It is unlikely that the long drawn out war between President Roosevelt, and the proponents of various Bills designed to provide for payment of a onus to veterans of the Great W: will be very greatly advanced by the passage of the Patman Bonus Bill by the US, House of Representatives. The House rejected a compromise Proposal to pay the bonus by means of negotiable bonds and has passed measure providing for the payment through the issue of new currency. The second method is obviously worse than the first which itself hag not a great deal to commend it, for the sue of a large quantity of negotiable bonds would immediately tend to decrease their face value so that the recipients would not obtain all that they believe is due under the bonus scheme, It remains to be seen what will happen to the measure in. the Senate, but it may be fairly confident.
expected that should it pass that Qugust assembly it will be subjected the President's veto. when reaches the White House, That would be entirely consistent with the 's often expressed policy in and he would be perfectly justified in doing so by reason the small majority—only. 23, out of a total house present of 337, by which the measure was passed. That it has succeeded at all must be. Somewhat of a disappointment to the President, who may see in it an inication that the Legislature is not quite so sponsive to the White it has appeared hitherto, any gre of the power with hich he entered into office, so much tending towards the conclusion that the domestic requirements of the Representatives' own constitu endes probably induced them to take a shorter view of the matter than President Roosevelt has done.
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