The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-04-02
SENATE DEFEATS
PEACE treaty
Move for Reconsideration Fails
Just as Knox's Proposal to De-
clare War Ended Is Revived.
IRRECONCILABLES HOLD OUT.
Twenty.eiaht Republicans and Twenty
one Democrats Support Lodge
Reservations-Twent three
Democrats Oppose.

Washington.-The senate for sec
ond time refused to ratify the treaty
of peace with Germany and sent 1t
back to President Wilson.
By vote of 40 to 35, seven short OF
the necessary two-thirds Of the mem
bers present, the senate rejected the
Lodge resolution of ratification.
1t then adopted a resolution, propos-
ed by Senator Lodge, to return the
treaty to the President, advising MIN
formally that the senate had failed TO
advise and consent to its ratlhcauon.
The resolution reads:
"That the secretary of the senate De
instructed to return to the president
the treaty of peace with Germany sign
ed at Versailles on the 2Sth day OF
June, 1919, and respectfully inform the
President that the senate has failed to
ratify said treaty, being unable to oD-
tain the constitutional majority requlr-
ed therefor"
Following this action, Senator Rob
jnson of Arkansas, a Democrat, moved
to reconsider the vote by which ratln-
cation failed. A lively parliamentary
battle followed, in which the Repub-
lican mild reservationists joined the
Democrats in an effort to keep the
senate from creating condition Wmch
prevented further action on the treaty
at this time. A ruling by Senator Cum
minis, who was in the chair, and re-
fusal of the mild reServation1sts to CO.
operate further with the Democrats
unless they were assured that the sec
ond vote on the treaty would be taken
at once, cut short Mr.. Robinson's ef-
forts.
Exactly four months ago the treaty
was refused ratification by the vote or
Al to 81, The final vote Of rejection
was 40 to 35, the majority in favor of
ratification being seven votes short or
the two-thirds required by the Constl-
tuition.
The final vote on the treaty follows:
For the resolution:
Republicans-Ball, Calder, Capper,
Colt, Curtis, Dillingham;, Edge, Elkins,
Frelinghuysen, Hale, Jones (Washing-
tony, Kellogg, Keyes, Lenroot, Lodge,
Mclean, McNary, New, Page, Phipps,
Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Sutherland,
Wadsworth, Warren, Watson-2S.
Democrats - Ashurst, Beckham,
Chamberlain, Wolcott, Fletcher, Gore,
Henderson. Kendrick, King, Myers, Nu-
gent, Owen, Phelan, Pittman, Pome-
rene, Ransdell, Smith (Georgia), Smith
(Maryland), Trammell, Walsh (Massa-
chusetts) and Walsh (Montana)-21.
Total for ratification, 40.
Against ratification:
Republicans-9orah, Brandegee, Fer
nald, France, Gronna, johnson Cali
formal, Knox, La Toilette, Mccormick,
Moses, Norris and Sherman-12.
Democrats-Comer, Culberson, Diol,
Cav, Glass, Harris, Harrison, Hitch
cock, Johnson (South Dakota), Kirby,
McKellar, Overman, Reed, Robinson,
Sheppard, Shields, Simmons, Smith
(South Carolina), Stanley, Swanson,
Thomas, Underwood and Williams-23
Total against, 25.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, the
acting Democratic leader admitted aft
er the senate had adjourned that the
treaty was dead. He said he did not
anticipate that further effort would
be made to reconsider, although he
admitted that the ruling by President
Pro Tenn. Cummins, holding it impos-
sible, was at least of rather doubtful
validity.