The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-19
SENATE NEARING

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senator's Senator Lodge added. The
| reservations were adopted by free. un-
dictated votes of senators, and. in my
opinion, they will not be modified by
any talk of withdrawal
Smith with Lodge.
Senator Smith, Democrat, Georgia,
opening the debate. said he declined
to allow his views to be controlled by
anyone else"
Il shall vote for the. resolution and
the reservations that have been pre-
sented, tho L would be gratified in
| many respects to see them changed"
he said.
Senator Knox, Republican. Penn
sylvania. of the Irreconcilable group.
said if complete defeat of the treaty
could not be accomplished. he desired
to make il as acceptable as possible.
Senator Lodge asked that President
Wilson'S letter advising administra-
tion Democrats to vote against the
Lodge ratification program. be printed
in the record. adding:
Il think comment is superfluouS."
Senator Thomas. Democrat. Colo
rado, said he would vote against the
resolution, not because of the presi-
dents letter, but because of the labor
| provisions.
| Senator Robinson, Democrat. Ark.
| said. Enemies of the treaty had sue
ceeded, temporarily at least. in ac-
compliShing indirectly what they could
not do openly" and have planned to
ALLEVIATE the nations who were our al
| lies in the war"
yet senators who say they want
! the treaty" he said, "are aiding in this
lplan which gives only comfort to those
| who want to see the treaty killed.
| At the beginning of today's session
| the clerks record OF the cloture rule
| operations showed 13 hours and "a
minutes total time consumed, altho s
| senators had used none of the hour
allotted to each of them. With OF e
senator, La Toilette, Republican,
Wis, out of the debate by total con-
sumption of his time. others near the
dead line" were King, Democrat,
| Utah, So minutes; McCumber, Repub-
| lican, North Dakota, Sc minutes: Phe-
Ian, Democrat. California, 81 minutes;
Reed, Democrat, Missouri, 5SA min
| utes, and Thomas, Democrat Colo
rado, 81 minutes. Republican Leader
| Lodge had used 16 minutes of his hour
and Administration Leader Hitchcock
8 II minutes.
Won't Obey Orders
Republican Leader Lodge in a for
tmal statement predicted that the SEN
ate would mot obey the orders" of
President Wilson with regard to the
| treaty.
The senate has equal power and
responsibility with the president in the
making of treaties" Senator Lodge
said. They will not in my opinion
| obey the order of the president, who
Undertakes to command the senate to
ratify the treaty without the reserva-
tons adopted by a large majority of
the senate, which Americanize it and
make it safe for the United States.
What he commands will not, in my
Judgment, be DONE
The presidents reference to an op-
portun1ty to vote on d genuine" rati-
ficat1on resolution referred to the
plans of the Democrats to get action
on an unreserved resolution after they
| had voted down the Lodge proposal
That plan apparently has been blocked
\ however, by the decision of the mild
reservation Republicans to stand with
Sepublican Leader Lodge against pro-
wang such an opportunity.
Force Compromise Proposal,
The Democratic leaders, however
| say they have been promised a chance
| to vote on an unreserved resolution
| before the committee resolution comes
to roll call, and should the latter
fail they expect the mild group to
| bring the committee draft back be-
/ lore the senate on a motion to recon
slider. In the latter eventuality their
plan IS to present amendments which
| will make the reservations acceptable
1t is known to be the purpose of
Senator Lodge to force the admins
| tration leaders to make their COM
promise proposals before the commit
| tee resolution is voted on. Today's
conference took up that situation with
| the leaders, hopeful that they might
obtain such modification of the reso-
luton as would enable them to vote
| for it.
The conference has been called to
decide upon the final administration
tactics in the fight for ratification,
which is expected to come to an end
today or tomorrow. After the presi-
dents letter had been read there were
| indications that unless a compromise
| could be effected the administration
sena tors would line up almost Solidly
against ratification.
Cuts Heart From Pact
The committee of the whole of the
| senate late last night completed the
work of drafting the resolution of
| ratification. inserting in it the
| called Lodge reservations, which were
! drawn up by the foreign relations
committee. When this was done ad-
| iournment was taken until noon today
when Lodge will report the resolution
to the senate.
| Unless Wilson orders otherwise. the
administration votes certainly will be
| cast against it. as it contains the res
ervation which kills Article x and
| in tie presidents words "cut the heart
| out Of the treaty" and constitutes
ractical rejection thereof
The tentative program was to beat
| the pending resolution then introduce
| the vote on a resolution for unquali-
| fled ratification--which would be
| beaten-then compromise. All this
was tied up with an intricate cam
paign of parliamentary skirmishing.
but the plans are drawn and unless
there is a last minute change. it
seems likely they will be carried ouf,d
| SWISS ENTER LEAGUE.
Berne. Nov. 19.-Switzerlands ad-
hesion to the League of Nations was
hv fha Cuf national council