Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-03-24
SENATE ORATORY
ENDS; TODAY IS
SET FOR TAKING
VOTE ON TREATY
Both Supporters and 0ppo-
nentS Have Their inning
IN a Session That Lasts
Well Into the Night.
MARGIN FOR PACT WILL
BE SMALL, PREDICTION
Well Informed Senators
Place the Majority at
From 8 to 10 Votes New
Issues Enter in Debate,

washington, March 23.-The
senate concluded tonight its long
debate on the four-powcr PacifiG
treaty and prepared for its final
vote tomorrow with the leaders Of
both sides privately agreeing thar
ratification by a narrow margin
seemed certain.
A display of oratorical fireworks.
scarcely surpassed in spectacular
effect even during the Versailles
treaty fight brought the debate to
an end. Both opponents and sup
porters of the pact summed nm
their four weeks of argument In n
running crossfire of discussion that
lasted all day and until late at
night but apparently did not change
a vote.
Estimates of the outcome made
tonight by well informed senators
placed the ratification majority at
from three to ten votes, depending
on how many of those who have
been counted against the treaty
join the majority once they see
that the administration leaders are
sure of the two-thirds necessary to
ratify.
1t was said that several who
would stand with the opposition II
there we're a chance to defeat the
pact were inclined not to waste
their votes in lost cause.
Managers Are Confident
A dozen or more reservations
and amendments also must be
voted on tomorrow. but the admin
istration managers are confident
Of the defeat Of all Of them except
the mo alliance" declaration
framed by the foreign relations
committee and accepted by Presi-
dent Harding. A final effort to
secure administration acceptance
of a second reservation extending
the privileges Of the treaty to out
side powers failed today despite
the promise of the reservationists
that such concession would Sc
cure several more votes for the
treaty.
More than score Of senators
took part in the last hours of the
debate which came to an end au-
tomatically under a previous agree
ment when the senate adjourned
tonight.
Make Their Last Stand.
Making their last stand. the
treaty's opponents marshaled all
their oft repeated arguments
against the four-power arrange
ments as an alliance" and inject
ed several new issues that caused
momentary sensations and led to
bitter exchanges. A recent sReech
by protzky serving notice that the
new international group should
not fol get the Red army Of Russia.
was quoted by Senator Borah. re-
publican, Idaho.
Allegations that the pastor who
opened the arms conference with
prayer was compelled to omit the
name of Christ were thrown into
the debate by Senator Reed. DEM
ocrat. Missouri; Hitchcock, demo-
crat. Nebraska. and others. In an
arraignment of the treaty as re-
turn to the old balance of power
system, Senator Glass, democrat.
Virginia. declared it was a step to-
ward war instead of peace.
For the Supporters.
For the treaty supporters, Sena-
tors Lenroot, republican, Wiscon-
sin: Kellogg, republican. Minnesota,
and others insisted that no alliance
was proposed and that amity in tne
Pacific for many years to come
would be insured by acceptance Of
the treaty. They argued that Sf'e
CONTINUED on Eage TwoD