The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-10-03
SHIFT Of SENATORS
IN TREATY BATTLE
SEVERAL LISTED IN FAVOR OF
PACT AS 1T STANDS LINE UP
WITH OTHER GROUP.
WANT MILD RESERVATIONS
These viii Probably Be Adopted,
Since the Mere RAD cal Members
Ct the Foreign Relations Committee
Haven't Full Support IN Senate.
sY EDWARD 3 CLARK

ucJun-There las been rapid
<hlfa fin senatorial scenery eH the stage
from which i presented tile inter
Haaaaal drama * the League ii M.
lions
i looks today n If the covenant
It tie league ana the pact IF peace
are n he sanctioned ~ the senate of
The TH51e4 States. bur with re>erva-
lions of kind which wiG set forth
definitely the understanding which
the United States has Of certain ar-
ticies of The document and ny which
this country Intends Il stand in the
future.
TIE reason for the BELIEF. shared
by all parties 10 tie controversy. thai
reservations Hill be adopted Is . BE-
found u the recent praHeuHeemeaFs Of
several senators Who Were supposed
10 BE- favorable n the covenant as
II stands. thai they cannot support II
unless certain reservations are in
Guided Several Democratic senators
counted On from tie first a supporters
of tic presidents position already have
announced that they are in favor Of
certain milder changes which have
been recommended by other senators
who from the first have been in favor
Of lie league bur who also from the
first have declared themselves a
favorable 10 what they call American
reservations.
Tie report Of the majority Of the
committee on foreign relations has
been made u The senate; accompany
ing it there is a minority report The
majority report recommends certain
reservations which some men hold to
be so radical a 10 necesSitate the
recommital Of the treaty 10 the rep.
reSentativeS Of the great powers. The
minority report fayors the treaty as
it stands.
Three Factions in the Senate.
In the committee on foreign rela-
tons the proportion OF members who
are opposed 10 the treaty. and there
fore necessarily Il mild reservations
thereto. Is greater Than the proportion
in the senate proper This means that
the committee majority cannot hope in
the open senate fos the solid majority
support Of lis reported reservations
that ii secured in the committee
The fight IS nov on. aud largely II
centers on the compromise which
must be made f mid reservations
are 10 nike the place of the drastic
ones recommended by Committee
Chairman Lodge and his supporting
committee colleagues. There are three
factions fighting and they are not eli.
yided according u party lines. There
are Al least four senators who would
like 10 see the treaty killed cut Of
hand one of them Is ii Democrat
while the other three are Republic
cans. although II IS much more than
probability that another Demo-
cratic senator Who thus far has not
said much on the subject also Is ep-
posed to the league in toto. There
have been almost rs many snggeS-
gestionS concerning compromises rs
there are senator's who are in favor
of such compromises
Today. however. il looks as If the
reservations which finally VII he
adopted viii follow the lines TO a
certain extent % those proposed by
Senator McGumber aud acquiesed IN
in considerable part. AT least by a
number Of Republicans. and, il IS he
+ lleved. by several Democrats
Changes in Senate Personnel.
N-.,r--r4.sr,..r ~. .2r.,5r
ers whose duties frequently take
them to the capital wonder sometimes
+ II the people realize the changing ma
+ fnre of the personnel of the senate.
The senate always has been consid-
cred body not 50 thoroughly repre-
sentative of the people as the house,
and Yet the changes which occur In
+ the membership Of the senate are
something like startling
To-Day there are only eleven United
j States senators who were I'm the upper
+ chamber sixteen years ago when the
writer Of this first came 10 Washing
ton as q correspondents This means
that there are eighty=fre men in the
upper chamber. who we're not there six
teen wears ago. and. as a senators
term Is six years the fact i made even
the more remarkable. To put it an
other way There are eighty five Sena-
tors in the UPPER chamber who have
started cir services for the country
since tie year l993
The thing might 10 put also in an
other way While There are eighty.
five senators vino have been in the up
per. sauher loss than sixteen Years.
there have been any number Of ~ena-
-. re- come and 10 - within that Pc
ciaa enc - - into THE hundreds
when ~ f=.res ~ The changes which
he hs..n made in the membership
Iaf the Senate It's the last sixteen years.
Iris makes thnss leoE as II the peo-
gle baa something directly = ~as about
e - Should represent them in Tire up
9er chamber
Senator ledge Holds Record.
Henrz Cabot Loaee - MasSachu
s-ff- has The longest continuous sery
Ice OF ans senator of the Enitet
INTERNATIONAL ExPoslTtoNs.