The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-11-15
SENATE ADOPTS
CLOTURE RULE
First Time in History--De-
bate on Peace. Treaty
to Be Cut.
WILL SPEED FINAL VOTE
g. o. P. and Democratic
Leader Stood Together
on Measure.

Washington, Nov. 16.--A cloturs to
shut down debate on The peace treaty
was adopted today In the senate.
The action, invoking cloturs for the
hrst time in the ssnate's history, re.
suited In an immediate speeding up
OF the reservation program, the next
reservation on the committee list be.
ing adopted within one minute with.
out debate or roIloaiI. II related 70
mandates.
Republican and democratic leaders
voted tossther for the eloturs, which
means that until the treaty 10 dis.
posed Of no senator may speak in ali
more than one hour. II was ssti.
mated that the step would bring final
adopting the cloturs was 7e 10 1o.
Ine> text OF the reservation adopted
follower
mo mandate shall BE- accepted by
sne United States under Article
AAu, Fart I, Or any other provision
o. the sreaty Of peace with Germany,
except ~ action ct the congress Of
y Vote on Cloturs Rule.
The sixteen senators who voted
against adoption of the cloture
rule weres Republicans Borah,
Brandegee, France, Gronna, John
son (California), Knox, Lafollette,
Mccormick, Penrose, Poindexter
and Sherman; democrats. Gore,
King, Pomerene, Reed, Shields.
Hitchcock Offers Motion.
A minority resolution OF ratification
or the peace treaty, embodying five
reservations. was offered In the SEN
ate today by Senator Hitchcock, the
administration leader. Tho measure
was intended as substitute for the
pending majority resolution. The res
ervations Incorporated in 1t were
those made public previously by
Hitchcock. t
Among the measures Senator
Hitchcock presented was q resolution
for ratification without reservations.
He put In also ratification resolu-
ton embodying "as part of the rati-
rcation" the Ave substitute reserva-
tons offered by him several days ago,
These reservations provide:
That the United States would be
the sole Judge whether it's obligations
were fulfilled If it withdrew from
league membership. M
That no question which the United
S.,stes considers domestic in charac-
ter could come before the league.
That the Monroe doctrine should
not in any way be impaired.
That the councils recommendations
under Article. X shall be considered
as merely advice"
That no dominion or colony shall
vote in any league dispute to which
any sister dominion or colony Is a
party.
As to Article X.
In addition, Senator Hitchcock pre-
sented a new substitute for the Ar
ticle X reservation already adopted
by the senate. 1t proposes that the
United States does not assume any
obligations" regarding the articles
guarantees until in any particular
case congress shall so provide The
language is much the same as that of
The reservation adopted
-.~..-e was given by Senator Hitch
cock that he would later move to
strike out the, preamble requirement
tfat the reservation must be accepted
by three great powers.
In taking up the committee reser-
walton relative to the retention by this
government of control over domestic
G--Jtions, the senate. by vote of 81
to 43. rejected a substitute proposed
by Senator Hitchcock.
Declaring all the DEMOCRATS favor
clotul and think 1t should have been
adopted some time ago, Senator
Hitchcock asked for a ruling whether
the cloture would set off introduction
of substitute reservations or other
motions after its adoption. Senator
Hitchcock said he did not ask for fur
t. + time for debate. but would like
the privilege OF introducing reserva-
TONS. Vice President Marshall re-
Piled that he intended before submit
ting the cloture to a vote to make a
ruling to give the senate an oppor-
| Il nifty to sustain or oveI4lue .is de-
cision before the vote on cloture.
Senator Lafollette's effort to cut off
( i. vice presidents ruling "us tabled
| 60 to 30, all of the latter being cast by
republicans, while eighteen republi-
cans Joined the democrats in sustain
ing the vice. president.
A resolution of ratification without
reservation was also presented by
Hitchcock.
Senaotr Norris, republican, Ne
bl aska. asked unanimous consent to
remit the clotur0 to go ov-r until
Monday so as to permit the further
introduction of substitutes or amend
ments which would be put off by the
adoption of the cloture.