The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-20
5S CAUSES 1VELY STIR IN SENATE DEBATE
Maryland Solon Precipi- tates Fight After Slurs
 On Compensation

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-(By. As sociated Press. )-The Senate took a hand today in the bonus stir-up. After listening to a fight precipitated by a declaration of Senator Bruce, democrat, Maryland, that the, compensation pro- posal was "squalid and odious gratu. ity," it voted for an inquiry into charges attributed to Col. Thomas Mil Ter. alien property custodian, that the treasury had "juggled" its estimates of the cost of bonus.
 The investigation was proposed in a resolution introduced yesterday by Senator Harrison, democrat, Mississip- pi, and which was adopted today with out record vote and after only a brief explanation by the Mississippi senator. It puts the investigation into the hands of the Senate finance com mittee.
 Before Senator Bruce had time for a breathing spell after his address on the bonus, Senator Caraway, democrat, Arkansas, had called him "a champion of the Jack Dempsey's of the war;" and number of others were on their feet to take exception to some of his remarks. .
 Cllarses Violated Ceafiaenees X On top of thia Sanator Robinson ol Arkansas, the democratic leader, charged that Maj Gen. John F. 0Ryan had violated the qnasi-con. fidential relations of lawyer and client" by trying to use in anti-bonus work the organizati ton built during his service as special counsel with the GuvN ka T the veterans bureau.
 After Senator Bruce had expressed the opinion that the bonus was inde- charged that the Maryland senator had evidenced no concern" when the rail roads sought and got a bonus of $1,- soc, ,OOO, 600.
 Il remember" said Mir. Caraway, "that in his zeal to maintain the Esch- Cummins act, he switched his vote against 6 member of his own party. No man who has the proper American spirit will stand here and denounce the American soldier as a danger"
 Mellon Plan And Bonus
 Senator Brookhart, republican, Iowa, said most of the bonus opposition ap- parently was based on support of the Mellon tax plan. Senator Ashurst, democrat, Arizona, interpreted the Maryland senator's remarks as critic ising pro-bonus veterans for opposing tax reduction, said he held their serv- ice In defeating the Mellon plan" equal to that which they rendered on the battlefield
 In criticising General O'Ryan, Sena- tor Robinson also mentioned activities of the former committee counsel which he said were in support of the Mellon plan. Senator Reed, republican, Pennsylvania, chairman of the commit tee, replied that General O'Ryan had completed his services with the commit tee long before incidents referred to by the democratic leader.
 There is lot nonsense uttered here," said Senator Reed, about pro- paganda. Boiled down it simply comes to the fact that one white man is at- tempting to air his views to the coun- try and they are not in accordance with ours. General ORyan, as a soldier, with an unusual record, is against the soldier bonus"
 Senator Owen, democrat, Oklahoma, ended the debate by announcing that he had decided to support the bonus after having been heretofore opposed to it. H gave as his reason that he was convinced the treasury had overesti- mated the cost of a compensa tion meas- ure by $90O, O,000,0 GOO.