The Washington times., 1920-01-31
SENATE GETS
TREATY AGAIN
Bipartisan Efforts to Reach
Compromise on Pact
Collapse.

The treaty controversy now goes
back to the Senate as a whole, as a
result of the collapse of the bipar-
" tisan conferences efforts at compro-
Walsh of Montana will
today for the formal
treaty in the open
Rg that on Tues
Senator Hitch
pove "that the
the consider
Tn Germany"
Up.
in motion a
mary to the
cen now and
OF questions
include:
ats support
a unit when
will they de-
Iufficient num-
hption OF treaty
dblican mild reser-
[e with the Demo
Int numbers TO make
Mon successful?
'yrreconcilable" Re
hator Lodge maintain his
TO calling up the treaty, or
bender on this point In the
the countrys demand for i'm
Ne ratification?
Depend On Conferences
pThe answers to some of these ques-
Dtions depend on conferences to be held
between now and February 10. As
things now stand, Senator Hitchcock
believes, he said, forty three or forty
four Of the forty-six Democrats Will
support the motion. Some of them
have however. privately expressed
the strongest opposition to 1t. on the
ground that TO get the treaty into
the Senate again means blocking all
legislation, OF which there is great
deal demanding attention.
Hitchcock holds that a majority or
the Senate, that is. forty-nine, can
call up the the treaty. If he gets
forty-three Democratic votes he must
have six Republican ones. III Lodge
and those who stand with him stick
to the position, which they now oc-
cupy that the treaty cannot be called
up, Hitchcock must get his votes
from the mild reservation group or
the lrfoconsiiable group.
McNary Favors Plan.
Senator MeNary. mild reservation
leader. favo.k this move. as do Sen
ators McClr tnber and Colt. That
\mal<es three votes. Senator Kellogg
nd Senatorl Lenrott, counted with
is group do not favor it, and it is
sieved Senator Hale is also against
nSGNary predicted today that the
seryae eton group will furnish
Rep,5hlican votes needed to
cock'sN motion over.
LthA ilreconcils oles also ia
1t would give them,
tltudid opportunity to
he country, on the Sen
utter rejection of the
the League covenant,
Moses are willing to vote
ock's motion, and said to-
irreconcilables might do
Jqn 10 Sound Sentiment.
On FasyuBrv IA the voters of the
Third MissSur Congressional district
will elecS a,successor to Secretary OF
Commerce Alexander, Democrat.
who represented IL continuously from
March 4. 1907. Until he resigned from
Congress recently % step into the
Presidents Cabinet. "
The district compri5ss ten counties
According to the census of 1910 they
had population OF 159, ,419, which
has doubtless Increased considerably
since then.
Headed by Senators Rorah Of Idaho
ana Johnson Oh California, Hepubllc-
ans opposed to- the commitment of the
American people to the league of ma
tions, propose to give battle to the
Administration forces in the district
next week for the express purpose of
putting public sentiment regarding
the treaty to a crucial test.
Borah and Johnson are prepared to
attack the league from the stump
They will be met by Mr.. Alexander
himself and other spokesman for the
Administration, including, il is said,
Attorney General Palmer and Third
Assistant Postmaster General Dock
cry.
A Congressional contest, in which
John e. Frost, Republican, and Capt.
J. l.. Mtligan, Democrat, are the rIvel