Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-10
ALL MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS
HAVE TREATY
Printed Copies Of Text of
Agreement as Drawn
Circulated.
SENATE AND HOUSE,
DEFY PRESIDENT
Senate Skaters Precedent and Con.
ducts Open Debate on Treaty
Democratic Minority overrisden in
Effort to Prevent Printing Of Text in
Congregational Record - Newspape per
Worker Furnishes Copy. H..

Washington, June 10--Each member
Of congress today had a copy of the
peace treaty with Germany. The vol
luminous and much debated document
was contained in the Congressional
luminous and much -reba,ed rocument
was contained in the congressional
Record. printed by order of the senate
late yesterday, after an epoch king
fight and just after message from
President Wilson had been read. say
ing that he@cou1d not make the text of
the treaty public without breaking
faith with other members of the coun-
Gil.
The copy OF the treaty brought to
this ccountry by newspaper man went
lntd the record as result of the Wig
oraus effort ex-senator Borah, of Idaho.
and other republican leaders. who
blocked every move of the democrats
to prevent publication.
Charges Of broken faith, efforts to
have the matter considered in secret
sessions. and points Of 'order were
swept aside and the document was or
dered printed by vote Of Al to "a. 1t
was not. however. until Sena{or Borah
began reading the 100000 word text
of the treaty. which would have re-
quired many hours to complete. that
opponents Of the publication plan ca
pitulated.
shatter Senate Preeeedents.
The deep resentment Of the senate
over the discovery tha copies of the
treaty are In possession of Wall street
ffnanciers. prompted it to act boldly
In the matter to shatter the preced-
ents governing. Senate action on q
treaty. and determine on course
which will afford full publicity to all
that has been agreed upon by the
peace commissioners.
Senator Bofah obtained his copy OF
the treaty from a newspaper CORES
pondent who recently returned from
abroad.
Whentthe Senator offered it to the
Senate for publication he started a
controversy which ragged for five
hours to the exclusion of all other Sen.
ate, business. Democratic Senators
tried in vain to prevent the treaty
from gaining publication. but were un-
able to head off the Republican MAJ
jority, which had the support Of eight
of the Democratic Senators. lat
Senator Borah's motion to have the
treaty published carried Al to "a. A
motion by Senator iBeckham OF Ken
lucky to reconsider the vote was de-
feated II to 20.
Debate Bitter.
The debate on the motion to print
the treaty was exceedingly bitter and
was marked by frequent exchanges OF
bitterly personal character. Admin
istration men inslnuatcd that. these
who favored publication ct the treaty
we're actuated by pro German senti-
meY,ts. This charge wasavlgorously re-
sented by Republican senators and ny
Senator Chamberlain democrat Of
Oregon, wha, upon more than one pre-
.yious occasion, has assumed TO de-
clare his Independence OF adminls-
tration dictatfon.
In laying the copy o. the treaty be-
fore the Senate. Senaror P0rah said
ut seems to be beyond controversy
that this treaty Is now being published
in practically all the countries abroad
Certainly copies are being circulated
thruout Germany. Norway Sweden
Holland, Belgium, Denmark, France
and England.
II entertain no doubt that there art
a number OF copies in this country
which think the investigation which
the president properly Endorsed and
asked to be made thorough Will nn-
doubtedly establish.
"My desire has been from the begin
ming to- have a copy Of this treaty
As I said the other day, had the treaty
been confined to making peace with
Germany should not have been &C &C
deeply interested in the league of ma
tions,. which Is interviewer with the
treaty, and therefore have made ev-
ery effort within my power to secure
copy of the treaty
In Possession OF Copy.
" have in my possession g copy'o1
the treaty which am going to ash
permission Of the senate to print al
a senate document am permitted
to make this treaty public by the ccn-
sent 81 those who have given It to me
This particular copy Of the treaty
which I am offering was brought tc
LnlS COuIlIET w, q HOW6popOA 4 SOAtS-
spondcnt. 1T was brought to Washing
ton Yesterday afternoon and delivered
to ME as a member OF the COMMITTEES
on foreign relations. 4 entertain nc
doubt that 1t is a true and correct copy,
andsI ask unanimous consent that the
sanIs- be printed as q senate docu-
mcIt.'s
objection to Senator Borah's request
was made by Senator Thomas, or Col.
orado, who had been refused permis.
sion earlier in the day to insert docu-
meDt which he wished to have printed
Senator Borah therefore made q for.
mai motion for the printing Of the
treaty which was carried on a roll cal
Al to "a.
Morgan and Others Sum nvporvj.
Y Telegrams requesting J. p. Morgan
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