The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

Mexico; Jones, Washington, Kellogg. |
Minnesota; Kendrick, Wyoming Ken
yon, Iqwa; Reyes .ss New Hampshire shire
Pennsylvania; Lodge, Massachusetts;
McCumber, North Dakota; Mcclellan,
Tennessee; McNary, oregon: Martin,
Virginia; Moses. New Hampshire; N.Y.
ers, Montana; Nelson. Minnesota; New
Idaho; overman. North Carolina; Owen,
Oklahoma, Page, Vermont; Penrose.
Pennsylvania; Phelan. California;
Phipps,, Colorado; Pittman, Nevada;
Pomerene. Ohio; Ransdell. Louisiana;
Robinson. Arkansas; sheppard. Texas;
Shields, Tennessee; Simmons. North
Carolina; Smith, South Carolina; Smith.
Georgia: Smith. Maryland Smith, Ari-
zona; Smoot, Utah: Spencer. Missouri
Stanley. Kentucky; Sterling. South Da-
son, Virginia; Thomas, Colorado; Town
send, Michigan; Trammell, Florida; I'M
derwood, Alabama; Wadsworth. New
York; Walsh, Massachusetts,; Walsh,
Montana; Williams. Mississippi; VOL
colt, Delaware--S0.
This would appear a little sanguine In
view of some recent utterances by SEN
ator Knox and Senator Lodge. but this
poll was. intended to represent, Yes and
No on the whole treaty, which. II was
thought. even the senators who have
been active for its disintregration would
not oppose. Interesting Is a COMPARE
son of this prediction and the vote
taken In the senate on April 4. 1917,
when war was formally declared with
Germany. Then the vote stood: Yeas,
50; nays, 6; not voting, s. Senators
| voting against the resolution for war
| were: Gronna. OF North Dekota. listed
/, above with the proponents of ratifica..
| ton; La Toilette, classed "doubtfur'
| today; Lane. who did not return; Norris.
| now in the ratification list; Stone, no
| longer a member; Vardaman. no longer
] member. The eight senator's who
did not vote were; Flnkhead, Goff.
land Thomas, Tillman. OF these eight
only Bankhead, Gore and Thomas are
| in the senate today, and all are record
ed in the informal poll for the treaty.
| Now, upon the supposition that the
! covenant of the league Of nations VIII
be voted upon separately, as 1t Is like
| ly to be In one way or another. another
result has been culled by democrats and
marked off as follows:
| Against--Johnson, California; Brande'
! gee, Connecticut; Mccormick, illinois;
| Watson. Indiana; Warren, Wyoming
Borah. Idaho; Sherman, illinois, New,
Indiana; Lodge, Massachusetts,; Reed,
| Missouri; Moses. New Hampshire; FREE
linghuysen. New Jersey; Fall. New Mex
ice. Wordsworth. New York: Penrose.
Inston-17. :"
.--Phipps, Colorado; Mclean,
Connecticut; Ball, Delaware; Fernald,
Hale, Maine; France. Maryland; New
berry. Michigan; Calder, New York;
Harding, Ohio; Page, Dillingham;, ver-
mont; Lenroot. La Toilette. Wiscon-
sim.
The vote on reservations, recommend
atoms or Interpretation will be carried
by the majority: the ratification of the
treaty must have sixty-four votes, OF
two thirds both OF which the democrats
claim are assured by the foregoing
count. There are some changes from
this estimate on the covenant when DIFF
ferent PROPOSITIONS are offered. Senator
Gore. for instance. wants a reservation
tipulating that war shall not be declared
until the matter has been submitted to
the congress. There are forty-six dem
ocrats for the league. with the POSSIBLE
ity of the detection of only one vote
from this side. that of Senator Core
There Is on the republican side a stand
| patters' list for the covenant consist
! ing of Capper Norris McNary. Nc
Cumber and Colt, which. in another
line of calculation. democrats are figur-
!; ing upon to add to their forty-six, maxi
ing an absolute 81 to As for the COW
~ enant without reservations. r. NJ X.