The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-24
Majorities Overwhelming.
ly in Oppositionsto
Reservations
V0TE ON PARTY L!NES
Democrats Fail in Efforts
to Tack on Amend
;. ments

WASHINGTON March "a 4A
long succession OF proppsed
amendments and reseryatIons 70
the four-power Pacific treaty were
voted down one after another by
the Senate today as 1t approached
n final roll call on ratification
For the most part the maiorltiel
were overwhelming and virtually
coincldent with party lines Only
q handful OF Democrats stood with
their titular leader, Senator Tn,
derwood of Alabama, against the
effort to qualify the ratiflctipn re.
solution and only the lille gronp
of irreconcilibles opposed the Re.
publican leadership OF Senator
Lodge OF Massachusetts TO yota
with the reservatIonists,
The strength recorded for the
proposed qualifying declarations
lowered close to thirty on sue
ceeding roll calls but was not SUI
ficlent to ruffle the Confidence of
the two party chiefs that the fina
count on ratification later Ia the
afternoon would show. d safe mar.
gin over the Necessary two thirds.
The first. qualifying decsafation
voted down was an amendment by
Senator Robinson, Democrat, Ark
ansas, which would have pledged
the treaty slgnatories against any
secret treaty, arrangement or un-
derstandlng, with any other
power or powers during the life Of
this treaty."
The vote was 80 to 61. SIX
Democrats, Senator Dial, South
Carolina; Myers. Montana; Pom
creme, Ohio; Ransdell, Lolislhna
Underwood, Alabama, and vii
liams, Mississippi, voted against
the amendment, and four Republl-
cans supported It. No further
amendments were offered 70 afa
ticle one. and on a roll call tho
article was approved IN committee
of the whole, a to IS. Opposition
leaders said. the division did not
represent the strength that would
be shown on final ratification
since many senators based their
opposition On other sections Of the
treaty.
Those who voted against article
one were Senators Ashurst, Ari.
zona; Culberson, Texas Gerry
Rhode Island; Harris Georgia,
King; Utah; Reed, Missouri Rob
inson, Arkansas; Sheppard.
Texas; Shields, Tennessee. Stan
ley, Kentucky, and Watson, Geor.
gia; Democrats, and Borah, idaho,
France. Maryland. Johnson. Cali
fornia and La Toilette, Wisconsin,
Republicans.
Senator Robinson then offered
and the Senate rejected an
amendment to article two pledginr
the signatories against aggression
against any outside power and Civ.
ing outside powers the right 10 sit
in conferences affecting their in
terests.
An amendment by Senator
Hitchcock, Democrat, Nebrasisa. 10
make the conferencefproyfsions OF
article two apply only to funpro-
yoked" aggression also was reject
ed.
The Hitchcock amendment vas
supported by twenty-nlne senators
and opposed by sixty=three. The
same four Republican irreconcil-
tables voted for It, and Senators
Broussard,. Louisiana; Kendrick.
Wyoming; Myers, Montana; Owen.
Oklahoma; Pomerene. Ohio.
Ransdell. Louisiana; Underwood,
Alabama; and williams, Mississip-
pi, Democrats, voted against n
The senate then voted down an
amendment by Senator Shields,
Democrat, Tennessee, stipuIatfnr
that the United States enter the
four power arrangement tfor the
sole purpose Of aiding, by It's
friendly offices and efforts In re-
moving friction and controversy.
and with no intention OF departing
from its traditional policies
Sh tiS- SoulSlub adIhehu14SAtg Aut
vote was 13 TO 73.
Another amendment by Senator
Reed, Democrat, Missouri, proyid
ing that the signatories would In
mo respect be bound by deci-
sions reached after Conversation
under article two was rejected. 20
to So.
The senate then rejected 81 to
e5. an amendment BY Senator
Reed providing that no nation
should be tin any manner obiiga,-
cd to do any act OF war because Of
decisions reached under the treaty
The senate voted down &c To- e5
an amendment by Senator johnson,
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