The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-20
PEACE TREATY.
3 TIMES KILLED
Senate Has Adjourned Sine
Die, Preventing Any
Further Action
PRESIDENT CAN
SEND 1T AGAIN
Must Wait Until Next Session Before
Acting-Lodge Says Treaty Is Dead
Hitchcock Says It Is Not Closing
Acts.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 90 = The
peace treaty is dead.
The senate adjourned sine die vt
lI.os o'clock last night. After three in
effeetual attempts to ratify the treaty
had failed, the senate gave up the at
tempt and laid the treaty aside.
Senator Lodge, after night of fu
tile effort to compose the differences
between the treaty's friends and its
enemies, put through vote tabling re-
consideration of Senator Underwood =
| resolution for ratification of the treaty
without reservations. and when that
went to the table il put a period to the
whole episode of the treaty of Yer
sailles in this session of congress.
The only method by which it can be
| revived is for the President To with
/ draw il and send il in again when con-
| gress eonvenes in December.
/ The end came rather suddenly after
day and night of wrangling.
| Lodge 5 resolution of ratification had
| been defeated for the second time by
a vote of Al 10 81. Then Underwood
| put in his resolutions. The plan was,
after this had been voted down, as it
was bound 10 be, for the suggestion Of
compromise 10 be worked out Instead
Senator Lodge moved reconsideration
of the Underwood resolution and, hav-
ing this before the senate, swiftly shot
in a motion to table it, and this was
done by vote of IS TO ~.
Senator Lodge then offered con-
Il current resolution declaring the war
with Germany at an end The house
has already adjourned so no action is
possible until after the opening of the
regular session, Dee. /. The concurrent
resolution was referred to the foreign
relations committee.
Then Senator Lodge moved for sine
die adjournment. Before q vote could
be taken on this. Senator Penrose 20;
in an expostulation. stating that thers
were appointments to be confirmed anc
other executive business that had to b,
cleaned up, and the vote was postponed
for the moment until several nomina
tons were confirmed
The senate Is action means q renew
al of the battle in the next session.
The Democrats viii fight the concur
/ rent resolution on the ground that il
is an infringement of the prerogativ'
of the executive. who alone possesses
the power to negotiate treaties-ane
peace cannot be established without
agreement between the nations tina
were at war, that is by treaty. 4 con
current resolution is one that does no
go 10 the President. 4 joint resolution
he can veto.
If they go through with il the su
preme court viii have 10 decide on tn,
constitutionality of the resolution.
The President has the power, If h,
cares to exercise il. to convene tn
senate in special session TO conside
the peace treaty.
Senator Lodge. after adjournment
last night, declared 'sthe treaty is deat
SO far as this senate is concerned
Republican leaders said the senat
need not advise the President of its &c
tion nor return the treaty to him wit
formal notice.
.'The President may withdraw /
when the senate reeonvenes,'' Senate
Lodge said, and of course. he can thel
resubmit il in the next session.
'sBut the treaty is dead in this sen
ate, and they killed ii, as / told then
thev would if they voted against it -
Senator Hitchcock said the treat
was not dead and that he presumed th
y President would resubmit it on Dec. ]
although he had no definite word from
the President to that effect. He said h
thought the Republicans had worke,
themselves Into very awkward posi-
tion, - and had split themselves in tn
senate and the country.
The final vote on adiourning sine al
was Al TO %.
In the general excitement the senat
failed to follow the time honored prece
dent of appointing committee to wal