Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-03-31
POWER PACT
WINS IN SENATE
Treaty Is Approved by the Sem
at0rS 81 to IL.
ONE RESERVATION is o. KID
Body Rejects All Other Amendments
Twelve Democrats Voted for
Ratification and Four Repub-
licans Against Proposition.

washington, Marcn 20.-Ihe four
power Pacific treaty was ratified by
the senate. The vote was 81 to q.
This was four more than the two
thirds vote required for ratification.
Twelve Democratic senators voted
for ratification. Four Republicans
voted against ratification.
AS incorporated in the reservation
of ratification the resolution says:
1.-THE United States understand that
under the statement in the preamble
or under the terms of this treaty there
is no commitment to armed force, no
alliance, no obligations to join in any
defense"
The roll call on ratification follows !:
For ratification:
Republicans-Ball, Brandegee, Bur-
sum, Calder, Cameron, Capper, Colby,
Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham;, Dupont,
Edge, Elkins, Ernst, Fernald, Frey
linghuysen, Gooding, Hale, Harreld,
Jones (Wash), kellogg, Keyes, Laid,
Lenroot, Lodge, Mccormick, McCum-
Der, Mckinley, Mclean, McNary,
Moses, Nelson, New, Newberry, Mich
olson, Norbeck, Norris, Oddie, Page,
Pepper, Phipps Poindexter, Rawson,
Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer. Stanfield,
Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend, Wads-
worth, Warren, Watson Qnd.), Weller
and Willis-55.
Democrats-Broussa Dial, Fetch
,er, Hendricks, Mcclellan, Myers, Owen,
'POmerene, Ransdell, Trammell, I'm
derwood and Williams-12. Total for
ratification-67.
Total Against Ratification.
Against ratification:
Republicans-Bora France, John
son and La Follette4.
Observation-Disclosures, Caraway, Gull
berson, Gerry, Glass, Harris, Harri-
son, Helm, Hitchcock. King, Over
man, Pittman, Reed, Robinson, Shop
pard, Shields, Simmons, Smith, STAN
ley, Swanson, Walsh (Mass.), Walsh
(Mont) and Watson, (Ga.) Total-23.
Total against ratification-27.
!. The senate after the ratification roll
call adjourned until today without
acting on thy supplemental treaty to
the four-power pact.
Amendments and reservations to the
treaty were voted down one after an
other by the senates as it approached
q final roll call on ratification.
For the most part the majorities
were overwhelming and virtually CO.
incident with party lines. Only a
handful Of Democrats stood with their
titular leader, Senator Underwood of
Alabama, against the effort to qualify
the ratification resolution and only
the little group of irreconcilables OPP
posed the Republican leadership of
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts to
vote with the reservationists.
The first qualifying declaration to
be voted down was an amendment by
Senator Robinson (Dem.) of Arkan-
sas, that would have pledged the
treaty signatories against 'any secret
treaty, arrangement or understanding,
with :iDy other power or powers dur
ing the life of this treaty"
The vote was 80 to 81. Six Demo-
catic senators-Dial, South Carolina
Meyers, Montana; Pomerene, Ohio I;
Ransdell, Louisiana; Underwood, Ala
bana, and Williams, Mississippi
voted against the amendment and four
Republicans-Sena France, Mary
land; Johnson, California; La Fol
lette, Wisconsin, and Borah, Idaho
supported it.
Kill Amendments.
No further amendments were of
fered to article l of the treaty and
on a roll call the article was ap-
proved in committee of the whole. "A
to Is. Opposition leaders said the di-
vision did not represent the strength
that would be shown on final ratifica-
ton since many senators based their
opposition on other sections of the
treaty.
Those who voted against article /
were: Senators Ashurst, Arizona
Culberson, Texas; Gerry, Rhode
Island; Harris, Georgia; King, Utah
Reed, Missouri; Robinson, Arkansas
Sheppard, Texas; Shields. Tennessee !;
Stanley, Kentucky, and Watson,
Georgia (Dems.), and Borah, Idaho
France, Maryland; .Johnson, Cali
fornia, and La Toilette, Wisconsin
(Reps.).
Senator Robinson then offered and
the senate rejected an amendment to
article 2, pledging the signatories
against aggression against any outside
power, and giving outside powers the
right to sit in conference affecting
their interests.
The yoet on this amendment was 80
to 50. The only Republicans support,
ing it were: Senators Borah, France