Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-22
some HOPE SEEN
OF TREATY REVIVAL
AND FINAL SUCCESS
Senator Wolcott's Committee Civ
ing Consideration to the Sub
ject Today.
HE is WITH THE PRESIDENT
Special Dispatch From Every Evening S
Washington Correspondent

Special Dispatch From Every Evening S
Washington Correspondent
Washington, March PIT appears
highly probable the Senate will reconsider
its action refusing to ratify the Peace
Treaty with the League of Nations Cove
nant. 1t became known today that one
of the so-called ''irreconcilables" had
expressed a desire to change his vote. and
it expected he will move that the Treaty
be taken up again.
The difficulty about carrying out this
purpose is that the Treaty is no longer in
the Senate, and can be returned TO that
body only through the voluntary action of
President Wilson himself 1t is not at all
certain he will return the Covenant,
even at the request of the Senate. If n
motion is made to reconsider, the Presi-
dent of the Senate Is likely to rule 1t out of
order, because the Senate cannot take up
q matter which, by a substantial vote,
it placed beyond its own control.
HAVE NOT GIVEN Up HOPE.
In any case the bipartisan committee,
of which Senator Wolcott is n ember
is likely to give the matter further con-
sideratiOn The friends of the Treaty
have by no means given up hope. They
believe that it may yet be ratified and
are ready to support any program which
gives substantial promise of such result.
In voting for the Treaty with the reserva-
tions which were supported by sub
stantial majority of the Senate, Senator
Wolcott in no sense impaired his relations
either with the President or Senator Hitch
cock Certain Delaware politicians have
tried to make it appear that the Senator
had "broken" with the President. This
is absurd The relations subsisting
Mr.: Wolcott and the White House were
never more cordial.
WANTED TO BREAK DEADLOCK.
Neither has Senator WoIcott broken"
with Senator Hitchcock. The Delaware
Senators merely exercised his right to
attempt to break the deadlock over the
Treaty bv voting for the best available
compromise. After fighting for several
months for ratification in the form so
ardcntlv desired by the President, Senator
" olcott found it was impossible to OBJ
tain all that he wanted, and made up his
mind to accept what he could get.
No UNDERSTANDING WITH BRYAN.
Some politicians affect TO sec in the
vote of Senator Wolcott a deal with
William Jennings Bryan and are count
ing him on the side of the Ncbraskan in
what they regard as an inevitable fight
against 'thc third term ambition" Of the
President Senator Wolcott has said
nothing on this subject, but his friends
ridicule the idea that he has had any
kind of an understanding with MIR.
Bryan
''It is pretty safe assumption that
Senator Wolcott, in voting for ratiica-
ton, was influenced closely by his own
Judgment" said one of the Senator's
closest friends. 'It is not his habit to
permit anybody else to influence him in
the performance Of what he regards as
an imperative duty He still agrees with
the President that the Treaty should be
ratified as it left Paris, but this cannot
be accomplished so he determined to
obtain the best possible compromise"
Several informal conferences were held
by mild reservationists with supporters
of the administration, yesterday. Whether
anything was accomplished no party
10 the conferences would say. 1t was
stated, however, that the situation had
improved and something of Importance
may develop during the next twenty
four hours.