Evening star., 1924-05-18
Effort to Rush Vote in Upper
Branch to Override Veto
at Once Fails.
ACTION MAY BE PUT OFF
UNTIL MIDDLE OF WEEK
Prospects for Sustaining President
Slight, Although Message
Wins Over Senator's.

Overriding the Presidents veto, the
House yesterday passed the soldiers
bonus bill by a vote of 31S to rs, So
more than the necessary two-thirds.
Eight Republicans and seven DEM
ocrats were not recorded as voting or
paired.
They were: Anderson, Cole of Ohio,
Kahn, kiess. Langley, Reed of West
Virginia, Rosenbloom and White of
Maine, Republicans: Clark of Florida
Gallivan, Gilbert, Huddleston, Lilly,
Park of Georgia and Ward of North
Carolina, Democrats.
Speaker Gillett and Representative
Wise, Democrat, Georgia, who has
never taken his seat, did not vote.
23 Republicans Change Vote.
Twenty three Republicans, among
vthem Representative Longworth, Ohio,
the party leader, and two Democrats
who voted for the bill two months
ago, voted yesterday to sustain the
Presidents veto. The republicans, in
addition to Mr.. Longworth, were:
Beers, Bixler, Darrow. Edmonds,
Watres, Welsh and Wertz of Penn
sylvania; Dempsey. Stalker, Sweet
and Taber of New York; Fleetwood
of Vermont, Graham, Madden, Moore
and Sproul of Illinois; Hudson, Scott
and Williams of Michigan, and Paige
of Massachusetts, Brand of Ohio and
Newton of Missouri
The Democrats We're Halves and
Jost, both of Missouri.
Three Republicans absent on the
, previous roll call-Britten and Chind-
bloom of Illinois and Fredericks of
California-voted to sustain the veto.
Spearing, Democrat, of Louisiana,
who voted to sustain, was sworn in
as a member Friday.
The only hope the opponents of the
measure now have lies in the Senate
and that hope is not very great.
There is no doubt that the Presidents
veto message has won over some of
the Senators who voted for the bonus
bill on it's passage. But there is
considerable doubt that a sufficient
number will change their positions
. to sustain his veto.
Senate Vote Monday Asked.
The bonus bill was sent to the Sen
ate yesterday afternoon Immediately
after the vote in the House. Senator
Watson of Indiana proposed that it
be voted upon Immediately. But Sen
lntor Wadsworth of New York and
others objected. Efforts to fix a time
on which to vote failed, and finally
Senator Curtis of Kansas, who has
had charge of the bill in the Senate,
gave notice he would call the measure
up tomorrow Immediately after the
close of the morning hour
That the bill will be voted upon
tomorrow, however, is extremely
doubtful. A number of senators who
desire to vote on the bonus bill may
be absent For example, Senators
Pepper and Reed of Pennsylvania are
compelled to be in Pennsylvania for
IAN important political meeting to-
morrow afternoon and Tuesday.
Also, it is believed that there will be
considerable debate on the bonus
bill Well informed senators last
night were predicting that it would
be the latter part of this week before
the Senate finally acts on the bonus
measure.
The delay in the vote is believed
70 be the advantage of the opponents
OF the bonus. Senators are being
aeIuged with letters and kilograms,
and buttonholed by the supporters
:. and opponents of the measure. Tre-
mendous pressure is being brought
TO bear upon them both for and
against the bonus.
The opponents of the bonus last
Nnight were still lacking a number of
votes to sustain the Presidents Veto
Many of the senators confidently pre-
Gicted they never would be able to
obtain votes enough to prevent the
massage of the bill by the necessary
thirds vote. This was the viewE
taken by Senator Lodge, the Re-
publican leader; by Senator Capper
of kansas, chairman of the farm
bloc, and others.
See Democratic Gain.
From the democratic point of view,
5t would be to the political interests
az the Democrats if the veto of the
President should be sustained, it was
EdlQ III Solhc puai tSaS- Due ISiiio
scratic leaders We're confident that the
Democrats, except those who voted
originally against the bill, would all
.nte to override the Presidents veto.
In the light of President Coolidge's
strong plea for economy the opinion
was expressed in some quarters, how
ever, that support for the veto might
a,e gained on the ground that the
measure threatened the tax reduction
hill now in conference. What effect
this sentiment may have had is un-
determined, however.
Members of the Senate who are on
,crord in favor of the soldiers bonus
have been hearing from the country"
Literally hundreds of kilograms have
poured into the Capitol, very great
ma iority of them urging senators to
vote to sustain the Presidents veto
yf the so-called adjusted compensation
act. Great pressure is being brought
to bear on senators from the New
England states, especially the two
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