The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-11-28
SENATE Rejects
Fl PEACE TREATY
Three Attempts to Ratify Defeat
ed, Leaving U. S. Still at
War With Germany.
WARTIME DRY LAW REMAINS.
Lodae Offers Substitute Calling for
Ending of War With Germany;
Wilson's Only Chance Is to Result
nit Document at Mex Session.

| Washington. - The United States
senate has rejected the peace treaty
for this session of Congress at least.
Six months of senate session, the
| Presidents two trips to Paris, the long
negotiations over there, the Presidents
tour of the west, eliminating in his
| breakdown. all came 10 naught when
| Senator Lodge had tabled motion to
reconsider a vote which had defeated
motion to ratify the pact without
reservations.
| Three times previously the senate
had voted down proposals to ratify the
| treaty. Lodges reservations, put to-
gether by a senate majority, could not
command even that majority when the
| test came. Thirteen bitter-ender Re-
publicans deserted and Joined with the
| Democrats to defeat ratification under
| this plan, and it was beaten, 80 yeas to
| 50 nays. On reconsideration, after the
Republicans had overruled the vice
president and so foiled all attempts at
compromise, it gained only three more
votes and was defeated fl to 81.
The third test came on proposal of
Senator Underwood to ratify the trea-
ty without change This plan was vot-
ed down, 80 yeas to SO nays. After re-
consideration was laid on the table a
vote set it aside and made the railroad
bill the unfinished business to come up
in the new session of Congress in De-
cember
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 SEES
sion opens Among these is the war
time prohibition act.
Senate AdJourns Sine Die.
The senate adjourned sine die at
II 100 o'clock, after winding up some
routine matters, six months to a day
after the President had called them in
special session to consider the docu-
ment. The United States alone among
the great powers that shared in hating
the Germanic dream of world dominion
has rejected the treaty.
The end came with dramatic sudden
ness after session that had endured
all day and far into the night The
days incidents started with the read
ing of President Wilson's letters to
Senator Hitchcock, telling him that
the Lodge reservations amounted to a
notification of the treaty and inferen-
TALLY advising its friends to vote
against the Lodge covenant.
The treaty as Mr.. Lodge framed 1t
was accordingly voted down twice.
The Democrats fought to the end for
an opportunity to reach a compromise,
and for a time at least it looked as if
one would be reached, but Mr.. Lodge
administered the death blow without
permitting a vote on the change in the
preamble he had prepared to meet the
Presidents objection.
1.-The treaty is dead, so far as this
senate is concerned" said Mr. Lodge
after the session was adjourned sine
die. "In the new session the President
can withdraw the treaty from the SEN
ate and resubmit it for ratification or
rejection"
1t was iICltl ny wi. l4ONe-V llittl ~ W.
not necessary for the senate to notify
the President in any way that the
peace treaty had been rejected. Sena-
tor Hitchcock took the contrary view
and insisted a resolution should have
been adopted prior to adjournment in
forming the President of the action
taken by the senate.
"And they killed it," said Mr.. Lodge,
referring to the course pursued by the
Democrats, "as l told them they would
do if they voted against my resolution
of ratification"
Democrats Fight Adjournment.
The Democrats contested the motion
to adjourn sine die and forced a roll
call, but were voted down by the COM
bination of Republicans and co-operat.
ing Democrats who opposed the treaty
Senator Hitchcock denied that the
treaty was dead. He raid the Presi-
dent could send it to the senate again
but admitted he did not know what the
executive plans to do He though II
significant that his own resolution OF
ratification had fewer votes in opposi-
ton than the Lodge resolution.
When Mr. Lodges reservations were
defeated the second time "a Republic
ans and seven Democrats-Gore, My
ers, Owen, Pomerene, Shields, Smith
tGa.) and Walsh (Mass.) voted fol
adoption. Thirteen Republicans-Bo
rah, Brandegee, Fernald, France, Gron
ma, Johnson (Cal), Knox, La Fol
lette, Mccormick, Moses, Norris, Poin
dexter and Sherman-joined the Dem
ocrats in opposition.
Vote on Democratic Plan.
Senator Underwood's resolution o,
unqualified ratification was beaten, 81
| to 50. The roll call follows:
For adoption: Democrats-Ashurst
Bankhead, Beckham, Chamberlain
Dial, Fletcher, Gay, Gerry, Harris
Harrison, Henderson, Hitchcock, John
son Is. D., Jones IN. NJ, King, Kir
by, Mcclellan, Myers, Nugent, Over
man, owen, Phelan, Pittman, Pom
creme, Ransdell, Robinson, Sheppard
| Simmons, Smith (Ariz), Smith MARY
land), Smith IS. c., Stanley, Swan
son, Underwood, Walsh (Mont), VIII