Evening star., 1920-01-19

VOTE ST|RS PACT
TILT IN SENATE
Mr.. Hitchcock's Claim of
Treaty Support Is
Challenged.

Before Senate leaders resumed the
bipartisan conferences seeking COM
promise reservations on the peace
treaty. republican and democratic sen
ators today had another brief but
spirited tilt in the Senate over results
OF the intercollegiate vote on the
treaty.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska ad-
ministration leader. presented the
final college vote and expressed salts
faction that a large majority was
against what Mr.. Hitchcock termed
"the destructive Lodge reservations"
and that the vote was so large for
unqualified ratification for which. the
Nebraska senator said, the democrats
''are ready to stand"
Mr.. Hitchcock Challenged.
Republicans were stirred to chal-
lenge Mr.. Hitchcocks deductions
Senator Edge, republican. New Jersey.
pointed out that the college vote was
two to one against unqualified rati-
fication
TnaI inc League to Enforce Peace
interviewed in the college referendum
by furnishing speakers and material
for speeches was asserted by Senator
Mccormick. republican. Illinois.
An incident of the college refer
enJum. Senator Mccormick said, was
one celebration" of the deatk OF
Theodore Roosevelt because the
former President could not partici-
pate
MT. Mccormick Cites Election.
| Senator Mccormick also pointed to
| recent congressional elections, and
| the fact, he said, that Deputy De-
| schanel was elected President OF
France. and not the French signatory
| to the treaty"
Referring to the college vote. Sen
ator Nelson. republican, Minnesota.
| inquired: Are We to exercise our
own judgment or be mere dummies
The discussion ended when Senator
| Brandegee, republican. Connecticut
| presented a protest from the China
| society of the United States against
| the Shantung award. Mr.. Brandegee
/ said he would refrain from submit
| ting the Shantung question to "a
straw vote of college boys OF the
country"
/ Predicts President's Acceptance.
| crat. issued statement last night
| regarding the compromise negotia-
| tions on the treaty, of which he is the
sponsor. In his statement he declared
that forty democratic senators would
support reasonable reservations,
and predicted that President Wilson
would accept reservations adopted by
! two-thirds of the Senate. Mr.. Owen
deplored reports of disagreement be
tween President Wilson and former
| SeCEcIdTy pl soidit IDt dH-
Criticises Newspapers.
Senator Owen, reviewing events
leading to the present conferences,
declared some newspapers were cir
culating reports calculated tp make
adjustment of differences impossible.
"They describe the democratic SEN
ators as rubber stamps of President
Wilson and also of Mr. Bryan" he
said. "and at the same time repre-
sent Mr. Wilson and Mr.. Bryan at
deadly conflict over reservations or
no reservations
| president Wilson cannot. consist
entlv with his obligations entered
into at Paris, intimate to the Senate
any willingness to amend or change
the treaty. The value of the treaty
he must assuredly desire to preserve
| .Mr. Bryan. under no obligations to
the statesmen of Europe, urges rati- =
fication without delay. and in doing so
he is cooperating with democratic
senators. and it is an injustice to him
to charge him with trying to defeat
President Wilson or to be exercising
an attempt to control democratic SEN
ators in revolt against president
Wilson.
Independence Asserted.
Democratic senators are trying 10
get the treaty through with the least
| possible impairment. and they over
whelmingly approve reservations that
will prevent the treaty or the cove
nant from being misinterpreted. and
they are using their own judgment
| without being unduly influenced either
by Mr. Bryan CT Mr.. Wilson, but SYM
pathize with the Presidents attitude
and are pleased with Mr.. Bryan's sup
port.
They believe the President will ap-
prove the resolution of ratification
| that is accepted by two-thirds of the
Senate because it will mean a great
victory for the democracy of the
| world"