The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-09
PEACE TREATY
rs UP AGAIN
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ton in which the treaty stood.
Senator Hitchcock suggested SUD
stitute for Lodges recommitment mo
ton, directing the committee to re-
port back the treaty without amend
ments or reservations Lodge declined
Ito accept that. Senator Jones, New
Mexico, asked Lodge why he did not
merely move to send it back to the
Icommittee without any instructions.
I've been trying to explain" said
Lodge. that I'm trying to get this
treaty back in the quickest possible
way. II the senate wants the COM
lmittee to take the treat, and consider
lit again that will take some time"
Senator Robinson, Arkansas, told
democratic senators that they should
support Lodge without any fear that
they would not have chance to dis
cuss any reservations they wished.
Senator Walsh. Montana, suggested
that Lodges motion be divided and
that the senate vote first upon the
bare question of recommitting the
treaty to the committee and then on
the question of instructing the COM
mittee. Robinson observed that the
senate was in danger of delaying the
treaty by fussing over the parliament
tary situation and Senator Brandegee
said that if the treaty was sent back
without instructions to the committee
I"interminable discussion in the COM
mittee would result"
! Hitchcock withdrew all his sug-
gested amendments and the senate
proceeded to vote on Lodges original
resolution, passing 1t unanimously.
| Bitter Enders Crushed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The SEN
ate today revived consideration of the
treaty OF Versailles.
! Crushing the republican bitter
enders" beneath an avalanche of votes.
! the senate took these steps:
| Suspended the rules so as to per
nit the reconsideration of the vote by
which on November 10, last. the treaty
was laid on the table.
! 2-Reconsidered the vote by which
the treaty was tabled, thus formally
lreviving it.
! 3-Sent the treaty back to the for
! eign relations committee with instruc
| tons to report it back to the senate
| Immediately with the Lodge reserva-
itions.
| The whole proceeding occupied less
! than two hours. soon after the senate
met, Senator Lodge moved that it go
| into open executive session. This was
agreed to and he at once asked unaIi-
nous consent for suspension Of the
rules.
/ Senator Borah, leader of the bitter
enders,' Immediately asked whether
the proceedings would be under the
cloture rule which applied last session.
| Vice President Marshall announced
that if the rules were suspended the
cloture would apply until the senate,
by recommitting the treaty to the for
ieign relations committee removed the
/ limitation.
! Borah then inquired of Lodge wheth-
err he intended to ask for recommit-
ting and what for.
81 intend to move recommittment
for the purpose Of cutting away the
cloture," replied Lodge.
/ DO you intend to support that mo-
ttion?" Borah asked Hitchcock demo
cratic leader.
I'VE on this side intend to do all
possible to get the treaty back for
general discussion of all reservations,
replied Hitchcock.
! Lodge then announced that 1t was
his purpose if his motion carried TO
report the treaty back to the senate.
Senator Mccormick, another bitter
!, ender," wanted to know whether the
!cloture would prevent debate between
the time the rules were suspended
and the treaty recommitted. Marshall
said it would. Senator Norris, Neb.,
Immediately refused unanimous con-
sent.
Lodge then formally moved sus-
pension of the rules, and as cloture
applied under MarshalTs ruling, the
t"bitter enders" were thwarted in the
plan to debate for a long time the
question OF suspending the rules. The
motion carried overwhelmingly, sixty
three senators voting for it and nine
!"bitter enders" opposing it. Lodge fol-
lowed this by moving reconsideration
and the bitter ender's" second effort
to block the treaty came from Norris,
who made point of order. By vote
OF fifty-two to ten the senate again
squelched the bitter enders."
That marked end of efforts to OBJ
struct. there was considerable parlia-
mentary discussion which revolved
around fear by democrats that Lodge
intended to prevent discussion in the
senate of any reservations except his
own when the treaty comes back,
When they were convinced he had no
such intention, they voted unani-
mously for the motion TO recommit
the treaty.
Even the bitter neders" did not
oppose this motion and the treaty is
now in the hands OF the foreign rela-
.tions committee, which has been in
structed to bring it back at once with
the Lodge reservations.
Lodge has called committee meet
ing for 1920 tomorrow morning. The
meeting will be a mere formality
since the committee can do nothing
but what the senate has instructed it
TO do. Senator Norris later declared
that the senate had committed rape
on general parliamentary law" In it's
action. He referred especially to the
action of the senate in overruling his
point of order against the Lodge mo-