Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-11-12 | Page 1 | Set Limit on Pact Debate

e. e r I II I I UN N PA rn 4 T 1 DHA no INA T n Democratic Leaders in inI I Senate Senate Petition for Choking of Oratory on World Peace Pact I O Nov 12 A A W WASHINGTON movement n to limit t senate te debate on the peace treaty by invoking the cloture rule was inaugurated today by Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic leaders ladr A petition for cloture requiring but sixteen signatures for submission was wa circulated by the administration ad- ad ministration leaders Iader and nd soon oon had hadI more lore e tha than double the necessary num num- ber I Some me Republican Republic leaders said aid the thy they would d support th the Democratic cloture proposal which had hd been bee circulated I after of leader Iader of f both both I parties UNDUE DEBATE I I The Th petition said ald that there w. w was an I effort to obstruct the tho treaty by undue I debate and asked that the cloture I rule ule limiting each ech speakers speaker time to toone toone one ho hour be b. Invoked I When petition would be b. presented pre pre- was wa not determined by the administration leaders ACTION FRIDAY Adoption of cloture requires a two two- thirds third Vote While all 11 the signers of the cloture were wre Democrats Democrat Senator Sen Sen- tor ator Underwood who vho circulated the aid Baid I it was w. assured of con con- Republican support It was explained that the cloture proposal If presented today could not come com to a vote ote before ne' ne next Friday I being required under the rules rul to lie over for tor two days day