The Washington herald., 1920-03-16

DcmOCIdtS support "HSon.
Although the votes showed a
majority of Democratic Senators
standing with the President, the
irreconcilablc opponents of the
. treaty were a little worried over
reports that many of the Demo-
Gratis were planning to desert Mr.
Wilson at the last moment and
vote 10 ratify the treaty. Presi-
dental candidates have been called
off the stump.
The most reluctant to cancel
speaking dates-Senator Hiram
Johnson, OF California-has been
persuaded 10 return He will be
here Friday for the vote.
-. Confident of Votes.
Republican leaders Counting
noses" for ratification declared last
night tI-ey lacked at least four of
the required two-thirds majority.
senator Gilbert NJ Hitchcock was
confide there would be forty votes
against the treaty, with only thir-
ty-three needed.
Article Y made for a gala day in
the Senate. Attendance on the floor
was exceptional; in the galleries
the S. r. o. sign was out early.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, a
daily visitor in the Senator's gal
lar tn oh fafn N
usual seat in the front row. She
had to be content with a seat in
the Vice Presidents section. Mrs.
Hiram Johnson and Mrs. Warren
G. Harding, rivals for the First
Lady of the Land" title, sat to-
gether on the steps.
The Chinese minister of educa-
ton, DR.. Yuan, and the Chinese stu
dents. who are off1cial guests of the
State Department, shared honors in
the ordinarily deserted diplomatic
Tallery with a woman whose pearl
landed opera glasses were leveled
1t the faces and gowns in the Sem
Sors' gallery. Ronald Lindsay,
counsellor of the British Embassy,
also was in the diplomatic gallery.
Text of Change.
The text of the Article X reserva-
ton. as approved by the Senate,
follows:
THE United States assumes no
obligation to preserve the terri
toriaI integrity or political inde-
pendence of any other country by
the employment of it's military or
naval forces. it's resources, or any
form of economic discrimination, or
all controversies relating to terri
hat fno Ind divc
all controversies relating to terri
torial integrity or political inde-
pendence, whether members of the
league or not, under the provisions
of Article Ten, or to employ the
military or naval forces of the
United States, under any article of
the treaty for any purpose, unless
in any particular case the Congress,
which under the Constitution, has
the sole power to declare war or
authorize the employment of the
military or naval forces of the
United States, shall, in the exercise
Of fu,l liberty of cation. by act of
joint resolution SO provide"
Vote on Reservation.
Senator Gilbert NJ Hitchcock sub
mitted the reservation to the Presi-
dent. Mr.. Wilson did not trouble
41imself to write a note about it.
simply wrote on the margin his
laconic rejection of it. The vote
for adoption of the reservation fol-
lows:
For the Reservation, Sc.
Republicans, 42-Borah, Brande-
gee. Calder, Capper, Colt, Cummins,
Curtis; Dillinsham' Edge. Elkins,
Fernald, France, Frelinghuysen,
Gronna, Hale, Harding, Jones
wash; Kellogg. Kenyon, Keyes,
Knox, LaFollette, Lenroot, Lodge,
Mccormick. Mclean. McNary, Moses,
New, Norris, Page, Phipps, Poindex-
ter, sherman. Smoot, Spencer, Sterl-
ing, Sutherland, Townsend, wads-
worth. Warren, Watson:
Democrats, 14-Ashurst, Gerry
Gore. Henderson. Kendrick, Myers,
Nugent, Phelan, Pittman, Pomerene.
Reed, Shields, Smith, Ca; Walsh,
Mass.
Against thesReservation. 2s.
Republicans, none; Democrats. 2s
Beckham, Chamberlain, Conner.
Culberson, Dial, Glass. Harris, Har-
rison, Hitchcock, Johnson, S. D.;
Jones, n. H.; King, Kirby, Nickel
lar: overman, Owen. Ransdell. Rob-
fnson, Sheppard, Simmons, Smith.
Nd: Stanley. Trammell, Underwood.
Walsh. Mont; Wolcott.
Some May Change.
OF the Democrats voting against
the reservation. Senate leaders be-
lieve Beckham. Chamberlain, King.
Kirby. Owen, Trammell and pos
sibly Walcott and Simmons might
vote with the Republicans to ratify.
This would mean a total of possibly
twenty-five voting for ratification.
There would have to be additional
gains TO save the treaty.
The Simmons reservation was re-
jected. "a to 81. the Senator falling