The New York herald., 1922-06-18

some time to express his opinion Of
the bonus mea sure"
"Yes." commented Mr.. McCumber.
"the junior Senator from Utah is ex-
tremely gifted in that respect. / have
one day and return to the subject for
five or six hours the next day"
An appeal directed to Mr.. Borah by
Mr.. McCumber to agree to limit debate
on the bonus merely elected laugh
and negative shake of the head.
Then Mr.. McCumber addressed his
question TO Senator King:
do you think the discussion of the
adjusted compensation bill could be
completed within two or three days?"
"well. you can find out II you make
a request to take up the bill at this
time" retorted Mr.. King. Personally
1 believe we ought to dispose of the
tariff bill first"
"Well, would like to do that. too"
said Mr.. McCumber. 'if you gentle
men on that side will call off your
filibuster and let proceed to a vote"
All the Democratic Senators chortled
derisively at the suggestion.
Throws Up His Hands.
There you are." commented Mr..
McCumber, throwing up his hands.
"That shows your side Of the chamber
will not help us get to the bonus bill
despite the protestations Of members
of your party. When we promised a
short time ago to bring the adjusted
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and expressed the view that it could
be disposed of within a few days we
did not take into account the possible
obstacles now Indicated"
Senator Walsh (Mass.). Democrat
who is the most earnest supporter of
the bonus in the Senate. brought the
show to a close by literally laundering
the charge that Mr.. McCumber and
his party associates were not sincere
In their professions regarding the
bonus.
"The honest truth" exclaimed the
Massachusetts, Senator, is that the
majority of the members of this SEN
ate are not in favor of the bonus bill
The honest truth is that while the
majority Of the Senator'S declare they
are in favor Of it they secretly do not
care if it is postponed indefinitely. The
country will respect the man who op-
poses the measure on honest princi-
pies. What will the country say about
those Senators who are pretending
they are for the bill and yet are afraid
to have the roll called and take
positive position on the proposition?
Now the time has come when we
should be honest and frank with the
soldiers on this proposition. The bonus
bill has been kicked about Congress
for three years We have not 20 any,
where on the proposition because the
majority of Senators keep on lodging
the issue.
Afraid of Record.
Mr.. McCumber declared that the ex-
service men were satisfied as to the
sincerity of himself and other Repub-
lican Senators in favor of the bonus.
IF we enact bill for them this ses
sion we will make good our promises"
he said. si4a1
Mr. Borah terminated the dress re-
hearsal by serving notice on Leader
Lodge and M. McCumber that he and
other Republican Senators would not
be bound by the decisions reached BY
the party conference on Monday. In
commenting on the resolution adopted
by the Republican conference on June
and read by Mr.. McCumber Mr..
Borah, said:
The resolution would indicate that
all those who attended the conference
were in favor of the passage Of a
bonus bill at this season-in other
words, we favor bonus bill in confer
ence and oppose it on the floor Of the
Senate. That is not the fact"