Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-03-25
ALL OPPONENTS DEMOCRATS


All Of the opponents OF the article ten
reservation on the final vote were demo-
Gratis. Forty republicans were joined by
II democrats in It's adoption. The demo-
Gratis who voted for the reservation were
Ashurst, Chamberlain Gerry. Gore, Hen
derson. Kendrick. Nugent. Phelan. Pitt
man. Pomerene, Reed, Shields. Smith.
George and Walsh of Massachusetts,.
All supporters of the Simmons article
ten substitutes we're democrats. Five
democrats. Gore Of Oklahoma. Reed Of
Missouri. Shields OF Tennessee. Walsh
OF Massachusetts and Williams Of Mis-
| souri,, voted with the republicans TOT table
the proposal.
Senator Lodge said the Simmons sub
| stitute was "vitally defective" in that II
| barred the use of American military forces
| only under article ten, while the Lodge
reservation denied their use for any pur-
pose under any clause of the treaty with.
out express approval Of Congress.
DEBATE is BITTER
Debate on the Gerry Irish reservation
| reached a high pitch of bitterness with
| many charges Of political manipulation
| and bad faith Republican leaders tried
! repeatedly to modify or strike out the
J general declaration Of adherence to the
| doctrine Of self-determination.
Senator Lodge declared that such a pol
icy had touch OF Hypocrisy" when put
forward by a nation which had fought
for four years to hold the South in the
union against its will.
Senator Sterling characterized the re-
servation as IAN undetermined attack"
connived at by Senator Hitchcock, the
democratic leader to defeat the treaty.
Among the democrats Senators VOL
colt. Delaware. and Trammel. Florida,
assailed the proposal as an attempt to
drag politics into the treaty fight.
| The first roll call on the reservation
came while the Senate was in commit
tee of the whole and when the result was
seen. republican leaders tried In vain
to stave off the second vote until to-mor-
row. Senator Ashurst, democrat. Arizona,
stirred the galleries to applause when he
concluded a plea against delay by declar
ing the country was tired of the treaty
debate.
Senator Simmons. in his final attempt
to modify the reservation to article 1C
announced that he could not vote for
ratification otherwise. He declared that
| Senator Lodge had changed his mind
twice when an agreement seemed almost
| at hand as to a compromise.
| 1T is an anomalous situation" said
| Senator Simmons, when by reason of an
iron bound agreement Of some sort which
probably had been entered into at the
very beginning of this controversy those
who wanted to ratify the treaty on the
republican side could not vote their con-
victons without consulting men who
differed from them in every fundamental
principle"
Senator Lodge declared there had been
| mo conspiracy" and that republican
senators only had been "endeavoring to
act together"
II have endeavored to secure modihca-
ton in this reservation which would per-
NIT as many senators as possible to sup
| port it," he said. But we have reached
the limit. The parting of the ways has
come. and II senators on the other side
cannot supply the necessary votes to
ratify the treaty with the reservations as
they now stand, then on their heads be
1t, and We will take It to the tribunal of
the American people"
An attempt to secure unanimous con-
sent that a vote be taken on ratification
Of the peace treaty tomorrow was
blocked by Senator Lenroot. republican,
Wisconsin. leader OF the mild reservation
lists, and the Senate adjourned after II
p. m. Most leaders predicted that final
vote would be reached late tomorrow
] night.