The Washington herald., 1920-06-06
TREATY CAUCUS
ON AT CHICAGO
81.
Senators Lenroot, Kellogg
& And Watson In Confer
ence on Pact Plank.
WILL STRADDLE ISSUE
Conferees Would Flay Viii
son Covenant and Indorse
Lodge Changes.
WILL STRADDLE ISSUE
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attached as a trailer to the plank
sthat did not declare unequivocally
for or against ratification is not
made clear at this time. A bitter
ender nominee we'll might stand
against any membership in the
league of nations as an adherent
to traditional policies of the fathers
OF the republic. A treaty advocate.
even a mild reservationist, might
insist his adherence was no less
forceful on the basis of the Lodge
reservations.
b Favor Cnndidates' Attitude.
The discussions thus far have not
altered the original prediction of
, some months ago in Washington
that the attitude of the candidate
rather than that of the platform
2 will determine the future foreign
policy on which the Republican
party will go to the people in the
Forthcoming campaign. Friends OF
the treaty would like to see the
convention make a straightforward
declaration in behalf of ratification.
There is a feeling that many of the
business men coming to Chicago as
delegates may be inclined to brush
I. aside the twaddle of Senators over
hair-splitting constructions of the
wording of reservations and vote
: for an honest statement of their
views favorable to ratification with
the Lodge reservations. 1t is
thought they are no less at sea than
the average person who tried in
, vain for many weary months to fol-
8 low the Senate through the mazes
of it's treaty wrangle.
Mr.. Johnson and Mr.. Borah may
be expected to howl for unreserved
condemnation of the league of ma
tions, even with the Lodge reserva-
q tions. Mr.. johnson made that clear
when he tore a leaf from the Roose-
welt lexicon and took stand
against any pussyfooting on the
treaty issue. 1t is developing rapid
ly that Mr.. Johnson has a greater
eye for the nomination than for jim
elastic contentious with respect to
: the treaty. He indicated today he
might be willing to accept the nom-
ination on a platform indorsing the
Lodge reservations. His friends
professed to see no inconsistency in
that attitude. They argued that the
Lodge reservations with Johnson as
President woud mean an entirely
different international policy from
the Lodge reservations with mild
reseryationist" in the White House.
: The manner of their Interpretation
. would be vastly different.
/ Others Wish Finger in Pie.
Ogden Mills, of New York, a can
/ didate for the chairmanship of the
resolutions committee, is support
\ ing Senators Lenroot and Kellogg
in their program. Some other Re-
\ publicans of prominence are seek
ing to have a finger in the pie, but
IL is safe to assert that the real
conferences out of which an agreed
plank on the league Of nations will
emerge will be in effect Senatorial
caueuses. The Kellogg-Lenroot
proposal was viewed in some quar-
!, ters as constituting a left-handed
. declaration in behalf of ratification.
1t would appear far-fetched in that
respect to many staunch friends of
the treaty outside of the Senate,
! but the party managers are work
ing always with the thought In
. mind of a harmonious fusion Of all
|, elements in the Republican ranks
to insure success in November. By
attacking the President for his re-
fusal to permit ratification with
the Lodge reservations, the mild
reservationist group will seek to
Z have it appear the party stood for
ratification with these reservations
Hays Expects Harmony.
Will H. Hays, chairman of the
national committee, put into words
the general sentiment with refer
ence to the excitement in some
quarters over prospects for bitter
rows on the platform. He said he
expected complete harmony on all