Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-27
PEACE TREATY IS
DE EBABTED FOR SIX
HOURS IN SENATE
Discussion of Pact Is Speeded
Up Rumors Are That Rati-
tiCation Without ReServa-
tons Is Not Possible.

Washington, Sept. 26.-The Ger
man peace treaty got nearly six hours
of speeding up in the senate today,
but without reaching the Fan
amendments which had been made
the special order of business by a
strict party vote earlier in the week.
Chairman Lodge of the foreign rela-
tons committee called up the pact
Cwo hours ahead of the regular
schedule, and from that time until ad-
Journment il was discussed continual
~, with a big crowd looking on from
The galleries and afraid to cheer be-
cause of ominous warnings from
guards with orders to eject those who
mace a s,olse with hands or feet.
just before the discussion started
with an address by senator Cummins,
tepublican, of Iowa, attacking the
.oasuC of nations covenant. republi-
cans and democrats alike had heard
reports that the president, on his way
home flom his western speaking trip,
would he advised Monday, perhaps
by some democratic leaders that there
was no hope of ratifying the treaty
without reservations. There was no
reference, however, in the long de-
bate, to the presidents cancellation of
the rest of his speaking program.
After colloquy' between Senator
Hitchcock Of Nebraska, in charge of
the administration forces, and Senator
Lodge, concerning methods of pro-
cedure relating TO the Fall amend
ments, which would exempt the Unit
ed States from representation on for
eign commissions created under the
treaty reading of that part of the
printed text taking in the last of the
thirty-two amendments was ordered.
But the reading was never started.
senator Hitchcock had contendcd that
the agreement was TO vote on the
amendments today but calling for the
record, Senator Lodge and others
showed only consideration was to be-
ein today and in order to save time
1t was further agreed to get through |
with the reading before opening the !
debate.
senator Williams, democrat, of Mis-
coming late into the chamber, |
asked permission to put into the rec
ord certain documents sent to him !
from California concerning Senalo |
Johnson's fight against the league of |
nations Senator Williams had just |
remarked that Senator johnson was
returning TO CallOfnla TO commune MS |
attack on the president and to look |
after his political fences, when the lat
ter walked down the aisle, with fire /
in his eye.
That opened the floodgates of ora
tory and the senate never got down to
its reading Vice President Marshall |
however, that the business
before the senate was the all amend
ments, which would come up auto
every day at 2 o'clock or
earlier, and while he did not expect
the debate to deal solely with this
matter, the amendments would re-
main the order of business until dis
posed of finally
Senator johnson, who started to-
night for California, pleaded for adop
ton of his amendment to the league
covenant. which would give the Unit
ed States the same voting power as
Great Britain, and declared that he
was going among the people to point
out to them that the pact was an af-
front to the patriotism of the Ameri
can people.