The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-25
REVOLT OF "DEMS"
IN THE SENATE MAY
ACCOMPLISH MUCH
tcopyrigAt BY The 1ntsllEencer)
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,

WASHINGTON. t'"b. @t--Si"r,'S 4: ,,
serious re-. o,t among n" p"mo'rH,S III
,he Senate against IN" lead"rS:.Ip "i
President Wilson on ih.' l"ar" Treaty
tre exaggerated Egh; "r u'U" prm"-
.ra;iJ senators ar" vradi {" SURRENDER
% Senator Lodge ami the Republican
rescrNat!UmiNis uH N-t1c." T"u hut thd;
would NOT he enough 20 hr.HS about
, rstif,ca;.ou ut ~" t'care. Treaty. Tn"
noyerlrn, - not organized aaG mas Hrl
The sanction Of either Srnat": hit'H'"yN
,r Senator TdaCw"od. rivals Tor ih''
minority leadership ~ ths senate No!
= u likely 10 ID anything m"rr al
present except unity Ia" Democrats ior
IL sctrd ike danger signal fr'rndS
at the rreSldCUt m the Senate. u"n IN"
simmons and Underwood. hay" S"ra N"
pnsSih,lit, pr a break l.: Democrats
ranks when a Vote "a various rNS"rNa
. j,oaS - taken. Aud th"r therefor" van,
: u caucus 10 cypress n" Ni"wpc.rt "f
Jhe party. For lIstarc". II would hr
embarrassing. indeed for thr Democrats
# an rcUS!dcrahir of their number
voted with the Rspu6llc&ns because =
the rrea:y failed OF passage and IN.
issue were carried into tn" "Smpaign.
the blame could hardly D" put upon th''
Republican party. =" long as tarGr mum
hers Of DeInocrats were recorded With
AIR Lodge IN the final votes,
The purpose ~ these Democrats VINO
wan: a caucus ~ ~ determine, what Ia"
attitude Of III. Democratic party in the
senate shall be and 10 lay IN" ground
FOR the battle N the next presldentIa!
.Smpsign IN the event thHv TO treaty
becoOeS su iSsu" ~ S"runs likely ~
t,rpsru. writing u" Viewpoint ot :h'
Democrats who wInt 1" S"' IN" caucus
,a!icd and PARRY aytt"H 'k"h seems 90
H., to curluIt; an, D"m0"raliG S"nat"r>-
or ~ least ,L- uaJor;', Of ;hem--t"
the program which tweNty-eiEht Demo
Gratis ""cS"lA signed. namely support
Of th. results. OF the bipartisan confer
,n,. held recently signed. namet! sup
.port pt the results Of the bipartisan
conference held recently in which VIZ.
tnsi agreement waS r"S"Ne0 or al.
polnts bur Artlc,S. T"u. on that tatctu'
article. tho 'DcmorrNt" are inclined 10
stand on the reservation "r"red by for
iuer President Tai; which senator
Lodge has rejcC,ed. Thus :sr their cam
ratgn program would II" :" say I" n"
country 20 accept -" agr""meni "t a
n!-nart,saa cOr,rruniSs Cuntcren,e and
u reservation written 5E a R"rQ0"c%H
sN-prcsid"ni They ""a,d hardy b.
If tho p"mocra'~. Of h.imdiN iollowiEE
president N'.'Suu along ObSt!NH," paths
or. pr.G. / o., IA" fear tina; the ""u"-
Try may iaS''u upon b'nucraNC S"nt
tors som. &c -" SaIu- HlH3l" Tor ""-
~truct!ng :n" 'r"aly which :" ma">
friends aid foes ~ the treaty. haN' roe
,u,l$ b"gun 'n attach {" President wa,
.on himself tha; - "auEIuH iud,\ l!ua,
that the country wants n" Treat Dis
upSrG OF Tw" ways SugseS' them
selves ansolui" surrender 10 Senator
I.odgs himself Was ready /" approve
when th- hIttsr-"nd"tI or irrccUuCt.'
NbloS served notice ;Ha; they would
bolt th. Lodge leadership and R"Puh!i'
raulSm lr u- dcvla;ed from III" "r'%iu4
languaE- ct he "cs, :raiIGn "n Art''"
FEN. NCt"d ui3 last NuErmbe".
The course "C surrender = heinz HdNr-
rated h. many HewSpHp"rS VII" Ir'' any