Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-09-22
SENATE PASSES
BONUS MEASURE
Conference Report Is Approved
by Vote of So to II.
PUTS 1T UP TO PRESIDENT
Twelve Republican Senators Voted
Against Bill, but Put Their Hope
on Presidential Veto-Eyes
on White House.

Washington, Sept. 16.-Congress
completed it's part toward carrying out
the nations obligation to its soldiers
OF the World war when the senate
adopted the conference report on the
Fordney-McCumber bonus bill. The
vote was 36 to II.
The eyes of the veterans and the
sponsors of the legislation now are
turned to the White House. where
President Hardings intention with re-
gard to signing or vetoing it apparent
ly is his own secret. The opponents
OF the measure assert the President is
determined to veto the bill because it
carries no financing provision.
Its adherents are equally certain the
president will sign it.
Opponents Hope for Veto.
Should the President, who has in
sisted upon sales tax to pay the cost
of the bill, send it back with his dis
approval, the bitterest fight which has
marked it's long and hard legislative
journey will follow in the senate. The
opposition in the upper branch frank
ly has rested it's entire hope on a
Presidential veto and from the begin
ming has sought to marshal sufficient
votes to sustain the President if he
does refuse to sign it. In the house
there is no doubt that veto would be
Overridden by an overwhelming ma
jority.
The vote in the senate is of no sig
hificance as bearing on the question of
sustaining or overriding possible
veto. Supporters Of the bill had two
more than sufficient votes to override
the President on the basis of this vote,
but what the final result will be when
all senator's are present or paired in
the event of executive disapproval
must remain a matter of conjecture.
OF the SO senators who voted to
publicans and II are Democrats.
Twelve Republicans and five Demo
Gratis opposed it. The roll call fol-
lows:
For the conference report: Repub-
licans, Brandegee, Bursum, Cameron,
Capper, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Good
ing, Hale Harreld, Jones of Washing
ton, Kellogg, Lenroot, Mccormick, Nc
Cumber, Mclean, McNary, Nicholson,
Oddie, Rawson, Shortridge, Stanfield,
Sutherland and Willis-24. Demo-
Gratis, Ashurst, Broussard, Fletcher,
Harrison, Hef1in, Ransdell, Sheppard,
Simmons, Stanley, Trammell, Walsh Of
Massachusetts and Watson Of Georgia
-12. Total, SO.
Against the report: Republicans,
Ball, Borah, Dillingham;, Dupont,
Ernst, France, Moses, New, Phipps,
Reed of Pennsylvania, Smoot and Ster-
ling-12 Democrats, Glass, Myers,
Shields, Underwood and Williams-5.
Total, II.
Senator Watson Switches.
The only surprise in the voting was
the switch of Watson of Georgia in IA
vor of the bill. He had been opposed
to it previously and was counted on
by the opposition in the event of
NSlO. LII casting LIS NObC 1Ol LllC Jill,
Senator Watson explained that it was
"by no means what / would like to
have it be for the soldiers, but as it
appears to be the best we can get.
shall vote for it"
Those hoping for veto had claimed
prior to Watson's switch that they had
"a senators, one more than necessary
to sustain the President even if the
entire membership was present and
voting, pledged against the bill. With
the Georgian now for it, they can claim
only 33 votes, exactly enough to pre-
vent passage of the measure over
veto if every senator for it is present
and votes or is paired.
The burden thus appears to be upon
the leaders Of both sides to get every
senator present if the President does
send the bill back with his disapproval
In view of this situation, it is not un-
likely that pairs which in such a case
would be two senators for the bill as
against one opposed to it, will be hard
to arrange.