Evening star., 1920-02-09
TREATY ORDERED
BEFORE THE SENATE
BY VOTE OF 63 TO 8
Only ''lrreconciIabIe" Kepub-
Iicans Recorded Against
Action.
CL0TURE RULE AGAIN
IN EFFECT, is RULING
Fate of Pact Rests on Outcome of
Renewed Contest at
the Capitol.

the capitol.
Steps were taken in the Senate to-
day to bring the peace treaty with
Germany again before that body for
consideration. tpon the outcome of
the pending contest Will rest the fate
of the treaty. Either it Will be rati
fed or it will be carried into the cam
paign as an issue.
BY (, vote of 63 10 the Senate
adopted a motion of Senator Lodge.
the republican leader. to suspend the
rules and to lay the treaty before the
Senate. y motion to suspend the
rules requires a two-thirds majority
vote to be adopted. Democrats and
republicans alike supported the mo-
ton.
Those voting against it. all republi-
cans We're: Borah. Idaho: Brandegee.
Connecticut: France, Maryland; Gron-
ma. North Dakota: Knox, Pennsyl-
vania:: Mccormick and Sherman, llli-
nois: Norris. Nebraska, and PoindeX-
ter. Washington.
Senator Lodges motion was made
after Senator Norris of Nebraska. one
of the irreconcilab bles, had objected to
request for unanimous consent that
the rules be suspended so as to bring
the treaty up.
BOrah Asks for Ruling.
When Senator Lodge made his re-
quest for unanimous consent. Sena-
tor Borah of Idah6. another irrecon-
cilable Immediately asked the Vice
President. who was presiding, wheth-
er the cloture rule on the peace
treaty adopted at the last session
would apply if the treaty was
Vice President replied that it would.
unless the treaty were recommitted
or by unanimous consent the cioture
was modified.
Senator Borah then asked Senator
Lodge what he proposed to do if the
unanimous consent was granted. The
republican leader replied that he
would move to recommit the treaty.
thus putting an end to cloture.
Senator Borah questioned Senator
Hitchcock, the democratic leader, as
to what his course would be. Senator
Gratis we're ready to cooperate In any
effort to get the treaty up for consid-
Grafton.
Parliamentary Fight Opens.
AS soon as the rules had been sus-
pended a parliamentary fight developed,
Senator Norris making a point of order
against Senator Lodges nlction to re-
consider the vote by which ratiacation
failed in November. The objection was
whose decision was upheld by the Senate
by a vote of sixty two to 10.
On this roll call the irreconcia bles
again voted in the negative. their
strength being augmented by the vote
of Senator Sutherland, republican, West
Virginia.
The Senate, by acclamation, then
adopted Senator Lodges motion of re-
consideration. and with the treaty
formally before the Senate, Vice Presi-
dent Marshall ruled that it had brought
back with it the cloture imposed be-
fore the November vote.
To get rid of the cloture restriction.
Senator Lodge then moved to recommit
the treaty to the foreign relations COM
mittee. but Incorporated instructions
that it be reported back with the re-
publican reservations adopted last ses-
sion. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska
the democratic leader. wanted to amend
the motion. and discussion followed
In acking modification of the mo-
ton, Senator Hitchcock said what he
desired was to have the treaty re-
ferred back to the committee with
the ratification resolution only.
Lodge Seeks to Expedite.
Senator Lodge replied that his sole
purpose was to bring the treaty back
before the Senate in the quickest pos
sible way and that he believed time
would be saved by referring the res
ervations back along with the treaty,
as proposed in the motion. Replying
to exceptions taken by the Nebraska
senator to references in the formal
motion, relatives to the reservations
adopted by the Senate" Senator
Lodge declared empha tically that the
reservations had been adopted in the
Senate. but said what had been de-
feate was the ratification resolution.
Underwood Makes Statement.
During the discussion Senator Tn
derwood. democrat. of Alabama, de-
clared there was no question but that
the democratic members wanted the
treaty taken up i nthe Senate and
desired to cooperate with Senator
Lodge in bringing it up. In view of
the fact that the proposed parliament
ary step was intended to rid the
treaty of the cioture rule. the Alabama
senator suggested that an effort first
be made to end the cloture rule
Following a ruling by the Vice
President that the& loture rule could
be lifted by unanimous consent, SEN
ator Underwood then asked Senator
Lodge as to whether he would ask
that that be done before proceeding
further.
After half hours discussion, dur
ing which several expedients were
proposed for untangling the parlia-
| mentary tangle about the treaty. Sem
! ator Hitchcock withdrew his proposal
to amend the motion, which then car
ried by vive voce vote.
That put the treaty technically out
! of the Senate and into the commit
| tee, and ended for the time being dis
! cussion of the subject on the floor.
| The committee Is to meet tomorrow,
| and members expect a report to be
! made Immediately.