Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-18
RATIFICATION VOTE FRIDAY IN SENATE
 NOW IS PROSPECT
lrreconciliabIe Group Defeats Reservation Declaring
 World Policy
DEMOCRATS FAIL TO
 NIBBLE AT BAIT
Dozen Other Reservations Remain to be Acted Upon-Bryan f Confers With Dem-
 Ocrats

!, Washington, March 1.-The repub
 lication irreconcilables combining with the democrats, overturned or
 the senate floor today the plan of ] republican leaders to attach to the peace treaty a general declaration of American policy toward future Flu
 ropean wars.
 The declaratory reservation which
 would pledge the United States to ] regard with "grave concern" any 1 threat to Europes peace or freedom was voted down, 25 to 39, after the i irreconcilables had tried in vain to amend it. Intended as an offset to the reservation denying the obliga-
 tions of Article X, the proposal had
 been expected by the republican lead CTS to attract many democratic votes, but on the roll call only two sena- ! tors on the democratic side support ed it.
 Disposition of the reservation was regarded as clearing up the last doubtful issue of the treaty fight and the leaders made plans to bring a vote on ratification by Friday. By | una1lmcus consent it was agreed to limit tomorrow's session into the evening if necessary to put the rati- tlcatlon resolution into final form About dozen reservations remain to be voted on, but it generally is conceded that none of them will be adopted.
 Bryan on Scene.
 AS the ratification controversy neared conclusion William Jen- nlngs Bryan began a series of con- ferences with democratic senators throwing the weight of his influence against the advice of President Will son that administration senate forces vote against ratification with repub- llcans reservations. Mr Bryan is understood to have told his friends in the senate to take the best ratifica- tion they could get. but there was no evidence tonight that he had ma terially weakened the democratic forces standing out against the re- publican program.
 Action on the declaratory reserva- tion which was introduced by Sena- tor Lenroot. republican, Wisconsin. was reported after the senate had eXtricated itself with some diff culty from the debate started yes- terday on the Irish question. Two propositions intended to aid toward Irish independence were laid aside bv votes of more than to 1, discus sion on each of them being ended summarily by motion to lay on the table as not debatable under sen- ate rules.
 Shields Amendment.
 The first proposal by Senator Shields, democrat, of Tennessee, was offered as an amendment to a pend- ing reservation on Egypt which was tabled with all it's proposed amend ments on motion of Senator Kellogg. republican, Minnesota, by vote of 54 to 2l. The subject immediately was revived however in reservation introduced by Senator Reed, demo- crat, of Missouri which was laid on the table, 46 to 21 on a motion of Senator Lenroot.
 In addition to the declaratory res ervation and the two relating to Ire land, the senate acted during the day on only two reservations. One by Senator Norris. republican of Ne braska, withholding ascent to the British protectorate over Egypt was rejected, 51 to Is, and one by Senator Owen. democrat, of Oklahoma declar- ing the armistic terms still binding was beaten, 55 to 12.