The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-03-07
BONUS Gets AID
FROM OPPONENTS
THEIR STUPIDITY LIKELY TO
RESULT IN THE PASSAGE
OF THE MEASURE.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK


the bonus at heart, but who originally
intended to vote for the measure Tor
political reasons came TO the coneiu-
sion some time ago that the country
was opposed TO the measure and they
would be safe In Withholding from II
| their support. Now, some or these
| members have been forced back 10
their first position. and the forcing. Gu
riousIy enough, has been done by OPP
ponents of the whole bonus scheme In
all its aspects.
Veterans of the World war today
are looking forward to a bonus victory
| instead of a defeat, victory made
possible by the action Of the enemy
Men In Washington who are conscien-
tiously opposed to bonus legislation
are wondering why it Is that the prop
agandists In opposition to the legisia-
ton had so little sense when they out
| lined their campaign
Many of the American legionnaires
! In Washington who, yesterday, did not
want the bonus bill to become law,
| today are In favor of its passage. The
ranks of the veterans are being solidi-
! fed behind a cause TO which only re-
Gently many of them were opposed
The instant that 1t was made to ap-
pear that coercive methods were being
used TO defeat the legislation in con-
gress, bonus opponents fiocked to the
standard of its proponents. 1t Is re-
gartied as even possible that because
of some of the methods which have
been disclosed in promoting the anti
| bonus legislation, President Coolidge
may change his attitude In the matter.
Opponents Kill Their Cause.
leave 1t to the enemy" Is not
rule of either strategy or tactics, but
! in this case Leave it to the enemy
may prove to have been all sufficient.
1t is held that IL the Garner revenue
! act. even In form somewhat COM
promised shall become the law of the
/ land. it will be more difficult TO pay
| the bonus than ever, but even with q
! deficit instead of a surplus In the rev.
enues facing the country, the chances
now seem to be that the bonus bill will
be enacted, and then let what may
happen, happen.
In an old melodrama which, as mem
DRY has it, was called Youth" there
was a line not altogether snappy. but
nevertheless truthful. Lt-was to the
effect that the man who talks too
much is fool, and that the man who
writes anything is an idiot
Letters seemingly have proved the
| undoing Of the cause OF those men
! who, for patriotic or other reasons,
have opposed bonus legislation How
a manager of any great corporation
could have thought for minute that
! he could write letters TO his employees
| charging them in turn TO write letters
to their congressman In opposition to
the bonus, and hoping that the fact
of the writing would not become
known, passes understanding, or at
any rate the understanding of Wash
| ington where letter writers have met
/ their fate on many an occasion
Quinn Changed the Situation.
| 1t may be, as a good many men here
/ seem to think, that bonus legislation
will keep taxes up AMI do lot OF
other things unpleasant TO the peace
of mind Of the average American cfti-
/ zen. There is a wonder here, how
ever, how some corporation chiefs
ever succeeded in business when they
have shown SO little sense in handling
this particular matter.
When John R. Quinn. the national
| commander of the American Legion,
was in Washington a day or two ago.
he disclosed things OF which he had
written proof, which changed the
whole bonus legislative situation with
in the time that it took him publicly
to read the letters.
| It is only a coincident. probably,
that two or three of the group which
| seemingly have been active in anti
/ bonus activities are Of the sO-called
Mellon interests Doubtless the secre-
tary of the treasury knew nothing
! about the activities of some OF the
| companies In which he formerly was
/ interested, but the fact that these con-
Germs were in a part at least OF the
so-called Mellon group of Industries,
has helped to damage the anti-bonus
! cause.
| In view of what has happened re-
| Gently this would seem to be an ex-
ceedingly bad time to bring to bear
! in the field of legislation influence
| from sources which in the present
state of the public mind. rightly or
wrongly, are regarded with suspicion.
Huguenot Anniversary.
| President Coolidge has been present
ed with the first Of the new Huguenot
fifty-cent pieces, which have been
struck In eommemoration of the COM
| Ing three-hundredth anniversary of
/ the landing of the first Huguenot
refugees in the United States The
| day also will be the three-hundredth
anniversary OF the founding OF New
York city.
There are some matters of human
world has moved, in connection with
this celebration. and particularly with
the presentation Of the Huguenot
fifty-cent pieces to President Cool
idge. Present on the occasion, chief
figure, was ]. ]. Jusserand, ambassa-
dor of France TO the United States,
Roman Catholic taking high place In
the presentation OF a medal intended
to do honor to sect Of Protestants