Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-19

deceased. 1t spent its last sad days
with us and met its death at the hands
of the senate homicidal club.
MAY DELAY VOTE.
vote on the treaty today Is possi-
BILE under the rules, according to sem
ate parliamentarians However. as de-
bate progressed it began to look as IL
discussion of the resolution might de-
lay the vote until tomorrow. On the
other hand 1t may come at any min
ute
Leave it. or take IT, should be and
probably will be the reply of the sen ;
ate to President Wilson's letter today"
Senator Edge. New Jersey. Republic
can, declared. Edge is one of the mild
reservationists.
1.-The time for compromise has
passed. and IL the chief executive will
not accept thetreaty which this body
has worked so hard to perfect, he may
reject it, Edge declared.
Il would resign my seat In the SEN
ate before I would vote for the treaty
Senator Lenroot, Wisconsin. declared.
These reservations do nothing more
or less than to Americanize the treaty,
Lenroot declared.
II shall be very sorry II this issue
shall get into a political stage. 1t ought
not to be a political question. But
il the Democratic party wants to de-
feat the treaty because of these reser-
vations and stand on that platform we
shall welcome the ISSUE"
Washington. Nov. 49, President
Wilson today strongly urged admin
istration senators to defeat the Lodge
resolution of ratification of the peace
Il eaty.
The Lodge reservations mean null
LITIGATION" of the treaty. he declared in
letter to Senator Hitchcock, which
was read at conference Of Demo-
cratic senators today.
II sincerely hope that the friends
and supporters of the treaty will vote.
against the Lodge resolution Of rati-
fication.' the president said. The door
will then probably be open for gen
unine resolution of ratification"
HITCHCOCK READS LETTER.
Senator Hitchcock, administration
leader, read the letter to the Demo-
cratic senators who met last night to
II eaty fight. Wilson stated that the
Ledge resolution in its present form
does not really provide for rAtifica- Il
tion of the treaty.
The letter follows: e
MY Dear Senator:
You were good enough TO BRING me
word that the Democratic senators
supporting the treaty expected to hold
a conference before the final vote on
the Lodge resolution Of ratification
and that they would be glad to receive
a word of counsel from me.
MEANS QUALIFICATIONS
II should hesitate to offer Il In any
detail but I assume that the senator's
only desire my judgment upon the all-I
important question OF the final vote on
the resolution containing the many
reservations by Senator Lodge. On
that can not hesitate. for IN my 0p1n-
ion the resolution in form doee net
provide for ratification. but rather IT.
the notification OF the treaty. I o1u5.
cerely hope that the friends and Uup-.
porters OF the treaty will vote against
the Lodge resolution Of ratification.
Il understand that the door WIN
probably then be open for . eouu1no
resolution OF ratification. -
II trust that all true friends of ~
treaty will refuse to support the 1880
resolutions. s
Cordially and sincerely yours,
WOODROW, Wu0oH. -
GAN DGFeAT. AgooluY7Q91. Sc.
Should the adminigtrat1on e4nnH0
follow the president's roonlGt. ~ >116 s
(contlnusd On PsSe xWeo