New-York tribune., 1920-01-06
Treaty Action
Awaits Move
By Democrats
Minority Senators Hesitate
to Offer a Compromise
Pending the Presidents
Message ON Jackson Day
Neso York Tribune
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Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5.--Both sides
in the Senate treaty fight are marking
time until after the Jackson Day din
ner Thursday night, when the Demo
cratic campaign will be launched.
The Senate met to-day after two
weeks holiday with nothing definite
accomplished toward compromise ON
reservations to the treaty and with
general understanding that nothing
would be done until the Democratic
Senators have had chance to hear
from their leaders.
The Republicans are waiting for the
Democrats to make specific proposal
for compromise before they will take
any further steps toward an agreement.
No definite plan for compromise was
proposed to the Republicans by the
Administration forces at any time DUR
ing the informal conferences between
individual Senator'S during the holiday
recess.
Wilson Message Awaited
The Democrats withheld any action
to-day in fear that President Wilson
might overturn their plans in the mes
sage he will send to the Jackson Day
diners.
Announcement was made at the
White House that the President will
send an important" message to the
Democrats at their feast, and the
rumor spread rapidly at the Capitol
that Mr.. Wilson was going to ask the
Democratic leaders to make an issue in
the forthcoming campaign against the
crossing Of st" or the dotting of an
"i" in the treaty. The White House
statement was very brief. It said:
president Wilson will send an
important message to the Demo-
cratic dinner Jackson Day, Jan
uary 81
No further information was forth
coming, White House attaches de-
claring that only the President knows
what he will say to the diners.
"Stand Pat" Policy Predicted
The belief persisted among Demo-
cratic Senator's, however, that the
President will take advantage of the
gathering Of Democratic leaders from
all parts of the country to declare
fatty against any compromise on the
treaty.
The group of Democrats who have
expressed willingness TO make a
compromise on reservations confidently
expect William Jennings Bryan and
other leaders in their party to
strengthen their position by insisting
at the Jackson Day dinner that the
Democratic party should not oppose a
Bryan said to-day that the Nebraskan
in his speech at the dinner would in
sist that the Democratic party is in no
position to refuse to make an effort to
reach an agreement that would secure
ratification Of the treaty.
This group Of Democratic Senators
is preparing to support any strong
move that may be made at the dinner
toward compromise. It was these
Senators who planned to arrange a
compromise plan of their own and sub
init it to the Republican reservation
lists at meeting scheduled for last
Sunday, but who called off their confer
ence when their contemplated action
was considered revolt against the
President.
IC HAtlu 1CSc1FdtlOUlSlS am OnG
the Republican Senators conferred with
returning Senators to-day, but made
no headway toward reaching com
mon basis for agreement They re-
ported, however, that the Senators who
returned from holiday visits to their
home states are in favor OF COM
promise.
Senator Underwood, of Alabama, ar
rived in Washington tonight to at
tend the Jackson Day dinner He had
not expected to leave Alabama until
next week, when the Hitchcock Under
wood leadership contest will be set
tied at a caucus Of the Democratic
Senator'S.
Senator King, of Utah, who was the
only Democratic Senator to appear at
the conference scheduled for yester-
day, to-day introduced q set of modi-
fled Lodge reservations in the Senate
He expects to discuss them in the Sem
ate tomorrow, when he will urge their
adoption by both sides as compro-
mise.
In his set of reservations Senator
King has modified the preamble and
the reservations on Article x, Shan
tung, the Monroe Doctrine and the
equality of voting power of Great
Britain and the United States. He
leaves the other Lodge reservations un-
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