Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-09
TheP official Mill
By C. Could Lincoln.

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and members OF the Senate. 1t Is
inconceivable that this raft Of propa-
ganda will shake the President or
cause him to change his mind about
vetoing this measure. The veterans,
however, have been particularly effec-
tive in their lobbying with members
Of Congress. The question narrows
down to a question Of two or three
votes, which the veterans hope to win
over before the Senate passes on q
veto, provided, of course, the vet
Grams are able to hold all the votes
which were cast for the Patman bill
on its passage Tuesday. Senators
who vote the passage of a bill are
not always willing to 90 the length
Of voting to pass the same bill over
4 presidential veto. Senators must
look to the President for this, that
and the other thing, as well as to
such strongly organized minority
groups as the veterans. While the
veterans are seeking to pry loose a
couple of Senators who voted against
the Patman bill, there Is always the
chance that the President may win
over one or two, or even more. from
the other side
The shadow OF the bonus issue
looms particularly because of the
campaign which Is coming next year.
There are 80 Senators, one third of
the body, who come up for renomina-
ton and reelection. OF these Sen
ators 10 are Democrats and Is are
Republicans. OF the 10 Democrats,
IA voted for the passage of the Pat
man bill, 4 voted against it, and /
was absent and impaired. Seven of
the Republicans who come up for
reelection voted against the bill and
six voted for it. The IA Democrats
who voted for the Patman bill, all Of
whom are up for reelection, are
Bachman, Tennessee; Bankhead, Ala
bama; Bulow, South Dakota; Byrnes,
South Carolina; Coolidge, Massachu-
sets; Costigan, Colorado: Hatch, New
Mexico; Lewis, Illinois; Logan, Ken
lucky; Long, Louisiana; Murray, Mon
tana; Nicely, West Virginia: Russell,
Georgia, and Sheppard, Texas. Gore
| Of Oklahoma was the Democrat who
comes up for reelection who was alb
sent and impaired. The six Repub-
licans up for reelection who sup
ported the Patman bill are Borah,
Idaho; Capper, Kansas; Carey, Wyo-
ming: Dickinson. Iowa; Norris, Ne
braska, and Schall, Minnesota.
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The four Democrats who are due
TO seek denomination and reelection
next year and who had the temerity
to vote against the Patman bill are
Bailey, North Carolina; Glass, Vir-
GINA; Harrison Mississippi, and Rob-
inson. Arkansas. There seems no
| likelihood whatever that the veterans
could win any Of these Democrats to
vote to override a presidential veto of
the bonus bill The seven Republicans
who run the gantlet of reelection in
1885 and who voted against the bill
are Barbour New Jersey: CouEens,
Michigan; Hastings, Delaware; Keyes,
New Hampshire; McNary, Oregon;
Metcalf, Rhode Island, and White,
Maine. These Republicans, all sup
porters of sound money" as against
nat money, have no sympathy with
the Patman "greenback" bonus bill
On the other hand, If the vinson bill
had gone through the Senate instead
OF the Patman bill, one or two of
these Republicans mquestionably
would have voted for it.
OF the II Democrats who voted
against the bonus bill and who are
not up for reelection none of them
seems likely to flop over to the vet
Grams on motion to pass the bill
over presidential veto. and the same
Is true Of five Republicans who occupy
similar positions. On the other hand,
there are half dozen Democratic
Senators who voted for the Patman
bill who might have a very difficult
time voting for the bill over a presi-
dental veto. They may prefer to
support the President.
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! Having passed the Patman infa-
tionary bill, the friends of the bonus
Immediately became alarmed lest they
might not be able to put it across over
a presidential veto. Senator Thomas
OF Oklahoma, one of the measures
chief sponsors, entered q motion to re-
consider the vote by which the bill
passed the Senate. This has the
effect Of keeping the bill still in the
Senate. 1t might be kept there in
definitely unless either Thomas or
some other Senator asked for action
on the motion. Thomas is at liberty
to withdraw the motion at any time.
If he wishes. Or another Senator may
move to take up the motion and pass
it or lay it on the table. Under the
leadership Of Senator Clark of Mis-
souri, a movement was launched to
reconsider the vote and then to pass
a bill permitting the payment of the
bonus with "greenbacks," or through
raising money in the usual way by
borrowing or levying taxes. Such a
measure might more easily pass over a
veto. The bonus bill may be delayed,
therefore, in the Senate until next
week. The funeral of the late Senator
| Cutting Of New Mexico Is to take
place in New York tomorrow. Sena-
tors will be absent attending these
services. If the Democratic Governor
of New Mexico appoints q successor
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neral the bonus supporters may wish
to delay vote on a bonus veto until
after he arrives.
Senator Huey p. Long of Louisiana
is rather anxious to go to the mat
on the veto Of the Patman bill. He
is getting ready not alone for his
own campaign for election as Gov
ernor, Senator or President next year,
but also he is aiming to go into
other States to defeat Senators who
have clashed with him, among them
Bailey of North Carolina, Harrison of
Mississippi and Robinson of Arkansas.
He believes that he can use this bonus
issue effectively. both against Presi-
dent Roosevelt and against his sena-
torial enemies
There Is a vacancy in the Senate
which. If filled. might have some
effect on the soldiers bonus situation.
That is the vacancy in the West vir-
| ginia delegation. Rush D. Holt,
Democrat and Senator ELECT, will not
be of senatorial age-thirty years