Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-11-20


 were taken on the resolution drafted by the republican majority, contain ing reservations which President Wilson had told democratic senators in letter earlier in the day would mean nullification of the treaty. On each of the votes most of the demo- cratic supporters of the treaty voted against ratification.
 The action, it is believed, is regard ed not as a rejection but refusal to ratify the treaty, which goes to the next session of congress with it's fu- ture indefinite.
 The first vote on this resolution stood 39 to 55 against. On the sec- ond vote, taken after several hours of parliamentary wrangle in which the democrats made vain efforts to win over some of the republican group of mild reservationists, Al senators voted in the affirmative and 51 in the negative.
 The third vote proposed by Senator Underwood was on straightout rati- fication without reservations, which got only 38 votes to 53 opposing it.. Only one, republican. Senator Me. Cumber of North Dakota, voted with the democrats in it's support.
 Wilson May Withdraw It.
 Republican Leader Lodge declared today's voting constituted final de- cision on the peace treaty unless President Wilson circumvented the senate rules by withdrawing it and then submitting it again to the sen- ate.
 One effect of the senate's failure to ratify the treaty will be the con- tinuation of varioun wartime laws and regulations at least until the new session opens. Among these is the wartime prohibition act.
 The resolution presented tonight to declare a state of peace will come up at the beginning of the new ses- sion and is expected to start another stubborn fight. The administration is underntood to be opposed to such method of legally ending the war and in the back ground is constitu tional question as to whether con- gress can do so by a resolution not re- quiring the presidents signature. f It was suggested tonight among democratic, senators that President Wilson might be ranked during the recess to feel out the other powers as to their attitude on reservations. with the idea of bringing the treaty to some sort of a ratification after con. gress re-assembles.
 The second vote on the majority s ratification resolution was made pos nible by the mild reservationists. who measure before the senate and thus give an opportunity for any eleventh hour compromise proposition. Once that had been accomplished. however. the mild group held out against all efforts of the democrats to put in their substitute reservations, so that when the second vote was reached, after several hours of nparring, the situation virtually was unchanged. UnderwOOd's Measure. ] The resolution for ratification without reservations was put in by 1 Senator Underwood, democrat of Alabama, after the second defeat of I the other measure. It was held in order and voted upon without de- bate, but when Senator Pittman democrat, of Nevada, sought to gel action on another resolution contain. ing interpretive reservations, the treaty consideration was cut nhoN by a point of order by Republican Lead. CT Lodge. Vice President Marshall held that previous decisions of the senate in over riding his ruling would operate to sustain the position taker by Senator Lodge.
 It was on viva voce vote that the treaty, after being before the senate for many weeks, was laid aside. On Senator Lodges motion 1 to take up legislative business. nc roll call was requested and the vice president declared it adopted by ac- clamation.
 Second Lodge Vote. The vote on the second rejection ] of the Lodge resolution was Al for adoption and 51 against, less than the requisite two-thirds and also less than a majority.
 Thirty-four republicans and sev- l en democrats. Gore. Myers. Owen 1 Pomerene. Shields. Smith (Georgia) : and Walsh of Massachusetts voted for adoption.
 l The opposine democrats wore join- ed hv B republicans; Bcrsh: Rrsnde;
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