Evening journal., 1922-06-03
the Mccumber bill to a vote,

the McCumber bill TO a vote.
Admission Of this fact was mad
by Senator Walsh (Dem., Mass.
this afternoon. Mr.. Walsh, who ha'
been most insistent that a bonus b'
granted to able-bodied ex-servicC
men said:
THE adjusted compensation bill
although favorably reported by a
majority vote of the Senate Finance
Committee. is certain to encounter
many difficulties before its final
passage. I firmly believe, however
that the present session will pass
this bill. not so much because the
members of Congress want to pass
it, as because their constituents are
demanding it. The opposition to this
measure is powerful, although when
the final vote Is taken its opponents
will be comparatively few. There are
many who are only half-hearted IN
their support-many who woulu
like to see 1t rejected. But they are
not willing to be active in the op-
position"
Mr.. Walsh was one OF the four
Democrats who made the deal with
Chairman McCumber to report his
bill from the Finance Committee on
Wednesday. The others were SEN
ators simmons IN. c., Gerry Or. ID
and Jones IN. NJ. Senators Reed,
who is also for the bonus bill, and
Williams (Miss.), who is against the
bonus hook, line and sinker,' were
absent.
democratic Policies Repudiatcd.
No incident OF the turbulent career
of the bonus scheme has provoked
greater resentment than the repudi-
alton of Democratic policies by the
of that party on the
Finance Committee-unless It be the
aop OF Republican Senator George
Pavne Mclean OF Connecticut from
the opposition OF the McCumoer
camp.
Democratic leaders express COM
nlete disapproval Of the action OF
their Senatorial representative in
encouraging the imposition or iur-
ther burdens on the people OF the
states who were compelled
TO shoulder a part Of the stupendous
cost OF granting pensions to civil
war veterans without any return.
The Democratic policy on the
bonus proposition was clearly de-
ened when the war risk insurance
plan was proposed by the wilson
President Wilson.
McAdoo. Baker and Dan
Iels urged the adoption Of the war
risk plan on the ground that II would
save the country from future bonus
and pension raids.
The most striking argument
against the bonus was made by Sen
ator Carter Glass. the third and last
secretary Of the Treasury under the
Wilson Administration. Mr.. Glass. |
who is now a Senator from Virginia |
md one OF the most vigorous oppo-
,ents OF the bonus scheme, appeared |
,efore the select committee on the
budget OF the House OF Representa-
ives on October 4, 1919.
senator Glass's Condemnation.
His condemnation OF the bonus
hen has aroused pertinent interest
II the present legislation through
vide circulation among members OF
,onpress. Mr.. Glass told the House
3udget Committee that the credit OF
no Tinted states was imperilled by
roiects initiated and supported on
ba foor OF Congress with view OF
apturing the so-called soldier vote.
'I do not believe for a minute"
aid the then Secretary Of the Treas
nv chat there is any such thing
a soldier vote. I do not believe
hat that magnificent body Of brave,
troDg. lusty young men who went
,,t 70 France, or who were ready TO
n want to see the people of the
rnited states exploited, in order
,at each OF them may receive a
onation. do not believe these fine
ouDg men, II they realized what It
that is proposed in their behalf,
-ouId accept a gift made at the ex-
ense of their fathers and mothers
nd sisters and the children that are
D come after them, in order to give
hem a holiday
while. OF course. you cannot
ommit TO terms OF money the value
Z the service rendered by the army
Z America, I call your attention to
he fact that the actual pay of our
oldiers was doubled at the outset ,
4 the war; that our soldiers have
een paid with liberality never /
reamed Of in the history of this or
ny other country, and the projects +
ow advocated so lavishly and with
o little regard for the welfare OF
ne American people are not limited
o those heroic men who suffered ,
injury or death at the hands of tho
nemy, not even TO those who ac- ,
lally saw the front. not oven TO