The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-09-19
FORMAL READING OF
Peace PACT Begun
Treaty Given Reading In
Senate And Fight
Now On


reading of the German peace treaty
for amendment was begun late today
in the Senate after sharp parlia-
mentary wrangle and demand by
Democrats for an avowal from Re-
publican Leader Lodge that the pact
be kept continuously before the body.
! 1t had not been the intention of OPP
ponents of the treaty to take it up
this week, as was advocated by mo-
ton by Senator Smoot, Republican,
Utah, to consider other legislation
after a four-hour discussion. Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska, leader of the
administration forces, insisting the
treaty was emergency business and
pointing out not one line of the docu-
ment had been read, drew fire from
Senator Lodge by asking if in all good
faith it was his purpose to expedite
consideration.
| MY good faith and what l intend
to do Is my business" Senator Lodge
replied with feeling. and the crowds
in the galleries leaned for the first
real fight over the treaty. Senator
Hitchcock thereupon asked Senator
Lodge if he intended to carry out his
promise and keep the treaty before
the Senate.
Lodge Hurls Answer.
Senator Lodge, who had been walk
ing back and forth in the chamber,
halted quickly when the question was
asked.
81 certainly do, and in my own way.
without advice from the senator from
Nebraska" he declared.
T The answer was hurled from the
senator with so much emphasis and
feeling that the galleries broke into
applause.
The Democrats asked for the ayes
and nays on the Smoot motion to take
up other business and this was met
from the Republican side by the claim
hat there was no quorum. Before the
count was announced Senator Smoot
withdrew his motion. end reading OF
the treaty was begun.
The reading cierf struggled man
fully through the preamble, wishl its
= list of all the signatories, difficult to
pronounce. The clerk had read thru
Article III. of the league covenant.
when he reached the amendment by
Senator Johnson, Republican. Cal, to
equalize the vote of Great Britain and
the United States,
Amendment Passed Over.
Senator Lodge, who is chairman of
the Foreign Relations Committee is
in charge of the treaty, which is be-
ing handled exactly as if X were 4
bill, asked that the amendment be
passed over as senators who desired
to be heard on it were absent
Senator Hitchcock and Senator
Lodge then engaged in another col
loquy, the latter reiterating that he
would not attempt. by artificial means
to delay the consideration, but that's
there would be due consideration"
so everybody could be heard. There
was no objection in the end and the
amendment was temporarily passed
over.
After the clerk had started into the
next article, Senator Lodge stopped
the reading with motion to adjourn
until Friday Senator Reed, Demo-
crat, Missouri, gave notice today that
he would discuss the treaty then. and
while formal reading may continue
this week, Senator Lodge said he had
promised friends, including two Dem
ocrat senators, that there would be
no vote until next week.
All things considered, the treaty
had virtually a full days run. start
ing off with a three-hour address by
Senator Sherman, Republican. III.
II was evident that the Senate wat
in a fighting frame of mind.
After Senator Mcclellan had doliv-
cred speech in defense Of the P1oG7
,lent, Senator Lodge, calling atton11on
to the Presidents statement n - ~
dress last night at Portland. 01ns
that the senator in 1915 fovo1o1 -
League of Nations, quoted frorn< DoD1
than score of speeches by ~ H1orl>'
dent to show. he said. inconG1r11 60
on the latter's part. ChanGo q go
had nothing to do with ~ Err
of the case. the senator doolr@
his closing statement TIT ri
States was the best hoDo RI 81
and would remain - m
not become involve1 M
tanglements. was y100r "
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