Evening star., 1926-01-23
COURT OPPONENTS
TO FORCE CLOTURE
ACTION ON MONDAY
Will Not Assent to Debate
Limit Agreement, Lead
erS Indicate.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.

The Senate will vote on the reSOlu-
ton proposing Cloture on the World
Court on Monday. opponents of the
court declared today as the Senate
assembled.
No agreement could be reached for
unanimous consent to limit debate on
the World Court on February 10, as
proposed by Senator Robinson OF
Arkansas, Democratic leader, yester-
day, the anti-court Senators declared.
A feeling of resentment was mani
fest. Some OF the anti-court Senators
insisted that they will force the pro
court Senators to go through now
with the threat of cloture.
The attitude of the opponents OF
the court, it was said, as the Senate
assembled, was to decline any unani-
nous consent proposal to limit debate.
They prefer. it was said, to let the
cloture resolution come to vote in
the Senate Monday, hoping to defeat
il. Several Senators were schedue ed
to speak today on the World Court.
including Senators Nye Of North Da.
kota and Tyson of Tennessee.
4S Sign Resolution.
The cloture resolution now pending
was presented last night before re
cess was taken by Senator Lenroot of
Wisconsin, 1t was signed by 48 Sena-
tors-24 Republicans and "a Demo
Gratis.
The Senators signing the resolution
follow:
Republicans = Bingham. Connect
cut; Butler, Massachusetts; Capper,
Kansas; Couzens, Michigan, Cum
Minis. Iowa; Curtis, Kansas; Deneen.
Illinois; Ernst, kentucky; Fess, OHIO,
Giilett. Massachusetts. Goff. West
Virginia; Hale. Maine; Jones, Wash
ington; Lenroot. Wisconsin,; Mclean,
Connecticut; Metcalf. Rhode Island;
Pepper, Pennsylvania; Phipps. Colo
rado: Reed. Pennsylvania, Sackett.
Kentucky: Smoot, Utah; Warren.
Wyoming; Weller, Maryland; Willis,
Ohio.
Democrats-Ashurst, Arizona; Brat
ton, New Mexico Bruce. Maryland
Caraway, Arkansas. Edwards. New
Jersey; Ferris. Michigan; Fletcher
Florida: Harris. Georgia; Hef1in, Ala
bama: Jones, New Mexico: kendrick.
Wyoming: King. Utah; MckeIler.
Tennessee; Mayfield. Texas; Nicely,
West Virginia: Overman. North Caro-
lima: Ransdeu, Louisiana; Robinson,
Arkansas; Sheppard, Texas; Simmons.
North Carolina: Tyson, Tennessee;
bama; Walsh, Montana.
Under the rules of the Senate. the
resolution lies over until one hour
after the Senate meets Monday, when
it must be voted on without further
debate. II adopted. each Senator
thereafter will be limited to one hour
debate on the resolution and Ill
amendments and reservations.
Notwithstanding the obdurate atti-
f,,Ia = 90 no
tors, conferences still are under way
to bring about an agreement by
unanimous consent which will make
unnecessary the invoking of the clo-
ture rule. If such an agreement
should be entered into, cloture would
not be voted on.
Senator Blease of South Carolina,
who caused the failure of agreement
yesterday by his objection. and who
indicated last night that he might
change his mind, was reported today
to be still determined to object. Sew
eral other Senators opposed to the
court also were said to be ready TO
object.
Senator Harrison of MiSsissippi.
Democrat, said that he believed that
the unanimous consent agreement
would be entered into either today
or Monday morning, and that it
would become then unnecessary to
invoke the cloture rule. He predict
ed that sentiment agaist an agree
ment would change probably before
the day was over.
Opponents Defeat Seen.
Whatever course Is followed, the
anti-court fight, it is believed, has been
smashed. The court Will come to a
vote, and its supporters insist they
have more than 20 votes for it, and
it will be ratified by more than the
necessary two-thirds votes.
Many of the Democratic Senators
who signed the resolution for cloture
are from the South. Senator Reed of
Missouri. Democrat, in,placa Bile foe
Of the World Court, Immediately after
the presentation of the resolution.
raised the ghost of the force bill, of
hated memory in the South. and warn