Omaha daily bee., 1920-07-16
Leaders Up Against Stone
Wall if They Make League
Issue in National Campaign,
Say Republican Prophon'
IMPOSSIBI sSA~<>vH>3,sILN
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0pponenS' wilson Program
Sure of at Least 36 Votes
Against Ratification in Next
Session of Congress.

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wirs
Washington. July 15.-The demo
cratic campaign leaders will butt
their heads against a stone wall ii
they try to make The Wilson league
OF nations the paramount issue OF
the national campaign.
Even with a democratic landslide,
swing them control of the senate.
it will be impossible for them tc
obtain the two-thirds majority nee
essary for ratification of the peace
treaty in the form desired by Presi-
dent Wilson, according to an analy-
sis Of the makeup of the next SEN
ate, prepared today by the repubI-
can senatorial campaign committee.
Of all of the g senators to be
elected if only two republican Ger
taiIties-Penrosc of PENNSYLVANIA
and Rrandegee of Connecticut, win
out, there will be SO votes against
the ratification of the covenant as
Mr.. Wilson has demanded. This is
three more votes than necessary to
block ratification.
Sure of Majority.
With the exception noted, all OF
the senator's whose names appear
below are still serving urexpired
terms, and will be in the next SEN
ate.
The republican 'irreconcilables"
III the next senate will include Boraf
of Idaho, Brandegee of Connect.
,ut, Fall of New Mexico, Ferna'd
of Maine. France of Maryland. El-
kins of West Virginia. Johnson OF
California. Knox of Pennsylvania,
La Toilette of Wisconsin, McCor
mick of Illinois, Norris of Ncbras-
la and Poindexter of Washington.
With the addition of Senator
Shields of Tennessee and Senator
Reed of Missouri, the total number
OF such senator's who are opposed
to ratification Of the Versailles
treaty in any form, with or without
amendments or reservations. is IA.
The republicans who will sit in
the next senate who are known as
strong eservationists" and who ia
vor ratification of the treaty after
it is changed by the adoption of the
Lodge program of reservations, are
Calder of New York. Cummins of
Iowa, Curtis of Kansas, Dillingham;
OF Vermont, Frelinghuyscn of New
Jersey, Keys of New Hampshire,
Kenyon of Iowa, Lodge of Massa-
chusetts, Mclean of Connecticut,
New of Indiana, Page of Vermont,
Penrose of Pennsylvania, Ball of
Delaware, Philips of Colorado,
Newberry of Michigan, Sterling of
South Dakota, Sutherland of West
Virginia, Capper of Kansas. Town
send of Michigan, Warren of Wyo-
ming.
Twenty Reservatinists.
The total strong reservationists
among the republicans is 20.
The democratic senators under
same classification are Smith of
Georgia, Walsh of Massachusetts-
a total of two.
The combination of these groups
gives total of So senator's who
will oppose the Wilson program in
the next senate. As a matter of
fact this number probably will be
very much larger. 1t is the ire
ducible minimum of those who re-
fuse to accept the Wilson program.
Only death in the ranks of those
senator's can reduce this last stone
wall opposition.
This analysis was made today by
republican leaders here to demon
strate how futile the administration
league issue is, and to show that
even if the heavens fall and all the
democrats running for everything
are elected. still it will be impossible
to foist the Wilson model of the
league of nations on the American
people.