Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-25
CLOTURE is VOTED
ON COURT DEBATE,
HINTS PROTOCOL 0. X.

/ CONTINUED from First fasel
! was opposed 10 unlimited immi-
/ era ton.
! Senator Reed declared that he never
| had been in favor OF unrestricted I'm =
| migration. but that he was for seiec-
I tive immisra ton. Il don't know the
/ position OF the Khan" said Senator
Reed
rs The Senator ashamed of his com =
|pany?" asked Senator Robinson.
Il have no company. except my col
{ agnes here" said Senator Reed.
/ senator Robinson criticized Senator
Reed also for having charged on the
! 1oar OF the Senate that former Jus
: tee Clarke who resigned from the
Supreme Court to carry on Work IN
( the interest of the Lea que of Nations.
/ had received more money for TINS
I crusade than from the Government
senator Robinson said that this was
not so. and that Senator Reed had
least stigma on an honora hle man.
4 Senator Robinson declared that Sen
ator Johnson of California had had a
! brain storm on the floor OF the Sen
ate the other day because the churches
! lad engaged in appeals and propa-
"a nda for the World Court
The Senator from California said
nothing about the ku kluX Khan ana
| its propa randa against the court.
| added Senator Robinson. Il make no
| complaint against The Khan. 1t has
/ the same rights as church orsani-
Zation hut IL has no more
l Senator Robinson said II had been
! charged that the substitute reS"'i-
| ton for ratification offered SATURDAY
! by Senator Swanson and IN" SUP
| porters of the court ''rmascu.ated the
| court.
! Firmly Denies Charg".
at has no such effect declared
! Senator Robinson, emphatirall. lie
| proceeded to argue this point. 1t Was
! then eight minutes of / O'Clock, the
| hour of voting. and Senator johnson
of California interrupted senator
| Robinson. urging that in all fairness
he should he given six minutes OF
| the remaining time - reply.
Senator Robinson then yielded the
floor. and Senator Johnson admitted
that he did cry out against propa.
randa in this country in support Of
the court" He insisted that he was
entirely justified. He criticized Sena-
tor Swanson for bringing in a substi-
tute resolution just on the eve OF
vote on cloture. He declared that the
substitute resolution was different
proposition and that debate should
not be closed on 1t.
Swanson Disputes Point.
Senator Swanson interjected that
there was nothing in his substitute
resolution which was not proposed In
his first speech made on the court
when the subject was taken up De-
cember Il.
After the vote had been announced
bv the Vice President, showing mat
the cIoture rule had been successfully
invoked. arrangements were maze LOT
keeping time on the senators, so that
no Senator should speak longer thah
the hour permitte ell under the rule.
Senators Lenroot of Wisconsin and
Walsh of Montana are prepared to eN-
ulain the changes in the Swanson sub
stit,lte resolution. Senator Lenroot
declared that there was nothing in the
substitute resolution in conflict with
the Harding Hughes-C Coolidge proposal
for the ratification of the World Court
protocol.
Reed Moves Adjournment.
At this point Senator Reed Of Mis-.
souri, moved an adjournment, and Sen
ator Walsh of Montana suggested the
absence of quorum. The call brought
So many into the Senate that Senator
Reed said he would withdraw his mo-
ton for adjournment.
The reading clerk then proceeded
to read the protocol and the statute
of the court. Senator Reed made an
other motion of adjournment. 1t was
overwhelmingly voted down, and the
clerk went on reading.
Opponents of the court, 1t was pre-
dicted this afternoon, as soon as the
adherence of the United States to the
court has been voted will proceed to
organize a campaign to get the United
States out Of the court, as permitted
in the Swanson resolution.
When the Senate met at noon to-,
day the atmosphere was tense. With
in a hour a showdown was due on
the World Court issue. Conferences
had been held prior to the assem-
bling Of the Senate by both pro-court
and anti.court Senators. The question
was whether an agreement could be
reached fixing a date for limiting
debate on the court by unanimous
consent and thus obviating the need
of voting on the cloture resolution.
A vigorous defense Of the right Of
the Senate to invoke cloture to obtain
action on an important queeti0n after
it has been thoroughly discussed was