The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-24
MEASURE
IS PASSED
BY67TOl7
20-Year Endowment Plan,
Approved By House,
Is Sanctioned
CASH OPTION BILL
DEFEATED 81 TO 48
Many Democrats Term
Measure A Makeshift
And A Gold Brick
STRENGTH CLAIMED Y
TO OVERRIDE VETO
Republicans Forced Issue BY
Predicting Final Defeat OF
Copeland Amendment
CASH OPTION BILL
DEFEATED 81 TO 48
STRENGTH CLAIMED .
TO OVERRIDE VETO

WASHINGTON, April 23.-(By
Associated Press. THE Senate, fol-
lowing in the footsteps of the House.
passed the soldier bonus Insurance. bill
today by majority sufficient to carry
it over a presidential veto. The vote
was 81 to II.
President Coolidge has declared
against bonus, but proponents OF this
particular kind of adjusted compenss-
ton legislation are hopeful that 1t will
meet with his approval. Before the
bill reaches him, however, it must 80
to conference for adjustment of minor
differences with the House.
Assured by republican leaders that,
they would override veto of this bill.
but would support veto of a cash
bonus measure, the Senate resisted all
efforts to add cash option.
The test on this question came with
rejection, 4S to 81, of an amendment
by Senator Copeland democrat, New
York, which would have left with the
former service men the choice Of full
cash payments or the insurance cer-'
tificates provided for in both the Sem
ate and House bills.
Many democratic senator's who voted
tor the measure in its present form de-
scribed it as miserable makeshifts
and as "a gold brick" and formal no.
tiee was given that at some future time
efforts would be made to amend it so
as to enable the veterans to get cash.
On the final vote on the bill. nine
democrats and eight republicans on
posed it, while 33 republicans. 80 DEM
ocrats and the two farmer-labor sena-
tors supported it.
The roll call follnwS.
For The Bonus
Republicans: Brandegee, Brook
hart, Bursum, Cameron, Capper, Colt,
Cummins, Curtis, Dale, EIkins. F'ess'
Frazier, Gooding. Hale, Howell, Jones
(Washington), Keyes, Ladd, Lodee.
Mccormick, Mckinley, Mclean, Me
Nary. Norbeck, Norris, Oddie, Phipps.
Shortridge, Spencer, Stanfield, Sterling.
!, Warren and Willis-33
Democrats: Adams, Ashurst, Brous-
sard, Caraway, Copeland, Dill, Ferris,
Fletcher, George. Gerry. Harris. Har-
rison, Heflin, Jones (New Mexico)!
kendrick, McKellar. Mayfield. Nicely,
Overman, Owen, Pittman, Ralstori.
Ransdell, Sheppard, Simmons, Smith,
Stanley, Stephens, Trammell, Walsh
(Massachusettsl. Walsh TMontanal,
and Wheeler-32.
FarmerLabor johnson minnesota
and Shipstead-2.
Total-67.
Against The Bonus
Republicans: Ball, Borah, Edge.
Ernst, Fernald, Pepper, Smoot and
Wadsworth-S.
Democrats: Bayard, Bruce, Dial.
Edwards, Glass, King, Shields, Swan,
| son. Underwood-9.
Total-17.
" the II senator's absent, four wers
paired were: Lenroot for, with Reed
1t and four were without pairs. Those
panred were: Lenroot for with Reed
of Pennsylvania. against; Couzens for
with Weller against; Watson for, with
Greene against; johnson of California
for. with Moses against.
Senators Robinson, Reed of Missouri
and Harreld were announced as in
favor of the measure No announce.
ment was made as to Senator LafoL
lettes position.
SIX senators who voted against tina
bill voted in favor of the cash option
feature. They were; Borah, repub,
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