Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-10-28
NEW WPROPOSA[
FOR EQUAL VOTE
IN LEAGUE MADE
-Four Democrats Support
Proposal, Nine Repub-
licans Oppose.
MOSES AND SHIELDS
OFFER VARIATIONS

Washington. Oct. 27.-The johnson
amendment to the peace treaty, designed
to equalize American and British voting
strength in the league of nations, was
rejected in the senate today BY vote
of IS to 40
Senator Johnson later introduced an
other amendment. Action on j., was
deferred
Put Off Moses Amendment
On roll call. which came unexpected
ly during lull in the debate two demo-
Gratis joined the republicans supporting
the amendment and 9 republicans voted
with the democrats against it, Of is
senators absent or paired. four repuhli-
cans aud two democrats were recorded
ms favoring it and II democrats AS op-
posing it. 50 unexpected was the vote.
several senator's who meant to speak
On the amendment were absent.
The senate then took up the Moses
amendment on the same subject the
last survivor os A recommended by the
foreign relations committee Over the
opposition of administration leaders
action on this measure was postponed
the senate adopting. 43 to Sc, Republican
Leader Lodges motion for recess uu
till tomorrow.
The Vote
The roll call on the johnson amend
mcnt follows:
For adoption:
Republicans Ball, Borah, Brandegee.
Iapper. Cummins. Curtis. Dillingham;
Fall. France, Frelinghuysen. Gronna.
Harding, Johnson of California. Jones of
l.enroot. Lodge. Mccormick. Mclean,
Moses. New. NeWberry Norris. Page.
Ienrose. Pmpps, Poindexter, Sherman,
Smoot. Spencer, Sutherland Townsend
Wadsworth and Warren-36
Democrats and Shields
Total So
Against adoption:
Repnblieans,,Colt. Edge. Hale. kel-
son and Sterling-9
-Bankhead. Chamberlain
Culberson. Dial. Fletcher, Gay, Gerry
Harris. Harrison. Henderson. Hitch
cock Jones of New Mexico, King,
Kirby, Mckellar, Myers, Nugent. Over
man. Pomerene. Ransdel, Robinson,
Sheppard, Simmons, Smith Of Arizona,
Smith Of Maryland, Swanson, Thomas.
tana, and Williams-31. Total 40.
Paired and Not Voting.
OF the Is senator's not voting, Senator
Walsh, democrat, Massachusetts voted
for the johnson amendment, but later
AttuuIeW MS Note III the absence or his
pair. Senator Stanley, democrat, of
Kentucky.
Other absent or paired and not vot
ing were:
For adoption: Senator Calder. re-
publican. New York; Reed. democrat.
Missouri Elkins. republican, West
Virginia; Fernald. republican. Maine.
and Watson. republican Indiana
Against Ashurst, democrat, Arizona:
Reckham, democrat. Kentucky; john
son, democrat South Dakota: Kendrick,
democrat, Wyoming: Martin. democrat,
Virginia; Owen. democrat, Oklahoma:
Phelan. democrat. California; Pittman,
democrat, Nevada; Smith. democrat,
Georgia: Smith. democrat, South Caro-
lima. and Wolcott, democrat. Delaware.
After the result had been announced
Senators Smith. Georgia, Ashurst,
Arizona and Phelan, California demo-
Gratis, announced that had they been
present they would have voted against
the amendment Senator Phelan said he
would support reservation on the same
subject
Announcing his opposition to the
Moses amendment and the Shields sub
stitute. Senator Hitchcock said the
Shields proposal practically disqualifes
and bars all British dominions from the
league
If It is adopted, it will destroy the
treaty he said