The 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.

The few Americans who favor the measure do so not from any love of this bill in itself, but because they want attention and aid for disabled veterans and decline to wait another six years for a saner program. President Coolidge's veto message declaring the bill "economically unsound and morally unjust" expresses to the letter the sincere belief of the overwhelming majority. The new legislation owes its impetus and success at this time, to the desire of an able, if unscrupulous, opposition to discomfit the President by forcing his hand. Their, act, after succeeding in only the latter point, is rapidly turning itself into a boomerang. Mr. Coolidge has met a decisive test in a crucial political year. He has proved beyond doubt his courage, sincerity, and common sense. With Andrew Mellon; his stand is based on fact and national expediency, not on a lack of economic knowledge and an unhealthy desire merely to oppose. Intelligent and honest minded Americans in all political parties will applaud him and support his ideas. --Yale Daily News.