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Show HITCHCOCK AND EDGE IE SPITED TILT Difference of Opinion Arises Over College Student Vote on League of Nations ; WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. Anothor .brief but spirited tilt occurred in the senate today when Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, administration leader, pie senled final figures in the recent col-1 lege voto on tho peace treaty and ox- pressed satisfaction that a large ma-1 jority was against what he called "tho 1 ' destructive Lodge reservations." He als) commented on the size of the voto for unqualified ratification for which, the Nebraska senator said, the Demo-j crals "are ready to stand." Senator Edge, Republican, New .Tor : sey, replied that the college lotc was' 2 to 1 against unqualified ratification while Senator McCormlck, Republican, Illinois, said the League to Enforce Peace intervened in the college referendum refer-endum by furnishing speakers and ma-1 terial for speeches. An incident of the college referendum, he said, was "one : celebration" of the death of Theodore Roosevelt because the former president presi-dent could not participate j The discussion ended when Senator Brandegee, Republican.' Connecticut,' presented a protest from the China Society So-ciety of the United States against lhe: Shantung award, adding that he would i refrain from submitting the Shantung' question to "a straw vote of college! boys of the country." 00 Still rain will continue to give you a ' soaked" feeling. |