Evening star., 1919-11-16
Operating Under First CIoture
in History of Body, 1t
RuShes Action.
REPUBLICAN MANAGERS
COMPLETE CONTROL
Ratification With Changes or q
Hopeless Tie-Up Expected q
Early This Week.

Consideration of the peace treaty
with Germany, under the operation OF
the first cloture motion ever adopted
by the Senate, leaped forward with a
rush yesterday. Ten more Of the for
eign relation committees rsserva.
tions were adopted during the day.
When the Senate adjourned until to-
morrow. only two of the fifteen res
ervations proposed by the committee
remained to be acted upon.
After the adoption Of the Lodge
motion for cloture. which was car
ried, 7S to 16, with administration
democrats joining with the republi-
can reservationists, the republican
managers took complete control, and
with steam roller precision fattened
out all amendments and substitutes
proposed by their opponents.
Ratification or Deadlock.
Ratification of the treaty with res
ervations of one kind or another. or
a complete deadlock in which the
treaty will be hopelessly tied up. may
be expected early this week. it was
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senator . Eitcncock' leaoihs tne
fight for the administration. on the
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PRESIDENT wilson.
NO one expects the ratincation OF
the treaty IN ~unqualined form.
looks % comprom1se.
Intent upon bringing about a dead
iosSk Ens sResLoiloweo py4 compromise
Upon dAereservations ana uitimate
ratincation 9of* the' treaty. senator
Hllcncock mas called meeting OF
Fthe Iriends OF the treaty on both
sides OF the chamber. to take place as
soon as the senate completes its ac-
ton on the COMMITTEES reservations.
This meeting is expected to take
place tomorrow or Tuesday. and will be
open to both democrats and republicans
who desire to see the treaty ratified.
The so-called mild reservation
group among the republicans. whom
Senator Hitchcock hopes to have at
tend this meeting. will play an i'm
portant part in the final outcome.
Senators OF this group last night in,
dicated. however. that they would ac-
cept no compromise after the Senate
has once voted down ratification of
the treaty with the committee reser-
vations, which they are now sup
porting on every vote.
Needs Two-Thirds Vote.
The statement of the Vice President
yesterday that he would rule that IL the
Lodge resolution for ratification fails
to receive a two-thfrds vote. neces-
sary for ratification, other resolutions
for ratification would be in order. nut
heart into the administration sena.
tors. and, in anticipation of this situa-
ton, Senator Hitchcock has submit
ted two resolutions for ratification,
one for ratification without reserva-
ton or amendment, and the second
for ratification with the interpretive,
reservations satisfactory to the ad-
ministration senators and President
Wilson.
Senator Lodge and the republicans,
on the other hand, claim that under
the rules of the Senate no such reso.
lutions will be in order IL the Lodge
le,oiua @ a.,os 20 ~ 80 ee,o- - .'.;,, - 10 .ne
cons;der the vote bv which the reso.
,utjon was voted down or to commit
the treatv to the foreign relations
committee. They insist that II Sena.
TOR Hitchcock desires to offer his reso.
lutions they must be offered as sub.
stitutes for the Lodge resolution.
when the treaty goes into the Senate
from the committee on the whole. and
voted on before the Lodge resolution.
This, they say. is the only proper par.
liamentary procedure.
For that reaaonL it il expected that
when the vice President rules IN IA.
vor of Senator Hitchcock's resolu-
tions being submitted. IL the Lodee
resolution is defeated. an appeal will
be taken from the decision of the