Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-11-21
TREATY IS DEFEATED
LODGE RESERVATIONS REJECTED
TREATY UP AT DECEMBER
SESSION..

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Washington, Nov. l9.-Failing after
three attempts to ratify the peace
treaty, the Senate late tonight laid it
aside, ended the special session and
went home.
All con promise efforts to bring rati-
fcation failed, the three resolutions OF
ratification all going down by over
whelming majorlties. The republican
leaders apparently despairing of bring
ing two-thirds of the Senate together
for any sort of ratification then put III
resolution to declare the war at an
end.
Two of the three ratification votes
were taken on the resolution drafted
by the republican majority containing
RESERVATIONS which President Wilson
! had told democratic senators in a let
ter earlier in the day, would mean null
liication of the treaty. On each Of the
votes most of the democratic support
ers of the treaty voted against rati-
fcation.
Democrats Gain Few Votes.
/ The first vote on this resolution
stood 80 for to SIS against. On the
second vote taken after several hours
of parliamentary wrangling in which
the democrats made vain efforts to win
over some Of the republican group of
mild reservations, Al senators voted in
! the affirmative and 81 in the negative.
The third vote was on straight-out
ratification without reservations which
got only 50 votes to So opposing it. Only
one republican, Senator McCumber,
North Dakota, voted with the demo-
Gratis in it's support.
Republican Leader Lodge declared to-
days voting constituted final deci-
sion on the peace treaty unless Presi-
dent Wilson circumvented the Senate
rules by Withdrawing it and then sub
! hitting it again to the Senate. In
other quarters there was some differ
encc of opinion, but the general senti-
mcnt seemed to be that there was only
slender chance that the treaty would
come up at the beginning Of the next
session Of Congress, beginning next
month.
Action Kills Vets Hopes.
The effect Of the Senate's failure to
ratify the treaty will be the continu-
alton of various war time laws and
sion opens. Among these is the war
time prohibition.
The resolution presented tonight to
declare a state Of peace will come up
at, the beginning Of the new session and
is expected to start another stubborn
fight The administration is under
stood to be opposed to such method
Of l. gally ending the war and in the
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as to whether Congress can do so by a
signature.
1t was suggested tonight among dem
ocratic senators that President Wilson
might be asked during the recess TO
feel out the other powers as to thor
attitude on reservations with the idea
of bringing the treaty to some sort OF
a ratification after Congress reas-
semblcs.
Sex Eleventh Hour Compromise.
The second vote on the majority :
ratification resolution was made by tno
resefvationists who voted with the
democrats to get the measure before thu?
Senate and thus give an opportunity
for an eleventh hour compromise pT''p-
osition. Once that had been accom-
plishcd, however, the mild group held
out against all efforts Of the democrats
to put in their substitute reservations,
so that when the second vote was reach
cd after several hours of sparring, the
situation virtually was unchanged.
The resolution for ratifcat ton with
out reservations was put in by Senator
Underwood, democrat, Alabama, after
the second defeat of the other measure
1t was held in order and voted upon
without debate, but when Senator Pitt
man, democrat, Nevada, sought to get
action on another resolution containing
interpretive reservations, the treaty
consideration was cut short by point
Of order by Republican Leader Lodge
Vice President Marshall held that pre-
vious decisions Of the Senate in over
riding his rulings would operate to sus
tain the position taken by Senator
Lodge.
Pact Dropped by Acclamation.
1t was on Il viva vocc vote that the
treaty after being before the Senate
for many weeks then was laid aside
On Senator Lodges motion to take i!
legislative 4hsincss. no roll call was re
.oucstcd and the vice president declared
it adopted by reclamation.
Senator Lodge after adjournment to
night, declared "the treaty is dead Sc
far as this Senate is conccrned.'
Republican leaders said the Senate
need not advise the President Of Its ac
ton nor return the treaty to him with
formal notice.
"The President may withdraw il
when the Senate reconvcnes.' Senator
Lodge said, "and, of course, 10 car
then re-submit it in the next session.
"But the treaty is dead in this Sen
ate, and they killed it rs ] told then
thev would if they voted against it,
Pact Net Dead, Says Hitchcock.
/ Senator Hitchcock said the treaty
was not dead and that he presumed rhe
President would resubmit 1t Decerlbe1
l, although he had no definite wore
from the President to that effect. H.
said he thought the republicans hai
worked themselves "into cry avk