Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-14
Senator Wmiaa =. BoFah, 1sp, ef
Idaho

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am opposed to any bill that car
ries Z cash proposition In It And do
agree With those who urge delay
merely. see no necessity in appeal
to tho expediency Of tho hour. II q
real land settlement bill could bs for
mulatsd apd brought In. no that II
would be In fact o land settlement
bill. / would support It. But l will
vote for no so-called adjusted compen-
sation bill, which carries cash propo-
sition. even though II also carries a
land settlement provision, because It
involves = principle l do not care to
surrender.
For those men who went to war and
never returned, IN. many instances
loft behind them wives and children
or dependent parents, have the
deepest -concern. and, as far az pos
sible, the Government should stand
In the place OF the dead. And those
who returned shattered In mind snnd
broken In body, mansled In limb and
afflicted with disease, thsy shohld be
the objects OF the Governments 3
vigilant and constant and generous
care. They are the saddest memory
Of the war and present tho most
pathetic sight in all the struggle OF
life. For them the taxpayer Is will
ing TO carry greater burdens, and our
people are willing to mako greater
SACRIFICES.
But when am asked to unlock the
Treasury Of the United States to those
who were fortunate enough to pass
through the ordeal unscathed, when
am asked TO pay from the public
funds large sums to those who hav,
received no injury. ] am bound to ash
myself upon what principle may 1 d,
this? The money D not mines can
not give II to charity. must fin,
some moral or legal basis upon which
to proceed.
The finance committee, with com
mendabfe candor. but with a sngula
disregard for the deep significance o
4 the statement, places the whole thin
upon tho low plant of cash for service
rendered. They are mistaken II the
think the ex-service men will than
Ahem for this standard or that the
will upon reflection appreciate thi
measurement Of their MORAL worth.
Adjusted compensation Compensa
/. ton for what--for service when tn
country is In peril, for defeating tn
2 enemy7 How can men be compensate
[ for such service? Were our soldier
the hired defenders of the republic
In one breath they tell us we went
I war for humanity and for civilization
= and In the next that we went for con
pensation. The soldier can leave
= his children no finer legacy than
i record OF service in the Great War.
@ lmill constitute, In a sense. an ari
Ftocracy of patriotism. lbw muc
u that legacy will be INCREASED In wort
i, by having written across 1t the wore
4 adjusted compensation
We have reached a crisis In Tn
' country with reference TO financi
l, and economic affairs. When we COZ
y slider the public debt OF the Cnit'
States, the public debt of our reSpe
&c tive States, the public debt OF o.
l. citiesr and then contemplate the fa
, that our taxes are still at high u(
IL Is not very difficult to realize VIII
Athis cash bonus business means. Il
man is blind who does not recogni
that the most widespread and thres
ening aspect of public affairs at Il
time is the feeling GU the part of {
people everywhere that their Cover
n,ent. either through indifference
Ia incapacity, cannot or will not relic
D. them of the crushing burden unc
IS which they are now bending.
al The soldiers OF this country CAM
SIS be aided except as the country its
as is rehabilitated. The soldier cam
ne ctme back except as the whole peo
come back. The soldier cannot pr
~ per unless the people prosper WI
p good will ii do the soldier to rece
a aid IL by receiving it he depresses
w value OF the, Liberty bond which
mother may have purchased or VIII
80 his neighbors may have purchased
increases the taxes which his fat
&C. or As mother or his neighbors m
pay? The handing out to him o.
g., few dollars will not benefit him un
such circumstances, but 1t will gre
led ly injure the prospects Of the coun
M and the restoration Of normal col
his tons.
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