The New York herald., 1922-09-21
PRESIDENTS BONUS VETO
UPHELD BY SENA TIE, 28-44

debate. On being assured that there
was not. Mr.. Garrett said:
II occupy peculiar position on this
legislation. The gentleman from Wyo-
ming, leader of the Republican
party, wishes to override the Presi-
dent--a Republican. l am going to
stand by the Republican President"
A wave of laughter swept the cham
ber. When Speaker Gillett ruled
against parliamentary point of order
raised by Mr.. Garrett, Mr.. Mondell
called for the previous question. which
was carried by a viva voce vote and
automatically brought the bonus bill
and veto before the House.
sixty Members Absent.
When the roll call started there
were 375 of the 435 members present,
sixty being absent. The galleries were
only about two-thirds filled, substan-
tial percentage of the occupants rep
resenting various posts of the Ameri-
can Legion who came to Washington
to be in on the windup of a three
year-old fight for Government cash.
The members on the floor proceeded
to the business of recording them
selves in favor or against the measure
with manifest relief.
The clerk droned the names of the
members present and voting and those
paired under the two-thirds arrange
ment. The lineup on the roll call to
pass the measure over the Presidents
veto revealed a significant but not i'm
portant numerical change as compared
,,,;Sl I. - cf acf In Morct, Ei0ht
members who voted for the bonus bill
at that time recorded themselves In
opposition to it to-day. In addition
to this there were twenty-eight more
absentees who presumably lodged the
vote for political reasons than there
were at that time.
The Connecticut delegation held the
place of honor it won in the original
test by voting 100 per cent. against
the bonus scheme. These Connecticut
members Were Representatives Fem
Merritt Wilson, Freeman and Glynn.
Five members of the New Jersey dele
cation voted to sustain the President
while seven voted to override his veto.
The supporters Of the President were
Representatives Ackerman, Taylor.
Perkins, Parker and Lehlbach. The
New Jersey members who voted to
override the veto were Patterson,
Bacharach, Appleby. Hutchinson, Rad
cliffe, Olpp and OBrien, the latter
Democrat.
Vote of New York Delegation.
OF the forty-three members of the
New York delegation nine voted to
sustain the President while four were
paired in support of his position, all
Republicans. Thirty New Workers
voted to override the veto. The New
York members who voted to sustain
the President or weres paired against
overriding the veto were Representa-
tives Hicks, Kline, Lee. Mills, Chand-
Ter, Hustled. Smell, MCGEE, Gould, Clark,
Dunn. Snyder and Parker.
The New York members who voted
to override the veto or were paired
against the President were Represen.
tatives Kissel, Hogan, Bond, Volk
Perlman. Ryan, Seigel. Ansorge, Ross
dale. Faipsfild, Fish, Crowther, Mott
Sanders, MacGregor, Republicans. and
Kindred, Cullen, Carew, Sullivan. Grif-
fin, Mead Reardon, Ten Eyck. Demp-
sey, Reed and Peterson, Democrats,
and London, Socialist.
The New York members absent or
not voting were Ward, Henry and
Cochran.
The announcement of the vote pro-
voked few furtive handclaps and the
House Immediately proceeded to the
consideration of other business. Leader
Mondell and Speaker Gi'lett immedi-
ately conferred and decided to send a
message to the Senate accompanied
by the Presidential veto without de-
lay.
Record time was made in accom-
, plishing the mechanics incidental to
this proceeding and within two hours
after the time the House had taken
up the bonus bill the measure had
been delivered to the Senate. Mem
/ bers of the lower house streamed into
the upper chamber to see the show
with the air of men who had unloaded
lot of trouble on the shoulders OF
some one else.