The New York herald., 1922-08-31
BONUS ATTACKED AS
COWARDLY MEASURE
Williams of Mississippi As
serts the Bill Is All
Pretense.
TITMOUSE PROCEDURE
Trying to Give Billions to
Millions Without Cost
to Anybody.
TAX BURDEN INCREASING
Borah Declares Federal and
State Economic Situation
Grows Worse.
s,ecia, Dispatch to The New Yosk HrnaLp
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., Aug. 30.

Most or the action IN tne senate
over the bonus to-day was in the
form of exchanges of opinions regard
ing amendments designed by their
authors to meet the objections of the
executive branch of the Government
There were only one or two set
speeches, the most important being
reserved for the windup of the debate
tomorrow.
Discussions of some of the amend
ments proposed were punctuated by
flashes of oratory at times witty or
whimsical and at others of patriotic
character. Most of the offerings in
this line were made by Senator'S op-
posed TO the bonus.
The Senators who attacked the Nc
Cumber measure and the amendments
offered were Williams. Dem., Miss.).
(for the second time). New. tRep..
Ind.), and Borah, (Rep.. Idaho). The
Senator'S who spoke in favor of the
amendments were Gerry. Walsh and
Pomerene, Democrats: Lenroot and
Shortridge. Republicans.
Political Features Discussed.
Senator Williams, the picturesque
statesman from Mississippi, devoted his
address mainly to the political features
of the measure. The most interesting
periods of it were as follows:
"Mr. President, the old eternal war
fare betwixt tweedledee and tweedle-
dunn is going on and OF course will con-
tinue to go on as long as the human
race lives. and as long as human beings
have to do something which they more
or less seek to cover up- The original
bill and the substitute remind me
great deal of that old and eternal war
fare.
Each man with an amendment or
with a bill is attempting to repeat one
of the most -comical scenes in one
of the best old English novels Mr..
Warren wrote Ten Thousand a Year
when Tittlebat Titmouse became &
candidate for Parliament His candi-
dacy was carried on by a very dis
tinguished lawyer by the name of Oily
Cannon, who was of the great firm
of Quirck, Cannon and Snap. who were
the original inventors of the lawyers
phrase Admit nothing, waive nothing.
deny everything
when the time came to run, Tittle-
bat Titmouse, who up to that time had
never had any virtues of any descrip-
ton. but who later when he was cleo
ted to Parliament, was found to be able
TO initiate the crow of cock so per-
fectly as to represent his own party
very well in the House of Commons
Oily Cannon announced his platform
and his platform was to pass a bill to
give everybody everything without talk.
Ing anything from anybody.
More Plausible Pretense.
THAT is about what you are all up
to. You are trying TO pass a bill CIV
ing not everybody everything, but some
three or four million people a whole
lot of things, and you are pretending
that Ii will not cost anybody anything.
The (Bursum) substitute so far as I can
see. is a more plausible pretense or
that character than the original bill
and therefore ! am going to vote the
substitute.
TT does at least. Recommend that the
payment has TO be made ultimately b.
bonds or in some other way. The bill
does not recognize that II has TO be
paid in any way I'm the world. You arc
attempting TO convince the soldier that
he will get somewhere between three
ing to convince the American peopl"
that they will never have TO pay any
taxes to enable the soldier to get 1t.
lit Is bill to give nearly everybody
nearly every body and to take almost
nothing from anybody THAT is the bill
and that is all there Is to IT, II Is all pre-
tense. Why do you not come out openly
and obey what the President said Is
right and sound? Put upon the bill
the taxes that shall raise the amount OF
money that you are voting.
Hyo,, kpow that g0Dppr Or later df-
rcctly or Indirectly. the American tax
payer must pay 1t. Why not. then, have
the courage TO put IL In the bill? j
know your answer, But we are afraid
to put II in the bill That IS your hon.
est answer II you make any at all.
We are afraid to put II in the BILL
y would Render BiIl obnoxious.
'v1t would render the bin so obnoxious
that 1t would not pass, or It would rem
der the bill so obnoxious that those who
vote for 1t would never come back to
this sxtred body. You are not putting
the tax In the bill. You hope to have, II
hanging over as responsibility to be
met By legerdemain Of some description
In the future. The Senator from North
Carolina tMr. Simmons) hopes that II
will be paid by Serbia and Belgium and
Italy and France and Great Britain.
80 far as ! can learn. oaly one OF
those is ever going 90 pay It's debt, and
that is Great Britain. She will pay
hers. italy Is about bankrupt Serbia
has not been anything else Czecho-Slo-
vakia has little bit or money. The
civilized world ought 70 cooperate TO
help Belgium instead OF cooperating 70
make Belgium pay for having been
ruthlessly and unprovokedly Invaded by
the German armies.
Senators say that ls sentiment and
that sentiment Is rot | believe n Sena-
tor yesterday made long speech. ..,e
sum and substance of which was that
sentiment is rot Sf;.,inent IL the only
frinE In tho world that Is not rot The
boidest. hravest and strongest man that
ever lived after a few years becomes
dust and rot the most beautiful woman
that ever rivalled the charms Of Venus
or Diana becomes rot after a little
while. The most innocent child with
the clesrest blue eyes becomes rot, but
b principle, an idea, sentiment, never
becomes rot. II Is the only thing that
never does.
The very FIRST principle of states
manship and the first sentiment is 20
have the courage to do openly what you
are eolnE to do. IL you are going to