Arizona republican., 1919-09-27
DEMOCRATS ABANDON HOPE FOR PACT ACCEPTANCE
 WITHOUT SOME AMENDMENTS
Effort to Speed Up Work on
 Covenant Fails-Vote on Fall Amendment Expect
 ed Within Next Few Days
[Republican A. p. Leased wirel

WASHINGTON, Sept 26.-The Ger man peace treaty got nearly six hours of speeding up in the senate today but without reaching the Fall amendments which had been made the special or der of business by strict party vote earlier in the week
 Chairman Lodge of the foreign rela tions committee called up the pact two hours ahead of the regular schedule. and from that time until adjournment it was discussed continually, with big crowd looking on from the galleries and afraid to cheer because of ominous warnings from guards with orders to eject those who made a noise with hands or feet
 Just before the discussion start
 ed with an address by Senator
 Cummins, republican of Iowa, at
 taeking the league of nations
 covenant, republicans and demo
 crats alike had heard reports that
 the president, on his way home
 from his western speaking trip,
 would be advised Monday, perhaps,
 by some democratic leaders tha,
 there was no hope of ratifying the
 treaty without reservations. There
 was no reference however, in the
 long debate, to the presidents can.
 cellation of the rest of his speaking
 program.
 Order Reading of Text
 After a colloquy between Senator Hitchcock of. Nebraska, in charge of the administration forces, and Senator Lodge concerning methods of procedure relating to the Fall amendments, which would exempt the United States from representation on foreign commissions created under the treaty, reading of that part of the printed text taking in the last of the 32 amendments was orr dered. But the reading was never started. Senator Hitchcock had con- tended that the agreement was to vote on the amendments today. but calling for the record, Senator Lodge and oth- CTS showed only consideration was to begin today and in order to save time it was further agreed to get through with the reading before opening the i debate
 Senator Williams, democrat of Miss issippi, coming late into the chamber asked permission to put into the record certain documents sent to him from 1 California concerning Senator John sons fight against the league of na- l tions.
 l Williams and Johnson Clash i Senator Williams had just remarked l that Senator Johnson was returning to 1 continue his attack on the president and | to look after his political fences when 1 the latter walked down the aisle, with | fire in his eye.
 l That opened the flood gates of ora i tory and the senate never got down to it's reading. Vice president Marshall announced, however, that the business before the senate was the Fall amend ments. which would come up automa- i tically every day at ? o'clock or earlier, l and while he did not expect the debate | to deal ssolely with this matter, the amendments would remain the order of business until disposed of finally. Senator Johnson, who started tonight for California, pleaded for adoption of I his amendment to the league covenant which would give the United States the same voting power as Great Britain, and declared that he was going among 1 the people to point out to them that the pact was an affront to the patriot ism of the American people.