New Britain herald., 1919-11-18
SENATE RECESS TILL
 NOON ON WEDNESD1
Democrats Will Hold c, ference and Work ( Plan of Action in Me;
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Washington, Nov. 18.-With leaders determined to clear away fore adjournment the long list peace treaty reservations offeredl Individual senators, the senate pected today to pave the way i'd final ratification vote tomorrow Thursday. It was arranged to Yj two hours earlier than usual and stay in session into the evening" necessary to bring the last of reservations to 6 vote.
 Defeat Is Expected.
 It was generally admitted that \ few of the pending proposals hal chance of adoption. The 1 3 reset tions of the foreign relations cI mittee already adopted represed the maximum to which the miIdI servation republicans had pied support, but it was expected d would vote for further qualif1catI regarding the labor provisions equality of voting in the leagud nations.
 Labor Provisions.
 The first subject to come up the labor section of the treatyl which q number of reservations proposed. Senator Thomas, dol crat, Colorado, opening the 'detj declared he would vote against 1s cation if the labor provisions H| not changed.
 Vote Against Marshall.
 Republican senators of the 'J5 reservation group agreed at a ference today, their spokesman to vote with other republicans overturn the proposed ruling of President Marshall which would init Administration Leader Hitchs to offer sub-resolutions of ratifica for the Lodge resolution.
 The mild reservationists also " said to have agreed that after cipated rejection of the Lodge res tion they would support a mol to reconsider. At this point lf said, a compromise suhstitut9 vi lution may be supported.
 Must Deal With Lodge.
 Senator Hitchcock was infosaneG} one of the leaders of the mild rel vationists that he must deal with jority Leader Lodge and not with dividual republicans in ne5otiat1 for a compromise,
 Senator Hitchcock later coafsHeaI with Senator Lodge and asked | the senate recess tonight until nI tomorrow, so the democrats ul hold conference tomorrow xnorsj to consider their future courses@H ton. Senator Lodge was said txo II agreed to the proposal which WcI operate to bring Q final vote Thf f day under the rule requiring the r Iution of ratification to go over day without action except by nns nous consent.
 Talk Is Cut Down.
 When the senate began work ato the secretary's record of time U under the cloture rule showed only 35 of the 95 senators had taI. with an average of 4 3-4 mint each. Several, however, had Il nearly all of the hour allotted each senator under cloture.
 While this would show that than three hours had been eXhaus of the possible maximum of 95 hot debate, it does not take into consid1 ation the senators who may not at all or may use only a small Il ton of their time, and forms no b for an estimate as to when the deb will end.
 Reservation Voted Down,
 Taking it's first action of the the senate voted down Q reseryay precluding the United States entf from the labor provisions. It had offered by Senator King. demodR Utah, as a substitute for that of S ator McCumber.
 The vote was AS to 43. Nine dc crats, Dial, Gore, King, Myers R Shields, Smith (Georgia), Thomas Walsh (Mass.), voted for it's adopt
 A reservation to the peace trd the entrance of the Un States into the international labor q ference contingent upon action by q gress, was adopted today by the sen ID E,yT NrTp yFavY-xosC CnNgNrTYTs~-