The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-20

where landu aro,dafn lnlstcrod by three
commissioners ~ a salary Of three
thousand dollare each. Ifo showed
that both states had bcon granted the
anme mou 81 land and that New
Mexico acknowledgements, had succeed
ed In obtaining and selecting almost
the entire amount OF land allotted y
her, while Aflaona, with three conn
missloncrs coaling nine thousand dot
lars. and a paid attorney In Washing.
ton, had got only about half the land
70 which she. was entitled, and In the
meantime the valuable lands Of the
state had boon taken BY settlers 50
that IL was likely that Arizona would
not get any moro hand Of much value.
Denounccs LcnEne
After these brief references 10 state.
iHsuos. sonatof Fail addressed him
self to the proposed covenant OF the
league OF nations aud pence treaty.
lie said that if{therc had been no.
league OF nations Included In the
peace treHty. he would not be In favor
OF r%atifying even Il the Shantung out
rag were eliminated. That Il Is "a
lengthy document of over fifty pages
and undertakes to regulate everything
from national boundary lines and in
IDENTITIES TO negotiate Instruments
and livestock breeding. Hc read from
portions OF tho treaty where II Is
provided that Germany must deliver
to France "A specific number Of horses
and OF certain oges and breeding and
sex and that the United States must
see that II ia done. He also read n
provision wherein certain and partlc-
ulnr copy of the Koran WIS to be
returned to "A king Of une OF the Bal
kan countries, and that the skull Of
some certain long departed ancient,
supposedly In this hands OF Germany,
must be delivered TO the King Of
England, and said that under the pro-
visions OF the treaty, tho United
States army would have to sec that
the said skull WINS delivered, In Ease
there was any default In the pcrfor-
nance OF the contract.
Addressing himself particularly to
the league, Senator Fall mad one Of
the strongest arguments in the cum
paign againnt the covenant. He said
than the original federation which
bound tho colonies contained II pro-
Vision authorizing tho president and
the senate 4 negotiate '"rrentics.
Compacts and Alliances" and that
under this authority the United States
had negotiated n treaty OF alliance
with France, which WAS afterwards
denounced and repudiatcd. aud called
attention to the fact that when the
constitution WIS written. tho word
treaty" was inserted but the words
Compact and alliance" were omitted,
and that under u present form OF
government and constitution there Is
no power on earth that can negotiate
or enter into any treaty Of alliance.
and that the word treaty" ds now
used In the constitution Ii strictly
confined to the common law meaning
OF that word.
Troops Fighting Now
Touching upon tho question OF the
Opposition nrgument that Under the
provisions of the trcnty no troops
could be sent or money furnished
until congress had declared war,
Senator. Fail made tho astonishing
statement that Thousands and thou
sands OF our troops We're oven now.
without. amy order Of congress- and
Without the declaration Of war, fight
ing IN various parts OF the world;
that The president had sent marines
TO Santo Domingo without any au-
thority OF congress- and hat thirty
five hundred SRato D5mingoans had
boon slain by our troops and suppos-
eddy certain OF our troops In turn had
been slain by the Santo Domingoana.
That we had also sent al army into
Hnyti and n number OF. Hnytlans hnd
been killed AS the result thereof with
out any authority from congress, and
that this fact taken in connection
with the statement from the demo-
cratic side OF .he, senate during the
debate upon the treaty tl1t In time
of war the president Is a military die
tator. He said II this covenant Is
entered into My the United States the
president would exercise his rights
under the constitution and send
troops wherever he thought they we're
required without any declaration by
congress-.
The local democratic campaign
committee had published In the eve
ming paper certain questions address,
cd 20 Senator Fall, which he was
askedeto answer and IN the course Of