Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-11-20
Wilson Swings Votes

wilson swings Votes
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 letter
earlier in the day would mean nullifi-
cation of the treaty. On each of the
votes most of the democratic supports
of the treaty voted against ratification.
The first vote on this resolution
stood 80 for to So 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, Al senators voted
in the affirmative and 81 in the mega
tive.
The third vote was on a straight out
ratification without reservations which
got only 38 votes to So opposing it.
Only one republican, Senator McCum-
ber, North Dakota, voted with the
democrats in its support
Believe Treaty Now Dead
Republican Leader Lodge declared
today's voting constituted final de-
clsion on the peace treaty unless Presi-
dent Wilson circumvented the senate
rules by withdrawing it and then sub
mItt1ng 1t again to the senate In
other quarters there was some differ
ence of opinion but the general senti-
ment 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.
One effect of the senate's failure to
ratify the treaty will be the coutinua-
ton 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 win come I'm al
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 method
of legally ending the war and in the
background is a constitutional question
as to whether congress can do so bv
resolution not requiring the presidents
signature.
Still Hope For Compromise
1t was suggested tonight among
democratic senators that President
wilson might be asked to feel out the
powers as to their attitude on reserva-
~ASiio VIII tlie lued OI bringing the
treaty to some sort of ratification as-
ter congress reassembles.
The second vote on the maiority,s
ratihcation resolution was made nos
slble by the mild reservationists who
voted with the democrats to get the
measure before the senate and thus
given an opportunity for any eleventh
hour compromise proposition. Once
that had been accomplished. however
the mild group held out against an ef-
forts of the democrats to put in their
substitute reservations, so that whan
the second vote was reached after sep-
eral hours of sparring, the situation
virtually was unchanged.
The resolution for ratification pv;.,
out reservations was put in by Senator
Underwood, democrat, Alabama after
the second defeat of the other meas,,re
1t was held in order and voted rnon
without debate, but when Senator
Plttman, democrat, Nevada sought N
get action on another resolution con-
tanning interpretative reservations tbe
treaty consideration was cut short bv
point of order by Republican Leader
Lodge. Vice President Marshall held
that previous decisions of the senate
in overriding his rulings would operate
to sustain the position 0taken by Sena-
tor Lodge.
1t was on a viva voce vote that the
treaty, after being before the senate
for many weeks, then was laid aside.