The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-13
PEACE RESOLUTION
ADOPTED BY HOUSE
Measure Passes by Vote of 24Z to
l5O-Democratic Motion Meets
Defeat.

state of war with Germany q" an ello
and repeating most Of the war time
legislation was adopted today by the
house. 1t now goes % the senate.
The vote on the passage of the
peace resolution was 242 to $50.
Twenty-Five Democrats joined with
the Republican majority in support
ing the resolution and two Repubil-
cans voted against it's adoption.
Ashbrook, Caldwell, Dooling, Gull
len. Gallivan, Ganly, Goldfogle, Hud-
dleston, McKintry, McLeane, Maher'
o'ConneI, O'Connor, Pell, Hamill'
Olney, Sullivan, Tague, Carew'
Evans, Nevada, Mead.
Republicans opposing 1t were:
Fuller, Washington, and Kelley,
Michigan.
Flood Motion Defeated.
Before adopting the resolution
the house voted down motion >by
Representative Flood of Virginia, the
ranking Democrat of the foreign az
fairs committee, to send the resoiu-
ton back to that committee with in
structions to report out a substitute
repeating all war time acts. The vote
ON that motion was I'll for and 222
against.
On the Democratic substitute Of
fered as motion to recommlt the
only vote other than that on adop-
ton Of resolution permitted under
the rule. three Democrats lined up
with the Republicans while two Re-
publicans joined the minority. The
greater break in the Democratic
ranks came on the final vote.
Chairman Porter Of the foreign af-
fairs committee, claimed after the
roll call that 81 votes would carry
the resolution over presidential
veto. Democratic members, however,
said vote on that question would
see party alignment virtually intact.
The vote ended a two day battle
of words in the house.
The debate began at IL O'Clock
yesterday morning and occupied all
of the time of the house for more
than 12 hours. 1t was marked
throughout by sharp partisanship
except for those on each side VINO
broke away from party lines to join
the opposition.
Former Speaker Clark. and Rep
resentative Kitchin of North Carolina
and Flood of Virginia took lead
ing part in the fight on the Demo
cratic side, while Representative
Mondell, the Republican leader who
closed the debate, received a warm
greeting from his party colleagues.
Representative Kitchin's speech
aroused the Democrats to an out
burst of cheering as he assailed the
Republican membership, charging
them with ''pretense and hypocrisy"
and challenging them to submit a
straightout proposal for repeal of
war time legislation if they were
sincere. At the close of his speech
Mr.. Kitchin suffered a collapse, re-
sulting from what is said by his ply
sicians to be slight stroke of
paralysis. Representative Mondell
later expressed the sympathy of the
house with Mr.. Kitchin, the members
standing while he spoke.
Representative Longworth, Repub-
lican, of Ohio was particularly sharp
in his references today to President
Wilson's attitude on the league of
nations which he described as cum
American monstrosity."
Opposing the resolution, Represen-
tative Flood, Democrat, of Virginia
declared the treaty would have been
ratified if the Republican majority
in the senate had not been obtained
ny tNc pUICIiGSe VI q SSiIcsIpllca lcal SSe]G
in Michigan He characterized the
Newberry case as "the most shameful
and disgraceful debauching of an
electorate that has ever occurred in
this country"
Many Republicans voted to pass
the Volstead act over the presidents
veto. Mr.. Flood continued:
II am curious to know" he added,
Show many will reconcile their acts
in voting to continue war time pro-
hibition on the ground that they were
at war with the vote they are going
to cast today for a resolution based
upon a preamble which declared that
the war had been at an end eight
months before the vote was taken
"Strike Hands With Germany"
At one point today, as on yeSter-