Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-04
TREATY FIGHT IN
SENATE MAY LEAD
TO DEADLOCK, IS
INDICATION NOW
Leaders Try to Fix a Date for
a Roll Call on Ratification,
But Are Unable to Reach An
Agreement,
GREAT PARLIAMENTARY
FIGHT Is LOOKED FOR
Hitchcock Proposes to Dis
pose of the Matter This
. Week, After a Proposition
From Lodge Is Voted Down

Washington, Nov S.-Further indi-
cations that the peace treaty fight
may lead to a continuing deadlock
developed today while the senate lead
esr were trying in vain TO fix def-
mite date for roll call on ratifica-
tion.
Administration senator's suggesting
that the final vote be taken this week.
indicated purpose to defeat ratifi-
cation by combining with the treatys
irreconcilable opponents should the
reservations adopted by the foreign
relations committee be written into
the ratification resolution. Whether
the administration forces then could
present an alternate resolution under
senate rules was brought into question
by the republican leaders, who pre-
dicted that even If such a resolution
got consideration, It, too, would be
voted down
Debated for An Hour.
An hour of debate on the subject
got nowhere and the senate went back
to its consideration of treaty amend
ments. 1t may reach a vote tomor-
row on that by Senator La Toilette.
republican Wisconsin, to strike out
the labor provisions and then, unless
some new plan is devised to hasten
action, other amendments and Ions
list of proposed reservations will be
taken up under the tedious rule of un-
limited debate The administration
proposal for a vote this week was
presented by Senator Hitchcock, OF
Nebraska, the demociRtic leader,
after he had blocked one by Repub-
lican Leader Lodge calling for final
vote on November -. A final vote
on that date, declared Mr. Hitchcock,
would mean that the only opportunity
for a showdown on ratification must
come on a resolution drawn up by
! the treaty's enemies and containing
/ reservations unacceptable to the ad-
| ministration senator's.
Mr.. Lodge, in turn blocked the ad-
ministration program. which would
| have provided for a vote Thursday on
| the committee resolution with It's re-
servatons and would have left Fri
! day and Saturday for consideration OF
any compromise resolution agreed on
| by the democrats and the mild re-
servation" republicans To open the
| way for such move after ratifica-
| tion vote had been taken would mean
upsetting senate rules entirely Mr..
| Lodge declared, adding that II tho
treaty's friends voted against ratifiea-
| tion with the committee resolutions
they would place the treaty in grave
| danger"
Pittman Against Reservations.
Although Senator Hitchcock did not
definitely announce it, his intention
to help vote down the committee reso-
lution he argued that such course,
followed by presentation of compro-
mise measure, would be logical and
fair Supporting this stand, Senator
Pittman, Nevada, another democratic
member OF the committee, said he
never would vote for the treaty IL the
committee reservations went In.
Senate parllamentarians said there
was no precedent to throw light on
| the question of whether defeat of the
| committee resolution would be a final
rejection OF the treaty or would leave
| the way open for offering other ratifi-
cation proposals. Late in the day
Senators Lodge and Hitchcock con-
| ferred with Vice President Marshall
| on the subject and 1t was said, a par
| liamentary battle undoubtedly would
develop when the ratification stage
| is reached.