Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-20
SENATE KNOCKS
OFF AND LEAVES
TREATY UNP PASSED
Lodge Says Document Is Dead
Unless President Wilson
WithdraWS 1t and Submits
1t Again to Upper House.
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Washington, Nov. 19.-Failing after
treaty, the senate late tonight laid it
aside, ended the special session and
went home
All compromise efforts to bring rati
fication failed, the three resolutions of
ratification all going down by over
whelming majorities The republican
leaders apparently despairing of bring
ing two-thirds of the senate together
for any sort of ratification, then put in
resolution to declare the war at end.
Two of the three ratification votes
We're taken on the resolution drafted
by the republican majority, containing
reservations which President Wilson
had told democratic senators in a
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.
The first vote on this resolution
stood 39 for, to 55 against. On the Sec
ond 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 reservationists, forty-one sena-
tors voted in the affirmative and fifty
one in the negative.
The third vote was on a straight out
ratification without reservations which
got only 3S votes to SO opposing it.
only one republican, Senator McCum-
ber, North Dakota. voted with the
democrats in its support.
War-time laws in Effect.
Republican Leader Lodge declared
todays voting constituted a final de-
cision on the peace treaty unless
President Wilson circumvented the
senate rules by Withdrawing it and
then submitting 1t again TO the senate.
In other quarters there was some diff
ference of opinion hut the general sem
timent seemed 10 he that there was,
only slender chance that the treaty
would come up at the beginning of the
next session of congress, beginning
next MONTH
One effect of the senate's failure
to ratify the treaty will be the con-
tinuation of various war time laws and
regulations at least until the new ses-
sion opens Among these is the war
time prohibition act
The resolution presented tonight to
declare 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 a meth
cd of legally ending the war and in
the background is a constitutional
question as to whether congress can
do so by resolution not requiring the
presidents signature.
May Feel Out Other Powers.
1t was suggested tonight among
democratic senator's that President
Wilson might be asked to feel out the
other powers as to their attitude on
reservatiops with the idea Of bringing
the treaty to some sort of ratification
after congress re-assembles
The second vote on the majoritys
ratification resolution was made pos
sible by the mild reservationists who
voted with the democrats to get the
measure before the senate and thus
give an opportunity for any eleventh
hour compromise proposition Once
that had been accomplished, 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 reached
after several hours of sparring. the sit
uation virtually was unchanged.
The resolution for ratification with
ator Underwood, democrat, Alabama,
after the second defeat of the other
measure. 1t was held in order and
voted upon without debate but when
Senator Pittman, democrat. Nevada,
sought to get action on another reso-
luton containing interpretative reser-
vations, the treaty consideration was
cut short by point of order by Re-
publican Leader Lodge. Vice President
Marshall held that previous decisions
of the senate in overriding his rulings
would operate to sustain the position
taken by Senator Lodge.
'Treaty Is Dead'--Lodge.
1t was on viva voce vote that the
treaty. after being before the senate
for many weeks then was laid aside.
On Senator Lodges motion to take up
legislative business, no roll call was
requested and the vice president de-
clared it adopted by acclamation.
Senator Lodge, after adjournment,
declared "the treaty is dead as far as
this senate is concerned"
Republican leaders said the senate
need not advise the president of its
action nor return the treaty to MIN
with formal notice.
"The president may withdraw 1t
when the senate re-convenes.' Sena-