The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-11-29
SENATE REFUSES
TO RATIFY TREATY
All Resolutions for Approval
Are Lost by Decisive
Eiajorities.

{ w aShlngtO on After three ineffeCtu
nj attempts to ratify the peace treaty
/ had failed the senate "wednesday gave
up the attempt and laid the treaty
aside
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 twothirds Of the senate together
for any sort of ratification then put
in a resolution to declare the war with
Germany 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
LITIGATION of the treaty. On each OF
the votes most of the democratic sup
ificatiOn
The first vote on this resolution
stood 80 for to 55 against. On the
second vote. taken after several hours
of parliamentary wrangle, in which the
democrats made vain efforts to win
over some of the republican group Of
mild reservationists. forty-one senat-
ors voted in the affirmative. and fifty
one in the negative.
The third vote was on straightout
4 tor
which got only SO votes to So opposing
it. Only one republican, Senator Nc
Cumber of North Dakota, voted with
the democrats in its support.
The resolution for ratification with
out reservations was put in by Sena-
tor Underwood, democrat of Alabama,
after the second defeat of the other
measure. 1t was held in order and
voted upon without debate, but when
Senator Pittman, democrat of 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-
publicans.
The roll call on the Underwood reso-
luton of unqualified ratification fol-
lows:
For acknowledgements Ashurst,
Beckham, Chamberlain,
Dial, Fletcher Gay, Gerry, Harris, Har-
rison, Henderson, Hitchcock, Johnson
of South Dakota, Jones of New Mexico,
King, Kirby, Mcclellan, Myers, Nugent.
Overman, Owen, Phelan, Pittman
Pomerene, Ransdell, Robinson, Shep-
pard, Simmons, Smith of Arizona,
Smith of Maryland, Smith of South
Carolina, Stanley, Swanson, Under
wood, Walsh of Montana. Williams
and Walcott.-Total 81.
Republican: McCumber.
Grand total 3S.
Against adoption Republicans:
Ball. Borah. Brandegee, Calder, Cap
per, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Dilling-
ham, Edge, Elkins, Fernald, France,
Gronna, Hale, Harding,
Johnson of California, Jones of Wash
ngton, Kellogg, Kenyon. Keyes, Knox,
LaFollette. Lenroot, Lodge, McCor-
mick, Mclean, McNary. Moses, New,
Newberry. Norris, Page, Penrose,
Phipps, Poindexter Sherman, Smoot,
Spencer, Sterling, Sutherland, Town
send, Wadsworth, Warren and Watson.
Total 46.
Democrats: Gore, Reed, Shields |
Smith of Georgia, Thomas, TrammelI |
md Walsh of Massachusetts Total 7. |
Grand total 3d.
Senator CuIberson, democrat. of |
Texas, was paired for the resolution |
With Senator Nelson, republican, of |
against, and Senator Fall, |
of New Mexico, who was
absent, was announced as against |
ldoption.
y urged administration senators to de-
eat the Lodge resolution of ratifica-
ion, declaring it meant rather multi
ication" of the treaty.
The appeal was made in the form
# letter to Senator Hitchcock, ad-
leader, who read it to
aucus of Democratic senators.
My Dear Senator: You were good
nough to inform me that the Demo.
ratio senators were planning to hold
conference before the final vote on
he treaty and that they would be
lad to receive some word of counsel
rom me.
Il should hesitate to offer in any
etail, but on this all important ques-
ion of ratification, with the present
esolution containing so many reser-
ations, | can not hesitate to say In
ny opinion the resolution does not pro-
ide for ratification, but rather for
| sincerely trust the
riends and supporters of the treaty
ill vote against the Lodge resolution.
Il understand that the door will be
pen to genuine resolution of rati-
lcation. | trust that all true friends
I the treaty will refuse to support
ne resolution.
Glass Resigns.