New-York tribune., 1920-02-10

sVice-Presdent Marshall replied. cor
kunless by unanimous consent the clo-
ature rule be modified, the chair will
fhold that the, treaty comes back under
sthe cloture adopted by the Senate"
! Senator Borah asked Senator Lodge
understanding that the treaty would
sbe re-referred to the Foreign Relations
Committee to dispense with cloture.
q Both Senators said that was their
: purpose. Following. a colloquy between
Y Senator Mccormick, of Illinois, Sew
vator Lodge and the Vice President
& about the parliamentary situation Sen
s ator Norris, of Nebraska, entered OBJ
,sJection to unanimous consent asked by
{. Senator Lodge.
: Only Nine Senators Opposed
& Senator Lodge then moved to suspend
i the rules. This required two-thirds
s3vote. The roll call produced a vote
63 ayes to 9 noes. Senator'S voting
Connecticut, France of Maryland,
s Gronna of North Dakota, Knox Of
h k'Pennsylvan:a, Mccormick of Illinois,
T. & y orris of Nebraska, Poindexter of
z z Washington and Sherman of Illinois
& Senator Lodge then moved to re-
Mconsider the vote by which the Senate
Y tabled the motion to reconsider the
WY icJectihs LIE resolution OF ratln-
Mcation.
1 ~ make the point of order against
+ the notion" Senator Norris said
Z First, because the Senator from
8 Massachusetts is not entitled to make
Git, not having voted with the pre-
5Vailing side; second, because the mat
I. ter sought to be reconsidered has
salready been once reconsidered; and
{ third, because it was finally disposed
Got November 19 last, at preceding
- session OF Congress; that on that day
ethat session of Congress adjourned
/. without day. and hence it Is now too
& late to make the notion"
/. Norris Objection Overruled
The Vice-Presdent overruled the
Epoint. Senator Norris appealed. The
@vote was 62~to 10 to sustain the Vice
president, Senator Sutherland, of
kWest Virginia, voting with the nine
Nswho previously had voted in the mega
swtive on the roll call. Senator Lodge g
emotion was then agreed to-
& II now move to recommlt to the For
%eign Relations Committed" Senator
lodge said, "the treaty, together with
the reservations adopted by the Senate
sand the resolution of ratification, with
Ninstruction to report the treaty back
Immediately, together with the said
reservations and the ratifying resolu-
ton
81 should like to ask the Senator
from Massachusetts" said Senator
Hitchcock, whether he would be will
! ing to omit the words reservations
1 adopted by the Senate and the words
together with such reservations SO
that the motion would read: 4 move to
recommit to the Committee on Foreign
Relations the treaty with Germany, to-
xy,tk
tion, with instructions to report the
treaty back Immediately without recon-
mendations.' That will leave the whole
Amatter in the Senate, where it can be
Sconsidered, and will leave it practically
kwhere it was =
"My purpose, and my sole purpose
= IN what am cndeavoring to do, is to
4 bring back the treaty before the Sen
ate in the quickest way possible" Sem
s,ator Lodge replied. "Whatever we are
ssto do in the Senate will be done, If at
sail, by mod,fcations of the reservations
J, the Senate formerly adopted. All those
FAreservations could be offered again.
l. Mo right is cut off. Any reservation
~ can be offered when the treaty is re.
sported by the committee. / am certain
XII will save the Senates time to bring
s]the reservations back, because they are
agoing to be the subject of discussion
s and 1t Is to them that notifications, II
any, will be offered, and to leave them
81 out, 1T seems to me. we run the risk OF
delay and revising the whole treaty
Il from beginning to end. think it is
IN the interest of prompt action tt
bring the treaty back tomorrow with
the resolution of ratification and with
4 the reservations"
Z "The Senate rejected the resolution
\ incorporating the reservations" Sen.
ator Hitchcock contended, "and it nuts
the matter in an awkward position. to
4 60 on record here as favoring reserva.