Republican farmer., 1920-07-02
st- BITTER FIGHT ON LEAGUEtPLANK WAS
 WAGED ALL NIGHT
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 The Irish plank submitted by the subcommittee reiterated in general terms President wilson's principle of sen-determination, expressed sympa- thy for the aspirations of the Irish people and suggested that the, Irish I problem could be 1egitiuately brought later before the League of Nations. That ts unsatisfactory to some of the a fight for a plank pledging the party to recognize the Irish republic.
 In his fight against the adminietra- tion's League of Nations plank Sem ator Walsh of Montana declared that although he had been for the treaty without reservation. a year of effort had demonstrated that such ratifica- ton was impossible. In the coming oAAnSafgn. he asserted, the Democrats could not hope to gain enough sen ators to make up the necessary two thirds and if the administration dec laratiqn was adopted the country might well ask what the Democrats could possibly hope .tos do to carry it out.
 Bryan argued that the party should not go on record as opposing reserva- tions to which majority of the sen ators had agreed but should take the issue out of politics by declaring for a nimn ediate ratification compromise. Bryan spoke more than an hour. In an impassioned address he repeated recent arguments that the treaty should not be made a campaign issue and declared that the administration plank was as equivoca1 as the Repub- lican plank. He asserted that follow ing the Democratic doctrine of ma tority rule the treaty should become ratified with reservations approved
 
 the United States over a duty to the | world to take it's place in the league and let sue hamendments to the cov- | enant as might be deemed necessary come later, was stressed by MT. Bryan.
 | Senator Walsh of Massachusetts de- clared that President Wilson in his negotiations forsthe covenant had CO., 1 operated too extensively with British statesmen
 l Vice. President Marshall was re- | ported to have criticied the adninis- l tration treaty plank because it gave l no information to the public regard ing which reservations would fall l within the class described as not i'm 1 pairing the covenants essential in l tegrity." MT. Marshall was said tc 1 have declared that he would rather go to the country with a plank fol I unqualified ratification than be asked
 to define indestructive reservations
 Chairman Glass, Senator McKella1
 of Tennessee and other administra
 tion chieftains strenuously opposed the Walsh amendment. The signif1 l canoe of its adoption was indicated | by sharp assertions from the admin ! istration side that it would play into
 the hands of the Republicans, he re 1 garded as weakening of the Demo
 cratic position and be support fol
 the position of Republican senator' l led by Senator Lodge.
 Some administration spokesme1 l even declared that it would work tt
 defeat the party in November ant
 Senator MoKellar was declared tt
 have denounced it as "the doctrin of he'll" Another administr ratiol
 member said it would appear as 1
 the Democrats were coming to term
 with the. Republicans Still anothe
 opponent of the amendment said tha l Its defeat was tantamount to defeat
 ing the Lodge reservations and tha
 if the committee adoped. the Walsl
 addition it ought to put Senate
 Lodge in nomination here.
 Senator Pomerene supported tn , Walsh amendment, declaring that tn
 treaty had delayed peace more tha
 a year and that the honor of the na
 tion and it's participation in tn
 league plan for world peace shoul
 require prompt ratification. He de clared that the league was such a , l advanced and important step to
 ward world peace that it would b . disastrous to lose the great oppor ! tunity by disagreement over reserva , tions.
 II Although Senator Walsh of Mon , tana is said to have conceded tha , Article x of the league covenan would be destroyed by the Lodg reservations, he and Senator Pome l | rene told the committee that most 5 not all other important features ( l the league plan still would remain. l Senator Pomerene incidentally de clared he had no apologies to mak for his vote for ratification with tn 5 Lodge provisos. The Democrats. h :. declared, could not justify a positio killing the treaty. Both he and Ser a l ator Walsh of Montana made it clea . that the administration plank pit
 the Walsh amendment did not go 2 far as they desired but would prese1 e | a better issue to the country. n An assertion by Senator Walsh e Montana that without his amendme1 | the treaty would be lost and that wit s 1t the. treaty's ratification would r assured was met by a statement | e former Governor McCorkle of We f Virginia that he was opposed to al v ton for mere expediency.
 8 "Gold help the Democratic party Governor McCork1e exclaimed. "Yo D will lose the respect of the America
 people,"
 During the debate Senator Gla
 and MT. Bryan clashed over Bryan
 published criticis of the sub-commi V, tee as a "secret'' body. When Sen;
 tor Glass obected to it MT. Bryan r d piled that he would use 1t again l. any other word he should choose. j. INDEPENDENCE e. |