The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-14
ALL ATTEMPTS TO
AMEND PROPOSAL
ARE DEFEATED BY
VOTE OF Sc TO 43
Republicans File Petition to
Invoke Cloture Rule De-
signed to Bring Final
Action on Peace
Treaty

washington, November Is.
Squarely joining the issue
with President Wilson, the
Senate adopted today res
ervation qualifying the obliga-
tions of the United States un-
der Article 10 of the League
of Nations covenant.
solid republican lineup, reiu-
forced by four democratic votes, put
! the reservation across exactly as it
came from the foreign relations com
mifitee and in virtually the language
which the President declared on his
western tour would cut the heart out
ton of the treaty. The vote by which
the reservation was won was 40 to 33.
The fight for the reservations hav-r
ing thus been carried to a climax, the
republicans presented for future ac-
ton cloture proposal designed to
bring final action on the question of
ratification within a week A less
EsWeeplng measures proposing limitation
on the reservation debate only, had
been put in by the democrats earlier IN
~, ~ 10y ~ 1e9eo.eu Mhen tne rePuor
against it.
vote on the question of clamping
down cloture on debate will come
Saturday morning. and the republican
leaders say it will depend entirely on
az ,,s..a s.'e 1'ioNe raiiies
t tme necessary tw we -'h'rds make elo-
were not ready tonight to '' say nov how
they would vote. being fearful that
agreement to so sweeping programme
might imperil their chances to secure
action on ratification of their own.
RESERVE ALTON TEXT
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~ Ntsietg ~ rSser Nhtioh as ADOPTED
! X ,., ~ 'pStitseS ~
oiiitsa states assumes no op-
1sa.ioii 70 pnsseiVe me sefritorlal n
tesriey or poii1lcdl Independence OF amy
osuer country or 70 interfere with con
.roversles between natlonsLwhethe
the provisions Of Article 10. or to EN-
pioy inc mii'ary or naval FORCES OF me
onltea states unuer any article OF the
treaty Tor any purpose unless IN any
paIticuiar case ene 1pnRFess' Whlen
uhuer the constitution mas tne sots
uoWer 70 ueclare War of aushorfze ehe
ehlplosinent o. the nliltaFy Or naval
or JOINT resolution SO proVlae'
IN only TWO partiepiars does tnis ian
guage alti . from ene PROPOSED reser-
walton which the President declared at
1heyehhe, Wyo'' ns Wouiu DC opuseu
70 regard as reJecelom. - reao py
~ w ,iao'i' NY ~. ~ onusi ene ~
VISIONS OF Artcle Zen, occurred az
dllierent place, anu the tinai word
proV'oe "ts chahsea 70 declare.
THE ROLL CALL
rha ro,t call a., adontio, ~ tba rasar-
"a lion foIlo~s
s',,, aaontion panuhlicanspaIf
Rorah Rranderee Calder. Gamer colt
c,n,on,ins DillInrhsm ,sdge EIlsins
Fall Ternald, &rance. Ferlinghuysen.
Gronna Hale, Harding, johnson Cali
formal. Kenyon, Keys LaFoilette, Len
root Lodge, MeCumper, mclean, NC
Nary, Moses New, Norris Page, rem
rose, Phipps. PomdeSter, Shermah
Smoot, spencer, SferlinS, Southeriand'
Townsend. warren ana watson
: Total AZ.
pemocrats-Gofe, heeu' smith sueor-
gia), and Walsh eMass)' Iotai =
Total for 40.
Against. peinocFae s---1As hurst, peen
ham, Dial Fletcher, Gay. Gerry, Harris,
Harrison, Henderson Hitchcock' John-
SON tSouth Dakota)f Jones ,NeW Mex
lco'' Nehurich' hiios' NJ vilel' w
NuSent, oNeIniah' oweh inSls'ti'
man, kansdeh' robinson snepparu
smith tMaryiandl' smiln eSouth ,aro
lina), STANLEY, Hnomas, ifammeii' IN
derwood Walsh tMontaha', Wihians'
and Wolcott' totai ID
sixteen senators not Young
paired as follows;
for adopuon. Jones dshiiis ,oip'
Kellop, Knox, MeCormick' nelson. New
berry and WaosWorth' repupiicdhs' anu
Shields. democrat, tennessee.
Against Bankhead Chan perlalh'
Culberson, King Pomefehe, simmons
swanson and smith tArlzona)' demo-
Gratis.
One vacancy in virginia.
FORCED TO YIELD
Tha administration forces fought
s+,ahornIv through the day. and into
tba evenina to secure some modifica-
tinn 90 tha committees measure bur to
81 ~ thair nronosals the united re-
nuh,ican orpanization remained adam,
go Einaliv forced to Weld Demo-
crst;o I.aader H;tchcoch nut into the
senate honner q set of five reserva-