Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-20
Defeat of Both Lodge and
x Wilson Plans Causes
Complications.
STATUS SAME AS
WHEN SUBMITTED
Defeat For Both Rspublieans and
Democrats Follows Bitter Session
Senate Adjourns Special ssssion-
President Nay Rssubmit Pact at
Assutar Session Which Opens In
December. ,y

washinston. Nov. 1e.-Ths fate Of
the treaty with Germany and the
league OF nations 20 far as the United
States 10 concerned. today again 10 In
the hands Of Presidsnt Wilson. Fail.
ure yesterday and last night of all ef-
forts to have the treaty ratified in some
form by the senate brought the situa-
tion Just where It was six months
ago. when the pact was submitted to
congress-. and technically peace Ii no
nearer than it was a year ago.
1t Is believed there will be no devel-
opment until congress reconvenes Dec.
in regular session. Opinion as to
what Is expected then is divided. Sem
ato., Lodge declared the failure Of rati.
fcaton last night killed the pact un-
less President Wilson "circumvented
the senate rules" by Withdrawing II
and then submitted It next month.
May Declare War at End.
Should the president fail to yesubniit
the pact promptly It was behaved the
republican leaders would take UP Sen-
at0r Lodges resolution. introduced last
ut6 ut d4tCx. tu0 Ap0ky 1IB0 AWU00 VI
fafineation. declaring the var st an
end. mo resoIatiou vU616s 81 9lirt
concurrence by the house. On this
question there II also divisionio Of 0pins
ion. democratic leaders holding that
such a resolution would have 70 be
<approved by the president to become
effective. T%l
Decision Of the senate to lay aside
the treaty came after two attempts to
ratify 1t with the foreign relations
committees reservations and one With
out reservations Of any sort. The vote
on the first attempt showed 80 Tor and
63 against. The second vote showed
50 for and 81 against. The vote on
straight ratification showed ss for and
81 against.
final Contest Bitter. :
After three sinerectual attempts to
fatify the peace treaty had failed, the
senate late last night gave up the at
tempt and laid the treaty aside.
All compromise efforts to bring rati-
fication failed. the three resolutions Of
ratification going down by overwhelm-
ing majorttieS.
AO SSPuUA4S3A ACoooA6y dPpdTcHkly
despairing Of bringing wozthirds >of
the senate together for any sort Of rat
ification. then put resolution to de.
clare the war at an end. This was re.
ferred to the foreign relations commit
tee and the senate began consideration
OF the railroad bill.
i lodss Program Beaten Twice.
The dropping Of the peace treaty
followed two defeats Of efforts to rati-
~ 1t with the Lodge reservations at
taehe6. + was defeated a-=t II the
afternoon. The Lodge resolution was
brought up again tonight and again
voted down. II ato51
A. soon a. the Lodge resolution was
voted down the second time the senate
began voting ON resolution for un-
qualified Tatifcation, introduced by
Senator Underwood, Alabama.
The vote rejecting unqualified rati-
dcation Wa - for adoption and SO
Against, tia mild reservation, Repub-
1icans votins against 1t.
Defeat Declaration Of .Peaes.
Senator Lodge, then offered q reso.
tuition declaring the war with Ger
many at an end and the state oApeace
resumed. BY vote OF the senate, Il
was referred to the foreign srelationa
committee In spite of Senator Lodges
Y plea Tor Immediate action.
The Lodge resolution. which would
require aaAsent Of the house, declared
that the actual hostility OF the Ger
I man sovernment recitsd In the Ameri-
can declaration Of wal had ceased, that
m armistics has been signed, and pro,
posed that congress declare that the
state ofSwaF i hereby declared ct an
end
Adlsurn Special Session. Il 4
& oi1 t;.;s.
Il Lodge moved that the senate adjourn
sine die. The motion was voted down,
81 to 3 and consideration Of the rail-
road bill Was begun. st sss5s
Just before the treaty was dropped
4 Senator Smith. democrat, Georgia,
who heh & voted for ratification with
Il the reservations, made n plea for 4
cornpromiss and moved that the SEN.
Ats dd1ourn until tomorrow 70 permit
I negotiltlons between. the two sides.
Z The motion was voted down. p
a SECOND motion to adjourn Was
adopted and the special session Of con-
sr~6s ended.
FfrsA Defeat % Ledge.
The LodGs resolution Of ratification
semb1dyint the reservations which tho
4 fe0ublicana assert Am6ficanixe the
SetxeaAat - whioh the demooslts