Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-04

h ave informed his advisers that the League
Of Nations must be the outstanding point
of difference between tho parties.
To accentuate that the Democratic
party will stand four square upon the
versaill es document unamended, the
President has rcoue sted the Democratic
Senators to abandon their original plans
of filibuscring on the Knox resolution,
The President is reported to be eager
to have the resolution sent to him so
that he can veto it and have an oppor-
tunity to strengthen his position on
the League of Nations.
Following the statement issued by
Homer s. Cummings, Chairman Of the
Democratic National Committee, which
reflected the Presidents views, Demo-
cratic Senate leaders learned yesterday
that the White House is desirous that no
dilatory methods should be employed in
the Senate against the Knox resolution.
Senator Underwood, the Deocratic leader
said last night that there would be no
concerted action by Democratic Senators
to delay n vote.
This decision is understood to have
been made late yesterday on the informa-
tion that President Wilson would pre-
fer not to see n filibuster and would much
rather permit the Republican majority
to adopt the resolution and send it TO
the White House, where he could veto it,
Senate Democrats had previously PLAN
ned to prevent the Knox resolution from
coming to a final vote by using dilatory
tactics. They had supposed that this
would save the President the embarrass-
ment oil having to veto q peace resolution.
But apparently the President now well
comes the opportunity to create a clearly
defined issue by allowing the Republican
majority again to commit itself against
the treaty, while the Democrats continue
to cling to the treaty and the League of
Nations.
For some time recently the President
has allowed the treaty question to re-
main quiescent. But since the Republicans
through Senator Johnson's campaign
and the joint resolution to declare the war
Mt an end, have committed themselves to
the defeat of the treaty, he has decided
that everything shall be done to carry
out the announcement made in his mes
sage at the Jackson Day dinner. He then
said that the chief issue of the campaign
would be the treaty and apparently he
sees in the Knox resolution an opportunity
to make the issues still more sharply
marked If he receives an opportunity to
veto the resolution.
If brought to a vote, it is conceded
on both sides that the Knox resolution
will be adopted by the Senate. While
several Republicans may vote against
1T, an equal number of Democrats will
support it.
Republican leaders of the irreconcil-
able faction, of which Senator Knox
is a member, learned with apparent sat
lsfaction last night of the intentions of the
Democrats to permit prompt vote on
the resolution. They said that this pleased
them, as III their opinion the votes in the
primaries had fully sustained their course
In opposing ratification of the treaty even
with the Lodge reservations
In his tour yesterday Chairman Hays
avoided Republican Senators who have
been closely associated with the reser-
walton group. He did not even call upon
Senator Lodge, who is now opposed
most strongly for chairman of the Re-
publican National Convention. He con-
suited Senators Borah, Mccormick and
Brandegee about the platform and organi-
zation of the convention.
1t came out that MIR. Hays. who once
opposed injecting the treaty into the
campaign, new looks with favor upon the
announced purpose of the party to oppose
further efforts to obtain a League of
Nations.
Republicans are talking now more open
" against Senator Lodge being selected
as chairman of the convention. They say
that his position on the treaty is not
strong enough for the 'bitter enders'
who arc assuming places of Importance
in party councils. Mr.. Lodge has occupied
this place three times, and even his old
friends think that he should give way to
Governor Morrow, of Kentucky.