Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-20
Both Sides Will Cool Off Dur
ing Vacation, Lawrence
Believes.
TANGLE OF CLOSING
HOURS is REVIEWED
Each Party Appears Confident of
Public Approval-Vice President
Marshall on Senate Rule.

impractieable, and probably would
take mp with the principal sigma
tories what compromise reserva-
lions would be acceptable to them.
Senator Hitchcock said he expect-
ed the President, upon the eonven-
ing Of Congress, December I, to
withdraw the treaty and later re-
submit 1t, possibly with suEges-
lions for acceptable reservations.
Administration leaders in the Sem
ate also are known to be consider
ing negotiation. Of compromises
with the mild reservation repub-
Mcans after Congress reconvenes.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
President Wilson will resubmit to
the Senate the peace treaty when Con-
gress, at the end Of it's ten-day vaca-
ton. comes back for it's regular De-
cember session. As anticipated, the
Lodge resolution with reservations,
and the Hitchcock resolution. without
reservations. have now been defeated,
and the opportunity to consider a
compromise resolution has merely
been deferred ten days. In the mean
time the country viii express its opin-
ion and both sides will unquestionably
Out of the tangle of the last hours
OF the present session certain I'M
mfstakabie evidences and facts pre-
sent themselves as a guide to what
the Senate viii do when it. recon-
tenes. -. 4 .s-ls.,.s
Review Of Closing Hours.
First TINS republican pajority which
came iHto power as q result q .the
elections year ago was split Into
two factions. thirteen Of their number
openly expressing q 5desitA to kill the
treaty OF peace altogether.
Second. Of the remainder-namely,
thirty fonr republicans-the entire
number refused to permit any new
resolution of ratification even to be
debated. or considered, or voted upon,
except the one which was introduced
by Senator Lodge and which had been
twice defeated. That same number
supported Senator La Follette's mo-
Senator Pomerene Of Ohio. who asked
that q special committee of eoncilia.
ton, consisting of Senators Lodge and
Hitchcock and four other senator's
from both parties. be appointed to
prepare a coWproHise and submit it
to the Senate -@
Third the entire republican major
lily REFUSED to permit the Introduction
OF any>amendments or changes in the
Lodge resolution that would make 1t
satisfactory to enough senators on
the democratic side and enable it to
get a two-thirds vote.
Fourth. the votes on the numerous
auestions which came up show clearly
that there are at least two-thirds of
the Senate who do not wish to see
the treaty killed. but who would vote
for it if reservations satisfactory to
them were adopted. The opportunity
to do this was removed by an in
sistence on a ten-day adjournment.
but this by mo means precludes a
revival of these same efforts when
the Congress comes back a week from
Monday. So
Analysis Of Leadership.
The manner in which thirteen re-
publicans refused to stand by Mr..
Lodges resolution of ratification be-
cause they believed the treaty should
be beaten altogether ILLUSTRATES the
difficulties Of the republican leader in
handling his own party in the Senate.
On the other hand, the solidarity of
the. democratic who mustered thirty
eight of their number-which is three
more than neeessary-to prevent the
Lodge resolution of "nullifieation,"i as
the President termed it. from being
adopted illustrates clearly that the
President has by no means lost con-
troll of his party in the Senate
The democrats stood ready to make
these. offers came too late-their
minds were made up. The big uues-
ton for the country to decide is
whether or not the democrats in try
ing to get the treaty adopted without
qualification and in not offering com
promises earlier committed a greater
blunder than the republicans who,
when those offers of compromise
finally did come. spurned them alto
Pride Of opinion. party politics and a
bitterness on both sides that made II
impossible for either to see clearly
the unmistakable desire of the coun-
try for some sort of action on the
treaty has prevented an agreement at
this time, and unquestionably the re-
cess of ten days will help matters. n
will give both sides an opportunity to
cool OF and analyze public opinion. II
to say what it thinks of the mem
bership of the democrats and repub-
licans in the Senate who together
failed to ratify treaty Of peace and
officially bring the war to an end
How Each Party Sees Matter.
The republicans are serenely conf.
dent that the country isn't much
concerned about the treaty anyway
and that it wouldn't lose much sleer
il the whole thing is beaten. Ever
the supporters of the Lodge resolu.
ton with its reservations are luke.
warm in their desire to see the treat,
or league Of nations ratified, and manS
of them are just as content with tht
way things have turned out as ar,
Senators Borah. johnson, Knox AND
Mccormick. who made no secret from
the start of their wish to see tn,
whole thing beaten-league. treat,
and all.
On the democratic side there is n,
encouragement. The democrats fee
that the republicans will mend thei,
ways when they have heard from tn,
country. From political Viewpoint
the democrats are inclined to b,
happy because they think the repub
licans have presented them with a,
issue for 1920 and have made 1t pos
sible to charge the republicans witt
having wasted six months-the entir,
time Of the extra session Of Congress
without doing anything. least Of al