Arizona republican., 1919-10-28
JOHNSON TREATY CHANGE BEATEN BY CLOSE VOTE
Effort To Equalize, In Gov enant, Voting Power Of Great Britain And The United States, Is Rejected By 38 to 40 Vote-Ballot Came Unexpectedly
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. The Johnson amendment to the peace treaty, designed to equalize American and British voting strength in the league of nations, was rejected in the senate today by a vote of SS to 40.
 On the roll call which came unex- pectedly during a lull in the debate, two democrats joined the republicans supporting the amendment and nine republicans voted with the democrats against Of IS senators absent or paired, four republicans and two democrats were recorded as favoring it and F democrats as opposing it.
 The senate then took up the Moses amendment on the same subject, the last survivor of 46 recommended by the foreign relations committee. Over the opposition of the administration leaders, action on this measure was postponed, the senate adopted, 43 to 36, Republican Leader Lodges motion for a recess until tomorrow.
 Vote Comes Unexpectedly
 When the senate met, the leaders had not hoped for a vote before to- morrow, but after a rambling debate of an hour and a half, during which nearly every current subject except the league had been discussed, it was decided not to wait on the senators who had announced they would speak on the amendment this week. When democratic Leader Hitchcock asked that time be set for a ron call dur ing the afternoon, MT. Lodge replied he saw no reason why the vote should not be taken at once.
 The suddenness with which the roll call began apparently took the ad- ministration forces by surprise and al though they had counted on ma = jority of six or eight. so many senators were absent that sigh of relief went up from the democratic side when the result was announced. It was by far the narrowest margin by which any lof the committee amendments had been defeated.
 During the remainder of the day speeches supporting the Moses amend ment were made by Senators Sher- man, Illinois; Mccormick, Illinois; Knox, Pennsylvania and Watson, In- diana all republicans.
 Senator Hitchcock and McCumber, republican, North Dakota, opposed it. Senator Knox a former secretary of state, declared the preponderance of British representation in the league was mot calculated to foster salutary understanding among the English | speaking peoples and denied that to amend the treaty would lead to pro- longed negotiations, or shut off this country from the benefits of peace. Full official relations could be re-es- abolished with Germany, he declared. as soon as the treaty had been rati- fled by three allied powers and l Germany
 Favors Reservation
 | Senator Hitchcock opposed the amendment as unnecessary and likely to endanger the whole treaty, while | Senator McCumber said he was in ac- cord with its principle but thought the same object could be accomplished by reservation. Senator Sherman at tackled the treaty in detail and Sen ator Mccormick quoted from Theodore l Roosevelt to support plea for the l preservation of nationalism
 l Charging Senator Hitchcock with 1 inconsistency, Senator Watson quoted