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into force by December lst.
Washington, Nov. 19.-Failing af-
ter three attempts to ratify the peace
treaty, the Senate late tonight laid it
aside, ended he special session and
went home.
All compromise efforts to bring rati
fication failed the three resolutions
of ratification all going down by
Overwhelming majorities. The Re-
publican leaders apparently despair
ing of bringing two-thirds of the Sen
ate together for any sort of ratifica-
ton then put in resolution to de
clare the war at an end.
Two of the three ratification votes
were taken on the resolution drafted
by the Republican majority, contain
ing reservations which President Will
son had told Democratic Senators in
a letter earlier in the day would
mean notification of the treaty, On
each of the votes most of the Demo
cratic supporters. OF the treaty voted
against ratification.
The first vote taken on this resolu.
tion stood 80 for to So against On
the second vote taken after several
hours of parliamentary wrangling in
which the Democrats made vain eff!
forts to win over some of the Re-
publican group Of mild reservation
lists, Al senators voted In the afiirma-
tive and 81 in the negative.
The third vote was on a straight
t,t q f.,,,s
which got only 3S votes to SO oppos-
ing it. Only one Republican, Senator
McCumber, North Dakota, voted with
the Democrats in its support.
Republican Leader Lodge declared
oday's voting constituted a final de-
cision on the peace treaty unless
President Wilson eircumvented tle
Senate rules by withdrawing it and
then submitting it again TO the Sen
ate. In other quarters there was
some difference of opinion but the
yeneral sentiment seemed to be that
there was only a slender chance that
the treaty would come up at the be-
ginning of the next session of Con
gress, beginning next month,
One effect of the Senate's failure to-
ratify the treaty will be the continu-
alton of various wartime laws and
regulations at least until the new ses-
sion opens. Among these is the war
time 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 understood to be opposed to such
a method of legally ending the war
and in the background is a constitu
tional question as to whether Con
gress can do so by a resolution not
requiring the Presidents signature.
1t was suggested tonight among
democratic senators that President
Wilson might be asked during the re-
cess 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 Congress
re-assembles.
The second vote on the majority's
ratification was made possible by the
mild reservationists who voted with
he Democrats to get the measure be-
fore the Senate and thus give an op-
portunity for an eleventh hour COM
promise proposition. Once that haa
been accomplished, however, the mild
group held out against all efforts of
the Democrats to put in their sub
stitute reservations, so tnat when the
second vote was reached after several
hours of sparring, the situation virtu
ally was unchanged.
The resolution for ratification with
out reservations was put in by Sena-
tor Underwood, Democrat, Alabama,
after the second defeat of the other
measure. 1t was held in order and
voted upon without debate but when
Senator Pittman, Democrat, Nevada,
sought to get action on another reso-
luton containing Interpretation reser
vations, the treaty consideration was
cut short by point of order by Re-
publican Leader Lodge. Vice Presi-
dent Marshall held that previous de-
cisions of the Senate in overriding
his rulings would operate to sustain
the position taken by Senator Lodge.
1t was on a viva voce vote that the
treaty after being before the Senate
for many weeks was then laid aside,
On Senator Lodges motion to take
up legislative business, no rollcall
was reqested, and the vice president
declared It adopted by acclanlation.
Ecustata r mice after ad inuIrrulent