The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-26
THE<DAILY GATE CITY AND CONSTITUTION DEMOCRAT
ARTICLE TEN
TO COME LAST
Senate, Adopts Motion to Postpone Dis
cussion on This Until Al Other
Reservations arc
Settled.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-The sem
ate today adopted motion by Senator
Lodge to postpone discussion OF the
reservation on article x of the league
of nations covenant until all other
reservations have been disposed OF.
Senator France, Maryland. introduced
resolution which he said would pro
vide for a referendum in the coming
election on the league by providing
that unless pro-league president is
elected the war shall be declared ter
minated and an international coifef-
ence be called to settled world affairs.
There was no debate in opposition
to Lodges motion. Senator Knox,
Pennsylvania, asked the purpose of 1t
and Lodge replied that "as everybody
knows that this is the chief question
| in controversy think 1t will save
time If we dispose of other reserva-
lions first"
| Hitchcock. democratic leader, cast
the only vote against Lodges motion.
This serpent of treason must be
killed second time," declared Reed,
Missouri, democrat, in opening debate
on the treaty. ANY senator is war
ranted in taking any amount OF ume
he pleases to discuss It..
Reed brought the name Of Balm
bridge Colby, newly named secretary
| of state into the discussion at the
very beginning of his speech. one
tof the men who most assidiously mis-
represented the league OF nations 10
| the people of the United States mas
( Just been named secretary Of state,
said Reed. Il simply remark that II
/ he doesn't know anything more about
! No
1 this country than he did when he was
out in my state making speeches, he
needs long and painful course of in
strnctior. But on account of his &C
robatic ability he will doubtless be
able to change opinion as easily as
! he has in the past changed political
parties"
/ Senator Ashurst, Arizona, came at
lonce to Colby's defense, declaring that
he wanted to put into the record an
! antfdote for the poison Reed was
! irving to spread against Colby. =.
| He said Colby is courageous and
able.
81 think a mistake was made IN
not nominating democrat" asserted
| Ashurst, but you will look long
time before you find a better man
than Mr.. Colby
| ..What are some Of. these attributes
jof courage he possesses? ?" asked
Reed.
aDid it take much courage to leave
the republican party and vote Tor
Wilson? If it did, then lot OF
American citizens are as brave as
Colby"
Reed declared that 1T takes more
than the holy oil Of presidential APP
probation to save man from crltt-
! cism in the senate"
Ahsurst said that Reed was "a
master of inyective and sarcasm.
| Wen admit that" Reed broke IN.
/ "And he is trying now by his sar-
casm and his remorseless attack to
drive democratic senators away from
4 the Lodge reservations SO that rati-
ification of the treaty will be impos-
isible.
What have said, ! said IN good
faith" Reed protested. THE league
of nations bears not the slightest re-
semblance to the kind of league that
was discussed in this country up to
the time the president went to
Paris"
Reed said Robert Lansing was the
only real international law expert
President Wilson took to Versailles.