The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-03-09
DEMOCRATS SEE HOPE
IN PRESIDENTS AaTE


Washington, March s.-Limiting
debate by unanimous consent, the sem
ate moved swiftly today to reduce it's
fight over the peace treaty to basic
issues.
-Four more of the Republican reser-
vations were readopted, two Of them
without change while negotiations for
a compromise on the keystone prob
lem of article ten were pressed toward
conclusion, apparently unaffected
by the renewed declaration Of Presi-
dent Wilson against any material
weakening Of the treaty's provisions.
The Presidents letter, coming at a
time when the article ten negotia-
tions were declared by one Of their
sponsors to have brought the two sides
every near together" was given wide
y different interpretations. But the
Democratic senator's working for q
compromise continued their efforts
telling their colleagues they felt free
o act since the executive had not
seen fit to say he would pocket the
treaty if it came back to him with
1mpromise reservations.
Reservations Swept Aside.
In the days work on the senate
loor the last of the fourteen Repub-
can reservations except those relat-
ng to article ten and league voting
,ower were swept out of the way and
lebate on the voting power provision
vas begun. The four adopted related
armaments, the economic boycott,
,lien property and the labor section.
he latter being brought to roll call
without word of debate.
Until the voting power reservation
as reached, the senate worked under
unanimous consent agreement, pro-
'csed by Senator Lodge, Of Massachu-
etts, the Republican leader, limiting
speeches to twenty minutes. Few
senator's spoke, however, and none
used allotted time: Efforts to apply a
limitation on discussion Of the two re-
naming reservations were blocked by
objections that both probably would
meet wiQIelonged olC8;tiHr1;
Asreems g Seems
While the article ter
-eacned point, it was saia, Tn
the adoption or. omission Of only IL
words stood in the way. Of an agree
i,rents the leaders emphasized that the
last pull might prove the hardest and
linimised hope that enough senator's
Ia insure ratiEeat;on sseull &c sSsrsnghs
INTO accord. It also was pointed out
heir neither Senator Lodge nor Sem
ator Hitchcock, Of Nebraska, the DEM
cratic leader, had openly given as
sent to the negotiations and that even
f bipartisan agreement were
cached it might not comFAend two
birds vote.
The letter from President Wilson
I'D not reach senator's until late in TIE
lay and few cared to make any public
Comment on it. Senator Hitchcock de-
scribed it as illuminating" Senator
Lodge declined to discuss it, ana Sem
ator Borah, Republican, of idaho,
leader Of the irreconsilable opponents
IF ratification, said the President had
helped insure the treaty's defeat by
throwing cold water on compromise.
Hope From White House.
Democratic senators were quick to
see, however, that the President did
not advise them to vote against ratif.
cation, as he did last November, no,
promise to put the treaty in a White
House pigeonhole if it were ratified
with more than interpretative reser
vations. In that respect they con
trasted it with his letter to the No
vember Democratic caucus when h
suggested that the treaty with tn,
Republican reservations be vote,
down.
| It also was pointed out on the Dem
ocratic side that Mr.. Wilson did no
center his objection on any specifi
form of reservation and from thi
hope was revived in some quarter
that he would take under protest sue
a compromise as now Is under nego
tiation.
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