Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-08

i had reaffirmed their intention of vot- l ing against ratification if the reserva- | ! tions drawn by the senate majority are l adopted.
 The initial test of strength on the l l reservation program of the foreign re- 1 lations committee found the republi- | cans almots solidly united behind it. | l the group of mild reservationists who | helped kill the committees amend l ments and the irreconcilable group of I ] treaty foes standing together for the ! first time since the long treaty fight | began. i By a vote of IS to 40. the senate 1 approved, after all efforts to amend it had failed. the committees preamble to the reservation group requiring that | 1 to make the treaty binding at least 1 three of the four great powers must accept the senate qualifications. The only republican who did no tswing into line for the proposal was Senator Mc- Cumber of North Dakota. while three democrats. Senators Reed. Missouri, Gore, Oklahoma. and Walsh Massa- chusetts. voted with the majority. When adjournment was reached, the first of the fourteen reservations was under debate, the republican leaders were claiming they had safe majorities pledged for the entire group. The mild
 reservationists, it was declared, had turned down a new democratic offer
 of compromise, while the irreconcila-
 ble wing was devising plan to defeat
 the treaty entirely.
 The plan to vote against the treaty
 and thus deadlock the ratification fight was declared to have President Will sons unqualified support. Senator
 Hitchcock of Nebraska. the democratic ) leader saw the president during the day for the first time since MT. Wilson
 returned from his speaking tour and went over the entire situation. After ward MT. Hitchcock said the executive regarded the committee reservations !. as destructive" and the preamble as
 ''very embarrassin
 The president was said to have as serted an aggressive opposition to ac- = ceptance of reservations which would Impair the treaty, but to have shown ? a willingness to leave the matter of a
 compromise in the hands of the admin istration senators to be worked out after the deadlock stage had been = reached. MT. Wilson explained. Sena- e tor Hitchcock said. that he had sent y for the administration leader to give }, assurance of his support in the con-
 templated program and of his grati-
 tud cover the successful fight against t amendments.
 e After the White House conference :, the democratic leader declared his con- n viction that there would be no com Il promise until the deadlock actually had
 developed. He conceded that most of
 the committee reservations would be r written into the ratification resolution = and that after the latter had been e killed by democratic votes an unquali- q fled ratification resolution also would d probably fail. Then the time would
 be ript, he declared. for the senators
 faVoring rsttifie atioI without reserva- - tions end those wanting ratification 7, with reservation to get together. o By leaders of the reservation repub- d licars the possibility Of such a com n D -or,ise was emphatically denied. and l. it was declared the group had gone as
 far as it would go in curtailing treaty
 qualifications.
 As it was adopted by the senate. the Q reservation preamble was as follows:
 .'The reservations and understand t. ings adopted by the. senate are to b' d made a part and condition of the reso Il lution of ratification. which ratification IS is not to take effect or bind thu d United States until the said reserva d tions and undergraduates adopted b! 1T the senate have been accepted by al le exchange of notes as part and con J. dition of said resolution of ratification of by at least three of the four principa e allied and associated powers. to wit D. Great Britain. France. Italy ant ed Japan"
 i'd The roll call on the preamble fol os lows:
 D. For Adoption.
 Republicans: Ball. B0rat Brandegee Calder Camper, Colt. CumminS, Cur tis- Dillingham;, Edge. Elkins Fal "A Fernald, France, Frellnghuysen o. Gronna, Hale. Harding Johnson 0 CT California: Jones. of Washington lie Kellogg. Reyes Knox, Lafollette, Len ,', root, Lodge, Mccormick, Mclean. Mc !. Nary. Moses. Nelson. New Newberr! m Sii Norris, Page, iPhDps, Poindexter te Sherman Shoot Spencer, Sterlin! he Townsend, wadsworth and Watson
 Total 45. .-....... .n' Democrats: Gore. Reed, and walsi os Massachusetts Total 3. ;o Total for adoption AS.
 es.- Against Adoption. ne Republicans: McCumber, Total 1.
 Democrats: Ashurst Chamberlain
 Culberson Dial. Fletcher. Gay, Gerr!
 Harris Harrison. Henderson. Hitch ;E cock, Johnson of South Dakota; lone
 of New Mexico; Kendrick. King. Kirhl 'st McKellar. Myers, Nugent, Overmal CT Owen. Phelan. Pittnan Pornerent
  ed mons, Smith of Arizona: Smith ( ,n, Georgia: Smith of Maryland, smith ( in South Carolina: Swanson, Thomas nc Trammell Underwood Walsh of Mon
 tana: Williams and Wolcott Total :! h. Total against adoption 40.
 " Senators Paired.
 STT The eight senators not voting wer w. paired as follows:
 For adoption: Penrose republican
 Pennsylvania: Shields. democrat, Ten
 nessee. Sutherland, republican. Wes
 Virginia, and Warren, republican, " Wyoming. Total 4.
 Against: Bankhead. democrat, Ala tn bama; Beckman, democrat, Kentucky 't Martin, democrat. Virginia, and Stan Tel ley. democrat, Kentucky Total 4. lal With the same lineup the senat
 rejected, AS to 40. two proposals b or Senator McCumber to modify the at ed ceptance requirement.. and also vote ss down, 63 to 25. motion by Senate to Borah, republican. Idaho. to reuuir in acceptance by all four of the power ' ramed. An amendment by Senate w King, democrat, Utah. to make tao lg, recognition of the limited States as
 party to the treaty equivalent to a.
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