Evening star., 1924-05-19
Follows House Lead in Re.
versing Coolidge on Com.
pensation Measure; G. O.
P. Chiefs Vote With Dem.
OCratS.
TWO VOTES PROVIDE
MARGIN OF VICTORY
White House Eleventh-Hour Ap-
peal for Support Fails-Reed Eff
fort to Delay Vote Until Satur-
day Blocked by Objection of
Ashurst-No Debate.

AShurSt-N0 Debate.
The Senate today overrode Presi-
dent Coo1idge's veto of the soldier
bonus bill
The measure now automatically
becomes law, the House having
taken similar action.
The vote was SO to 26, two more
votes than were necessary to over
throw the veto.
Several Republican organizatjo
leaders joined with a strong Den,tr
cratic lineup in upsetting the vet:
on vote which was in doubt un':'
the last minute.
Coolidge Move Fails.
President Coolidge himself made an
eleventh-hour effort to stem the tide
of support for the bill. He sum-
moned seven Republicans favoring it
to the White House, but was unable
to swing over enough votes to ac-
complish it's defeat.
Thirty Republicans, twenty-seven
Democrats and the two FarmeT-Labor
senators voted to override the veto.
Seventeen Republican and nine Dem
ocrats voted to sustain the President.
BY unanimous consent, the bill was
taken up few minutes after o'clock
on motion of Senator Curtis, Republi-
can, Kansas.
Senator Reed Republican, Pennsyl-
vania, asked unanimous consent that a
he nnGtnnnad SATURDAY.
Senator Ashurst, Democrat, Arizona.
blocked the proposal with formal
objection.
Less than a dozen senators were alb
sent when actual consideration Of the
bill began with the reading of the Pres
ident's veto message.
Senator Curtis said he believed the
minds of most of the senators were
Senator Robinson, Arkansas, the
Democratic leader, concurred in the
suggestion, and there were cries of
Vote" from both sides. The clerk
then began to call the roll.
Almost Immediately on conclusion
of the reading of the message the
Senate began to vote on repassage of
the bill
Virtually No Debate.
Considerable excitement prevailed on
the floor and spread to the crowded
galleries as leaders of both factions con-
quoted nuTrleQ Cn6CH-upS tOWdTu tHt
close of the report to determine their
strength and maneuvered for parlia-
mentary advantages. The vote was
taken virtually without debate.
The Housl on Saturday by margin
of fifty-two votes overrode the veto.
313 to rs, thus putting definitely UP to
the Senate for the second time the final
word on the legislation.
In 1922 the House over rode Presi
dent Harding's veto of a soldier
3. o hut
the Senate failed by four votes of
enacting the measure into law, the
vote being A to 2S. On the original
passage of the bill this session the
Senate vote was 67 to II.
The bill provides for twenty-year
endowment insurance policies and for
cash payments to veterans not en-
titled to more than $50 in adjusted
service credits.
Roll Call Line Up.
The roll call follows:
To override the veto:
Republicans = Brandegee, Brook
hart, Bursum, Cameron. Capper, Cum
MINIS, Curtis. Dale, Elkins, Fess. Fra
zier. Gooding. Hale. Harreld, Howell.
johnson of California, Jones of Wash
ington, Ladd. Lenroot, Lodge, NC
Lean, McNary, Norbeck, Norris, Cd
die, Shortridge, Spencer, Stanfield.
Warren and Willis-30.
Democrats-Adams,A Ashurst, Brous-
sard, Caraway, Copeland Dill, Ferris,
Fletcher, George, Gerry, Harris, Hef-
lin, Jones of New Mexico; kendrick,
Nick ellar, Mayfield, Neely, Overman.
pard Simmons, Smith. Trammell
Walsh of Montana and Wheeler-27.
Farmer r-Labor-Johnson of Mime
sofa, Shipstead-2.
Total, 50.
Against overriding the veto:
S-Ra11 ROrah. Colt,
Edge, Ernst. Fernald, Greene, Keyes,
Mckinley, Moses, Pepper, Phipps,
Reed of Pennsylvania. Smoot, Ster-
ling, Wadsworth and Weller-l7.
Democrats-Bayard, Bruce, Dial,
Edwards, Glass, King, Shields, Swan
son and Underwood-9.
Total-26.
The opponents of the bonus bill raj
lied and fought for time today as the
measure approached it's final test in
the Senate.
Seven Republican senators who
have been numbered as friends of the
bill were called to the White House
and exhorted by President Cooidse
to sustain his veto.
Afterward Senator Reed of Pennsyl-
yania. in charge of the anti-bonus
forces, declared the situation Ger
tainly is looking brighter" and made
overtures to delay for a, week the
final vote.
The flood of messages to senators
on the bill continued unabated. y
letter from the World War Veterans,
with headuarters in Chicago. indors-
ing the veto of President Coolidge
was made public here. The letter
termed the proposed bonus an insult
to the veterans, which should be
more properly labeled the loan
sharks emergency act.
Veterans Warn Senator'S.
Senators and congressman are due
for sad awakening when they re-
turn home if they think the former
service man is satisfied either with
the treatment of the wounded man
or such a bonus as has been urged
James A. Mcfarland, national COM
mander of the Disabled American
Veterans, said in statement last
night.
The Ex-Service Mems Anti-Bonus
League, having congratulated sixteen
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