Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-22
TO VOTE ON BONUS
BILL THURSDAY BY
USE OF GAG RULE
Democrats to BE Prevented
From Offering Motion
to Recommif.
ALL AMENDMENTS ARE
SHUT OUT By PLAN
Speaker Agrees With Rules
Committee Chairman OH
Procedure.
-FOUR HOURS ron DEBATE
fuie 10 he Put Through proyidin.
Eft,o
ALL AMENDMENTS ARE
SHUT OUT BY PLAN
-FOUR HOURS ron DEBATE
Rule TO he Put Tbrouuh pr,,;,,,
Tor Final Action After
Brief Discussiou,
icy Associated Press.l


WASHINGTON, March 2l.-Speat.r
pi'to't consented today to permit
the compromise soldiers bonus bill
TO be taken up in the House Thurs
ia% Under suspension OF the rules.
Il !s the plan TO have the nna, vo,,
bH!ore adjournmen; that day after
tour hours OF general debate. divided
equally between opponents and pro.
ponenis.
y ,wo-thirds majority will bo
AHesssaTy 10 pass the bill under this
procedure, but those in charge OF the
Legislation predicted tina, they
would have votes TO spare. B,. this
method the majority Will succeed
not only in shutting out all amend
;n"nts, but also in preventing tho
i9' Mocrais from Offering p motion 10
'2comnii; the bill.
VIII Draft Rule. At Once.
The parliamentary plan for han.
1l!nE the measure was determined
upon at n. :ive minutes conference
today between MIR. Gillett and
Chairman Campbell. OF the Rules
committee. On leaving the Speakers
Eifics. Mr.. CampoeIl announced that
his committee would meet tomorrow
morning to draft rule making
Thursday suspension day and in
creasinS the time for debate under
the suspension from the usual forty
minutes to four hours.
The special rule will be presented
Immediately after the House con-
n
said. but whether any DEBATE on /,
Will ne permitted has not yet been
determined, The chairman might II,
off discussion by moving the proyi-
Gus question after explaining the
rule. y majority vote only will be
required 10 adopt the rule. which
Democratic leaders said would he
opposed almost so.idly by their side.
Call HoI After Four Hours.
With the rule adopted. the next
step would be for Chairman Ford
ncy. OF the Ways aud Means Com
mittec, MO will Be In charge of the
bill, 10 move to suspend the rules
and pass the measure, thus opening
tic way 10 general debate on the
bonus itself After four hours the
..na! roll call would DO ordered
After his conference with Mr..
Campbell. Speaker Ciiliatt said he
Was inclined To think that it would
be just as we'll not to open the way
for the Democrats to offer n motion
OIL the bill, which would have TO he
permitted unless the rules were sus-
pended. He called attention that In
their minority report the Democrats $
had urged that the bonus be paid
by an. excess profits tax and In
creased surtaXcs.
May Raise INK Issue.
Asked if motion TO rc-enact
those taxes would he sermaine
since the hill had no tax provision.
Mr.. Gillett said ho might rule that
u was not. but that thorc then prob
ably would be an appeal from his
decision. which would bring the
matter OF those taxes 20 vote OF
the House.
After their failure 10 get the till
un Yesterday undSc suspension or
the ru:cs. those in charge of the
Legislation appeared to be highly
eratiicd that their original plan
fraily had hecn approved. They
anticipated little or no difficulty in
extending their program on the floor
and believed that by Thursday night
the problem with which they have
been wrestling for several months
would he off their hands.