Who's How

The soldier bonus bill, now resting quietly on a siding in the Ways and Means Committee, is almost certain to come up for consideration sooner or later. In recognition of this fact, members of the Committee are waiting for a caucus of the House Republicans to determine and to take the responsibility for the time when the bonus bill shall be reported out. Meanwhile conjecture centers chiefly on the question of whether the bill can be passed over the President's expected veto.

There is no doubt that the bill will be passed originally. A veto by President Coolidge is almost equally certain. The House is expected to muster without difficulty a two-thirds vote to repass the bill over the veto. In the Senate the real fate of the bill will be determined.

Senator Smoot, Chairman of the Finance Committee, has asseverated his opinion that there will be enough votes to pass the bonus over a veto. The best available poll of the Senate indicates that there are 28 Senators who will certainly vote against the bill the second time, with a possibility that they will be joined by three others--making 31 votes. But 33 out of 96 votes are needed by the opponents of the bill to prevent its enactment. Will others change their minds?

As it is, the expected division breaks the ranks of both parties. An indication of how the Senate will vote is given by the following list of the smaller of the two groups, those who are expected to oppose the bonus--at least, after it has been vetoed:

REPUBLICANS

Ball, Dela. Borah, Ida. Cameron, Ariz. Edge, N. J. Ernst, Ky. Fernald, Me. Grene, Vt. Keyes, N. H. McKinley, 111. Moses, N. H. Pepper, Pa. Phipps, Colo. Reed, Pa. Smoot, Utah Sterling, S. D. Wadsworth, N. Y. Warren, Wyo. Weller, Md. Howell*, Neb.

DEMOCRATS

Bayard, Dela. Bruce, Md. Dial, S. C. Edwards, N. J. Glass, Va. King, Utah Owen, Okla. Shields, Tenn. Swanson, Va. Underwood, Ala. George,* Ga. Stanley,* Ky.

*Committed to vote for the bonus at first, but uncertain to vote to override a veto.