The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-28
BEAT johnson
AMENDMENT I
By the Close Vote Of 40-3S
Administration Narrowly
Escapes Defeat

I WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-The John
! son amendment to the peace treaty. de-
signed 10 cqualizo American and Brit
/ ish voting strength in the league OF ma
| tions, was rejected in the senate today
| by n vote Of 38 to 40.
| On the roll call which came uncxpect'
: cily during a lull in the debate. two
! Democrats joined III" Republicans sup
p0rtinC tho amcndmenv and nine Re
nublicans voted with the Democrats
against il. or eighteen senators alb
sent or paired. four Republican and
/ TWO Democrats were received as favor
/ ing it and twelve Democrats as appos'
ing it.
The senate then took up the Moses
amendment on the same subject. the
last survivor Of forty-siH rccommendcc
by the foreign relations committee
Over the opposition Of the administra-
tion leaders action on this measure was
postponed. the senate adopting 43 to 80
Republican Leader Lodges motion 1ol
recess until tomorrow.
When the senate met. the leaders had
not hoped for a vote before tomorrow
but after a rambling debate Of an hour
and a half, during which nearly every
current subject except the league mao
boon discussed. it was decided not 10
wait on the senator's who had announc-
cd thry would speak on the amendment
this week. When Democratic Leader
Hitchcock asked that time be set Tor
roll call during the afternoon, MT.
Lodge replied he saw no reason why
the vote should not be taken at once.
The suddcnness with which the roll
call began apparently took the admins
tration forces by surprise, and although
they had counted on a majority or SIX
or eight so many senator's were aosen'
, that a sigh Of relief went up from the
Democratic side when the result was
announced. 1t was by far the narrow
, est margin by which any or tho com
! n1ittee amendments had been defeated.
The vote was az follows:
For -Republicans--Ball Bo'
rah, Brandegee. Cappcr. Cummins. Cur
/ It's. Dillingham;. Fall. France. Freling.
huyscn Gronna. Harding. Johnson. OF
. California: Jones. Of Washington; keny'
on. Knox. LaFolettc. Lcnroot Lodge
Mccormick. Mclean. Moses. New. New
berry,. Norris. Page. Penrose. Phipps
| po!nde1ter. Sherman. Smoot. Spencer
Sutherland. Townsend. Wadsworth and
Warren-36.
Democrats-Gore and Shields
Total So.
Against -Rrpuhlicans-Colt
Edge. Hale. Kellogg. Reyes. McCumber
| McEary. Nelson and Stcrling-9.
mocrats--Bankhead. Chamberlain
! Culbertson. Dial Fletcher. Gay, Gerry
! Harris, Harrison. Henderson. Hitchcock
! Jones Of New Mexico. King. Kirby. Nc.
| Kellar. Myers. NSgent. Overman. Pom
creme. Ransdcil. Robinson. Sheppard
! Simmons. Smith Of Arizona: Smith OF
7 Maryland: Swanson. Thomas. Tram
I nell, Underwood. Walsh OF Montana
and Williams-3l. Total 40.
I OF the eighteen senator's not voting
, Senator Walsh. Democrat. Massachu'
setts. voted for the Johnson amend
mont. but later withdrew his vote In
tho absence OF his jair. Senator Stanley
, Democratic. Kentucky. who opposed the
! amendment.
j The others absent or paired not voting
were:
I For NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Calder. Re-
! puhlican. New York; Reed. Democrat
Missouri: Elkins. Republican, West
Virginia: Fcrnald, Republican. Maine
and Watson. Republican. Indiana.
+ Against-Ashhurst. Democrat. Ari.
IONA: Bcckham. Democrat. Kentucky
Johnson. Democrat, South Dakota
Kcndrick. Democrat. Wyoming: Martin
, Democrat. Virginia: Owen. Democrat
/ Oklahoma: Thclan. Democrat. Califor.
mia; Pittman. Democrat. Nevada; Smith
Democrat. Georgia: Smith. Democrat
South Carolina and WOlcott. Delaware
Democrat.