The sun., 1919-10-28
EQUALITY RULE
I IN THELEAGUE
BEATEN, 1898
Johnson Amendment Comes
to Unexpected Vote, With
{ Is Members Absent.
RESERN ALTON is CERTAIN
Californian Is Insistent, How
ever, and Has Drawn Up a
New Proposal.
RESERVATION Is CERTAIN

Special Despdtch TO The SuN.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.--By a vote of
As ayes to 40 noes the Senate defeated
this afternoon the johnson amend
mont aiming to give equal voting
strength to the United States and the
British Empire in the League of Ma
tons.
The vote was taken very unexpect-
adv. When the session opened at IL
o'clock nobody dreamed that it would
be possible for two or three days.
Messrs. La Toilette CWis.), Knox (Pa.).
sherman Qu) and others had claimed
time to speak on it. None of them
was ready to go on. however, when a
hull came near ] O'Clock, and Mr.
Hitchcock tNeb), the Democratic
leader suggested that the vote be
taken. He wanted TO know If there
could not be a unanimous. agreement
10 vote at 1880.
81 do not see why we should post
pone it at ALL" replied Mr.. Lodge
(Mass). Republican spokesman, to the
surprise of everybody in the chamber.
-Why not vote right now"
Nobody had a reason to sug-
gest for not voting Immediately,
and in a moment the clerk was
calling the roll. Mr.. Hitchcock
had been caught unprepared. making
one Of his customary demands for
haste and not dreaming that he would
get it.
Forces Quickly Modified.
But he did, and the next few min
utes were painful ones for him. for
several Democratic Senators were out
OF the chamber without the protection
Of pairs, having had no idea that a
vote was near. AS the call proceeded
It became apparent that the result
would depend on which side was more
fortunate in mobilizing it's strength
within the few minutes required for
the call.
When the roll call was ended 1t was
announced il showed that six Senators
we're paired for and six against the
amendment, while six, all Democrats.
who would have voted against II had
they been present, were absent and I'M
paired. Thus IL all Senators had been
present and voting the result would have
been A for and 50 against the amend
nent The roll call follows:
For the amendment: Republican
Ball, Borlh, Brandegee. Capper. Cum
Minis. Curtis. Dillingham;. Fall, France,
Erelinghuysen, Gronna, Harding. John
son tCal), Jones (Wash). Kenyon,
Knox, La Toilette, Lenroot, Lodge, Nc
Cormick. Mclean, Moses. New, New
berry, Norris, Page, Penrose, Phipps.
Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot, Spencer,
Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth. War
ren-36 Democrats-Gore, Shields.
Total, 3S
Against: Republicans Colt, Edge.
Hale, Kellogg, Reyes, McCumber. Nell
son, Sterling, McNary-9. Democrats
Bankhead Chamberlain, Culberson, Dial,
Fletcher, Gay. Gerry, Norris. Harrison.
Henderson. Hitchcock, Jones IN. NJ,
King Kirby, Mcclellan. Myers, Nugent,
overman, Pomerene, Ransdell, Robinson.
Sheppard Simmons. Smith (Ariz,)
Smith (Md.) Swanson. Thomas. Tram
nell. Underwood, Walsh tMon.). Will
ialus-31. Total, 40.
Paired-Reed, Democrat, for. with
BecGham Democrat against; Calder,
Republican, for, with Pittman. Democrat,
sganst; Elkins. Republican, for, with
Martin Democrat, against; Fernald. Re
publican. for with Johnson Is. d.,
Democrat, against; Walsh (Mass).
Democrat, for, with Stanley. Democrat,
sgalnst; Watson. Republican, for, with
WolcOtt, Democrat, against.
Not voting, impaired: Ashurst. Ken
srck, Phelan. Smith IS. c., owen and
Smith lGa.J
Abscntees Make Excuses.
No sooner had the result been an
bounced than the absentees began APP
pesring with disgust on their counte-
nancos
Il was absent from the chamber not
Imagining that a roll call would be
reached, said Mr.. Ashurst. Had
been present l would have voted against
the amendment, and 1 ask unanimous
consent that I may be recorded as doing
%
The Senate has some rules that make
the laws Of the Modes and Persians seem
mild and faced, and one of these would
nave been wrecked II that request had
been granted. There were objections
from various parts of the chamber and
Mt Ashurst withdrew the request
Senator Walsh (Mass) on the call OF
Ms name voted for the amendment, thus
once more deserving the Administration
Democrats Later he announced the
Withdrawal OF his vote, and In explsna-
ton, said!
Owing ILLNESS in my house. found
Y necesSafy last week to make a pair on
mis- question in case of my necessitated
tosence when the vote would be reached
md that the junior Senator from Ken
Ncky Mr. Stanley). who was paired
WIN me in my absence, has been
called 10 his home In Kentucky and re-
quesied me TO pair with him. as he
would have done II | We're necessarily
absent Therefore, ! announce that on
thls question ! am paired with the
Iuhlor Senator from Kentucky. II he
were present he would vote Nay, and
would vote Yea. Therefore, 1 withdraw
my vote
Mr. Swanson, first Lieutenant to the
pemocratic leader. arrived in time to
Npaln that he was sadly disappointed
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