The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-11-28
PASS RESERVATION
TO PEACE TREATY
REPUBLICAN, SENATORS SWEEP
ALL OPPOSITION BEFORE THEM
IN VOTE ON DOCUMENT
FIVE DEMOCRATS VOTE YES
Change Adopted Safeguards Right Of
Nation to Leave leaoue.-Reserva.
ton Is First Of IL Proposed to
Be Adopted by Republicans

washington, Nov. 1O.-A reservation
proposing to safeguard the nations
right to withdraw from membership
in the league of nations was adopted
by the Senate Saturday with every
Republican senator and six Democrats
voting for it or paired in its support.
Holding the whip hand by safe ma
iorty, the Republican leaders swept
aside notifications and carried the
reservation through exactly as approx
ed by the foreign relations committee.
Two Republican senators of the mild
reservation group led II stubborn fight
to alter it, but voted for adoption.
The final count was 50 to 81. and
pairs announced for the absentees
showed the entire membership to be
divided. 55 to II. Five Democrats,
Senators Reed. Missouri: Gore. Okla
homa: Smith. Georgia: Walsh, Mass:,-
chuSettS, and Chamberlain. Oregon.
voted in the affirmative. while Sem
ator Shields, Democrat, Tennessee,
was paired in favor of the reserva-
ton.
The first Of II proposed by the COM
mittee to carry out IL program which
its sponsors say has been pledged
safe majority throughout, the reser-
walton provides:
Provision Of Reservation.
"The United States so understands
onI I.npStr,,oS Ar+;.lo that IN coSo ,f
notice Of withdrawal from the league
of nations. as provided in said article
the United States shall be the sole
Judge as to whether all its internal
tional obligations and all it's Obliga-
tons under the said covenant have
been fulfilled. and notice of withdraw
al by the United States may be given
by Il concurrent resolution of the con-
gress of the United States
The fight to alter the reservation
conferred on its concluding clause. The
Democrats and Senators McCumber
of North Dakota. and Senator Nelson
Of Minnesota. of the mild reservation
Republicans, argued that the exec
utive should have voice in deciding
any question of withdrawal. Three
proposed amendments on the subject
were rejected by majOrities ranging
from 6 to so.
Senator Nelson proposed that
Joint resolution instead of concur.
rent resolution be stipulated for no.
tice of withdrawal, so that the sigma
ture of the president would be re-
Quired. He declared intense parti-
sanship" had twisted the language of
the reservation 80 as to put a slight
on President Wilson while he Is on u
sick bed. brought down by his hard
work to re.establish peace"
Republican Leader Lodge retorted
that no motive of hostility" had in
fluenced the framing Of the reserva.
ton. Should the provision ever be
evoked, he said. 1t was apt to be Re-
publican and not n Democratic presi-
dent whose power would be curtailed
Senators Nelson and McCumber alone
on the Republican side voted for the
Senator Walsh. Democrat. Of Mon
tana, proposed to strike out entirely
the congressional authorization. His
motion was beaten. 40 to 81.
The motion by Senator Gore to EN-.
power either the president or congress
to give notice Of withdrawal was voted
down, 6S to IS. Senator King, Demo.
crat. of Utah, moved to make the pro.
vision relative to judging obligations
relative to all league members, but
this was beaten, SO to 30.