Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-03-05
"BITTER-ENDERS"
DEFEAT TREATY
~EN .Tgi, UJr,.lI,o,x ,n~,,r.
Tt'\T riiE CONTEST IS HOPELESS,
W. WILL INSIST ON TIOROl
DfStt ssIo\

Ihe httcr-cuders in the Senate hav.
won their fight. The treaty is done
I"r' :" tar as the present episode of
the long story is concerned.
Senators Borah and Branderce of the
battalion Of death" called on senator
i.odr" and told him their program
which is in brief to vote with the Re-
puhlicdns for all the Lodge rescrya-
tlons and with the Democrats against
'n'm when they are attached to the
resolution of ratification. The idea of
the visit was to advise Senator Lodge
that there were To he no changes of
any sort in his reservations-if he
hhd" any concessions along the lines
oi compromise they would vote against
them
The idea is this: If Senator Lodge
makes any concession the Democrats
are likely to accept them. and so send
10 the president a treaty he might
'"Hntenance; If. an the other hand. the
reservations are held to Senator Lodges
language. there Is no chance of the
Presidents accepting the treaty: the
fact he has advised his adherents in
~" senate that he will pocket the
document If senator Lodges nullifi-
cation of Article IL stands The ir-
r"c"ncilahlcs having only in view the
defeat of th" treaty. ar" therefore,
L"iu" :" stick TO the Lodge rcsorV1-
Nons, knowing that the Democrats will
vote ";dins' a rdtifyin- resolution con-
aiming them. and knoWing that their
votes, added to thos" Of the pciun-
Gratis. will defeat the resolution.
II is q simple proposition AMI no
body IS attempting tu uhstruct it. By
the end of the week the treaty VII
rro"t".s cru." to a Vut" AGAIN Ni'h
liFtflN,alN il, ci.sult At Al
'J. i'ri5,r attempt to get 1t thrnuph
,."dar Calls Conference.
Nt'yr tulkiny T." tn" plrnipotrntiar-
JOS of TIA" "b"taliou of drath". SEN
t."r L"dr" called a conference" of his
own people and the mild rtscIVation-
.... and arqu'iutanted them with the
u"tIo" that had ic"u served upuu him.
'irssdrs senator Lodge. Senators Len
root. E'llotr. Sew and Watson were
present 1t does not appear that any
of thcs" except senator Lodge had
tufi fihint to SH+. He told them of the
ul'imitUu aud they Registered con-
rurr' nee This means that the rati-
fcation viii be defeated by seven to
MIN v"trS
In Ni"N "f IN" agreement made Sen
at"rs i"rahL iirandcg"r and their fol
lowers uruiuis" 80 dcsiSt from further
discussion of 'h' treaty. Nothing Win
hc done 10y them to delay conclusive
N"t". They neither VIII filhustcr nor
waste tim" in idle chatter. The outi-
mistir ones predict that this will mean
final vote lay Saturday Of this week.
but others figure that possibly ten
daHs may b" required to conclude con-
sidcration of the Lodge reservations
remaining without action.
Senator Hitchcock is opposed to cX-
tr"m" haste or any material curtailinE
Of debate. He believes discussion
should surge along until a natural
conclusion is reached. Although he
regards the outcome as hopeless. he
thinks each point at issue should be
clearly defined and reason given for
the various votes taken.
He denies that word has reached
him from the President declaring that
he viii not exchange notifications ii
the treaty carries the Lodge rcSrrVa-
tions, but admitted that many of the
Democrats are convinced that the
President will follow such Il course
and pocket" the treaty. If Senator
Hitchcock has not received the news
he is about the only Democrat in Con-
gress uniformed.
81 am positive" said Senator Hitch
cock. that a sufficient number of
Democrats will vote against the Lodge
reservations to prevent ratification. ]
will not attempt to give any figures.
but more Democrats will vote to at
cept the Lodge program now than last
November"
Twenty-fOur Democrats with WiIsOi
1t is complied that twtnty-four will
stand by the Presidents attitude arl
vote to reject the treaty If the Lodge
reservation covering Art. 10 is adopted.
This would leave twtnty-four Demo-
Gratis TO cooperate with such Republic
cans as support approval of the treaty
at the last
The irreConcilables among the Re-
publicans. numbering fourteen. will
combine with the twcnty-four Demo-
Gratis at the finish. bringing the aE-
gregate of this coalition up to thirty
eight. To this must be added Senators
Reed and Thomas, Democrats. who Op-
pose any treaty. making the total forty
which is seven more than sufficient to
cause rejection.
According to senator Borah's chart,
the treaty will be rejected by eight or
nine votes
The stampede Of the Democrats 10
accept the I.odg" reservations rather
than see the treaty fail has been stop
ped by a nod from the Whit" Iious, .''
said senator Rorah. "The high water
mark of Democratic d-scrtion has been
reached"
"If the treaty fails Of ratification"
said senator Iltrhrnrk, 1T viii h."
brought up for compromise action be-
for" ia" national conventions meet"
There is no chance that such action
uiIl hs i.l,p Svu1tnr KpT,l iusigt,.