Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-02
HOUSE DEMOCRATS
. u !! UPHOLD WILSON
Plan to Make Impossible Pass
sage of Measure Over Pros
pective Veto.
ARE UNIT IN COMMITTEE
While Republicans in Foreign
Affairs Body Vote Solidly
to Report Peace Action.
BY w1NDER HARRIS.

WASHINGTON. April -1-FormeN
Speaker Champ Clark, now minority.
leader. and Representative Kltchin.
or North Carolina, former Demo- !
cratic leader. today announced that
they had Joined Representative
Flood. of Virginia. ranking Demo-
crat on the Foreign Relations Com
mittee. In the fight asains the Re-
publican plan to establish peace With
Germany by joint resolution otCon-g
Gress. ss
The plan Of tho Republican Lead
ers to thus establish peace received
what may prove fatal blow today.
when the Democratic leaders, in. the &
house determined to make a par.
tisan fight against 1t.
The Democrats have no hope OF I
deteating the measure on its first
consideration. but they assert that
they VIII have moro than a SUM-
cient number of votes to obviate< aryl
possibility OF repassing It over thoS
Presidents veto.
The extent to which the Demo-
cratic opposition had developed was
hrst indicated in the Foreign Az
tairs Committee vote ordering tha
resolution favorabiy reported. With
the execution OF ono Democrat. Rep
resentative Huddleston. OF Alabama,
who voted present. the lineup was
strictly partisan. Twelve RepublI-
cans voted for a favorable report.
and six Democrats against it Two
members OF the committee. ono Re-.
publican and ono Democrat. wsrei
absent. ~ isG,ssf ~
How Cemnaittea, ;Liuss Up.
me Repnbli> ans voting were, Rep
resentattves Porter, OF Penr,syIvanj.
chairman; Rogers, OF nfassachusetts.Ss
Temple. OF Pennsylvania; Kennedy.
OF Rhode Island; Browne. OF wiscofi. .S
SIN: Moores, OF Indiana; Mason. q fss,
iiiinois; Newton. of Minnesota; Diok-
inson, OF Missouri; Acketma d al
New Jersey: Begg. OF Ohio. and
Houghton. OF New York. a:
Democrats-Repre Flood
Oh virginia; Linthicum. of Maryland
uooa"in' OF Arkansas; Stedman. ofa
North Carolina; ConnalIy, of Texasssr
and Smith. of New York.
Ab $ e n t-Representatives sn,ith.3
republican, of Illinois. and SabaEh,
Democrat, OF Illinois. 80 80
ihe lineup In the committees fo1.s IA
lowed an agreement reached atS.
conference of the Dem ocratIc Isaa-
ers to rally the minority. memberss
against the resolution. 4 i q.
Considerations Postponed.
CONSIDERATION of the resolution IN
.ne rouse, which was scheduled FOR
Monday under an agreement efreeteo
oy tho Republican and Democra atinl Y
leaaers iast night. will be postponed.
un',i , next thursday, the RepublieanSS 81
ieaaers decided today. This actioHG
was taken at the request OF Re-
publican members. who desire tto5 sb.::sss
away for the Easter weekend -.
also for the primaries In New yorises
Michigan and Wisconsin ON hforaa, -.
and Tuesday &c 70 - w - : = sss ss
Ihe night on the floor will bsp,n
at II o'clock Thursday morning unSer 81
special rule limiting debate to rs
three and half hours on each xideys
and so designed as to prevent t; fha
oHerlns or amendments. IFS tbasy
pian OF the majority to hold tho
house In session Thursday night mn
III the resolution Is passed, but unSs
expected delays may force the vote
over until Friday. 1t was said. Ss
senato- Knox. OF PennsyIvania.y
author OF she peace resolution pend
ING IN the Senate, returned to the
capitol today after a period Of tl,.
ness. He said he had not studied
'he Rouse resolution, but in gen
eral way no was confident there Is
no question as to its constitution. $
ality. 40
After the House passes the meas.
ure. however, Senator Knox thinks
.he Senate will have to make COR
tain changes in the text. fa
The House committee today made
a few. technical changes In Che worasI
Ing OF the resolution. but they is
no way AFFECT its terms.