Arizona republican., 1922-06-21
BONUS BILL
To FOLLOW
7 A RIFF IS
AGREE MEN I
Senate Votes To Make
Soldier Relief Special
Order Of Business After
Final Tariff Bill Vote
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WASHINGTON. June 20. = The
soldiers bonus bill was made today,
by a vote of So to s, the special order
of business of the senate Immediately
after the final vote on the tariff bill,
unless it is disposed OF before that
time.
Adoption OF a motion to this effect
came after an all-day fight at the
outset of which an effort to get the
bonus before the senate failed. Sew
eral senators gave formal notice that
they would continue to press for ac-
ton on the bonus ahead of the tariff.
A move to upset the program of
the Republican majority calling for
action first on the tariff was launched
by Senator Walsh. Democrat, Mas
sachusetts, who made a formal mo-
ton that the tariff bill be displaced
by the bonus measure Senator Wat
son. Republican, Indiana, moved to
lay this motion on the table and his
motion prevailed, 81 to %. Eight
Democrats supported the Watson mo-
lion and two Republicans voted
against it.
Precipitates Five-Hour Debate
With the announcement of the re-
suit of this vote the bonus row began
in earnest and waged for five hours.
In the midst of it Senator Watson of
Indiana offered a motion that the
bonus be made a special order of
business Immediately after the final
vote on the tariff and that thereafter
1t would be continuously before the
senate unless two thirds of the SEN
ate voted to displace it.
Senator Underwood OF Alabama,
the Democratic leader and an oppo-
nent of the bonus, made point of
order against the two-thirds vote
provision, pointing out that this was
In the nature of an amendment to
the senate rules. The point of order
was sustained and the provision was
withdrawn. A question then arose
as to whether the motion, if adopted
In the modified form. would preclude
motion to take up the bonus before
the tariff bill was disposed of, and.
after a long discussion, the motion
was further modified at the sugges-
lion of Senator Norris. Republican,
Of Nebra ska, so that a motion to pro-
reed to the consideration of the bonus
would be in order at any time.
Charges flew thick and fast during
The debate. They included assertions
that the delay in acting on the bonus
was for the purpose of killing it; that
those who made. millions out of the
war were behind an organized and
extensive propaganda to defeat the
measure and that the Republican ma
jority were planning to use the bonus
as a club over the heads of opponents
of the tariff measure to shorten de-
bate on that bill.
In offering his motion to displaee
the tariff, Senator Walsh stated this
vast he third time that there had
been an effort to postpone action and
"by that means kill this bill He
added that proponents OF the legis-
lation proposed to put the senate on
record on the question.
Senator Watson of Indiana cut off
further discussion by his motion to
lay the Walsh motion on the table.
but after the roll call on that the
storm broke in earnest. Senator Rob-
inson, Democrat Of Arkansas. charged
in the course of a long address that
the object of today's proceedings was
to prevent passage of the bonus at
this session, adding that the bill was
being made the football of contempt
ible politics.
FIays Wall Street Opposition
Senator HefIin. Democrat of Ala
bama, attacked the majority for de-
LAYING action, declaring that Wall
street was behind the move for delay
in the hope that the bill could be
killed meantime by a propaganda
which the senator charged was be-
ing conducted by the "war rich He
also attacked metropolitan newspa-
pers opposing the bonus and declared
that some of the papers in opposi-
ton were Subsidized"
The two Democratic senators were
attacked by Senator Lenroot, Re
publican, of Wisconsin. who declared
that they delayed final disposition of
the bonus bill by the time they had
taken up in discussing it. He charged
also that the time was being occu-
pied for the purpose Of making some
political capital out of the situa-
tion." Senator Watson of Indiana,
hen offered his motion to make the
bonus the special order of business
after passage of the tariff and SEN
ator Ashurst. Democrat, of Arizona,
jumped into the fray with a demand
that there be an understanding that
once the bonus was taken UP it
should not be displaced by the ship
subsidy or any other bill. Senator
Borah, Republican OF Idaho, said he
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