South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-21
CARRIES
WITH II VOTES
OYER MAJORITY
Harding Administration Wins
First Fight in Upper
House on Test.
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kota; Lodge. Massachusetts,; McKin-
ley, Illinois; Spencer. Missouri; Ster-
ling. South Dakota. and Sutherland.
West Virginia.
A murmur swept the chamber
when Sen. Lodge changed front on
the amendment. A milder demon
stration had occurred when he sup
ported Il on the arst call. Sen. La
toilette. Republican, Wisconsin. who
supported most OF the amendments
proposed. voted loudly in the mega
tive on the Borah amendment.
The Poindexter amendment to cut
the indemnity TO Columbia from
s25 600 900 to $4,000, 600 was sup
ported by 16 Republicans and six
Democrats. The latter were Dial.
South Carolina; Mcclellan. Tonnes
see. Reed, Missouri: Simmons, No.
Carolina; Trammell, Florida, and
Watson, Georgia.
Support Wadsworth Amendment
Twenty-Five Republicans and II
Democrats supported Sen. Wads-
worth's amendment to prohibit Co
lomban troops and warships from
using the canal in a war against a
nation with which the United States
was at peace. Prominent among the
Republican Supporters of this amend
ment was Sen. Knox. Pennsylvania,
and among the Democrats, Hitch
cock Of Nebraska, ranking minority
member Of the foreign relations
committee.
The final vote ended eight days
OF debate, the treaty by agreement
having been taken up by the senate
Immediately after the converting Of
the sixty seventh congress in ex-
traordinary session. Opponents of
ratification composed largely of
what is known in the senate as the
progressive Republican group. were
vigorous in their denunciatiOn Of
:}c pact throughout the discussion.
They declared that its acceptance
would place a stain on the name of
Theodore Roosevelt, would be a use
less squander of public money and
"a blackmail demand on the part Of
Colombia
Sen. Lodge, who with Sens. Nc
Cumber, North Dakota; Borah, Ida
no; Brandegee, CONNECTICUT; and
Fall, then a senator from New Mex
leo, Joined in an adverse report
against the treaty as negotiated in
the foreign relations committee in
1917. led the fight for ratification.
-
Republican senators from opposition
to the original treaty to advocacy
of the amended pact, was one of the
points of attack by the progressive
Republican group.
Improve L. s. Latin Relations
Supporters Of ratification declared
that the treaty would improve the
relations Of the United States with
Latih-American republics. would
satisfy demands equitably made by
Colon bia, ana would aid the Unlt5d
States in the world quest for oil. In
connection with the last argument
Sen. Lodge in the first address OF
the debate, read letter from Sec'y
of the Interior Fall, former senator
from New Mexico. urging ratifica-
ton as essential to the successful
competition Of the United States
with Great Britain in obtaining Co.
lombian oil cOnct s>.ons
Democrats senators for the mos
part refrained from discussion. Sen
Pomerene of Ohio, a member OF th'
foreign relations committee, making
the only extended address for then
in support of ratification.
In closing debate Wednesday. Sen
ators Norris, Nebraska; Wadsworth
New York; Cummins, Iowa; Kenyon
Iowa, and Borah, Idaho Republi
cans, and Dill, South Carolina, Dem
/ ocrat, spoke in opposition 10 ratif
cation, while Sens. Lodge, Sterling
Republican, South Dakota, anC
Smith, Democrat, South Carolina
urged Acceptance of the pact.