Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-30
Last One of the 46 Attached to
Senate Foreign Relation Com
mittee's Report Is Defeated
Passes into History
NEW OBSTACLE APPEARS
Determined Group OF Senator's VIII
Launch a Fight To-day to Eliminate
Labor Section of Treaty-Debate
May Last Week

Washington, Oct. 2s.-The forty-six
amendments attached to the peace treaty
by the foreign relations committee pass
ed into history to-day when the last
survivor Of the group. a proposal by Sem
ator Moses, Republican, New Hampshire.
| to revise voting strength in the League
| of Nations, was consigned to the dis
card In the Senate by vote of AZ to 36.
| As If gaining impetus by this accom-
! plishment, the Senate then upset two
more proposed textuaI changes In the
| treaty brought in by individual sena-
! tors. One of them presented by Senator
! Sherman, Republican, Illinois, and pro-
posing to write into The treaty preamble
reference to the Deity was laid on the
table by n vote of 81 to q. The other
sponsored by Senator Johnson, Repub-
ltcan, California. as new solution for
voting inequality in the league was killel
outright by count of 43 to IS.
At adjournment. however, the effort to
hasten final action had brought up against
an obstacle which seemed likely 10 pre-
vent further progress for several days.
Tomorrow a determined group of sena-
tors will launch a fight to eliminate the
labor section of the treaty opening a de-
bate which in view of unsettled labor
constions over the country is expected
by the leaders to last for at least week.
The battle is expected to be the more
spirited because it Is regarded as holding
out whatever hope remains of writing any
amendment into the treaty.
Nine republicans Joined the democrats
In overthrowing the Moses amendment,
which provided that none of the British
in ch
troversy directly affecting any one of
them Three democrats voted with the
republicans supporting it. On the new
johnson amendment. proposed as a sub
stitute for the one rejected last week,
the lineup was exactly the same as on
the California senator's original proposal.
IN only changes in tho actual record vote
being due to absences and pairs. The
sherman amendment got only scattered
support, most Of the republican leaders
helping the democrats put 1t out Of the
way.
AS usual the greater part Of the days
debate related to subjects aside from the
matters directly under consideration. The
labor section, although not before the
Senate at all. got the biggest share of
attention, Senator La Toilette, republican.
Wisconsin. centerng discussion about It
with three hour speech assailing the
proposed international labor organization
as filled with peril to American labor.
For n while Senator Sherman's amend
ment was considered the debate got into
the realm of literature and religion Mr.
Sherman declaring Voltare would have
reJoiced to see the collection of god
less men, who gathered at Versailles, and
Senator Lodge. republican. Massachu-
sets, replying with Macbeth's ex clama-
ton: 81 cannot say God bless us" 1t
would be travesty said Mr.. Lodge to in
woke Divine blessing on such treaty.
Also opposing the amendment Senator
Thomas democrat. Colorado, said If the
chaplain's daily prayer in the Senate
chamber had accomplished any improve
ment, he had been unable to perceive It,
He added that he did not favor "saddling
the Almighty with all the sins of man"
Senator Sherman got into a tilt with
Senator Robinson. democrat, Arkansas.
The motion to table was made by Sena-
tor Robinson after Senator Walsh. demo-
crat, Massachusetts, who had voted for
several committee amendments pleaded
that senators who were consistently op-
posing all amendments as a matter of prin-
ciple should not be asked to 90 on record
directly in regard to the one proposed by
Senator Sherman.