The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-05-27
j. 5. DECLARED
TOBE At PEACE
Congress Makes Declaration
When House Passes Reso-
luton, but Wilson Sure
to Veto it.

Washington, May 81 With the
passage of the Knox peace reso-
luton by the House today after
a stormy debate. congress has put it,
self on record as declaring this
try to be at peace with both Germany
n Austria Hungary, repeating all
war time legislation, and reserving all
rights to the United States under the
armistice and the treaty Of Versailles.
The resolution, approved last week
in the Senate. 43 to 80, and today in
the House, 228 to 139, now goes to the
president. His avowed purpose. ac-
cording to all administration leaders,
is not only to veto it, aut to send it
back to the capitol accompanied by a
scathing indictment of the republican
congress, charging interference with
executive functions and failure to
take up needed reconstruction legisla-
ton.
Although 10 House democrats broke
away from the presidents lead today
and voted for the republican spon-
sored declaration that peace exists,
the possibility of a further break
away, in the event Of an attempt to
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not conceded in any quarters.
Once the veto comes back to Cap
itol Hill from the White House. the
republican majority in congress will
have it's clear cut peace time issue all
ready for the coming campaign.
Criticizes Wilson's Stand.
Representative Huddleston, Ala
bama, today aroused warm applause
from the opposite side Of the cham
Der when he protested ':as a demo-
crat," against what he termed the
threatened dissolution of his party II
it followed the treaty policy dictated
by President Wilson in his message
to Oreguo and Kansas henchmen.
Characterizing that policy as dan
gerous and unpatriotic," Huddleston
said:
III the party follows the stand Of
the president it will go down to de-
feat. 1t Is folly to say that the Amer
lean people will back such a stand.
II the horse is to be ridden, let the
president ride him and take the con-
sequences"
Representative Mason, republican.
Illinois, was greeted with Kisses from
the democratic seats when he de-
clarad he would rather take the
judgment of the Senate than that Of
one lone sick man at the other end
Of the avenue" He declared the bulk
Of the democrats waited for tho
White House to take it's snuff before
they dared to sneeze.
by holding us in this state of war;"
he went on, "they have horned US out
Of our share of German trade. Eng
land opened up in Germany 10 days
after the armistice."
Griffin Calls Resolution Foolish.
Representative Griffin, New York,
termed the Knox resolution a Simple.
folish subterfuge," and Representa-
tive Flood, Virginia, declared there
was hypocrisy in the republican con-
tention that they wanted merely to
repeal war time legislation. All the
democrats would vote for such a re-
peal, he asserted. But not for the
other features OF the resolution.
1--WE will beat you so bad next cleo
tion," he shouted, "that you won't be
in power for years. The democrats
are for the treaty with such reserva-
tions-"
Here he vas drowned out by shouts
from the republicans. When he could
continue, he said the democrats op-
posed the Lodge reservations. He
added that "the president met in
Paris the most INSCRIPTIONS diplo-
mats in the history Of the world"