The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-21
PACT'S FRIENDS
IN DESPERATION
CALL MARSHALL
Democrats Fear His Vote
May Be Needed OH john
son Amendment.
LEAGUE FOES CONFIDENT
Senators Believe Wilson's
Campaign to Brighten Ma
tion Has Failed Miserably.
LEAGUE FOES CONFIDENT
Special Despotch to Tnr .sux.

date on which the Senate will report
the first test vote on any proposition
related to the peace treaty or League
of Nations.
This was given as the judgment of
the Senate leaders. The Democrats
are making determined efforts to
hasten the showdown because Of their
conviction that their position is grow
ing daily weaker as the country is at
tanning a better understanding of the
whole proposition. While maintaining
the most confident front, for a fort
night they have been admitting among
themselves that the Presidents effort
to frighten the country into line for
ratification has failed miserably.
The stories which are now coming in
from the Johnson -Borah tour of the
West have made it plain that their
meetings have produced real enthusi-
asm among the opposition.
Although the Democrats boasted to-
day that they had sufficient votes-ffty
at an offhand approximation-to prevent
the passage Of the Johnson amendment,
the leaders of the forces advocating the
passage of the treaty saw fit to send a
telegram to Vice-President Marshall ad-
vising him to return to the capital in
time for the first test vote. The Demo-
| cratic leaders we're careful to explain
that they had no idea that a tie vote
might result and the Vice-President
exercising his right in that event, might
not hn hn
| time these Democratic chiefs thought II
would be following a policy of safety
first" to have the Vice-Presdent In the
offing so that his vote would be avail
| able in case something went wrong with
present predictions.
johnson to Answer Wilson.
| 1t was announced this evening that ali
question about Senator johnson (Cal.
going on to the Pacific coast was at an
| end. He has been assured that his
colleagues want him TO finish the triT
and his own wishes are completely ir
accord with theirs, In view of the at
tacks which President Wilson has mad,
in California on the opponents of the
| league. Mr.. Johnson is determined tc
answer President Wilson in his owr
State and it is promised by those who
most recently have communicated with
the Senator that he will make bushes.
very active when he gets back to tn,
Golden Gate.
The Senator as well as his friends
have been anxious that he should b,
here to handle the fight for his Owl
amendment. which is the one most feared
by the Administration forces. Il the!
could be assured of its defeat the.
would be confident that no other amepd
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chance to carry. Conversely they no
only fear that this one will carry bu
that it will prove an entering wedge fol
others.
Some Of the newspapers hostile to tn,
Senator in his own State have statet
that ne was afraid to follow the Presi
dent in California" That view of tn
matter has served to agitate the John
sonian choler to the boiling point. s.
following kilograms which were sent t.
him by Senators Lodge (Mass.) and Kno!
(Pa-) yesterday and Senator Boral
(Idaho) to-day all urging him to go oil
and assuring him that the situation wa
we'll in hand here it was announced to
night that he would complete the tril
unless matters now unforeseen arise t,
change his plans.
Cummins and Reed TO Speak.
The Senate will have a good deal o
treaty in its programme next week
Senator Frelinghuysen IN. J.) was t,
have spoken on Tuesday, but probabl!
will be unable to do 30 on account of tn,
primaries in New Jersey that day. Sena
tors Cummins (Ia.) and Reed (Mo.
have claimed time for addresses In op
position TO the treaty and both speeche
are anticipated with unusual interest
Senator Reed is understood to have pre
pared a close analytical legal study O
the treaty and league which will be de
livered on Monday.
Reading of the treaty will continue il
the Senate when there are not speaker
to occupy the time. In the Foreign Re
lations Committee II required abou
twenty hours of continuous reading /
complete the document, but fewer hour
probably will suffice in the Senate wher
the proceeding is faster. II Is not en-
pected that vote will be taken on an,
of the amendments until the reading o
the entire document has been complete,
and after long debate. While October
is commonly set as the earliest date TO
test vote II may be considerably late
owing to the Zest with which the John
son amendment is going to be debated.
A final vote on the treaty IL not ex
pected before the middle OF November
The battalion OF death" Senators. de
termined to defeat the treaty entirel
IL they can muster the strength, insls
! there will be no disposal OF 1t at thi
session. They say that after the reser
vations and any amendments ar
adopted the fight will have passed onl
its first phase; the next struggle will
be 10 muster the thirty-three votes nee
essary to defeat the treaty. This will
be a straight out contest for an
against. In which the broader question
of merits will be presented squarely.