The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18
REFUSE To RUSH
COURT DEBATE
By GEORGE r. HOLMES

Debate on American adherence TO
the World Court swung leisurely
into the second lap in the senate
today while waves Of propaganda
for and against the court rolled
high on Capitol Fiji.
Senatorial mail bags were over
flowing with exhortations to join
ana protests against joining. Most
OF the former were In the shape Of
form letters, round-robins and print
ed literature, timed to arrive with
1.-THE start Of the battle. Most of the
latter were in the form OF indi-
vidual letters from foes Of the court
| who seem just to have awakened to
1.-The reaIization that barring IN
looked for upsets the Senate is go.
| ing to vote the United States into
the court.
Veteran members OF the Senate
said that the organized pressure
on the court issue from specially
formed clubs, peace organizati tons,
/ church societies, etc, was the
greatest they had ever seen on q
specific issue before the Senate.
Not ID Hurry Vote
The Senate plans to let this
pressure wear itself out natur lly.
There III no disposition to hurry B
vote, ana no way of doing 80 even
liz there were disposition to do so.
It win be late February or March,
I'll III believed, before 4 showdown
can be had, and the Senate doesn't
believe the pressure can be main
tanned that long.
The herculean task confronting
the irreconc ilables In overcoming
the odds against them was en-
plla Ted today BY b count of noses
in the Senate.
A poi taken by international
News Service on this, the second
day of the long struggle, disclosed
that the proponents OF the court
have sixty-three votes they can
count on as 8 minimum That Isl
within three Of the sixty-six neces.
saray to vote adherence.
so G.. o. r. Lined Up
The count showed thirty Repilb.
llicarls ana tllsrty-t laree Democrat eor
the court Oh the Harding Hughes
Coolidge terms, six Republicans FOR
the court only lie specific and far
reaching reservations are attached;
seven Republicans, three Democrats
and one Farmer-I .aborite, against
the present court In any form and
ten Republicans and one Democrat
not committed and apparently on
the fenoe. There were two Repub
lican absentees, two Democratic alb
sentees and one vacancy when thu
poll was taken.
Tho lineup follows:
FOR COURT.
Republicans Bingham, Connect
cut: Butler, Massachusetts,: Cam
erorl, Arizona; Capper, Kansas:
| CuTnhaiils, Iowa. Curtis, Kansas.
Ernst, Kentucky; Fernald, Maine:
Fess, Ohio; Gillette, MASSACHUSETTS:
flooding, Idaho; Greene, Vermont;
Hale, Maine; Jones, Washingto
Reyes, New Hampshire: Lenroot,
Wisconsin: Mckinley, Illinois; Nc
| Lean, Connecticut; McNary, Ore
gol; Metcalf, Rhode Island; Phipps,
/ Colorado; Reed, Pennsylvania;
Shortridge, California: Smoot, Utah:
Stanfieid, Oregon; Watson, Indi-
ana; Weller, Maryland, and Wills.
Ohio l3O).
l Democrats Ashurst, Arizona:
Bayard, Delaware; Bratton, New
Mexico; Broussard, Louisiana;
Bruce, sMaryIands Caraway, Ar.
kansas: Copeland. New York: Fer.
/ ris, Michigan; Fletcher, Florida;
George. Georgia; Gerry. Rhode Is
land: Glass, Virginia: Harris,
Georgia; Harrison. Mississippi;3 Hef-
/ lin, Alabama; Jones. New Mexico;
King, Utah: Mcclellan, Tennessee;
Mayfield. Texas; Nicely, West Viz.
/ gfnias Overman, North Carolina;
1 lana; Robinson, Arkansas; Shep-
pard. Texas; Simmons, North
Carolina; Smith. South Carolina;
4 Swanson, Virginia; Tyson. Tenn
essee; Stephens, Mississippi; Tram
nell. Florida: Walsh. Montana, and
! Wheelr, Montana (33). Total 63.
! For court with specific reserva-
1 tions-Republicans: Souzens, Mich
igan: Deneen, Illinois: Norris,
Nebraska: Pepper, Pennsylvania:
.Wadsworth, New York, and War
Fren, Wyoming (6).
Democrats None. Total. s.
| AGAINST COURT.
Republicans Borah, Idaho; Brook
AdIt1 iowa ETazlefss North Dakota.
johnson, California; La Toilette,
Wisconsin; Moses, New Hampshire:
Williams, Missouri a.
DeMocrats-Bl ease, South Caro-
lima; Din, Washington; Reed, Mis-
souri, az.
Farmer Laborite- Shipstead, Min
neapolis, a.. Total, II.
= UNCOMMITTED.
| plIhlicana-yOff Vast Virginia .
! Harreld. Oklahoma: Howell, Nebras-
ka; McMaster, North Dakota:
Means, Colorado: Oddie, Nevada;
Pine, Oklahoma; Robinson, Indiana;
Sackett. KY. and Schall, Min
neapQlis (10).
!; Observation-Disclosures ~. Total, ii.
! ABSENT.
sRepublicans-Du POnt, Delaware,
and Norbeck, South Dakota, (2).
Democrats Edwards, New Jersey;
Underwood, Alabama, (2). Total, A..