Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-20

voting the second time on the Lodge
ratification resolution.
! The vote on the second rejection Of.
the Lodge resolution was 4 for adop-
\ tion TO 81 against, less than the re-
quisite two-thirds and also less than
! a majority.
Thirty-tour republicans and seven
democrats, Gore Myers, owen, Pom
creme, Shields, Smith Georgia. and
| Walsh, of Massachusetts, voted for
adoption.
The opposing democrats We're join
ed by thirteen republicans Borah.
I Erandegee. Ferhaid, France, Gronna,
| Johnson california; Knox, IaFol-
lette, Mccormick Moses, Nugent
/ PoindeXter and sherman.
As socn as the Lodge resolution
was voted down. the second time, the
senate began voting on an unreserNe1
/ ratification resolution presented by
Senator Underwood democrat, Ala
! bam2.
Unreserved ratification also was de-
! feated the mild reservation republl-
4 cans voting against it.
The vote rejecting unqualified rail- :
fication was SO for adoption and %
against. Advocates Of unqualified
ratification included 50 democrats and
one republican senator McCumber.
Treaty Laid on the Table
Seven democrats, Gcee, Reed
J shield, smith (Georgia), Thomas,
+, Trammcll and Walsh, Massachusetts
voted with the republicans in opposl-
| ticn.
The opposing democrats were join
ed by thirteen republicans, Borah'
Rrandegee, l'ernald, France, Grcnha'
Johnson California;. Knox, LaFol-
| Iette Mccormick, Moses, Norris, Po-
| inGextcr and Sherman.
At 1920 tonight the peace treaty
was laid aside by the senate after
three roll calls on its ratification had
/ failed to muster the necessary ma
jority.
/ Republican Leader Lodge declared
4 that under the rules the senate action
was final unless the treaty was with
4 drawn and then re-submitteGi by the
4 president The democratic leaders did
not agree with him.
Motion To Adjourn Defeated,
After dsposing OF the treaty SEN
atoE Lodge introduced resolution
proposing that congress declare tle
war with Germany at an END.
The resolution was referred TO the
foreign relations committee,
The Lodge resolution, which would
/ reonire assent of the house, declared
: that the actual hostility of the Ger
man government rccited in the Amer
lean declaration of war had ceased,
that an armistice has been signed anu
), proposed that congress declare that
the state of war is hereby declared
, at an end"
After the peace treaty had been lald
aside and the railroad Dill had peen
J made the unfinished business, ne
, publican Leader Lodge moved tha'
4 the senate adjourn sine die. The mo-
ton was voted down
The Lodge motion to adjourn was
lost, SO to 5.
Willing To Go 10 the People.
[ Senator Harding. republican, ONO
I said that on his side they would wei
: come the opportunity to go to the
5 people on the question of who killed
the treaty. 5
"If YOU are determined he said
, "that o minority in the senate VIII
- conduct itself with the same blindness
> that the executive did when he nego-
) tIated this treaty then you are GER
tain to go down in defeat"
The republicans were assailed by
l Senator Pittman, democrat. Nevada
} who accused them Of Shaping theH
! course on political considerations aho
{ declared the reservations had peer
r, drawn by the irreconciliabIe foes o.
9 the treaty with the secret purpose o.
/, defeating it. le.
Senator Pittman and Senator Pen
= rose republican, Pennsylvania, clash
S ed during a discussion of Responsible
= ity for the tle-up. Senator Pittmai
e charged that every reservation in th'
e Lodge resolution was dictated by re
= publicans DESTROYS of ''killing tn
treaty." ..--
= Every democrat" Senator Penros'
i interiected, "has voted on orders
I from the White House" .
D 81 deny that Senator Thomas
democrat, Colorado, declared.
you're about the only one who car
!, DENY it" Senator Penrose replied.
h Senator Fletcher, democrat Flor
a ida. declared opponents of the Lodg'
e resolution were not opposed 10 al
= reservations, but that. taken as
o whole, reservations adopted strike a
the heart of the treaty"
IuEkpME cETS MEM ALTO