Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-09
RESERVATION To
PROTECT RIGHTS
Of AMERICA IN
TREATY ADOPTED
q Ndment Safeguarding Ma
~ IS Right to Withdraw
~ Membership in League
d %o&9nS Passes Senate,
OPPONENTS CRUSHED BY
REPUBLICAN WAREHOUSES;
G, 0, P, Members Sweep
Aside All Opposition and
Garry the Proposal As Ap-
proved By the Committee,

lay wo7'HNs JouRs>- SPECIAL LEAesn wIREl
Washington, Nov. S.--A reservation
purposing to safeguard the nations
right to withdraw from membership
in the league OF nations, was adopted
by the senate today with every re-
publican senator and six democrats
voting. for it or paired in its support.
Holding the whip hand by a safe
majority, the republican leaders swept
aside every suggested modification
and carried the reservation through
exactly as approved by the foreign
relations committee. Two republican
senators of the mild reservation group
led a stubborn fight to alter it, but
after they had failed, voted for adop-
| ton.
Tho final count was so to 35 and
pairs announced for the absentees
showed the entire senate membership
to be divided, SIS to Al Five demo-
Gratis. Senators Reed, of Missouri;
Gore, of oklahoma; Smith, of Geor-
gia walsh, Of Massachusetts, and
| Chamberlain, of oregon, voted in the
affirmative, while Senator Shield,
democrat, Of Tennessee, was paired in
favor of the reservation.
The first of fourteen proposed by
the committee to carry out program
which its sponsors say has been
pledged by a safe majority throughout
| the reservations, provides:
THE United States so understands
and construes article one that in case
of notice of withdrawal from the
| league of nations, as provided in said
article, the United states shall be the
sole judge as to whether all its inter-
national obligations and all its obliga
tions under the said covenant have
been fulfilled. and notice of withdraw
al by the United States may be given
| by a concurrent resolution OF the con-
4 gress of the United States"
The Vote III Detali.
! Following Is the vote in detail
For adoption;
| Republicans. Bail, Borah, Brande-
gee, Calder Capper Colt Cummins.
Curtis, Dillingham;, Edge, Fall, Fer
maid, France, Gronna Hale, Harding,
Johnson of California, Jones of Wash
| ington, Kenyon, Keyes, Knox, La Fol-
lette, Lenroot, Lodge, Mccormick, Nc
Cumber, Mclean, McNary Moses,
Nelson, New, Newberry, Norris, Page.
Penrose, Phipps, Poindexter, sher-
man, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Town
send, Wadsworth Warren and Wat
| son--45.
Democrats; Chamberlain, Gore,
Reed, Smith of Georgia, and Walsh
| of Massachusetts,.
| Total so.
Against:
Republicans--None
Democrats: Ashurst. Culberson.
Dial, Fletcher, Gay, Gerry, Harris.
Harrison, Henderson, Hitchcock, John
son of South Dakota, Jones of New
g;,h, Mp
Kellar, Myers, Nugent, Overman.
owen. Phelan, Pittman, Pomerene,
Robinson, Sheppard, Smith of Arizona.
Smith of Maryland Smith of South
Carolina, Swanson, Thomas. Tram
nell, Underwood, walsh of Montana
Williams and Wolcott.
Total 35.
The eleven senators not voting were
| aligned as follows.
For adoption:
Republicans: Elkins, Frelinghuy-
sen, Kellogg and Sutherland, Shields,
democrat, of Tennessee.
Against:
Democrats: Bankhead, Beckman,
Martin, Ramsdell, Simmons and STAN
ley.
Fight to Alter Reservation.
The fight to alter the resolution CEN
tered on its concluding clause. The
democrats and Senators McCumber, OF
North Dakota, and Nelson, of Mime
sofa, of the mild reservation republi-
cans, argued that the executive should
have voice in deciding any question
of withdrawal, Three proposed amend
ments on the subject were rejected
by majorities ranging from six to fifty.
Senator Nelson proposed that joint
resolution instead of concurrent res
olution by stipulation for notice of
withdrawal, so that the signature of
the president would be required. He
declared intense partisans" had
twisted the language of the reserva-
ton so as to put a slight on President
Wilson, while he is on a sick bed.
brought down by his hard work, to
re-establish peace
Republican Leader Lodge retorted
that no motive of hostility had in
fluenced the framing of the reserva-
ton. Should the provision ever be in
voked, he said, it was apt to be a re-
publican and not a democratic presi-
dent whose power was curtailed. Sem
ators Nelson and McCumber alone on
the republican side, voted for the mo-
ton and it was defeated, As to 80.
Walsh's Motion Defeated.
Senator Walsh, democrat of Mon
tana, then proposed to strike out en-
tirely the congressional authorization.
His motion was beaten, 40 to 81. Al
similar motion previously by Senator
Thomas, democrat, of Colorado was
withdrawn. Mr.. Thomas saying he was
sure it would fail
A motion by Senator Gore to en-
power either the president or con-
gress to give notice of withdrawal
was voted down. 6S to Is. gaining
scattered support from both sides of
the chamber Senator King, democrat,
of Utah, moved 70 make the provision
relative to judging obliga tons appi-
cable to all the league members but
that was beaten, SO to 80.
.