of New Mexico and McKeller of Ten
iii -.>e were the only two who are &up
I'mcii to oppose ratification.
Another t*-st vote came on an amcnd
iiten* offered by Senator Walsh (Mor.t.),
which was similar to the Robinson
stmendment, resulting in its being de
leatfcd by a vote of 27 to 50. The latter
vote differed from the first only to the
??xtent that some of the Senators who
voted on the Robinson amendment had
left the chamber.
Tnls test of relative strength came In
a flay of debate which was more spirited
than anything that has yet occurred.
Senator Lenroot (Wis.), regarded as
one of the keenest debaters on the Re
publican side, furnished the chief argu
ment for the Republican majority.
On the Democratic side Senator John
Sharp Williams <Mlss.), Democrat, in
jected Into the debate philosophy, humor
? nd some startling statements which
amused the galleries and stirred the ire
of some of his fellow Democrats.
The Mississippi Senator charged that
much of the opposition to the treaty was
due to those who felt that It would
assure peace with England, and what
they preferred was war with that coun
try so there "might be an Irish peace."
The Senator charged also that political
partisanship was the actuating cause of
the opposition.
