Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-26 | Page 1 | Senate Nears Balloting on World Court

SENATE NEARS BALLOTING ON WORLD COURT Final Under Cloture Cloture Cloture Clo- Clo ture May Come Before Adjournment T Today o 0 d day a y r n. n 26 2 CAP CAP- Apr AP r i tight lic of e th the senate approached 1 d today the vote which h ma may take the United States into the world court Whether the final roll call will I come before adjournment t today day or orbe orbe orbe be deferred 1 until tomorrow was was' problematical Proponents of ot ad adherence adherence adherence ad- ad have concluded their arguments arguments ments meats and opponents now are Inclined Inclined In in- dined to prolong the discussion More than a score of ot reservations to the Swanson s substitute resolution I tion of ot adherence have been offered however and these must be disposed of before the final vote Roll calls will be demanded in a number of cases RESTRICT SPEECHES Under the rule which the senate invoked yesterday 68 to 26 for or the second time since Its adoption in 1917 each senator is limited to one hour on the resolution 0 of adherence I Continued on page pas 3 SENATE E NEARS BALLOTING ON WORLD COURT Continued from page 1 1 and all amendments which ha have haye e been offered Some of these amendments will wll provoke more more- or less general discussion discussion dis dIs- but leaders of the pro- pro court forces are hopeful that a final decision can be reached by tonight so that that the tax r reduction bill can be called caned Up lip Wednesday PROPONENTS OPTIMISTIC On the decisive vote the leaders for ratification are confident that they will be able to muster an even greater margin than the five above the necessary two-thirds two recorded yesterday on the cloture Issue They count upon several D Democrats as aswell aswell well as some Republicans who voted against cloture to Join in the ma mat ma for the resolution of ence Likewise they are confident that they have the votes to reject all amendments to the Swanson substitute substitute sub sub sub- resolution although only a majority would be necessary to adopt amendments The position of pro court leaders is that the additional reservations In the Swanson substitute embody the safeguards contained in the greater number of the proposed amendments and they plan to point this out as an added argument for tor early action Opponents of the court make no effort to conceal their sa satisfaction with the reservations which Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Swanson and his associates have hav added to the original Harding- Harding Hughes Coolidge reservations They hold ld the view that these have been Deen framed to meet most of the objections objections objections raised In the debate which began last December 17 These reservations reservation were framed by bv leaders of the pro-court pro forces after frequent conferences and with the object of meeting the objections of a number of senators Republicans cans as well as Democrats to the original reserva reservations lons indorsed by bythe bythe bythe the administration