The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-20
On Three Counts Over
whelming Adverse
Majorities Given.
LONG SESSION CLOSES
Upper House Quits at
1l:08 After Pact IL For
mally Laid Aside.
ASK TO SAY WAR OVER
Resolution Is Offered by
Lodge - Both Houses
to Vote on Proposal.
REJECT COMPROMISES
All Efforts to Come to
Agreement on Accept
ance Unavailing.
REJECT COMPROMISES

WASHINGTON, Nov. is.---Failing
after three attempts TO ratify ihs
peace treaty, the senate late tonisht
laid II aside, ended the special ses.
sion and went homo.
All compromise efforts to bring
ratification failed, tho three resc-l
lutions OF ratification all going down
by overwhelming majorlties. The
republican leaders apparently de-
spairing Of bringing two thirds Of
The senate together for any sort Of
ratification then put In a resolu-
tion to declare the war with Ger.
many at an end.
Two OF tho three ratification votea
were taken on the resolution
drafted by tho republican majority,
containing reservations which Presl-
dept Wilson had told democratios
senators In letter earlier In the
day would mean notification of the
treaty. On each of the votes most
OF the democratic supporters of the
treaty voted against ratification.
iiousc Must Agree.
The Lodge resolution. which
would require assent Of the house
declared that the Aqepal hostility Of
the 0sf4an 4evYtHmeht recits4 In
the AmS13uAn deeiAf6 ton Of var had
ceased. that an armistice has bssn
signed and proposed that congress
declare that the state Of war 10
hereby declared at an end"
After the peace treaty had been
laid aside and tho railroad bill had
been made the unfinished business,
Republican Leader Lodge moved
that tho senate adjourn sine die.
The motion was voted down. The
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81 to 8.
says Action Final.
Republican Leader Lodge declared
that under the rules tho senate
action was final unleSs the treaty
was Withdrawn and then rs-sub-
mitted by the president The DEM
ocratic leaders did not agree with
Republican Leader Lodge de.
clared todays voting constituted .
final decision on the peace treaty
unless President Wilson circumvent-
cd the srnate rules by withdra wing
II and then submitting II again 10
tho senate. In other quarters there
was soms difference OF opinion. but
tho general sentiment seemed to 10
that there was only q slender chancs
that tho treaty would come up st the
beginning of the next session of ooes
gfeN, beginning next month.
Coutanuod War Lawn
One effect Of tho senate's failure
to ratifv the treaty will be the con-
tinuation Of various wartime laws
and regulations At least until the
now session opens. Among these 10
the wartime prohibition act
The resolution presented tonight
to declare n state OF peace will come
u at the begiI ming of the new ses-
sion and Ii expected 10 start another
stubborn fight The administration lie
understood 10 be opposed TO such
n method Of legally ending the war
and IN the background is a constt-
tutional question AZ 10 whether con-
gress can do so by a resolution not
requiring the presidential slgnature.
1t was suggested tonight among
democratic senator's that President
Wilson might be asked during the re-
cess TO feel out the other powers
as 10 their attitude on reservations,
with the idea cs bringing tho treaty
to some sort OF ratification afte<
congress reassem bles
Tho second vote on tho masority's
ratification resolution was made
possible by the mild reservationistA
who voted with the democrats to get
the measure before the senate and
thus give an opportunity for any
eleventh hour compromise PROPOSE.
ton once tina, had been accom-
plshed. however, the mild group
held out against all efforts Of the
democrats to put In their substituts
reservations 50 that when the Sec
ond vote was reached. after sew
cral hours Of sparring the situation
virtually was unchanged.
The resolution for ratification
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