Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-14
RESERVATION To
TREATY ADOPTED
BY SENATE VOTE!
Opponents Defy President and
"Cut the Heart Out of the
Covenant" by Qualifying
Article Ten of the Pact,

9osA i'd republican lineup. rein
] l. " 10y four democratic votes. put
the jservation across exactly as it
came from the foreign relations COM
mittee in the very language which the
president declared on his western tour
would cut the heart out Of the cove
napt and mean the rejection Of the
| treaty. The vote by which the res
| ervation won was 46 to 33
The fight for reservations having
! thus been carried to a climax, the re-
publicans presented for future action
cloture proposal designed to bring
| final action on the question of rati-
| fication within a week. A less sweep
| ing measure, proposing limitation on
| the reservation debate only had been
put in by the democrats earlier In the
| day but rejected when the republicans
voted to sustain point of order
! against it.
Cloture Matter Up Saturday.
| A vote on the question of clamping
down a cloture on debate will come
| Saturday morning, and the republican
I leaders say 1t will depend entirely on
the democrats whether the move rail-
! lies the necessary two-thirds to make
cloture effective. The democratic
leaders were not ready tonight to say
how they would vote, being fearful
that agreement to so sweeping a pro-
gram might imperil their chances TO
secure action on ratification resolu-
ton of their own.
The Article X reservation as adopt
ed by the senate follows;
THE United States assumes no OBJ
legation to preserve the territorial in
tegrity or political independence of
any other country or to interfere with
controversies between nations
whether members of the league or not
under the provisions of Article X.
or to employ the military or naval
forces of the United States under any
article of the treaty for any purpose
unless in any particular case the con-
gress, which under the constitution
has the sole power to declare war or
authorize the employment of the mill
tary or naval forces OF the United
States, shall by act or joint resolution
so provide"
In only two particulars does this
language differ from the proposed
, fsps walton whith the president de
olared at Cheyenne, Wyo., he would
be obliged to regard as rejection.
AS read by Mr., Wilson, the phrase
| under the provisions of Article X''
occurred at a different place. and the
final word provide" was changed to
declare"
How the Senators Voted.
The roll call on adoption of the
reservation follows:
For doption--Republica Ball,
Borah, Brandegee calder, Capper,
Colt, Cummins Curtis Dillingham;,
Edge, Elkins Fall. Fernald, France,
Frelinghuysen, Gronna, Hale, Hard.
ing, Johnson of California. Kenyon,
Keyes, La Toilette. Lenroot, Lodge,
McCumber, Mclean, McNary, Moses,
New Morris, Page. Penrose, Phipps,
Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot. Spencer,
Sterling, Sutherland Townsend War
ren and Watson Total, AZ.
Democrats; Gore. Reed, Smith OF
Georgia, and Walsh of Massachu-
sets, Total, 4.
Total for. 40.
Against adoption-democrats Ash
urst, Beckham. Dial, Fletcher. Gay,
Gerry, Harris Harrison. Henderson,
Hitchcock, Johnson of South Dakota,
Jones of New Mexico, Kendrick,
Kirby, McKellar, Myers. Nugent.
Overman, owen, Phelan. Pittman,
Ransdell Robinson. Sheppard, Smith
of Maryland, Smith of South Carolina,
Stanley, Thomas. Trammel, Under
wood, Walsh of Montana, Williams,
Wolcott. Total, 33.
Total against, 33.
Sixteen senators not voting were
paired as follows:
For adoption; Jones of Washington,
Kellogg, Knox. Mccormick, Nelson,
Newberry and Wadsworth, republi-
cans. and Shields, democrat.
Against: Bankhead, Chamberlain,
Culberson, King, Pomerene, Simmons.
Swanson and Smith of Arizona, dem
ocrats.
one vacancy in Virginia.
Democrats Fight Stubbornly,
The administration forces fought
stubbornly throughout the day and
into the evening to secure some modi-
fication of the committee measure but
to all OF their proposals the united re-
publican organization remained ada
mant Finally forced to yield, Demo-
cratic Leader Hitchcock put into the
senate hopper set of five reserva-
tions on which he will ask for a vote
later as substitute for the committee
program. The reservations cover with
drawal, the Monroe doctrine, article
tenr domestic questions and voting
in the league.
sharp parliamentary battle was
by the democratic clo-
lure proposal, which had been draft
ed at a morning conference of demo-
Gratis to replace the one drawn yester-
day. The original plan was to propose
4 cloture upon the treaty itself, but
It was decided to confine it to- the
reservations when the point
was raised that ii might otherwise de-
feat the democratic plan to vote down
he committees ratification resolu-
ion and then offer one acceptable to
he administration.
In the conference considerable diff
'erence of opinion developed over the
alternate plan, but twenty-five sigma
ures were secured to the petition
which is necessary to get cloture
'ote. When 1t was filed by Senator
Hitchcock, however, objection was
made by Senator Norris. republican, OF
Nebraska, that the cloture rule could
Tot be applied to one feature only of
ne measure. President Pro Tenn
'ummins, presiding sustained the
'oint of order, Senator Hitchcock ap-
'ealed from the ruling, and on motion
t Senator Lodge the appeal was ta-
led, "A to SO.
Republican Petition.
The republican petition, although
repaired yesterday by the mild reser-
alton group, was not presented until
ust before adjournment tonight. 1t
alls for limitation of debate on the
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