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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX; .PORTLAND,. JAXTTARf If, 1920 SENATE'S DEADLOCK T MAYYE BE BROKEN Faction Leaders Show Dispo sition to Get Together. MANY CONFERENCES. HELD Cnggestions Made and Accepted on Both Sides Beicved to Prom- J so Eveatful Agreement. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Efforts to break the senate peace treaty dead lock and keep the treaty out of the political campaign were advanced a step today when republican senators advocating' ratification drew up a counter proposal to the set of com promise reservations submitted to them early in the week by a group Of democrats. The republican proposal, to which He sponsors said Senator Lodfte had given tentative assent, was under stood to deal only with eome of the collateral issues In the reservation controversy, leaving to future nego tiations the troublesome- Questions of article 10, and equality of voting power in the league of nations. Some of the democratic euggestions were eaid to have been accepted, in cluding a change in the republican reservation programme of last ces sion, mo that the senate qualifications would not have to be accepted affirm atively by the other powers. Agree ment on these changes, however, was understood to be. conditional on cer tain concessions by democrats in re Card to other reservations. JiOnfff r no w nuungana. The counter-proposal was drafted by mild reservation republicans and submitted to Senator Lodge before boing- laid before the democrats. Senators of this group said afterward that Mr. Lodge showed willingness to have the negotiations proceed. As a result both the mild group and the democrats declared progress had been made. Many of them predicted also that when the time came the big stumbling blocks of article 10 and voting equal ity also could be removed and ratifi cation obtained. Submission of the counter proposal to the democrats came after the sen ate adjourned at the end of a day which had kept the chamber and cloak rooms alive with treaty talk. Not once was the subject mentioned on the floor, but it was the burden of many private conferences among senators on both sides. Outlook More Hopeful. Among these conferences was a talk between Senator Lodge and Senator Underwood of Alabama, a democrat, vfho has taken a prominent part in urging a speedy compromise! Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska con ferred with several of the mild reser vation republicans. , After their talk with Senator Lodge' the three mild reservationists who presented the counter proposal also appeared satisfied with the result. Senators McNary of Oregon and Colt of Rhode Island declared the situation was Improving constantly and said they were very hopeful of ratification. Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, the other conferee, described the prospect as "not entirely hopeless." WILSON AND SENATE ALIKE ; RAPPED BY EASTERN PRESS Neither President Nor Senator Lodge Irresistible, Saya New York World. White House Ultimatum Hallucination, Says Philadelphia Press. E MEN TO MEET CONVENTION IX PORTLAND TO OPEN JANUARY 7. Curtis M.' John so a of Minnesota Will Address Session of Oregon Dealers. The 14th annual convention of the Oregon Retail Hardware &' Implement Dealers will convene in Portland, Jan uary 27, 28, 20 and 30, at the Imperial hotel. The indications are that a record will be established in attend ance, as reservations at local hotels have begun., : The programme will contain the name of Curtis M. Johnson, Rush City, Winn., an ex-president of the National Federation of Implement & Vehicle Dealers' associations, and member of the Minnesota state fair board. As a convention speaker, Mr. Johnson has been in demand from New York to the Pacific coast and from his home tate to Texas. In the cost account ing field, he is unequaled afad his new Illustrated chalk talk "The Road to Happiness" in one of his very best. Ws W. Cooley, western Advertising representative of the Burroughs Add ing Machine company, San Francisco, during his present 30-day tour, will address business . organizations throughout the northwest on such topics as advertising, community ad- vertising, profits, gross and net, pur chasing properly, profit's perpetual problems, etc. Portland Jobbers and manufacturers met at the Commercial club Thurs day and the following were appointed to arrange entertainment for the visit ing dealers while in the city. John O. Greeney, B. C. "Ward. W. K. Slater, "W. O. Mllilean. Otto Cook, E. Connor, UeorRe Tounsr. W. E. Munsell. HONOR AWAITS YOUNGSTER Some Little Girl to Present Bouquet to General Pershing. Some little girl la Portland is going to have the honor of presenting Gen. eral Pershing a bouquet of flowera Who will it be? That is what the local chapter ot ' the American Legion is wondering, for upon the chapter has devolved the task of picking the little girl to rept resent Portland In presenting a Port land rose tribute to the leader of the American expeditionary forces in France. At the programme planned for the reception of General Perahlng at the auditorium next- Sunday evening a feature will be the presentation of the bouquet, and Mayor Baker ha asked the local chapter of the legion to select the youthful donor. A little girl 3 or 4 years of age, preferably the daughter of a soldier who gave his life in France, It Is hoped, will be accorded the honor, and the legion has asked that persons interested sug gest names to officials at Liberty temple. a Men Arrested With Girls. Andrew W. Lents and Paul Holmes, both of The Dalles, were arrested yes terday by Patrolmen Drennen and Nelson and were being held for In vestigation. The men were in com pany with Miss Bertha Shearer and Miss Mary Jane Wiley, one IS and the other both of whom were re ported missing- from their homes in The Dalles. Lents and. Holme are farmers, ' OREGONIAN JJEWS BUREAU, Washington, Jan. 10. Eastern newspapers make but little edi torial comment on the political effect or the Wilson-Bryan break. Most of them accepting- the split in the party a ' an actuality, they proceeded to discuss mainly the effect upon the treaty. . Democratic newspapers generally iaKe me side of Mr. Wilson, except the Brooklyn Eagle, which runs an editorial under the heading, "Bryan Is Right." The New York Times takes very nearly the Bryan position with out giving' Mr. Bryan any credit for being in such perfect agreement with its ideas. - - Republican newspapers assume that the split in the democratic party precipitated by Mr. Bryan has come to stay for this camoalffn. The New Yprk. World, leading administration paper, studiously avoids discussing the subject editorially as a party spilt, but permits Its Washington writer to eay of Mr. Bryan on the first page: "A diagnoses of his presence and utterances here indicates a -desire on his part to embarrass Mr. Wilson as leader of the democratic party and to play ens Important a part as possi ble in the axt national convention. Furthermore, Bryan has gone west to segregate for himself a bunch of dele gates that will -be under his domina tion at San Francisco.' It is not essen tial that these be pledged to support him for the nomination, but he will seek to have a respectable bundle in his vest pocket to throw in the direc tion of whichever candidate eventu ally attracts his fancy." Letter Called "A'oimenne.' Referring to Mr. Wilson's letter on the treaty the World says editorially that "The president is talking non sense" In mentioning a referendum. To gauge the Bentiment among dem ocratic party leaders and almost every democrat In Washington clls himself a leader Is difficult, because they are afraid to talk. The day be fore the Jackson-day banquet their frame of mind had changed from one of depression to confidence and hope. The men and women who came in from the states, maybe thinking it devolved upon them to make a good report or none at all, brought the word that things were "looking up" for the party. The result was the party leader here grew cheerful and saw hope of victory next fall. He felt well toward all the world, and discussed Bryan as one of the presidential possibilities, with friendliness and impartiality. Yesterday and today, this leader and the other one is surrounded by a dif ferent atmosphere. He is either in dignant at Mr. Bryan or keeping still. All of that good cheer and cocksure ness .which marked democratic con versation up to the banquet hour have' disappeared. Around the Shoreham hotel, where many of the party leaders still re mained today, it was Impossible to rind anyone who would talk of brierht democratic prospects. Some would talk frankly on the understanding that they would not be quoted A national committeeman from a middle western state, said that the demo cratic party was split as wide open as in 1S96. but he continued: Third Party Idea Scouted. "It is not the same kind of a split. There will be no third party. To talk about Bryan leading another pary if he loses at the convention is all bosh. He will do as he did in 1904 when Parker was nominated. He will rave and rail until he has convicted the party and its candidate of every crime imaginable and alienated a lot of democrats, thenshe will line up and be regular. The harm, will be done then. "The split will simply be that many democrats will auietly vote the re publican ticket in protest against all of the evil in the democratic party that Mr. Bryan has pictured while making a selfish campaign In his own interest." But this democrat was in a par ticularly ugly mood because he had been talking with a little group of democrats who were too radical'to suit him. He said: "They called themselves democrats and talked like socialists." Press Denounces Attitude. ' The effect of the president's letter which was -most noticeable was that practically all of the republican and independent ' press which has sup ported him so loyally in his fight for the league of nations denounced his uncompromising attitude today. Eastern press comments on the Jackson day banquet and the conse quent plight of the peace treaty follow: New York World (democrat): Rat ify the treaty. The treaty of peace is not a personal issue between Pres ident Wilson and Senator Lodge, nor is the -covenant of the league of na tions a personal issue between these two eminent scholars in politics. There are 100,000,000 other Amer icans who have a direct stake in this controversy, and there are hundreds of millions of people in other coun tries whose Interest is no less important. President Wilsons letter to the Jackson day dinner of the democratic leaders Is Immediately followed by an expression of defiance from Sen ator Lodge. The president showed no disposition whatever to compromise. With due respect to President Wil son and, to Senator Lodge, who seem to have ant infinite capacity for get ting on each other's nerves, both of them are talking nonsense, and very dangerous nonsense at such a time as this. There is no way in which the differences between the presi- Jdent and the senate majority can be submitted to a referendum next fall. I itte united Mates senate has great constitutional duty to perform in relation to that treaty and it should discharge that duty without further delay. The senate cannot evade that duty, nor is It under obligation to run to the White House every time it wishes to change c. comma in the treaty, Nevertheless, U Is under obligation to take into consideration all the objec tions' the- president has raised to changes in the treaty and to make the resolution' of ratification as whole hearted a response on the part ef the United tSates as the situation permits. President Wilson will not reject an honest compromise. No president can ever reject such a compromise. Least of all could President Wilson submit such a rejection to the American peo ple and ask them for their approval. But it must be a fair compromise. " For ten monthsv.Senator Lodge has posed as an irresistible force, but events have demonstrated that he is not irresistible. President Wilson Is now posing as an . immovable body, but If the senate does what the vast majority of the American people ex pect it to do events will demonstrate that the president is not immovable. The moral prestige of the United States throughout the world must not be further sacrificed in this quarrel- Boston Globs find.) If the treaty is put off for 14 months more, until the next administration - is installed, the world will be bo confirmed in its old habits that it wlU have settled down to preparation for the next war. Philadelphia Press (rep.) President Wilson deludes himself with thinking that a majority of the people want this treaty and covenant exactly as he brought it from Paris. This we believe to be a eick-bed hallucination. Mr. Bryan is right when -he tells the president that no referendum would help in the least unless it resulted In the election to the senate of a two thirds majority who are in favor of ratification of the straight treaty. There has been enough delay aJready. The treaty with proper reservations should be brought to a vote at once. The Baltimore Sun (dem.) Mr. Bryan's position is that the demo crats should get the best compromise they can and ratify the treaty speed ily, "whatever that compromise may be "peace at any price," in other words. which is not out of character for Mr. Bryan. Of course Bole responsibility for the delay so far rests upon the senate. The president submitted a treaty which the senate has refused to ratify, with or without changes, or to re ject. The effort to lay blame on the president because he will not go to the republican leaders with conces sions is ridiculous. How can he take any action until the senate makes up its mind what it wants to do and does it? Baltimore American (rep.) While Mr. .Bryan shrinks from the thought of fighting, the war all over1 again in a party campaign and reducing the league of nations 'to a mere football of party politics, his superior in the party declares that this is the best thing that should be done. Such a division means a split in the demo cratic party that no amount of effort on the part of conciliators could avail to heal. - Springfield (Mass.) Union (rep.) Between the president's obstinate and futile stand on the strict letter of the treaty as presented to the senate, to the length of being willing to carry the controversy into the presi dential campaign, and the remarks of Mr. Bryan, there is the difference be tween the self-centered, single-track mind, unwilling to deviate from its position, and the alert and discern ing publicist Vho addresses himself, not to an academic formula merely but to the logic and psychology of an existing situation. Springfield (Mass.) Republican (rep.) The impression will be strengthened by the president's letter to the Jack son day banqueters and by the resolu tions unanimously adopted by the democratic national committee that the peace treaty has gone over the Niagara of politics and is already in the whirlpool of the presidential struggle for control of the United States government. This result, if beyond modification or repair, is de plorable. Pittsburg Post (dem.) The repub lican leadership of the senate has been placed squarely on the defensive. While no objection was shown to res ervations of an interpretative nature, It was made plain that the democratic party is behind Wilson in the fight against any tampering that would de feat the plan to prevent war. , Pittsburg Sun (dem.) The - presl dent would throw down the gage of battle to the blind men who have ob structed world concord. He believes .that recording of the, popular will through such a universal referendum is of greater advantage to the country in the final analysis than any good to be gained by expedient compromise. Pittsburg , Dispatch (ind.-rep.) In his remarks touching the league the Nebraskan is much nearer the view point of the reservationists than that of the White House. Pittsburg Chronicle Telegrraph (rep.) Mr. Bryan's opposition to carrying the fight into the national election 13 based pn practical political consid erations. He knows and does not hesi tate to say that the democratic -senators are coming1 in for their share of blame for holding up the treaty. Pittsburg Leader (rep.) President Wilson is a candidate for a third term. His declaration that his per sonal league of nations must be the issue in the coming presidential cam paign is equivalent to an announce ment of hiscandidacv. 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The moral efTer.t ftf "M r W.' 1 1 u o r ' AinAKl for a popular referendum would, to I say tne least, have been much more forcible if he had proposed it earlier. Chicago Tribune (rep.) If Mr. Wil son wishes to abandon his-first pol icy, which was to hasten ratification by all means; if he prefers now to place the treaty before the people for thorough Ynmlnat1ni I maw vf-V well prove to be a co'urse beneficial-! to the United States. But it will not be beneficial to Mr. Wilson's 'hones of forcing the treaty upon us. But If Mr. Wilson proposes to throw-the f treaty into the campaign and make any ratification impossible before March, 1921, congress should proceed without further delay to declare a state of peace. ( .t v Chicago Journal (dem.) The Jack son day celebration at Washington was not lacking, in fireworks, but the predicted explosions did not- oc cur. Those who have been praying that the democratic party would go to pieces as badly as the G. O. P. has done were disappointed. Boston Transcript (lnovrep.) n tne senate's minority reject the advice of Mr. Bryan at the Jackson day ban quet, bow to the ultimatum of Mr. Wilson and refuse to acquiesce in the senate's reservations, then the chal lenge of the president must be met standing, and the people will decide at the polls next November. The Baltimore American (rep.) While Mr. Bryan shrinks from the thought of fighting the war all over again in a party campaign and re ducing the league of nations to a mere football of party politics, his superior in the party declares that this is the thng that should be done. Such a division means a split in the demo cratic party that no amount of effort on the part of conciliators can avail to heal. ' Philadelphia Record (dem.) We shall be greatly surprised If a vig orous democracy does -not prefer the president's stand on high principles to these foolish propositions of the ex-secretary of state. Between 1S96 and 1820 Mr. Bryan has not grown to that political stature and statesman ship made possible by his many opportunities. New York Tribune (rep.) The Jackson-day letter, therefore, comes very close to committing the presi dent to a third successive candidacy. It does not renounce the mantle of leadership. It tends, on the contrary. to bring about a situation in which the mantle cannot be passed along. Pittsburg Press (republican.) The chief value of the Jackson day ban quet In Washington last night was the incontestable proof it afforded of a serious split in the democratic party. The -moral effect of Mr. Wil son's appeal for a popular referendum would, to say the very least, . have been much more forcible if he had proposed it earlier. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph - (re publican)-! Bryan's opposition to carrying the fight into the national election is based on practical po litical considerations. 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