South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-24
OPPOSITION IS
CRUSHED UNDER
1870 VOTE
242 Republicans, 90 Demo
Gratis and One Socialist
Support Measure.
BILL NOW Up TO SENATE
Passage of Measure Under
Suspension of Rules Balks
ReCOmmittal.

WASHINGTON. March 23.-Ths
four billion dollar bonus b-I was
passed Thursday night by the house
/ by an overwhelming vote. IL now
/ goes TO the senate where its fate
is regarded as uncertain.
The vote was 293 TO 60. or So more
+ than the two-thirds ma tority neoes-
sary for passage OF the measure
under the parliamentary procedure
selected by republican leaders for
. the expressed purpose OF preventing
/ the democrats from offering a mo-
/ ton 20 recommh.
Party lines disappeared both fn
/ the general debate and on the final
/ roll call 242 republicans. go demo-
/ Gratis and one socialist supporting
/ the bill. and A. republicans and IS
/ democrats voting asains. it.
Provisions or BiH.
AS passed by the house the bonus
bin would provide for immediate
/ cash payments TO veterans whose ad-
/ justed service pay would not exceed
4 $50. and would give 20 other veter-
ans the option Of these four plans
Adjusted service certificates. with
[ provisions authorizing loans by banks
in the first three years after next
/ October ]. and by the government
+ thereafter. the certificates to run
( for 90 years and 10 have a face
value at maturity of the amount OF
the adjusted service credit az the
rate Of 81 a day for domestic serv-
/ ice and S1.25 a day for foreign serz-
ice. increased by 25 percent plus iu-
terest at the rate of 1-2 percent
compounded annually
Vocational training aid after Ian
I. 1928, at the rate Of SI.15 o. day.
the total payments not 20 exceed.
however. 40 percent Of the ADJUST
/ ed service credit.
Farm and home aid under which
veterans purchase or improve farms
or homes viii be paid after July ].
1923, a sum equal 20 their adjusted
service credit increased By % per-
cent.
Land settlement. under which
lands would be reclaimed under the
supervision Of a special board and
farm units established for sale %
the veterans ar a price fixed by the
board less the amount or the ad-
jUsted service credit due the pur-
chasers
In only two important particulars
does this measure differ from the
one passed by the house two years
ago and that shelved in the senate
last July. The original cash bonus
option was eliminated and the bank
loan provision of che adjusted serv-
ice certificate title substituted
Galleries damned.
Not since the war DAYS had the
house galleries been 5ammed as they
were Thursday from the time
Speaker GiIIctts gave fell at j a.
m. until the laat vote had been cast
as the shades OF evening enveloped
the capitol. And not in many wears
had such scenes been enacted ou the
floor. where there frequently was am
uproar with alternate appliance.
laughter and feers
Like the house itself. the galleries
were pro-bonus and supporters az
the bill were frequently appIauded
despite the Infringement of the rules
which this entaued But tho great
applause was not for uroporent but
an opponent. the members and many
or the spectators rising and tender
ing an ovation 20 "Tuc'e Joe" Can
non as rho grizzled holder OF the
American record for length 0f legis-
lative service. arose late ir the DAY
20 deliver two-mlruta speech In
which he declared that tle men who
3 service 70 their country.
Ia all there was lightly more than
FIVE hours OF discussion with rs 0f the
435 members taking part ln o.
Transcripts Of their remarks would
fill about two ordinary sized news
papers. Many ~ them were or their
feet only a minute Or tRo. 0r three.
bout the house gave unanimous con-
Gent for ali members 90 extend their
remarks ln the Congress Record
during the next few days and editions
OF that volume during thar time
promise 20 he exceedingly bulky.
Arguments Against Numerous.
Arguments against rhe h- were
more frequent than those .r .-s favor.
due 20 the fact that many democrats
who announced that they would SUPP
port lt vigorously. attacked some 90
its provisions. and the Hare and
means committee. for failure to proc
vide means OF financing -ha bonus.
In the course OF the debate the
measure was referred 20 as r. "ro'i
brick bogus blri" .hok1s
pokus" and "def0ruod and mall
formed creature