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Show FIRST TEST VOTE OMIEfTira Republicans Control Pact Procedure by Margin of Three. WASHINGTON", Sept. 23. Republicans Republi-cans took aetual control of peace treaty procedure in tlw.' senate today by u three vote margin. The first test in tlin fight now being waged about the, pact with its league of nations covenant cove-nant came on a motion by Chairman Lodge of the foreign relations committee, com-mittee, to postpone for one week consideration con-sideration of some forty odd amendments amend-ments which would roliovc the United Sta'.ts from service on commissions created under the treaty. The formal motion, with a fixed date was put before be-fore the senate after the vieo president hail sustained a point of order by Senator Sen-ator Hitchcock, leader of tho administration adminis-tration forces for ratification, against a motion for indefinite consideration, and it was adopted, 13 to 40. The motion, not of itself important, was accepted tonight by opponents of the league as the best possible index of the feeling and attitude of the sen-ale sen-ale towanl the treaty and the covenant. cove-nant. Democratic. leaders declared it meant nothing. J'.xeept in three instances the vote, on which the ayes and naves were demanded de-manded by Senator Hitchcock, followed parly lines. (Senator Jones of 'Washington 'Washing-ton and Senator MeCiimbcr of North Dakota, both Republicans, vol ed against (he motion, and Senator Heed. Democrat Demo-crat . of -Missouri, voted for it. Ten senators were paired, and three (lore, Oaklahonin; King, I'tali, and Shields, Tennessee absent and not voting, wore not paired. The little flurry over the Lodge motion mo-tion was 1 lie only excitement during the two-hour consideration of the treatv, which was not taken up until t line o'clock because of a parliamen-tarv parliamen-tarv wrangle. Senator Lodge called it up' at " o'clock, the regulation hour, l,l the tight over a senate bill still was running wild, when Senator Hitchcock Hitch-cock cut it short by a demand for read-! read-! ig of the treaty. There was no speech-'making, speech-'making, and late in the day the crowds I i the galleries, listening to the monotonous monot-onous reading, looked down and saw ioiilv two senators Hitchcock and Hran- I "" (Continued on Pago 17, Column 5.) 1 FIRST TEST VOTE DN TREATY TAKEFy (Continued From Tage One.) j da'cc, Ixojmbliean, of ( 'onneetieut, in j tho chamber. Others flitted back and forth, but few sat through the reading, j Conduct of the crowds that yesterday i broke into uproarous ajlause at the ', conclusion of a speech by Senator Heed j and then hissed condemnation of their . outburst, was disc us -oil at some length after introduction of a resolution by Senator Overman, Democrat, North Carolina, for enforcement of the rule against applause. The discussion got nowhere, however, as Senator McLean, Hepublican, Connecticut, objected to in -mediate consideration. There was quite a difference of opinion as to the propriety of letting visitors express opinions with hands and feet, although all scomod agreed that hissing was outrageous. out-rageous. Although Senator Lod;re s mot ion was to defer consideration of the amendment s offered by Sena t or Tall, Republican, New Mexico, un? tl ' next Tuesday,7' lv; later explained that he had picked that date at random, and it was changed to Friday of this week, jit was said tonight that the amendment by Senator Johnson, llepubiira n, CaJi: l'ornia, designed 1 o equalize t he voting .powers in the leriiriv of the United States and Great Britain, would not be t a ken up mil i 1 the senate hail f ina! !y disposed of the Fall amendments. I'n til debat e begins on t he Fa 11 amendments Friday the lime of tho senate will be given over To the reading read-ing of the printed text, with speeches bv a number of senators, including one by Senator New, hVpuhlican, Indiana, tomorrow. Senator Johnson returned today from his speech -ma king tour in t he west, prepared, he said, to uo later to Washington, Wash-ington, Oregon and California, and keep j up the attack on the Vague covenant. Senator Johnson said lie had not had ; time to look over the situation though; he hoped to get up his a mend meat, j ''within the week'' If a vote on the j treaty was delayed sixiv dav?,, he s.iid, j 'not a shred of it would be left.'' |