Arizona republican., 1919-02-27
PUT |S KEPT A BOILING
 IN ]. 5. SENATE
Cummins Presents Strong Opposition - Owen Alp proves Principle - N o | Provisions - Hitchcock, Lodge, Knox and Hard wick Slated To Speak End Not In Sight.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 26.-President Wilson tonight gave members of the senate and house foreign relations committees d detailed explanation of the proposed constitution of the league of nations.
 Dining at the White House, in re- sponse to an invitation sent by wire less from the steamer George Wash ington. the members heard the good and sufficient reasons" which the pres ident declared at that time existed for every article in the constitution, and whioa l.e aslssd to he permitted to ex- plain before general debate on 1t be- gan in congress.
 Discussion of the league plan was renewed in the senate during the day, with addresses by Senator Cummins of Iowa, republican, and owen of Okla homa- democrat. The former approved the principle of world league. but at tackled many of the provisions of the proposed constitution, while Senator owen held that in it's fundamental principles the plan was sound and asked the senate not to judge it too hastily.
 Debate to Be Contipuous
 Debate is expected to continue daily during the remainder of the weA.
 Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, chairman of the foreign relations con- mittee, expects to deliver a short reply late tomorrow, to critics of the league, while Senator Lodge, the republican leader. intends to speak Friday.
 Senator Knox of Pennsylvania repub lican. and Senator Hardwick of Geor- gia, democrat, also expect to speak. Senator Lodge completed the draft of his address today and gave copies o1 it to newspaper representatives.
 Senators Borah of Idaho and Fall Of New Mexico, republicans, and Repre- sentative Dorsey W. Shackleford of Missouri, democrat, were the only com mittee members absent from the White House dinner tonight The two sen ators declined because they said they could not follow tradition and consider themselves bound to silence as to what the president might tell them, and bo- cause they thought he should take the whole congress into his confidence.
 Present at Dinner
 Members of the two committees pres ent were:
 Nebra ska; John Sharpe Williams, hisSASSippi, tlduuc A. s,n dHSofl, II . ginia; Atlee Pomerene, Ohio; Marcus A. Smith. Arizona: Willard Saulsbury, Delaware; Key Pittman, Nevada; John K. Shields, Tennessee; Charles $. Thomas, Colorado, and Joseph T. Rob- inson, Arkansas, democrats; Henry Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts; William Alden Smith, Michigan; Porter J. Mo Cumber, North Dakota; Frank B. Brandegee, Connecticut and Philander C. Knox, Pennsylvania, republicans.
 Representatives Henry D. Flood, Vir- ginia: J. Charles Linthicom, Maryland; :; William $. Goodwin, Arkansas; Charles M. NStedman North Carolina Pat Harrison, Mississippi: Charles B. Smith, New York; Adolph J. Sabath, Illinois: J. Willard Ragsdale, South Carolina; George Huddlestone, Ala bama; Tom Connolly, Texas and Thomas A. Smith, New York, demo- crats; Henry Allen Cooper. Wisconsin: Stephen c. Porter, Pennsylvania: John Jacob Rogers, Massachusetts; Henry w. Temple. Pennsylvania; George Ed mund Foss, Illinois; Clarence B. Miller Minnesota; Luther W. Mott, New York and Ambrose Kennedy, Rhode Island, republicans.
 Cumnins Speaks Against
 In their addresses today in the sen- ate. Senators Cummins and Owen made the first suggestions for amend ment of the tentative constitution.
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