HEROES: Tnesbaism

Rhode Island Democrats, who last year upset political tradition by taking control of the State Senate, in recent weeks have voted $100 bonuses right & left to Rhode Island War veterans who failed to apply for them within the period originally set by law, ending in 1923. Last week a straight-faced Republican State Senator introduced a bill to pay a $100 bonus to Sergeant Evael O. W. Tnesba of the Twelfth Machine Gun Battalion, asked unanimous consent for its immediate consideration. No objection was made and a Democrat Senator generously seconded the...

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