Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-21
TRAMMtLL TELLS
WHY He OPPOSED
RAT|FY|NG TREATY
FLORIDA'S JUNIOR SENATOR
SEEMS TO HAVE COME UNDER
SPELL OF THOSE WHOSE AR
GUMENTS ARE BASED ON
OUR ISOLATION AND PERSON
AL DESIRES

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-Sena-
tor Trammell today made the follow
ing statement regarding his vote
against the unqualified resolution of
ratification of the treaty offered by
Senator Underwood in the Senate
! last night:
Practically all of the Democratic
faction has previously voted in favor,
of certain reservation which would
make plain the intention of the Unit
ed States, that this Government re-
tain exclusive control over domestic
problems, such as immigration, traf-
fic, coastwise traffic and other inter-
national affairs such as prevention of
Monroe doctrine, the prohibition
against Great Britain controlling with
six votes in any matter in which Am
erica was interested. The right of our
Government to determine whether or
not it has performed it's obligations.
eff it should decided to withdraw
from the league of nations, and also
that the council of the league of ma
tions should not have power to direct
and require American soldiers to de-
fend the territorial boundaries and
political integrity of their nations ex-
cept when the same was authorized
by Congress. had voted along with
large majority of my Democratic
associates for these reservations to be
embraced in the resolution of ratifi-
cation and had done so because be-
lieve in making plain the United
States Interpretation of the clauses
OF fine league of nations touching up
on these questions. The same views
were entertained by big majority
of both Democrats and Republicans
of the Senate. These interpretations
were in line with the construction
placed upon the sections involved by
the President. Whether or not the
foreign members of the council of |
the league of nations would have
placed the same construction upon
them is in my mind very doubtful
and l thought the safest policy to pro-
tect the interests of our own coun-
try was to specify in the resolution of
ratification the construction we plac-
ed upon those sections of the league
of nations which are of such vital in
terest to America. Neither Mr.. IN
derwood or any one who supported
his resolution had the least hope Of it
being adopted, but merely desired an
oppression to give the President the
opportunity to state to inc powers
that the American senate would not
ratify the treaty without at least
placing in the resolution of ratifca-
ton certain interpretative reserya-
lions.
81 remained true to my convictions
and voted against the resolution, be-
cause l honestly believe That inter
preGative reservations should be i'm
serted in the resolution of ratifca-
ton. The President has often been
quoted as stating that he did not OBJ
ject to certain reservations. | am :
most earnestly in favor of the league
of nations as contemplated by this
treaty and by vote after vote have
shown that desired such league, but
by strong sentiments for this world
for disarmament and
peace only intensity my determine ,
lion to make plain and clarity certain .
covenants of the league of nations .
which if not defined and interpreted :
according to our understanding in :
our resolution of ratification may
bring confusion and conflict to the
United States in the future. We
must bear in mind that the United .
States would have no vote in the
league of nations upon any matter in .
which our republic is in dispute, .
therefore, unless we make plain our 4.
of certain clauses of Z.
this covenant foreigners on the coun- :
ell would rule supreme when Ameri-
can interests may be solved in direct
dispute. Our nation would be with
out any voting strength upon what
America construed the covenant to .
mean under which we We're being .
tried upon a dispute with another ma .
tion." :