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...most talked-of man for this choice has of late been Carter Glass. This may be mere political talk; Glass is much more conservative than McAdoo?he was, for example, against the soldiers' bonus. But consistency is not always essential in politics, and Glass has a way of getting things without catering to the donors. He is the son of a late Confederate officer. He began with nothing and managed to set himself up as the proprietor of both morning and evening newspapers in his home city, Lynchburg, Va. He was elected to the State Senate while lying...
...bonus?this bonus?as an issue is past. Senator Walsh of Massachusetts has already introduced a bill for a cash bonus, a harbinger of the future policy of the Democrats?but the insurance bonus is past as an issue. As a problem and a task of administration it has just begun. The Government set to work to solve it. The Veterans' Bureau is in charge of administering the law, but a large part of the work will fall on the War and Navy Departments, which will have to check all applications against their files and authorize the correctness...
Disappointment was general in the matter of the Bonus Bill, but second reflection has inclined many to look upon it as "bunking the soldier" without greatly burdening the taxpayer. The real cause for the universal air of hesitation throughout Business is undoubtedly the coming Presidential election. The nomination of Mr. Coolidge is assured. But the uncertainty as to the Democratic standardbearer, the fear of third party tactics, and the possibility of electing the next President in the House and Senate are holding financial sentiment in suspense. From present indications it is hard to see how this suspension of business judgment...
...bonus was law, by a margin of three votes. Messrs. Cameron, Dale, and Harreld, who had breakfasted at the White House voted for the bill. Buckwheat cakes and maple syrup were a failure...
...passing of the Soldier's Bonus is to both democracy and party government the sorest blow of many years: To democracy, in that a popularly chosen group of law makers could be so blind, willfully or not, to the needs of the country at large, as to pass the bill; to party government, in that its principles, and with them its possible benefits, were thrown to the winds by the rank desertion of certain Republican congressmen...