Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
TWenty-Six Senators Who Are
Opposed to Wilson's Stand
On League of Nations Turn
Against Attitude of Cox.
SEVERAL INSURGENTS
INDICATED BY PARTY
Candidates for Congress in
Number of States to Run on
Platform Directly Opposite
To Presidential Nominee.
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee LEASED Wire.

ny AN Il II - II SEANS t1ENNlN
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee LEASED Wire.
Washington, July 2l.-The coun-
try is beginning to hear from some
Of the 20 out of AZ democratic sena-
'ors who repudi2ted the uncom-
promising attitude of President Viii
son on the peace treaty and whom
Governor Cox, the democratic NOM
inee for president, now brands as
guilty of promoting bad faith to
the world in the name of Ameri-
ca"
What the %. democratic insur-
gents are thinking and some are
saying of this charge made by their
new party leader after embracing
the presidents stand on the cove
nant iat the White House confer
ence last Sunday foreshadows diff
hculties for the democratic nomi-
nee IN promoting party harmony
on the league issue in large NUM-
Der of important states.
rs Bolt Leadership.
There were p democrats who
stood with the president and 26 who
bolted his leadership in the last vote
on the treaty on March 10. The
following % democratic senator's
voted for the covenant with the
Lodge reservations:
Ashurst Of Arizona; sBeckham OF
Kentucky; Chamberlain of Oregon;
Fletcher of Florida; Gerry of Rhode
Island; Gore of Oklahoma: Hen
derson of Nevada; Jones of New
Mexico; Kendrick of Wyoming;
King of Utah; Myers of Montana:
Nugent of Idaho: Phelan of Cali
fornia: Pittman of Nevada; Pome-
rene of Ohio; Smith of Georgia;
Smith of Maryland; Trammell Of
Florida Wolcott of Delaware;
Owen 'of Oklahoma; Ransdell of
Louisiana; Walsh of Massachu-
setts; Walsh of Montana.
In addition, Reed of Missouri,
Shields of Tennessee and Thomas
OF Colorado voted against the treaty
either with or without the Lodge
reservations.
Candidates tor Reelection.
Of these 26 democratic senator's
who refused to follow the leader
ship of the president on the league
question, 10 are completing their
present term of office and nearly
all of them are candidates for re-
election. They are Beckham of
Kentucky, Chamberlain of Oregon;
Fletcher of Florida; Gore of Okla
homa; Henderson of Nevada; MI
gent of Idaho; Phelan of California
Smith Of Georgia; Smith of Mary
land; Thomas of Colorado.
1t thus is apparent that in a num-
Der of states there will be speota-
Gle of the democratic nominee for
president appealing for support for
the covenant without the Lodge
reservations and democratic sena-
tor seeking reelection on his rec
ord of voting for the covenant with
the Lodge reservations, now char
acterized by Governor Cox as rep
resenting projected act of bad
faith to the world in the name OF
America" 4
Some of the insurgents al
ready have been vindicated at the
hands of their party, none more
strikingly than Senator Chamber
lain of Oregon, who won renomi-
nation in the face of the presidents
telegram to the Oregon democracy
urging reputation of any advocate
of the Lodge reservations.
Outspoken Against Cox.
Senator's Ashurst of Arizona
Walsh of Massachusetts,, Chamber
lain of Oregon. Reed of Missouri
and Shields of Tennessee have beer
most outspoken in resenting Gov,
crnor Cox's imputation of promoting
bad faith to the world"
They do not believe that any ques.
ton of good or bad faith is involved
Senator Owen contends that Gov
ernor Cox has not surrendered tc
the president and that he is as much
committed to reservations as ever
He takes issue with the president
assertion that the republican reser,
vation on article 10 'cut the hear
out of the covenant"
Governor Cox explained himsel
in Ohio and he has not recanted
need not recant, and will not recant,'
said Senator Owen. He is for the
league without impairing its essen,
tial integrity and with such reserva
tons as will prevent its misinterpre
tation by foreign nations. In thi.
particular he agrees with 90 pc,
cent of the people of the United
States and probably 90 per cent o
he,republican citizens who have no
as yet been misled by the 'battalio,
of death to believe the league viii
establish ar overlordship by for
eign council over the people of til,
United States-an absurd theor,
born of political delusions and per
haps Of political expediency."