Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-21

harris ana walsh OF Montana for.
Frehnghuysen against.
Pittman and Pomerene for, Swanson
(present) against
overman and Norris for, Warren
tpresent) against
Ladd and Kendrick for, Kellar
Poindexter and Willis for, Weller
Johnson and Spencer for, Page
Total, u.
=. Absent and not paired: Elkins.
STANLEY and Watson, Georgia..
Grand total, 96.
Little Change in Voting
The house vote on the first passage
OF the bonus last March % was 333
10 80 or 4.l5 to 1, as compared with
~ A. to Wednesday. The senate vote
Wednesday compared with AZ to 90
on August 81. '''u
Most of the house votes to sustain
the president were cast bv members
from eastern and southern states. with
western delegations voting almost SOL
idly for the bill.
Ihere were two changes in the sem
are. Senator Cameron, republican
ARIZONA, who voted for the bonus orig
ilnaliy, voted to sustain the veto. while
senator Mckinley. republican. Illinois
VINO was announced as favorable to the
Dlll on the first vote, was paired
against it. pax GU
A. Inere was only brief consideration Of
the measure in the house. In calling
up the bill, Representative MondaIs
majority leader, said it had been con
Sidered for long time and that fnrfha-
deoate was not likely to change q single
sote ana was unnecessary. Representa-
i've Garrett, minority leader. askeS
tnat there be an hours discussion brt
aiter cries of Vote, vote" from tbs
republican side, the majority Ies5ar
moved the previous question and tha
roH call was ordered.
Received in Silence
announcement of the result ~ +ba
Young was received in silence bv ho+h
ene IN, membership and the fairly weu
fllIed galleries. The same was frus :,
the senate. 'ioe III
within an hour after the housa
acted, the bill and the presidents ya+o
message were sent to the senate Diso
cusslon of the subject there. howara-
had been under way for some t;ns
with Senator Reed, democrat. Missouri
supporting the measure and Senator
ing it. 0ppos-
Senator Ashurst, democrat. Arizona
l IouoWed with an argument for the
ponus, and was interrupted while tha
mouse clerk delivered the bill. The
presldents veto message was then read
ana When Senator Ashurst concluded
senator McCumber, republican. North
lne' Iahota' IN charge of the bill, moved to
defer action until Thursday.
This brought a point of order from
Senator Underwood, of AIahamo ~
democratic leader, who declared this
would fix time for consideration ~
the bill and that this could be done
only by a twothirds majority. Sew
ersI senators urged that there be no
ceiay, but Senator McCumber er.
pressed the opinion that if the mattar
went over until Thursday some sena.
tors favorable to the bonus who were
absent, might return.
Senator Heflin, democrat. Alabama
told the senate there was no need for
great speed now, and that if Mr. Nc.
Cumber thought delay of a dav or two
would help matters, he and other sem
ators were prepared to see that a rot.
was deferred, even if they had to talk
until Thursday or the next day.
Urges Against Delay
Senator Robinson, democrat, Ark.
ansas. urged against delay. declaring
that with congress to adjourn In two
days. the session might end without a
decision on the question.
The North Dakota senator replied
that he wished TO delay in the hons
that courage might be pumped inTo
the hearts of some senators. who. hs
asserted, were getting little weak
kneed against voting to override the
president"
Senator New, republican, Indiana. n
leader of the opposition forces. re-
marked that delay might have the op-
poslte effect, while Senator Borah. re-
publican, Idaho, said Mr.. McCumber
remained under the apprehension that
originally all senator's supporting the
bonus had voted their convictions"
The finance committee chairman
finally withdrew his motion and SEN
ator Heflin spoke for an hour in sup
port of the bonus and against what he
had termed the deflation policy of the
federal reserve board. He charged
that Wall Street had promoted propa-
ganda against the bonus.
While the Alabama senator was talk
Ing, leaders agreed TO have a vote be-
fore night. and the debate was closed
BY Senator McCumber, who warned
that the bonus question could not be
settled finally until it had been settled
N accord with the judgment of the
great majority of congress.
while the power to destroy IL today
nav be in existence" he said, "that
power will not continue In existence,
n my Judgment. in the next few years.
II am inclined to say that this issue
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