The Washington herald., 1920-02-10
Lodge Fight on Treaty
Reservations TO Come
Before Senate Next Monday
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some other Republicans with him.
But the irreconcilable opponents of
the treaty will join with the Demo-
Gratis in fighting the new proposal
on Article X. the Republican ene-
mics standing for the original Lodge
reservation, and the Democrats seek
ing to have adopted in it's stead
the Hitchcock reservation which
The President approved in his let
ter of January 26.
object to Change.
There are about 3S Republicans
who have served notice upon Sem
ator Lodge that the original reser-
walton on Article X must not be
changed. They regard the parley-
ing which Senator Lodge has been
carrying on in respect to 1t as mere
ly an effort to save the faces" of the
Democrats by giving them a chance
to vote for something less hostile
to the President than the original
Lodge reservation. If the Lodge
reservation is compromised. these
Senators assert they will vote to
kill the treaty.
The irreconciliables. led by Senators
Borah, johnson and Reed, see an op-
portunity to help their cause along
by joining with the Democrats in op-
posing any alteration of the Lodge
reservation. Their purpose is to keep
the reservation on Article Ten So Of
fensive in its meaning and purpose
that the Democrats cannot bring them
selves to vote for II without utterly
and completely defying the President.
Out Of the situation the irreconcilables
hope to see the treaty again fail.
Mild Reservntionfsts Meet.
OF the mild reservation" group,
Senators Hale, Kellogg, Lenroot. Nc
Nary, Keyes, Nelson and Colt con-
fered yesterday afternoon with Sena-
tor Lodge and received from him a
promise to give consideration to mod
ifications which they will propose to
the reservations.
There was a long and involved par
liamentary wrangle in the Senate be-
fore the motion to send the treaty
back to his committee prevailed. SEN
ator Lodge asked for unanimous con-
sent to suspend the rules and recon-
slider the vote by which the treaty
was rejected. Senator Norris objected
and Senator Lodge thereupon moved
to take this action.
Borah Demands Statement.
In the debate which followed
Senator Borah, one of the oppo-
nepts of the treaty, demanded to
know what Senator Lodge pur-
posed to do II the request were
granted. Senator Lodge replied he
would ask to have the treaty re-
committed so that 1t could be re-
ported back to the Senate and re-
sumo the status 1t had before the
last vote on ratification was taken
Borah Demands Statement.
Senator. Borah inquired of Vice
President Marshall whether such
motion would terminate the
operation of the cloture rule which
was put into effect in November
when debate on the reservations
was begun. The Vice President
said that such would be his ruling.
On the roll call on Senator
Lodges motion to suspend the
rules, nine Senators voted mo-" as
follows: Borah. Brandegee. France.
Knox, Mccormick, Norris, Poindex-
ter, Gronna. and Sherman. Senator
Fernald was the only one Of the
the others being
either absent or paired.
When Senator Lodge moved to re-
consider the vote by which the treaty
was voted down. Senator Norris made
a point of order on three grounds:
First, that Senator Lodge was ineli-
gible to make such a motion because
he did not vote with the prevailing
side; second, because the matter
sought to be reconsidered had already
been reconsidered: and. third, because
II was finally DISPOSED of in a pre-
ceding session Of Congress, which ad-
journed November 19. last, and 1t was.
therefore. too late to reconsider it.
The Vice President overruled the point,
and on a roll call the ruling was sus-
tained. 81 ~ 10.
Senator Lodges motion to send the
treaty back to his committee was
adopted unanimously without roll
cali after Senator Hitchcock had made
an Intellectual effort to have the reso-
luton read that the treaty should be
reported to the Senate without any
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