Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-21


the tariff be displaced by the bonus
measure. Senator Watson, Republic
can, Indiana, moved to lay the motion
on the table and his motion prevailed,
81 to %. Eight Democrats supported
the Watson motion and two Republic
cans votet. against it.
With the announcement of the re-
suit of this vote the bonus row began
in earnest and waged continuously for
five hours. In the midst of it Senator
Watson of Indiana offered a motion
that the bonus be made a special or
der Of business Immediately after the
final vote on the tariff and that there
after it be held continuously before
the senate until thirds of the SEN
late vote to displace it.
Senator Underwood of Alabama.
Democratic leader, and an opponent of
the bonus made point of order
against the two thirds vote provision
pointing out that this was in the ma
ture of an amendment to the senate
rules. The point of order was sus-
tanned and that provision was with
drawn.
A question then arose as to whether
the motion, if adopted in the modified
form would preclude motion to take
up the bonus before the tariff bill was
disposed of and after a long discus
sion the motion was further modified
at the suggestion of Senator Norris,
| Republican, Nebraska, so that a mo-
| ton to proceed to the consideration of
the bonus would be in order at any
| time.
Some opponents of the bonus sup
ported this motion but eight Of them
cast their votes against 1t. They
We're Dial, King, Myers and Williams.
Democrats and Edge, France, Pep
iper and Wadsworth, Republicans.
! Several opponents were absent when
the vote was taken late in the day.
Charges flew thick and fast during
the debate. They included assertions
that the delay in acting on the bonus
was for the purpose Of killing it:
that those who made millions out of
war were behind an organized and
| extensive propaganda to defeat the
measure and that the Republican
majority were planning to use the
| bonus as a club over the heads Of
| opponents of the tariff measure to
shorten debate on that bill.
In Offering his motion to displace
the tariff Senator Walsh stated this
was the third time that there had
| been an effort to pos: pone action and
"by that means kill this bill" He
added, that proponents Of the lcgis-
lation proposed to put the senate on
record on the question.
Senator Robinson, Democrat, Ar
kansas, charged in the course of a
long address that the object Of to-
days proceedings was to prevent
passage Of the bonus bill at this ses-
sion. adding that the bal was being
made the football of contem. tible
politics"
Senator Hefiin. Democrat, Alabama,
attacked the majority for delaying ac-
ton. declaring that Wall street was
behind the move for delay in the hope
| that the bill could be killed meantime
by a propaganda which the senator
charged WIS Ceing conducted by the
war rich.' He also attacked metro
rolitan newspapers opposing the bonus
and declared that some of the papers
/; in opposition were "subsidzed."
| The two Democratic senators were
attacked by Senator Lenroot. Republic
can, Wisconsin, who declared that they
had delayed final disposition of the To-
nus bill by the time they had taken up
in discussing it. He charged also that
the time was being occupied for the