The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-16
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OVER TWENTY
REPUBLICANS
ARE LINED OR
FOR RATIFICATION
WITH RESERVATIONS
Administration Does Not Yst
Admit Deal With Republ.
can Senator'S. -

WASHINGTON, Aug. iS.-Nsgotter
tions between Democratic and Hepuntc
cans senator's looking to ratification
the peace treaty with reserveHoWb
reached a more definite stage tooays
while President Wilson and the foreioa
relations committee were getting to
gether in unprecedented measures 70
give the public all the details OF tnGI
discussion Of the treaty next fueSos1
at the White House.
Democratic leaders, feeling out senus'
mcnt on the Republican side. were toIo
that the treaty never could DO ferhto2s
without qualifications but, thar NOR
than twenty Republicans wanted TO So.
il accepted in the near future with resrfe
vations along the line Of those aSfse3
on by seven senators Of that party sons
days ago. ,
This information came from memosfS
Of the group Of seven after complexion
Of poll begun Wednesday on receipt
of the first Democratic overtufes. the
tv cnty, needed by the Democrats 70
make the necessary ratification majority
Of sxty-four. had not accepted the PRO-.
posed reservation. It was assehted, ppt
had given their assent to its gensfl
provisions. 81
Hitchcock Sees Wilson.
Afteward Senator Hitchcock, tho Dem.
ocratic leader went to the White House
and is understood to have laid the'Whoie
senate situat ion before the president de
made no formal announcement after the
conference. but indicated that the admin,
istration stand for unrcserved ratifice':
tion remained unchanged. Some Of. ths.
seven reservation Republicans. however.
insist they have information assuring
Democratic assent to their program.
A new draft Of reservations VA,
, shown TO several Republicans during the
day by Senator Lodge. the Repubneln
leader. 1t Is understood to cover thN
four points embrased in the prograA
! agreed on by the seven senators ana ~
include also a provision that appoint:
; ment Of the American representative on
the league council must have senate,
approval. Tho other four provisions -
late to the Monroe Doctrine. withdrawn
from membership. jurisdiction. OVER
purely domestic questions, and the;
right Of congress to declare war vn1o
white Kouss Colfsrsa0o.
Plans for the White House confers0ee
Tuesday, were virtually completed dur
ing the day with an agreement that both
White House and committee xtenoSrapNs
, ers should be present and that q trans
! cription the discussions should be gtvs
! en- 10 the press. Chairman Lodge also
| gave his assent to the presence Of news.
. paper correspondents at the meeting,
; but said that was a question for the
! president to decide.
The proposal that stenoEraphefS -
! present came from the president IL
reply TO a request that the committe1
members should not be restrained ~
! secrecy about the discussions. Mr.. Wiz
son said he would provide stepogrADh-
er and suggested that the COMMITTEES
also bring one Chairman Lodge said u
would be done.
To Kbar Wlt1ssssg.
Although 1t began discussion Of pre-
posed amendments TO the treaty today
| the committee decided to vote on noAo
Of them until 1t had talked with tl6
/ president. There will be no meeting
! tomorrow and most Of next week pfoAs
ably will be devoted to hearing the dfvo
! additional witnesses summoned yeStefs
day. ~
The question Of how soon the. eUfls
mittec would report TO the senate Nee
one Of the subjects most earnestly dir
! CuSScQ III inc MANY conferences 1ulOo3
senator's held during the day. Whtlo
democratic leaders said they believed -
| Republicans would exert their influences
| for carly committee action. II was me4o
clear by the reservation Republicans
that they had not promised any Repub-
lican votes for a motion to take the
| treaty out Of the committees hands.
| After his White House conferences,
| Senator Hitchcock said the COMMITTEES
might report within ten days or tvo
weeks. He made 1t clear that getting
the treaty into the senate as soon -
practicable was the present concern OF
! the administration.
Hitchcock Ts1lS.,
| Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, ranking
Democrat Of the foreign relations COM
mlttcc. told President Wilson today he
| believed the peace treaty would be ~
ported out by tho committee within tsA
| days or two weeks.
Senator Hitchcock said he did no4
discuss reservations with the president.
/ He indicated that the position OF the
CONTINUED On RAes TAI
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