Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-13
SENATE GALLERY CHEERS LODGE, HOOPS WILLIAMS Rules of Order Broken During the Debate on League of
 Nations. COVENANT IS CALLED
 "MURKY DOCUMENT" Replies by Charging Massachusetts Senator With
 Attempt to Serve Repub-
 lican Party First.

Washington, Aug. 12-The tradi- tional decorum of senate procedure was upset today by an unusual dem onstration of approval from the gal leries following an address by Sena- tor Lodge, of Massachusetts, chair man of the foreign relations conn., mittee, assailing provisions of the league of nations covenant.
 For more than minute the gallery spectators applauded and cheered in violation of the senate rules, and then order had been restored they interrupted, with howls and misses a speech by Senator Williams, demo- crat, Mississippi in reply to MT. Lodge. In spite of sharp admonition from the chair, there were more misses mingled with applause when Senator Hitchcock. democrat, Neb- raska, seconded Senator Williams speech.
 Vice President Marshall made no attempt to check the first demonstra- tion until it had begun to die out, but later he twice threatened to clear the galleries unless order was preserved
 Senator Lodges address, itself un- interrupted, was aimed chiefly against league provisions, which he said, would make the United States "a subject nation" and ended with an appeal for the preservation of Americanism. The covenant in it's present form, he asserted, would not establish league of peace but would destroy the Monroe doctrine and give other nations the power to decide domestic American questions and to order American troops into foreign service.
 Senator Williams bitterly assailed the foreign relations chairman, de- claring that in three months of pre- paration he had worded his address to serve republican political ends and to play to the galleries.
 Discuss Compromise.
 There was no appeal in Senator Lodges address for rejection of the league altogether, nor was there any mention of the program of re- servations proposed by seven repub- lican senators as a basis of it's ac- ceptance. It was learned, however. that this program had been discussed with him by some of it's sponsors and that conference of republicans would be held within few days at which an. attempt will be made to bring the Massachusetts senator and several others into agreement on such plan.
 It was understood the reservation group felt they had good ground for believing that their proposal would be accepted by Mir. Lodge and that enough republicans then could be lined up to insure success of the movement should the democratic lead- CTS give their assent.
 The uproar in the senate chamber followed an equally tumultuous ses- sion of the foreign relations commit tee. at which David Hunter Miller legal advisor of the league of na- tions commission at Versailles. was vigorously question by republican sen4tors about the genesis of the league covenant and the meaning Of some of it's provisions. Clashes over the manner of questioning the wit nesses resulted repeatedly m inter- vention by the chairman to restore order.
 To Conclude Fight.
 MT. Miller said he never had seen the "American plan" for league or nations until it was in printed form ready for submission to the commls- sion and that later the basis of discus sion by the commission was com- posite plan framed from the drafts of the various nations by himself and e. !. P. Hurst, legal attache of the British foreign office. Under questioning the witness said he was a law partner of Gorden Auchincloss:: son-in-law of Col. E. M. House, and never had any experience in interna- tional negotiation until he was gwen an appointment in the state depart ment in 1917.
 The witness was asked many hypothetical questions about tne operation of the league covenant ana his answers were objected to several times by republican members as eva sive. On some of the questions, ne reserved judgment.
 if was the opinion of committee members, however. that MT; Miller would not be recalled and that no further witnesses would be asked 10 come before the committee in its con- sideration of the treaty. The republican senators who nave agreed on reservation nrogram are anxious that the treaty be dls- posed of at the earliest possible s-re~~-~~~~~~- -~>-->,-,>
 tcontinued on page two'