The New York herald., 1922-06-21

generation.
"Mr. President, the attempt has
been made. Talk about propaganda
1t is being made in the newspapers
1t is being made In the resolutions, 1t
is being made in letters to every one
of us. / received six insulting letters
this morning, some of them which
could not be put into the record be-
cause of their profanity, and one of
them because of ;ts obscenity. giving
me notice that 1 was persona non
grata because I was opposed to the
bonus bill.
"One of them served notice on me
that I should never get another office.
/ do not want any more, but If did
want any more 1 would do as I have
done several times in my life when
men seemed to have the whip hand.
1 found the common sense and COM
mon consciousness of the people did
not always obey the whip.
DwindIing of support.
"My good friend from Arkansas,
whom l love almost as IL he were a
brother, this morning said one thing
that was very true. He said this bill
will receive fewer votes now than it
would have received a year ago.
"It will receive fewer votes a year
hence than it would receive now. In
that the Senator from Arkansas was
right, and if 1t is postponed even six
months 1t will receive fewer votes
than it would receive now, because six
months would carry it over the cleo
ton Let us be brave and honest with
one another. ! am a politician, like
all the rest Of you, or have been for
know what coward politics makes
out of us now and then.
4 "This bill would receive 20 per cent.
more votes before an election than 1T
would after one. and you all know 1t
lust as we'll as 7 do, and the object of
hurrying up its consideration is in or
der that 1t may be passed, and the idea
in coming to that conclusion is that
lust before an election/it will be at it's
maximum strength.
II received a letter this morning
which was somewhat personal in a
way. 1T said: I understand that the
reason why you are against the bonus
is that you are not going to run for
office any more. The fellow showed a
great deal of knowledge Of human
nature, although he was very unjust
to me; but still he said he knew the
reason I was opposed to the bonus
was that I had already said l would
never run for another office.
Mr.. President, just rose to serve
notice. Somebody said this morning we
ought to march up and register our
votes and be brave enough to let the
country know where we stood. !
wanted to let you know where / stood
without having a vote. One word
more. There has been a request for
unanimous consent made by the Sem
ator from Indiana, Mr.. Watson, to
take UP the bonus bill Immediately
after the tariff bill, and make it the
order of business.
when I am opposed to a measure
as being in itself immoral and wrong
and contrary to good public policy and
oppressive Of the common people, who,
after ALL pay the taxes under a sys-
tenn of indirect taxation, whenever a
unanimous consent is asked to expe-
dite the passage of that bill / shall OBJ
ject if / am the only man in this
august body-and it is august. be-
cause it confesses itself-who will OBJ
ject. So, / serve notice now that the
request must be made when / am tenn
porarily out of the chamber.
Il do not care with what motive the
SC rhof hnt DC tn
able the divergent and clashing and
conflicting Republican members to get
together on a given policy or whether
It has a higher motive. whenever my
consent is asked for the consideration
of something which / think is wrong
l shall not give 1t.
when the parliamentary situation
presents itself where it can be carried
by a vote, that is all right, and shall
say nothing, and this probably is the
last word / shall ever utter upon this
matter and the only reason / have
said what I have said was that it
looked to me as if, from some quarter
or other, inside or outside of the cham
Der. there was some attempt being
made to bulldoze and intimidate those
of us who were going to stand pat in
opposition to this bill.
II hate to be called stand patter.
I would hate it even in heaven; but
as regards this particular legislation
/ am stand patter."
Borah Produces Records.
In the rough and tumble debate
which followed Senator Watson (Ga.)
asserted that George Washington ac-
cepted a bonus for his services in the
Revolutionary War. This statement
provoked Senator Borah to produce
historical records to prove that George
Washington did nothing of the sort.
Senators Lodge. Watson. Borah. I'm
derwood. Lenroot, Norris and WILL
Jams engaged in technical discus
sion of procedure to meet objections
raised against the form of the resolu-
tion proposed by the Indiana Senator
to solve the legislative tangle.
Senator Simmons declared the atti-
tude of the Republican majority was
disheartening to the friends of the
bonus. In expressing the opinion that
| the tariff may be delayed for two or
three months he said:
II believe two or three months de-
lay on the bonus bill may result in its
final defeat. We all know that one OF
the most persistent and intensive
propagandas ever conducted in this
country has been directed against the