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.
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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. He makes the
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I of the president's own vindication and
makes it impossible for any other
man to stand on that platform.
Pittsburg Press (rep.) The chief
,value,of the Jackson day banquet in
Washington last night was the in
contestable proof It afforded of a seri
ous split in the democratic party. 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. He knows and
does not hesitate to say that the
aemocratic senators are coming In for
their share of blame for holding up
the treaty.
Pittsburg Leader (republican)
President Wilson is a candidate for a
third term. His declaration last night
that his personal league of nations
must be the issue in the coming
presidential campaign Is equivalent
to an announcement of his candidacy.
Washington Post (independent)
For those who wish to consider the
political situation that has developed
trom tne treaty controversy, . the
president's letter and Mr. Bryan's
speech afford abundant food for
thought. An impartial reading of the
president's letter permits the infer
ence that he expects to be a candi
date for re-election. '
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