Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-10
HOUSE VOTES To
DECLARE STATE
Of PEACE WITH
GERMAN NATION
Twenty-Five Democrats Join
With G. 0. P. in Support
ing the Measure 1t Now
Goes TO the Senate.
MOST OF WARTIME
LAWS ARE REPEALED
Democratic Members Try to
Send Resolution Back to
Foreign Relations Com
mittee But Are Defeated.

lev hoPklho JOURNAL SPECIAL LFsSFp ~iasi
Washington. April 9.-The re-
publican joint resolution declaring
the state OF war with Germany at
an end and repeating most of tho
wartime legislation was adopted
today by the house, 2i2 to $50.
Twenty-Five democrats voted with
the republican majority and two
republicans voted against adoD-
ton
Before adopting the resolution,
the house voted down a motion by
Representative Flood, of Virginia,
ranking democrat of the foreign
affairs committee, to send the res
oltion hack to that committee
with instructions to report out |
substitute repeating all wartime
acts The vote on that motion was
III for and 222 against.
Democrats voting for the reso-
luton were:
Ashbrook, Caldwell Dooling, Gull
len, Gallivan, Ganley, Goldfogle,
Huddleston, McKiniry, McLane.
Maher, O'Connell, O'Connor, Pell.
Hammil, Oluey, Sherwood, Sulli-
van, Tague, Carew, Evans. Nevada;
Mead.
Republicans opposing 1t were;
Fuller Massa chusetts, and kel
ley Michigan.
Action Follows Long Debate.
on the democratic substitute of
fered as a morton to. re-commit.
the only vote other Tam That On
adoption of the RESOLUTION permit
ted under the rule three demo-
Gratis lined up with The republicans,
while two republicans joined the
minority. The greater break in
the democratic ranks came on tho
final vote.
Chairman Porter, of the foreign
affairs committee, claimed afie;'
the roll call that twenty more
votes would carry the resolution
over a presidential veto. Demo-
cratic members, however, said I
vote on that question would Sc,
party alignment virtually intact.
The debate began at II o'clock
Yesterday morning and occupied alt
the time of the house for more
than twelve hours. 1t was marked
throughout by sharp partisanshtp
except for those on each side who
broke away from party lines to
Join the opposition.
kitChin COIlapScs.
Former Sneaker Clark, and Rep
resentative Kitchin. of North Caro-
lima, took a leading part in thu
fight on the democratic side, while
Representative Mondell, republican
leader, who closed the debate, re-
ceived a warm greeting from his
party colleagues. Representative
Kitchin's speech aroused the demo
Gratis to an outburst of cheering as
he assaiIed the republican mem
bership, charging them with 'hE-
pocrisy" and challenging them 10
present a straight out proposal for
repeal of wartime legislation, IL
they were sincere. At the close OF
his speech Mr.. Kitchin suffered a
collapse, resulting from what was
said by his physicians to be a
slight stroke of paralysis. Repre-
sentative Mondell later expressed
the sympathy of the house with
Mr., Kitchin, the members standing
while he spoke,
Representative I.ongworth, re-
publican, Ohio was particularly
sharp in his references today to
President Wilson's attitude on the
league of nations which he de-
scribed as an American mon
strosity."
The Debate Was Unusual.
The debate was unusual in that
it consisted largely Of symposium
of prepared statements, few MEM
bers speaking eXtemporaneously.
There was little attempt at ap-
plause from the crowded gallery
At one point today, as yesterday.
party support suddenly shifted.
When representative Kelly, repuu-
licau of Michigan, was recognized
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