Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-20
TREATY REJECTED BY SENATE;
GOES BACK TO PRESIDENT
lwenty-one Democrats Desert Wilson, But Seven Votes
Necessary for Ratification Are Missing; End Of Long
Dramatic Fight Ends With Suddenness When Lodge
Mystenously Brings Impassioned Speech to an End
prom Todays New York Worldly

with the Democrats this time III the effort
TO keep the treaty alive.
In seeking to protect his suggestion,
Robinson moved to adjourn, but this was
rejected SO to AZ.
This puts the Republicans in point of
vantage. Brandegee raised the contention
| that Robinson could not move recon-
sideration because the Senate previously
| had returned the treaty TO the President
with notification of its rejection. After
much wrangling the chair sustained this
point and on n motion made by the Re-
| publicanS adjournment was taken.
| This finally and conclusively killed the
/ Robinson motion to reconsider. In order
to prevent any possible renewal OF it on
| some technical basis, Lodge made the adj
! lournment effective until Monday. a
motion TO reconsider must be made within
! two dayS
As 1T stands, reconsideration is impos-
sible, because the treaty has passed from
the physical possa ssion OF the Senate into
the hands of the President II cannot
| come before the Senate again until such
time as the President resubmits IT for re-
| consideration. This may be at an early
date or not until after the November
elections
Nobody could be found after adjourn
| ment who had any plan by which the
treaty would he considered again unless
the President sends IT back to the Senate.
IRRECoNClLARLES ALONE PLEASED.
Likewise nobody seemed happy ut the
rejection except the irreconcilables. Sena-
! tor Borah said, Il do not believe further
| effort to ratify will he made in the Senate
until the President has acted
The Hitchcock group laid all the blame
at the Republican door Ratification
! would have been easy If the majority had
| been willing TO make the slightest con-
/ ceSsion.
I Early in the afternoon Republican
| leaders whispered in strict confidence
/ that four Democratic Senators, here
tofore classified as doubtful would vote
1 for ratification. At that time these leaders
had a poll showing that Sc votes would be
/ cast for ratification. As ii turned out this
/ was the maximum. But the leaders believed
| that if the four doubtful Democrats. sup
! posed 70 comprise STANLEY, Smith of
/ South Carolina, GAY and Harrison, SIX
/ advocates for ratification would be IN
/ sight. This led them to make the most
| strenuous efforts TO drag in the four adj
! tional votes required to aggregate 64.
! Actually none Of the doubtful four was
/ at all doubtful. They all voted for Hitch
/ cock.
1 There is some mystery as TO the de-
/ finite thing that sent Lodge across the
aisle with his proposition to stop the
! orstory A wild night Of eloquence had
/ been scheduled. Borah was set for final
fling al the treaty, Reed was loaded with q
\. speech that was to have frizzled the men
who dared contemplate adopting the
treaty. Mccormick had his desk piled
with poetry, history. music and art TO
aid him in q massive effort, and Hitch
cock meant 20 close the debate with q
final appeal for the rejection OF 8 treaty
/ that had been made impossible by Re
publican arrogance and obstinancy All
+ this went by the board Whether Lodge
! was alarmed bv the presence of Burleson
and Daniels. who came 10 the Senate,
or whether the irreconcilibles figured the
/ fight won from their viewpoint and feared
I that delay meant complications. nobody
/ can tell but something started Lodge
/ from his seat and brought the finish.
SEEK TO SMOKE OUT WILSON.
The scheme To hustle the treaty right
back to the President and leave 1t on his
doorstep" as the Republicans termed it,
/ was cooked up early this forenoon by
/ Lodge and his lieutenants. They held
| that such action would take the treaty
away from the Senate and prevent any
further agitation for reconsideration or
compromise. In addition, il would serve
/ the purpose of smoking him out with
some kind of a direct explanation state
ment if he determined again to send it
10 the Senate for consideration and action.
/ 'Arther consideration IN the pres
/ ent Senate is hopeless" said Lodge in
/ offering his resolution for return to the
! President after year OF consideration
3 -
! In Justice 10 the country and its business
/ interests, the President should be notified
( OF the Senate's action II has been twice
| rejected by the Senate. II is useless to
expect more favorable action IN his Sen
ate"
A glinmer of future hope was held out
by Hitchcock in pleading for delay. He
asked that the resolution go over for a
day or two he said something might be
done TO make ratification possible. If
returned TO the President, he said, all
hope expires.
LODGE AMENDMENT ADOPTED.
The Lodge amendment changing the
method by which acceptance Of the fifteen
reservations should be accomplished,
was adopted without record vote.
And when the food gates were raised
and the deluge of oratory began. Nothing
remained but final vote on the ratifca-
ton OF the peace treaty with the Lodge
reservations attached to the resolution
OF approval.
VOTE on RATIFICATION RESOLUTION.
Twenty-eight Republicans and 81 Dem
ocrats voted for ratification: II Republi-
cans and . Democrats against Twelve
Senators, 9 Republican and Democrats
were paired. The roll call follows:
FOR RATIFIcATIoS-49.
Republicans ns-Ball. Calder. Capper,
Colt, Curtis, Dillingham;, Edge, Efkins,
Frelinghuysen, Hale, Jones wash Kel-
logg, Kenyon, Keyes, Lenroot, Lodge,
Mclean, McNary, New, Page, Phipps.
Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Sutherland,
Wadsworth, Warren and Watson. Total,
%
Democrats-Ashurst, Beckham, Cham
berlain, Fletcher, Gore, Henderson, Ken
driek, King, Myers, Nugent, Owen,
Phelan, Pittman, Pomerene, RansdeH.
Smith GA Smith Md, Trammen
Walsh (Mass.), Walsh Mont. and
Wolcott, Total, 21
AGAINST RATFIcATIoN-35
Republicans-Borah, Brandegee, Fer
nald France, Gronna, Johnson, Gal.
Knox. La Toilette, Mccormick, Moses,
Norris, and Sherman. Total, u
Democrats Conner, Culberson, Dial,
Gay, Glass. Harris, Harrison, Hitchcock,
johnson Is ~, Kirby, Mcclellan, Over
Do-I ID