The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-07
NFARLY A SHOWDOWN IN SENATE
ON RAT|FY|NG PEACE TREATY

I'll do It" returned Senator Under
wood. and he did. ..sr = s,s -
The move brought d half dozen sena.
tors to their feet and in the maneuvrln9'
which followed. the chamber presented o.
scene Of continuous confusion. Senator
Hitchcock first got the floor to present
! formally unanimous consent agree.
mont for vote. and although the Re.
publican managers interposcd no obtec.
ton. IT failed to meet the approval OF
some senator's and sharp debate en-
sued. 81
Senator Fall. Republican. New Mexico.
bjectcd that the parliamentary sftua.'
tion would not permit such a vote, since:
the senate was acting as a COMMITTEES OF
, the whole. Senator Hitchcock then
modified the request to permit the Seo-
terminated. but Senator Lenroot. Re.
publican. Wisconsin. asked that . pro.
vision be included to permit later
, ratification vote that should include
discussion by objcctlng directly to the.
whole arrangement ..t =
consent, Senator Hitchcock then made Q
motion to the same effect, but Senator
,, Lodge called attention that his motion
to take up reservations was the pending
! over-rulcd Senator Underwood's point
OF order. the reservations at last 1erc
formally laid before the senate.
Acceptance ~ Thrss.
The first paragraph Of the reservation
recites that the reservations must be
accepted by three Of the other four
, great powers to make the treaty bind
Sds 1ns AS 9To@ Ss it olSss has been
draft. SO that the acceptance would b
secured by exchange Of notes" s..
During During the the day Two rev new rsEservation .E
scntcd by individual senator's, will b
taken up after the committee list. Ono
was by Senator Knox, Republican. Penn.
sylvania, proposing that the United
States become only consulting Nom.
bcr" of the league. with full liberty 20
govern its own course in Il respects,
an dthc other was by Senator Johnson.
I Republican, California relating to equal,
ization Of voting power in the league
Narshall's Ruling.
In his ruling against Senator Under.
! woods point Of order, Vice President
Marshall made an extended statement OF
his general attitude toward constructors
Of the senate rules as they relate to the
| treaty.
This is the most important treaty
,, he said. that ever was presented TO the
senate Of the United States.
THE chair Is unwilling to make any
sort Of a technical ruling that will pre-
vent the senate from ratifying this
treaty either without reservations or
! with any sort OF reservations that
majority chooses 10 put into the resolu.
| t!un OF ratification.
The chair is unwilling to construs
| these rules in so strict and narrow .
way that the treaty may be pigeon holcd
| or hung up by such narrow construction
The chair is going to hold that na-
! jori,y Of the senate can prevent what.
| ever il pleases TO the senate In the way
Of reservations or interpretations ana
| the chair thinks that these reservations.
, as they are called. ought 10 be consid.
! cred as in committee OF the whole In
| Justice to certain senators Of the United
States who have been voting against
| amendments to the treaty win state
] mems made that hey voted agains tho
amendments because they thought they
could preserve their views by way OF
reservations and Interpretation"