Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-16
BRYAN TREATY PLEA
IS NOT Needed BY
SENATE DEMOCRATS
Suggested as Last Resort They
Walk Out and Leave Ratih-
cation to Republicans
HITCHCOCK MEETS LODGE

Washington, Jan. I6.-Two events
YESTERDAY marked the progress of treaty
fompromise efforts In the Senate. The
first of these, in point cf time, was visit
10 the Capitol by William Jennings
lsrvan. The secord was bipartisan
conference in Senator Lodges office,
attended by five Democrats and four
Republicans.
The bipartisan conference was con-
ccied to be the more important of the
.lav's developments. although Nh BrS an s
vislt created something Of a stir, since
4 was taken To mean that he intends to
plsh with vigor his campaign for the
ratification of the treaty at once, ever
hough that may call for a surrender
hv the Democrats to the Lodge rcsorva
lions MIR. Bryan. IN the course OF a
Icrtv minute talk with correspondents,
bore out this belief by stating that If
no othor method o, ratification seemed
ieasiblo the Democrats should walk out
NJ tsc Senate and leave tho Republican
majority To ratify tho treaty with the
.odgt rCscrv atoms.
This proposal created some am,,se
,nent among Senators, who were seriously
impressed, however. with the conference
in Senator Lodges Office. This meeting
was arranged by Senator Owen OF Okla
no1na, who, on last Sunday, had a mum
ber of Democratic Senators Mt his home
1or a general discussion Of ways and means
If getting ratification Since that Time
Senator Owen has been working with
Senator kenyon of Iowa. Republican.
CT the creation al a bipartisan committee
oi sixteen. eight Senators from each side
Of the Chamber.
Mr. Owen found it possible 10 obtain
4 conference with Senator Lodge without
waiting Tor tho bipartisan committee
plan to bear fruit. lie persuaded Senator
Hitchcock, the acting Democratic leader,
70 20 to the conference and To invite
Senators Mchcllar Simmons and Walsh
OF Montana to accompany him II Sena-
Tor Lodges Office There they were
met by Senators Lodge, Lonroot kellogg
and New.
The nine Senators discussed rcscrva-
tions for nearly two hours. No definite
program was submitted The Lodge
observations were made the basis OF
discussion and we're taken up one by
one. Suggestions were made for changes
IL the reservations and these suggestions
rerc noted.
When the conference ended il was with
tho understanding that the Republican
Senators would sound opinion among
their colleagues on the Democratic sug
gestions while the Democrats found how
the Republican suggestions looked to
those on the Democratic side With the
desired information IN their possession
the same Senators are to pect again
Saturday IN Senator Lodges office
Senator Lodge. VITO by common consent
WAS made the spokesman for the con-
feyees, gave the impression IN what little
he had 10 say that the ice has been broken
and that the conference was the first Of
series which would continue until compro-
mise had been arrived at or efforts in that
direction had been found 10 be hopeless.
The conference ma rked the first meeting
in this way Of Senators Lodge and Hitch
cock. tie rival leaders, since the present
session began. II marked also the first
gathering Of all groups, except tho irrc-