Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-03

Washington OCI- ----AL ldSI EedCh- ing me stage of action in its consider a-ion Of the peace treaty. the senate swept 1side in quick succession today rhi-ty-six Of the forty-five amend | uenrs which had been written into the document by -fle foreign relations com mittee-
 The smallest majority recorded against any Of the committee pro pcsals was ISs ana the largest was ze All of the amendments considered had been introduced by Senator Fall re- publican New Mexico and were de- signed to curtsii- American particiDa- = ron in European settlements resulting rom the war
 or the nine amendments yet to be ted on. six relate to the Shantung section TVo propose to equaliZe voting power in the league Of nations. and one would limit American representa- tIon on the reparations comm isshon. In me absence of a definite agreement for disposition of these proposals. senate leaders tonight though that the debate miEi.t un on for several days before another roll call is taken.
 Throughout the days voting the democrats presented a solid front against the amendments except for senators Gore Of Oklahoma and Thomas Of Colorado Seventeen re- pG5iicznS- on the other hand. lined up 1=ains- the first committee proposal to De considered and most of them stood
 
 oil calls Many Of them announced -Eey were for reservzt tions which they believed would cover the same ground without endanEering the treaty
 At adjournment the treaty advocates declared themselves elated at the days work and the opposition leaders also were claiming a victory on the show ing made for their amendments
 They mustered maximum strength Of In-rry-one- which. with absentees would be sufficient. they declared, to insure the t-ezty-s- defeat unless sat isfacicrx quslifca tions are accepted. Thirty three negative votes on the nnzl roll call. they pointed out would make impossible the two-thirds major fly necessary for ratisfication-
 nder 2 special agreement. speeches on the amendments were limited 10 five minutes. and nearly half the senate mem bersnip got into the running de- bate which occupied most of the day 0nfy a few senators were absent and r-ErN members of the house crowded into the rear of the cham Der to see the nrst actual action on the treaty. while -r -he filled galleries the ushers stood guard in the aisles to restrain specta- rs from applsuding the declarations from rnc floor
 Orce during the debate the rule against applause was broken. how ever . wave of handcIa ppinE following "a speech by Senator McC-umber of North Dakota a reDu blican member Of the committee. who pleaded aga inst smendmeur of the treaty and concIud- ed by declaring that no harm could como of Americas s doing it's full duty 70 the TerF end The demonstration T-'s quickly hushed by vigorous use ~t the EzveI-
 Only Four RolI Calls.
 There were only four roll calls. all the other amendments being voted down by exclamation The first record Toce stood 90 to s aGains= an amend rnenL 70 eliminate the United States rom representation on the commission 70 adjust the German Belgian boun- c4ry- The senate went on record S1 TO 75 against withdrawing from the >sar Basin commission: 2s to 5 against refusing 10 be a party to the agreements affecting Czecho SIovakia | country from the Upper Silesia settle l nent-
 Vote on Belgian Boundary
 The roll call on the Belgian boundary l amendment follows: For adoption Repuolican-Ban. Bo- -zh- Brzndegee- Calder Curtis, Dilling- ham Elkins. Fall. Fernald. Fra nee, 1 rzhuysen- Gronna. Harding. Knox | La Toilette. Lodge. Mccormick. Mo 1 Lean Moses New, New berry. Norris, | Wzdsvorth- Warren and Watson-29.
 T>mocrats-Gore-- Total for adoption 30 Against adoption Republicans-l Cspper. Colt Cummins. Edge. Hale | Jones Washington. Kellogg Kenyon Reyes. Len-oot McCumber McNary Nelson Shoot. Spencer. Sterling and ! ToxnSend-17
 Democrats - Ashurst Bankhead Beckhar. Chamberlain CuIbersor' Diai Fletcher. Gay. Gerry Harris 1 Harrison. Henderson Hitchcock. Jones 'NeE Mexicol. Kendrick. Kirby Me Neiiar, Myers, Nugent, Overman. Owen. Phelan. Pittman Pomercne Ransdell. Robinson. Sheppard. Shields. Sim mons. Smith (Arizonal Smith (Geor- Eizl- Smith CMsryland). Stanley Swanson Thomas. TrammelI. Under N ood- Walsh fNassachusetts) Walsh | Montana, Williams and Wolcott- I-
 Total against $.
 Senators paired were Johnson Cal ifornis- republican. for with Martin democrat Virginia. against
 Absent and not voting were: John son. South Dakota: King Utah; Page. Vermont, Reed Missouri Smith. South Carolina. and Sutherland. West Virginia
 ft was announced that Senators Johnson South Dakota and Smith South Carolina. opposed the amend nent
 Bitterness Marked Debate. The debate developed considerable Chairman Lodge of the for eiEn relations committee drawing fire from the treaty advocates with a speech supporting the general purpose 1 If the Fall amendments. While the world could not doubt Americas will to come to the aid of civiliza- ion whenever it was threatened he id it was not necessary to take part nj every boundary dispute of Europe" l To this Senators McCumb Der, Pome- -ene. Ohio Williams, Mississippi, and 1 fletcher. Florida replied. all of them ,uotine previous declsratio of Sen tor Lodge and declaring he had faced bout after the peace treaty was neEo- i lated. In his peace speech in the l lenzte last December. they asserted ,e specifically argued for protection 1 or Poland and other small nations