Middletown transcript., 1922-09-09
SENATE PASSES
THE BONUS BILL
Vote Al to 22, But President
ial Veto is Expected
80 AGAINST MEASUR e
To Cost $a,s45,65s, s,4s1-conferee. ex.
peeted To Be Same A. Those
On Tarir; Early Report
Probable.
SO AGAINST MEAsu R E

Washington.-The$ $4,000 ,00O, 900 sol
diers' bonus bill was passed by the
Senate and now goes to conference.
The vote was AZ to 20, with party lines
wiped out.
The Treasury apparently is con.
tident that the President will veto
the bill. High officials indicated that
the President had not changed from
his announced intention to disapprove
any bonus legislation which does not
carry with it the means of raising the
revenue needed, and the measure
passed by the Senate, the Treasury of.
hcials say, does not meet that require.
ment
The roll call follows:
For the Bonus. = Republicans -
Brandegee, Bursum, Cameron, Capper
Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Gooding, Hale
Jones of Washington, Kellogg, LaFol
lette, Lenroot, Lodge, Mccormick, Nc
Cumber, Mclean, McNary, Nicholson
Oddie, Rawson. Shortridge, Stanfield
Sutherland, Townsend, Watson Of In
diana and Willis-27.
For the Bonus.-Democrats-As
hurst, Broussard, Culberson, Fletcher
Gerry, Heflin, Hitchcock, Kendrick
Mckellar, Pittman, Pomerene, Rams
dell. Reed of Missouri, Robinson, Shep
pard, Simmons, Smith, Tramwell
Walsh of Massachusetts, and Walsh
of Montana-20. Total, Al.
Against the Bonus.-Republican
Ball, Borah, Caulder, Dillingham;
France, Frelinghuysen, Keyes, Nelson
New, Phipps, Reed of Pennsylvania
Smoot, Sterling and Wadsworth-15.
Against the Bonus.-Democrats
Dial, Glass, Myers, Shields, Swanson
Underwood and Williams-7. Total
%.
Three Senators were present ant
unable to vote because of pairs ant
"a Senators-16 Republicans and .
Democrats-were absent. Pairs were
announced as follows:
Harreld, for; du Pont, against.
Stanley, for; Ernest against.
Jones of New Mexico, for; Fernald
against.
Harris, for; Page, against.
Spencer, for; Newberry, against
(Newberry present and not voting.
Overman, for; Warrane, against
(Warren present and not voting.)
Johnson, for; Watson of Georgia
against. (Watson present and not vot
ing.)
Harrison, for; Moses, against.
Poindexter, for; King, against.
Norbeck, for; Pepper against.
Absentees who were without pair
were Caraway, for: Elkins, for; Ladd
: .orr Mckinley, for; Norris, for; Owen
against; Weller, position not ar
nounced.
This lineup showed 33 Senator
against the bill, or sufficient numbe
to prevent its passage in the even
President Harding vetoed it, as man
now believe he will. The roll cal
however, showed one more than two
thirds majority of those present an
voting In favor of the bill.
Immediately after the passage O
the measure, the Senate directed tha
1t be returned to the House with
request for conference. Represer
tative Mondell of Wyoming, the Re
publican leader, said the House woul
send it to conference under a specia
rule.
those who now are working on tn
tariff bill, and the House is expecte
also to appoint its managers on tn
tariff measures. Since there Is n
serious dispute between the tw
Houses on the bonus the conferee
long enough to agree to a report O.
the bonus.
Four hours of debate preceded Ser
ate action, with Senators Lodge G
Massachusetts, the Republican leader
Pomerene, Democrat, of Ohio; Reet
Democrat, of Missouri; Sutherland
Republican, of West Virginia; Tran
nell, Democrat, of Florida, and He
lin, Democrat, of Alabama, arguin
in support of the measure, and Sens
tors Sterling, Republican, Of Sout
Dakota: Owen, Democrat, Of Okls
homa, and Watson, Democrat c
Georgia, opposing 1t.
Neither Senators nor spectator
manifested particular interest In tn
proceedings as the discussion proceed
ed. but just before the vote came, q
3P. NJ, both the Senate Chamber an
the galleries filled quickly. With tn
announcement of the result there wa
applause from spectators. particular
from one section of the galleries whef
there were a number of service mel
No effort was made to prevent thi
demonstration.
Government experts estimate tn
total cost of the bonus at $3,845, ,659
481, on the basis of rs per cent. OF tn
veterans electing the certificate plal
22k per cent the farm and home al
and 2A per cent. vocational training
STRIKER SHOT TO DEATH.