The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-20
Underwood Resolution for Un-
qualified Ratification Fails
Thirty-Eight to Fifty-three
After Lodge Resolve Is Lost.
TRAMMEL OPPOSES
UNDERWOOD MOTION
Lodge Declares Yesterdays VOt-
ing Es a Final Decision on
Treaty Unless Wilson Circum-
vents Senate Rules.


Intellectual attempts to ratify she peace
treaty had failed, the senate late to-
night gave up the attempt and laid
the treaty aside. All compromise ef-
forts toward ratification failed, three
resolutions going down by big majori-
ties. Republican leaders apparently
despairing of bringing two-thirds OIL
the senate together for any sort OF
ratification then moved to declare the
war at any end. This was referred
to the foreign relations commfaee-
The two resolutions for ratification OF
the treaty were lost by votes of thirty
for and fifty-t1ree against. and forty
one for and fifty-one against.
Underwood moved for unqualified
ratification, which lost by thirty-eig
for to fifty three against. Lodges mo-
tion to adjourn then lost. eighty-tnree
to five.
Lodge declared today's voting con-
6Aituted a final decision on the treaty
unless President Wilson circumvented
the senate rules by Withdrawing it,
then re-submitting it. In other quar-
ters there was a difference of opinion
he that there is only slender chance
for The treaty to come up at she be-
ginniag of the next congress, Decem-
ber 1.
One effect of the failure to ratify
viii be the continuance of wartime
laws and regulations at least until the
next session.
The resolution to declare the war at
of fho O.
sion and it is expected will precipitate
stubborn fighting. 1t is a question:
too. whether congress can legally do
so by a resolution. not requiring the
presidents signature. The senate adj
iourned sine die at HOS o'clock.
On the second roll call for adoption
OF the Lodge resolution. thirty-four
republicans and the following DEM
ocrats voted affirmatively: Gore.
Myers, Owen, Pomerene, Shields. Smith
of Georgia, Walsh of Massachusetts,.
McCumber was the only republican to
vote for unqualified ratification. DEM
ocrats against 1t were Gore, Reed,
shields, Smith of Georgia, Thomas,
T'rammel and Walsh of Massachusetts,.
After the two votes, cutting off
amendments had been proposed by the
democrats, parliamentary dispute de-
yeloped in which Senator Robinson,
democrat, of Arkansas. declared the
majority had trampled on the senate
rules. Senator Lenroot, republican
of Wisconsin. denied the charge. and
declared the practice followed was
sustained by all precedent. Lenroof
added that amendments of the reser-
yations could be reached by a motion
10 reconsider each separate reserva-
tion.
Washington, Nov. 19.-The senate
tonight rejected resolution of rati-
fication OF the treaty with the Lodge
reservations. The vote was thirty
nine for and fifty-five against.
The Lodge reservations We're the
ones Presi +ent Wilson said today were
notification instead of ratification
and the administration senators lined
up solidly against IL. Four democrats,
Smith of Georgia, Gore of Oklahoma,
Shields OF Tennessee and Walsh of
Massachusetts, vosed with the republic
cans for the resolution.
This afternoons action resulted in
placing the treaty in a parliamentary
status which its enemies declared
amounted, at least temporarily, to re-
lection. It's friends, however, had
hopes OF revising it at the next ses-
sion.
Before adJourning, the senate con-
firmed q number of nominations. in
cluding that of William S. Elliott, of
Georgia, to be register OF the treas
ury, but deferred action until next
session on the nomination of John
shelton Williams to be comptroller
OF the currency.
"A letter from President Wilson ad-
vising administration senators to vote
against ratification of the treaty with
the foreign relations committee reser-
vations was laid before a conferences
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