidents in
tention than to any actual develop
ment in the bonus situation. The
members of his party in the upper
house expressed little doubt of his
ability to settle. the bonus problem (for
them) as easily as he- experienced in
Influencing the conference decision to
keep the tariff bill before the Senate
until ii is passed--or withdrawn.
The conference itself was more in
teresting than important. The adop-
tioh of a resolution to go ahead with
the tariff did not materially change
the legislative position of the bonus
nor dissipate the almost hysterical
anxiety of Mr. McCumber and some of
his bonus associates over political
contingencies.
Most of their apprehension was
caused by the decision of the Demo-
cratic Senators and perhaps a dozen
Republicans to support the motion
which Senator La Toilette (Wis.) will
make tomorrow to push the tariff
bill aside and bring the bonus before
the Senate at once. Senator La Fol-
lette announced tonight he would
make a motion to rush the bonus from
the rear as soon as the naval appro-
priatioa bill was acted on. The naval
bill was passed tonight.
II the La Toilette motion is beaten
some Of the Democratic Senators, no.
tably Walsh (Mass.). Ashurst (Ariz.)
and Harrison (Miss.), will renew Il
Mt FREQUENT intervals. Probably two
thirds of the thirty-six Democratic
Senators will get behind Mr.. La Fol-
lette, to the embarrassment of the
bonus Republicans. headed by Mr.. Nc
Cumber.
To add to the confusion Senator
Ladd, tho North Dakota colleague of
Mr.. McCumber declares that he will
call UP his bonus bill for immediate
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