Evening star., 1924-04-24

voted for the measure in the present
| form denounced it as miserap plee e
makeshift" and gold brick, ana
formal notice was given that at some
| future time efforts would be made to
amend 1t so as to enable the veterans
| to get cash.
The roll call on passage of the bill
| follows:
For the bill:
Republicans-Brand Brookhart,
| Bursum, Cameron, Capper, Colt, cum
Minis, Curtis, Dale, Elkins. Fess; Fra
zier, Gooding, Hale, Howell, Johnson
keyes, Ladd, Lodge. Mccormick, Nc
Kinley, Mclean, McNary, Norbeck.
Norris, Oddie. Phipps, Shipstead,
Shortridge. Spencer, Stantield, Ster-
ling, Warren, WilliS-35.
| Democrats-Adams, Ashurst, Brous-
sard, Caraway, Copeland, Dill, Ferris,
Fletcher. George, Gerry, Harris. Har-
rison, Heflin, Jones of New Mexico
Kendrick, McKellar, Maytield, Neely,
Overman, Owen, Pittman, Ralston,
Ransdell, Sheppard, Simmons, Smith,
| Stanley, Stephens, Trammel, Walsh
| of Massachusetts, Walsh of Montana,
Wheeler-3:.
| Total-67
! Against the bill:
Republicans - Ball. Borah. Edge,
Ernst, Fernald, Pepper, Smoot, Wads-
worth--S.
Democrats - Bayard. Bruce, Dial,
/ x,
| son, Underwood-9.
| Total--l7.
Cash Option Vote.
The roll call on the cash option
amendment follows:
For the amendment:
| Republicans - Borah. Brookhart,
Frazier. Johnson of Minnesota. ladd
Democrats-Adams Ashurst. Brcus-
sard, Caraway, Copeland, Dial, Dill,
| Fletcher. George. Glass, Harris. Har-
rison, Hefin, Jones of New Mexico,
| Neely, Overman, owen, Pittman,
Sheppard, Simmons, Stanley. Ste
phens, Swanson, Tramnel. Underwood,
| Walsh of Montana and Wheeler-3l. /.
! Total--@7.
! Against the endment:
Republicans--Ball, Brandegee, Bur
sum, Cameron, Capper, Colt. Cum
minis, Curtis. Dale, Edge, Elkins,
Ernst. Fernald, Fess, Gooding. Hale,
Howell, Jones of Washington. Keyes,
Phipps. Shipstead. Shortridge, Smoot,
Spencer, Stanfield. Sterling. Wads-
| worth Warren and Willis-37.
| Democrats = Bayard. Bruce, Ed
wards, Ferris. Gerry. Ralston, Rams,
| Walsh of Massachusetts-11.
Announcing that lie had always
| been against the bonus and always
would be against it, Senator Glass
! called attention that as Secretary of
tho Treasury in 1919 ne had fired the
| opening shot" against such legisla-
| tion. He added that il was un-
! economic and that the service men
themselves and their children after
them would pay the cost.
Limit on Debate.
After the first hour. senators were
limited 10 addresses of ten minutes on
each amendment and several of them
availed themselves OF the opportunity
to speak frequently, if briefly. Lead
! ing the fight for the legislation were
! Senators Copeland, New York; Nc
| kellar, Tennessee and Hefiin. Ala
| bama, Democrats. with their energies
/ directed particularly toward the sup
port of a cash option.
After an amendment embodying
| that option had been rejected, there
| was a general assault on The inSur-
ance bill from the Democratic ranks
but Senator Curtis of. Kansas, assist
| ant Republican leader IN charge of
! the measure. finally obtained vote
before nightfall.
Toward the last the Senate grew
impatient and there were frequent ef-
forts to shut off senators with cries
of Vote" vote"
| Senator King, Democrat Utah.
made an eleventh hour attempt to
have the bill recommitted with in
structions to the committee to re-
| port out measure basing compensa-
t1on on the difference between what
| the soldiers would have received in
! their Vocatfons if they had stayed at
! home and what they did receive as
service men. He said he wanted to
test the sincerity of advocates OF Il :.
ieglslatlon' but on viva voce vote
This proposal was buried
Undaunted, Senator King proposed
| to recommit the measure so as TO
| have 1t rewritten with provision for
| increased compensation for the men
VINO actually fought on land and sea.
Again voted down, he announced
amid laughter on the floor and in the
crowded galleries. in which he joined,
! that he had several other recomnittal |
/ proposals to offer. but saw the fulfill
| ity of offering them.
At the finish there was general
warning that the fight for a. real"
! bonus had not ended, that no question
could be settled until it had been
settled right
Senator Simmons of North Carolina
the ranking Democrat on the finance
committee, vehemently declared that
the service men would find this bill
| a gold brick" just as the farmers
had found the Republican tariff bill
to be d gold brick"
IHere Will De anOtner opportunity
for senator's to vote on this question:
he said. 'at a time when senator's are
not restrained by threats coming
! from the White House. If the Presi-
dent signs this bill after he has de-
clared against bonus, he will do so
because he does not think it is a
! bonus"
Senator RaIston, Democrat, Indi-
ana declared the bill would do all
that should be done for the world
war veterans.
II have been urged by officials of
! the American Legion to support it,"
| he said. "and not to do anything that
might contribute to its defeat. 1t is
my opinion that unless this bill be-
comes a law no compensation legis-
| lation will be enacted by this Con-
gress for the boys who suffered and
| fought SO bravely in order that the
| institutions of this country might be
made more secure and the civiliza-
| tion of the world preserved"
! Charging that the bonus bill was
| the result of a conspiracy Senator
| King declared it was being enacted
to save President Coolidge in the
| coming election.
It's Republican deal to get
votes" he said.