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Show SENATE PASSES TOE COMPENSATION BILL $4,000,000,000 MEA8URE PASSES SENATE AND NOW GOES TO CONFERENCE Bill Also Provides for Acceptance by 'Veterans of Insurance Certl-- Certl-- flcates In Lieu of the Cash i Washington. Tho four billion dollar dol-lar soldiers' bonus bill was passed Thursday by tho senate and now goes to conference. Tho vote was forty-soven to twenty-two with pnrty linos wiped out. Tho roll call follows: For tho bonus: Republicans. Brandogco, Bursum, Cnmoron, Cap-por, Cap-por, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Gooding, Halo, Jones, (Washington) ; Kollogg, La Follotto, Lonroot, Lodgo, McCor-mlck, McCor-mlck, McCumber, McLean, McNary, Nicholson, Oddlo, Itawson, Shortridge, Stanflold, Sutherland, Townscnt, Watson Wat-son of Indiana and Willis 27. Tho voto for tho bonus : Democrats ABhurst, Broussard, Culberson, Flotchor, Gorry, Heflln, Hitchcock, Kondrick, McKellar, Pitt-man, Pitt-man, Pomoreno, Itansdell, Ileod of Missouri, RoblnBon, Shoppard, Simmons, Sim-mons, Smith, Trammoll, WalBh of Massachusetts, Mas-sachusetts, and Walsh of Montana. 20. Total 47. Against the bonus : Republicans Ball, Borah, Cnldor, Dillingham, Edgo, Franco, Froling-huyson, Froling-huyson, Koyes, Nelson, Now, Phlpps, Reod of Pennsylvania, Smoot, Sterling Ster-ling and Wadsworth 15. Democrats Dial, Class, Myers, Shlolds, Swanson, Underwood and Williams 7. Total 22. Tho bill provides for the acceptanco of ox.soldlors of "compensation Insurance Insur-ance certlticatos" in lieu of cash. This plan proposed by Senator Mc Cumber of North Dakota, chairman of tho senate finance committoo, differs dif-fers from tho bonus plan carried In tho Fordnoy bill passed by tho house and tho differences between tho two measures will havo to bo adjusted in conference tho bill goes to tho White llouso for President Harding's consideration. con-sideration. Tho soiiato added two amondmonts, which house loaders doclaro thoy will not accopt. Thoso aro tho McNary umondmont, appropriating $350,000,-000 $350,000,-000 to onublo bonus beneficiaries to settle on reclamation projects In wostorn und southorn states und tho Simmons amondmont, providing that bonus payments shall bo mot by payments pay-ments of tho Interest of the dobts o' foreign nations to tho United States. |