The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-21
VOTE FALLS a. SHORT
OF NEEDED MAJORITY
TO OVERRIDE VETO
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no need for great speed now and
that II Mr.. McCumber thought de-
lay of day or two woud help mat
tiers, he and other senators were
prepared to see that vote was de-
ferred even IL they had to talk I'M
til tomorrow or until the next day
Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkan-
sas, urged against delay, declaring
that with Congress to adjourn In
two days the session might end with
out a decision on the question.
The North Dakota senator replied
that he wished delay in the hope
that "cousage might be pumped in
to the hearts" of some senators who,
he asserted were getting little
k-kneed against voting to over
ride the President"
Senator New. a leader of the op.
position forces. remarked that delay
might have the opposite effect. The
finance committee chairman finally
withdrew his motion and Mr.. Heflin
spoke for an hour in support of the
bonus and against what he has
termed the deflation policy of the
federal reserve board. He charged
that Wall street had promoted a
propaganda against the bonus.
Agree Upon Vote
While the Alabama senator was
talking, leaders agreed to have a
vote before night and the debate was
closed by Mr.. McCumber, who warned
that the bonus question could not be
settled finally until IL had been set
tied in accord with the judgment of
the great majority of Congress.
1.-THE power to destroy it today
may be in existence" he said, that
power will not continue in existence
in my judgment in the next few
years; l am inclined to say that this
issue VIII live
The North Dakota senator scored
absent senators favorable to the
bonus and inveighed against the
pairings of senator's, explaining thai
1T required two senator's favorable
to the bill to pair one unfavorable
to it. He asserted that he could not
bring his conscience to trade two
votes to one" on a question on which
the country had expressed itself SO
earnestly"
Washington, September 20.-(Spe-
cial. THE House repudiated the
Harding administration this after
noon. The republicans of the House.
without aid from the democrats. re-
pudiated that admin stration.
The House OVERRIDE the presiden-
tial veto of the bonus bill. The ac-
ton of the House might have been
taken only because of knowledge that
the Senate would sustain the veto
But that fact doesn't eliminate the
development that the executive and
the House have come to the parting
of the ways.
Representative Lamar letters of
Alabama made one of the few
speeches delivered in the House re-
garding the veto. He assailed the
President for alleged inconsistency.
He quoted his committal in favor
of a bonus when he was a candi-
date. and his argument in the veto
message. He concluded:
'"The President, by his veto, has
satisfied the money barons, thereby
securing campaign funds for the G.
o. P. Golfers. stoppage on which
was threatened If adjusted compen-
sation became law.
"A great majority voted for ad-
justed compensation which he killed
in obedience to the demand of the
interests who are expected to furnish
the money. The President plays
both ends against the middle"
The Alabamians present voted to
override the veto with the excep-
tion of Representative w. b. oliver
of the Sixth district. Mr.. Oliver has
consistently opposed the bonus.