The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-11-19
Lodge Predicts Senate 'WiII
Not Obey" Appeal
HITCHCOCK CONFI s IT
Enough Democrats to - ure
Defeat Of Comm s
Program.

Program. LS |
Washington, Nov. 19.-(A. P.)-.l
Senator Knox, republican, of Penn
sylvania, Of the irreconcilable group,
said If complete defeat of the treaty
could not be accomplished. he desired
to make 1t as acceptable as possible.
Senator Lodge asked that Presi.
dent Wilson's letter advising admin
istration democrats to vote against
the Lodge ratification program be
printed in the Record, adding:.
Il think comment is superfiuous."
Senator Thomas, democrat, of Col
orado. said he would vote against the
resolution, not because of the presi-
dents letter, but because of the la
Dor provisions.
Senator Robinson, democrat. of
Arkansas, said enemies of the treaty
had succeeded temporarily at least"
In accomplishing indirectly what
they could not do openly" and "have
planned to ALLEVIATE the nations who
were our allies in the war;"
"Yet senators who say they want
the treaty." he said, "are aiding in
this plan which gives. only comfort
to those who want to see the treaty
killed.
Four prime objections to the Lodge
resolution were raised by Senator
Robinson-the preamble, the Shan,
tung provinces, that regarding Arti-
Gle x Of the league covenant, and for
withdrawal from the league.
The friends and not the enemies
OF the treaty." said the senator,
should dictate the terms of ratifica-
tion."
If the Lodge reservations were
adopted, Senator Robinson said the
president probably" would refuse to
negotiate 1t.
IF he should make the attempt"
ne added, lit is plain our self-re-
specting allies would not accept"
senator Sherman, republican, of
Illinois, announced he would have "to
part company with some of his re-
publican associates and vote against
the ratification resolution.
Inc treaty and the resolutions pro-
posed, Senator Sherman said, form a
"charter for an international honi-
eide club" that will convert Europe
INTO "legalized cockpit" and pro-
vide no maximum of justice and
write no code of law for the nations
Won't Change Resolution.
republican leaders said they would
endeavor to prevent consideration of
any substitute resolutions from the
minority, but would agree to recon
sideratlon of the first vote on the
Lodge resolution. On consideration.
senator Lodge said the majority reso-
luton would be presented without
modlncatlon and in the same form as
Originally proposed. The republican
spokesmen insisted that if the Lodge
resolution be defeated on the second
ana final vote they would consider it
defeat of the treaty. The republicans
or the mild" reservation group said
the presidents letter had blocked the
movement to effect compromise. and
declared the bulk of their N.faction
would stand behind the majority
leader.
Republican leaders said only twen-
ty-eight democrats had agreed to vote
against the majority resolution, and
That in the democratic conference to-
day a number of democrats advised
Mr.. Hitchcock they would not vote
against ratification.
Hitchcock Confident.
The decision of democr attic friends
OF the treaty to vote against the
ratification resolution containing the
Lodge reservations was reaffirmed al
the conference of democrats. Sena
tor Hitchcock said enough democrats
to insure it's defeat had agreed to
vote against the Lodge resolution.
NO compromise plan was drafted
by the democrats, butS it was sug-
gested that after the prospective de-
teat OF the Lodge reservation, a COM
mlttee of democrats would be ap-
pointed to confer with the republic
ans to that end.
Immediately the senate met, SEN
ator Lodge formally presented the
resolution of ratification containing
ntteen reservations adopted by a ma
Jority of the senate.
Although the democrats stand was
declared in republican quarters tc
have diminished the chances of a
compromise, it was learned a pro-
posal to modify the preamble reser.
vatlon OF the committee so the reser-
vations would not have to have
affirmative acceptance by the other
powers had been under serious con-
sideration by the republican leaders
1t was understood the republicans
had manifested willingness to insert
proviso by which the reservations
could be accepted by the other DOW.
ers by their merely mot obiectins
to them"
AT the outset Senator Lodge aske,
unanimous consent for an immediat.
vote on unqualified ratification. Ad.
ministration Leader Hitchcock sal,
the democrats preferred to wait unti
the Lodge resolution had been vote,
on. Senator Lodge then withdrev
ms request for unreserved ratifica
ton and the debate on the Iodp
resolution began.
Whlie the democratic senators wer,
meeting Republican Leader Lodg
helo conference with Will H. Hays
chairman OF the republican nationa
committee.
Cloture Rule to Date.
AT the beginning of today's session
the clerks record of the cloture rul
E operations showed thirteen hours an,
e thlrty-four minutes total time con
sumed, although forty-eight senator
a had used none of the hour allotte,
to each Of them With one senator
La Toilette, republican, Wisconsin
out of the debate by total consump
l ton of his time, others near tn
4 dead line" were: King, democrat
S Utah, SO minutes; McCumber, repub
lican, North Dakota, Sc minutes; Phe
Ian, democrat, California, 81 minutes
Reed, democrat, Missouri, So 1-2 min
utes, and Thomas, democrat, Colo
RADIO, 81 minutes. Republican Leade
n