Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-11-14
SENATE ADOPTS
LODGE PREAMBLE
Wilson Loses Treaty Test Vote
When Reservation Is
Approved.
SENATORS VOTED 48 TO 40
Mild Reservationists Join in Support
OF First Clause Sought by the
Committee After Defeat of
King Amendment.

Washington, Nov. 1O.-The first
clause of the treaty reservations
drawn by the foreign relations COM
mittee, preamble requiring three &C
the other great powers to accept the
reservations, was adopted by the SEN
ate after many efforts to amend it
had failed.
The vote was 4S to 40, the mild
reservation group lining up almost SOL
idly In favor of the measure. The
only Republican voting in the mega
tive was Senator McCumber (Rep.) Of
North Dakota. Three Democrats,
Reed of Missouri, Gore of Oklahoma
and Walsh of Massachusetts, stood
with the Republicans for the pream-
BILE.
For the amendment-Rep
Ball, Borah, Brandegee, Calder. Cap
per, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Dilling-
ham, Edge, Elkins, Fall, Fernald,
France, Frelinghuysen, Gronna, Hale,
Harding, Johnson (Cal), Jones
(Wash.), Kellog, Kenyon, Keyes, Knox,
La Toilette, Lenroot, Lodge, McCor-
mick, Mclean, McNary, Moses, Nell
son, New, Newberry, Norris, Page,
Phipps, Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot,
Spencer, Sterling, Townsend, Wads-
worth and Watson-45. Democrats !:
Gore, Reed, Walsh (Mass.), 8. Total,
48.
Against the amendment - Demo
Gratis, Ashurst, Chamberlain Culber-
son, Dial, Fletcher, Gay, Curry, Har>
ris, Harrison, Henderson, Hitchcock.
Johnson Is. d., Jones IN. NJ, Ken
drick, King. Kirby, McKellar, Myers,
Nugent, Overman, Owen, Phelan, Pitt
man, Pomerene, Ransdell, Robinson,
Sheppard, Simmons, Smith (Ariz.),
Smith (Ga.). Smith (Md.), Smith IS.
c., Swanson, Thomas, Trammel.
Underwood, Walsh (Mont.). Williams
and Wolcott. Republican: McCum-
Der. Total, 40
An amendment by Senator King
| (Dem.) of Utah to make it possible
for foreign power to accept the res
ervations merely ''by recognizing the
/ OhltC0 OIdlCo 40 u PuA ~ ~ Liz
treaty." was rejected, 46 to AZ.
The senate then took up the first of
the committees ii reservations, relat
ing to withdrawal from membership
in the league. Senator Thomas
(Dem.), Colorado, moved to strike out
the provision that notice of withdraw
al could be given by concurrent res
olution of congress.
President Wilson told Senator Hitch
cock of Nebraska, administration lead
er in the senate treaty fight, that he
would be entirely satisfied with any
reservations supporters of the treaty
might feel justified in accepting, pro
vided they did not nullify the League
of Nations covenant and were designed
for the purpose of interpreting tn,
terms Of the treaty.
In the first test of strength on tht
reservations proposed by the foreigr
relations committee, the senate refused
by a vote of 4S to 40 to strike ou
the provision which would require &C
ceptance of the reservations by tn,
other powers.
By the same vote and with the sam,
partisan alignment, the senate rejected
another amendment, offered by Sena
tor McCumber to the preamble pro
posing that acceptance of reservation
might be" effected by exchange O
diplomatic notes. The committee pre-
amble requires such an exchange O
notes.
The senate also rejected a propose
by Senator Borah (Rep.), Idaho, to re
quire that all four, instead of .thre,
Of the great powers, be required t,
accept the reservations. On this vot
the mild reservation group of Repub
licans swung over with the Democrats
The president, Senator Hitchcocl
said, on returning from the Whit
House, expressed "his very strong ap
proval" of what had been done t,
date. and agreed that no compromis
would be offered unless a deadlocl
was reached on a resolution of ratif]
cation.
Senator Hitchcock outlined his pro
gram as first an endeavor to defeat tn
reservations reported by the foreigl
relations committee, and If that failed
to vote down the resolution of ratif
cation containing them. His mex
move would be to present resolution
of ratification, and should a deadlocl
ensue, to attempt compromise wit
Republican opponents.
Senator Hitchcock was with tn
president for half an hour. Mr.. Wi
son received him propped up in bed.