The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-20
Underwood Leader.

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The resolution for ratification without
reservations was put in by Senator I'm
derwood, Democrat, Alabama, after the
second defeat Of the other measure. II
was held In order and voted upon with
out debate, but when Senator Pittmau,
Democrat, Nevada, sought to get action
on another resolution containing inter
pretative reservations, the treaty con
sideratton was cut short by a point Of
order by Republican, Leader Lodge.
Nice-President Marshall held that pre-
vtous decisions of the senate everything
his rulings would operate to sustain the
position taken by Senator Lodge.
1t was on a viva Noce vote that the
treaty after being before the senate
for many weeks then was laid aside.
on Senator Lodges motion to take upp
legislative business no roll call was
requested and the vice-president de-
clarod 1t adopted by reclamation.
The senate late in the night voted,
~ to ", to adjourn sine die. In the
general excitement 1t failed to follow
the ~tme-honored precedent of appoint
ing a committee to wait upon the presi-
cent and notify him of It's intention to
adjourn.
The senate also adjourned without
having read President Wilson'S mes
sage vetoing the bill OF Senator Cum
minis, restoring the interstate commerce
commissions rate making powers.
a detailed report Of the proceedings
Ratification of the peace treaty
With the reservations framed by tho
Republican majority and objected to
BY President Wilson was voted down
first with the administrator senator's
lining up solidly against It.
The ratification resolution, which
would have required a two-thirds ma
jority for adoption, had as its sup
porters So Republicans and four Demo-
Gratis, and its opponents Is Republi-
cans and 42 Democrats,
Tho result was to place the treaty
In a parliamentary status. which its
enemies declared amounted at least
temporarily to rejection.
Opponents Hold Out.
After the ratification vote the Re
publicans permitted their resolution in
exactly the form rejected to come up
for further consideration, but as the
session extended into the evening, the
solid Republican lineup, which had
held throughout the day against re-
| pested Democratic COMPROMISE pro-
posals. showed. no signs OF Welding
ton follows. For adoption: Repub-
C%umr6ins. curtis Dillingham; Ed Gis,
Elkins, ~Frelinghuys sen, Hale. Harding,
Jones Washington), Kellogg. Ken
yon, keyes, Lenroot, Lodge, McCum-
Newberry, Page, Penrose, Phipps'
Smoot, spencer, Sterling, Sutherland,
Townsend; Wadsworth, Warren and
Watson-35,
Democrats Gore. Shields, Smith
lGeorgia) and Walsh tMassachusetts)-
four.
Total for a~doption-39.
Against: Republicans Borah, Bran.
degee, Gernald. France, Gronna, John
son California;, Knox, LaFollette. Me
Cormick, Moses, Norris. Poindexter ana
S~herman-1S.
ham, Chamberlain, Culberson, Dial.
Fletcher, Gay, Gerry, Harris, HART
son Henderson, Hitchcock, johnson
(South Dakota), Jones (New Mexico).
kendrick, King, Kirby, Mcclellan, NY
erss, Nugent, Overman, owen, Phelau,
Robinson, sheppard, simmons, Smith
tAriaona), smith lMaryland), Smith
tSouth Carolina), Stanley, Swanson,
Thomas, Trammell, Underwood. Walsh
(Montana), Williams and Walcott-49.
Senator Fail, Republican, OF New
Mexico, the only absent member, vas
opposed to the Lodge resolution, ac-
cording to announcement by Senator
Curtis, Republican whip.
In order to put the treaty into a
parliamentary situation where another
vote could he had after efforts at com
reconsider its action, Tho motion was
made by Senator Reed of Missouri
and was adopted by the vote of the
Democrats and mild reservation Repub-
leans. Tho vote on the motion to re-
consider was SO to 80,
Adjournment Fails.
An effort by Democratic Leader
Hitchcock to have the senate adjourn
at this stage failed, the mild reserva-
tionists lining up with the other Re
publicans against the adjournment
motion. The motion to adjourn was
Senator Hitchcock sought to offer a
set of compromise reservations but a
point of order by Republican Leader
Lodge blocked him. Vice President
Marshall ruled that the reservations
the reconsideration, had been brought
back into committee of the whole. Sen
ator Lodge appealed from the ruling.
BY a vote OF so to 43 the senate over
ruled the vice presidents ruling that
amendments to the Lodge reservation
Der, Republican, North Dakota, voted
with the Democrats to sustain the vice
president, and Senators Gore, Reed and
Shields voted with the Republicans
against It. '
The vote having established that the
treaty was in the senate itself and
not in committee of the whole, Senator
Hitchcock offered a resolution of UNI
reserved ratification against which SEN
ator PoindeXter, Republican, Of Wash
ington, made a new point Of order. The
vice-president overruled the objection
and an appeal again was taken.
The senate again oVerruled the chair.
Gnnnfnr Mo H1nAhnY Tv1nXnI IN gfp{Iya
out the requirement that the reserva- !
tons must be accepted by other powers.
Senator Lodge made d point OF order
which Vice President Marshall over
ruled, and another appeal was taken.
With the same lineup the senate again
OVerruled the vice presidents ruling,
thus cutting off the McCumber motion,
The vote was 80 TO -.
Wrangle Ensues.
After the vote a parliamentary dis
pute developed. Senator Robinson,
Democrat. Of Arkansas, declared the |
majority had trampled the senate rules.
Senator Lenroot, Republican, Of Wis
%consin, declared that the practice fol-
lowed and the votes taken were sus-
tanned by all precedent. Senator Len |
root added that amendments Of reser-
vations could be reached by a motion
to reconsider each separate reservation.
Blame for the present situation In
the senate was placed upon the Re- |
publicans by Senator Underwood, of
Alabama. Democrat, who called upon
them to go 10 the country with the
"assimilated issue" Senator Swanson,
Of Virginia, Democrat, was busily en-
gagged in conferences upon the floor
with Senators Lodge and Watson In an
eleventh hour attempt to bring about a
compromise.
Senator Harding. Republican, Of Ohio, !
said that on his side they would wet |
come the opportunity 10 70 to the
people on the question Of VIM H.. ed
the treaty.
The Republicans were assailed by
senator Pittman. Democrat Of Me-