The Washington herald., 1919-03-05

Congress should be and could be solv-
ing these reconstruction problems dur
Ing the Presidents absence"
Poindexter WAKES Sarcastic.
Senator Poindexter issued q state
ment In reply in which he made sar-
castle comparison of the Presidents
address with his speech at
the luncheon to the Democratic Ma
tionai Committee. He said:
There are, at any rate. not so many
abusive epfthets In this statement as
were used by the President at the
Democratic National Committee
for those attempting to bring
peace to the world. peace which
has been delayed three months since
signing Of the armistice; for those
also who are attempting to save the
and liberty Of the Unit
ed States which the President pro-
poses to surrender to a central world
"Epithets are not arguments. and
more persuasive and IL
will have to be presented
by the President before the matter
can be intelligently judged by the
American people. At any rate the
men he denounces have the advan-
tage Of being a group instead OF
single individuals and compose
probably a majority of the Senate,
whereas the Constitution requires
two-thirds to give validity to the
Presidents proposal"
"Round Robin on League.
Signing of a round robin" put
tfra ~ tho a. q IN
record as opposed to the league of
nations was regarded by Republican n
party leaders yesterday as a mas
ter stroke destined to have great
effect upon the sentiment of the
country.
When the Senate adjourned thirty
eight Senators had authorized the
signing of their names to the docu-
ment, the last name received being
that of Davis Elkins, Senator-elect
from West Virginia. Word has not
yet been received from Senator Fall
of New Mexico and Senator-elect
Capper, of Kansas.
Senator Lodge. the Republican
leader. said that although no Dem
ocratic Senators had been asked to
sign the resolution assurances had
been given that seven or eight Of them
would vote with the Republicans.
Senators Reed. of Missouri: Thomas.
of Colorado: Gore. of Oklahoma: I'm
derwood. of Alabama; Chamberlain.
OF Oregon: Myers. of Montana; King,
OF Utah; and Shields. of Tennessee,
are said to be in sympathy with the
principle expressed in the round
robin
Swanson Falls Into Trap.
Some administration leaders feel
that they were trapped by the skillful
manner in which the resolution was
brought before the Senate. When
Senator Lodge had finished reading 1t
and demanded its immediate consid-
Grafton, Senator Swanson objected.
This gave Senator Lodge the opor-
tunity he was seeking; he then read
the statement to the effect that II op-
portunity were presented for a vote
on the resolution the thirty-seven
members whose names were signed
would vote AYE"
Seven Republican Senators who
will be in the next Senate declined
to sign the round robin" These
were: Kellogg and Nelson, of Min
nesota; Kenyon, of Iowa; Jones, of
w AOht Id OAANNACS VI w iS-
consin; McNary. of Oregon, and Nc
Cumber, of North Dakota. Kenyon
did not sign because he pledged
his constituents not to bind himself
on the question until after he had
returned home and discussed it with
them. Jones said he does not be-
lieve in signing round robins"
McCumber. Republican, in in favor
of the league plan.
Counter Move Fails.
A counter move was attempted in
the last hour of the Senate session
by Senator Lewis, of Illinois, the
majority whip. He introduced a
resolution to approve the action of
the President in advocating the
league. Under the rules of the Sem
ate consideration of the resolution
was denied.
During his speech on the de-
fciency bill. Senator Sherman re-
ferred to the resolution signed by
the Republicans. terming IL "a souv-
enir of the fray for the President to
take with him to Paris"
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