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Show LEADERS SAY iEiHT ! 1ILL CARRY l . Proposal to Give U. S. Equal Voting Power With Britain Will Win, Republicans Declare. Speechmaking Proceeds in Senate; Wadsworth Vigorously Assails the Treaty in Address. DUXTJTII, Minn., Sept. 19. Senator Sen-ator Hiram W. Johnson annovinced tonight that he had abandoned his proposed trip to the Pacific Coast to answer President Wilson's speeches on the league of nations. He will spea.k at St. Paul and Minneapolis tomorrow and leave for Washington, D. C, Sunday. WASHINGTON. Sept. 19 After the covenant of the league of nations, a part of the German peace treaty, had be-en read late today in the senate. Republican Repub-lican lenders claimed votes enough to pass, probably next week, an amendment which would give the Pa'-ted Stales eual voting pover with Greru Pritaiii la tr.j league assomtly. While confident the amendment will be adopted, the Republicans hold that it would not reopen the whole cuest:on oi peace and force the return of the pact to the peace conference at Paris as President Wilson and Pemocra.ic leaders lead-ers Lave predicted. There will be no session o:' ;:-.e senate tomorrow, but the fight will open Monday Mon-day in earnt?t, with prospect of a vote on the llritlsh-American amendment, proposed by Senator Johnson, Republican, oi California, by the end of the week. Telegrams were sent Thursday to Senator Sena-tor Johnson by Senator Borah of Idaho, after a conference with Senator Ixtdge. urging his Immediate return here, but today Senator Lodge, chairman of the foreign relations committee, in charge of the treaty on the floor, and Senator Knox, Republican, of Pennsylvania, telegraphed tele-graphed him that he might proceed with his western trip and keep on raking the league fore and aft, as he has been doing do-ing for the last ten days. JOHNSON EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TOUR. It was assumed by Republicans tonight that Senator Johnson would continue his trip. As he Is paired with Senator Martin. Mar-tin. Democrat, of Virginia, on all treaty votes except final passage, he would not be able to vote lor his amendment, although al-though his friends said he would be prepared pre-pared to make a hard fight for its adoption. adop-tion. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, leader of the administration tight for ratification, ratifica-tion, was as steadfast as heretofore, however, in the belief that all amendments amend-ments would be rejected. Democrats made no attempt to disguise the I'eeHntr of elation that their cause was In good shal-e. citing the hurry call sent to Senator Sena-tor Johnson as evidence of dou'.'t in the opposition camp. It was while they were sti'l discussing this phase of the skua- j tlon that word reached them of the Ijodge and Knox message to Johnson to (Continued on Page 2. Column 5.) j AMENDMENT WILL ! GARRY, SHY LEADERS (Continued from Page One.) itny on the trail of the president !n the "Vol- tiiri.e hours today fno treaty had 111" riyht of wav, .martins; with a bitter (1. nunciaiion of its leai;m: covenant. by Senator Wotlswortii, Heljuliliean. of New yorlc. which was vigorously applauded by crowded galleries. NELSON ATTACKS COMMITTEE WORK. Senator Nelson. Republican, of Minnesota, Minne-sota, o'-loniir to the "nuiu reservation" camp, attack--'1 the reservation reported out bv the foreign relations committee relating to the refusal of this nation to assume for-rin territorial guarantees without sanction of congress under article arti-cle X. Senator Nelson upheld tne right of the government to send and keep American soldiers in liussia, thus taklni? sharp issue with Senators Johnson, liorah anil "other JCepuhiicans, who have been liehuinit to v,et them home. Senator Wudsworth, in a spirited attack at-tack on the league covenant, declared it would have kept tiiis country under j:rif:sn domination, and that if It had be-Ti in existence at the time of thfe" r( volutionary war it would have sent i e ei v lluropet.n nation at the throat of I Kram-e because of the aid France rendered ren-dered the American colonies. AlthouKh he had expected to speak today. to-day. Senator Reed, Iiemocrat, of Missouri, Mis-souri, an opponent of the league, told the senate lie was not prepared and would speak Monday. |