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membership remains as it is,
| Washes Hands Of Subject.
Whether the President would return
! the treaty to the Senate remained un-
j determined, but the republicans serv
| ed notice that II he did 1t would re-
pose for many weeks to come in a
! committee pigeon-ho1e. In the vote
ed it's hands of the subject and sent
| the treaty to the White House. the re-
publican leaders had the support Of
the mild reservationists, as well as
the irreconcilables Of their party.
Six democrats. Gore, Kirby, Reed.
Williams. voted with the republicans
for the Lodge resolution.
The resolution of Senator Lodge
provided:
THAT the secretary of the Senate
be instructed to return to the Presi-
dent the treaty Of peace with Ger
many signed at Versailles on the 2Sth
day of June. 1919, and respectfully in
form the President that the Senate
has failed to advise and to consent its
ratification, being unable to obtain
the constitutional majority required
therefor"
Declaration Of state Of Peace.
The next step planned by tho SEN
ate majority Is a declaration of q
state of peace to relieve the nation of
the war status. which the democrats
maintain can be ended only by the
proposal probably will begin when
the Senate reconvenes Monday.
The roll call on ratification came
four months. almost to the hour, after
the failure of the three attempts at
ratification on November 19. On that
oped for ratification with the repub-
lican, reservations was forty-one
votes, only seven democrats voting
with the republicans in the affirma-
tive. The vote against was ffty-one.
made up of thirteen republicans and
thirty -eight democrats.
Roll Call ON Treaty.
Last nights roll call follows:
For the resolution:
Republicans-Ball, Calder. Capper.
Colt. Curtis. Dillingham;. Edge. Elkins.
Frelinghuysen, Hale, Jones, Washing
ton; Kellogg, Kenyon, Keyes. Lenroot,
Lodge. Mclean, McNary, New, Page,
Sutherland. wadsworth. Warren and
Watson. Total, 2S.
Democrats Ashurst, B . c X h q m /,
Chamberlain. Fletcher, Gore. Hender-
son. kendrick. King, Myers. Nugent.
Owen. Phelan. Pittman. Pomerene.
land; Trammell. Walsh. Massachusetts,;
Walsh. Montana, and Walcott, Della
ware. Total, 81.
Total for ratification, ~.
Against: -
Republicans-Borah. Brandegee, Fer
fornia: Knox. La Toilette. Mccormick,
Moses, Norris and Sherman. Total, IL.
Democrats-Comer, Culberson, Dial,
Gay. Glass. Harris. Harrison. Hitch
cock. johnson. South Dakota: Kirby.
McKellar. Overman. Reed, Robinson.
hnY I'd do
South Carolina; Stanley. Swanson,
Thomas, Underwood and Williams.
Total, %.
Total against, IS.
Twelve Senators Paired.
Twelve senators. nine republicans and
three democrats, Were paired. Three
republicans and one democrat were pair
ed against ratification and six republi-
cans and two democrats in favor Of rati-
fcation. The pairs follow:
Senators Newberry. republican. Michi-
gan. and McCumber. republican. North
Dakota. for ratification. with Senator
Fall republican. New Mexico. against.
Senators Nelson, republican. Minne-
sofa, and Harding, republican. Ohio, for
ratification. with Senator Penrose, re-
publican. Pennsylvania. against.
Senator Cummins, republican, Iowa,
and Townsend. republican. Michigan. for
| ratification. with Senator Poindexter, re-
publican. Washington, against.
Senators Gerry, democrat. Rhode ISL
and, and Jones. democrat, Now Mexico.
fox ratification. with Senator Smith,
democrat, Arizona, against
I Seven Hours' Debate.
| In seven hours Of debate preceding
| the vote. republicn leaders declared
| themselves ready to take. the issue to
| the people. From the democratic side
several senators bitterly assailed the
President for his stand. and declared
L 4 atrt tutv fOvn Of Nv1 -
carry the issue as 1t presented itself
today into tho cmpaign. There was
no reply from those who opposed rati-
fication. 1rreconcilibles and adminis-
tration democrats alike remained
silent in the confidence that they
were in complete control of the sit
uation.
After the roll caIl the mild reserva-
tion republicans Joined with, the
democrats to set the parliamentary
would permit another vote ON ratifi-
cation. but the effort soon was aban-
doned. Compromise democrats ad-
vised tho republicans that they
thought 1t futile to try to change
seven more democratic votes. The
motion to reconsider, made by sena-
tor Robinson. democrat. Arkansas,
finally was thrown out on a point of
order and no appeal was taken.
The lineup of tho entire Senate
iyooIerudy was % IOT fatlncaI1on TO
80 against. including members paired
Four months ago tho total alignment
was ~ for ratification and IS against,
with ono seat vacant.
| Changes In Posftions.
Eighteen democrats yesterday
Changed from their position Of No.
vember Is. seventeen who then voted
against ratification favored it yester.
day. while one, Senator Shields O,
Tennessee. who voted for ratification
November 19 and since has become
known as an 'Hrreconcilible," yester.
day voted against ratifying,
| OF the democrats who switched tc
support the treaty, fifteen voted for
ratification and two additional, Sena-
tors Gerry OF Rhode Island and Jones
of New Mexico. paired for ratifica.
ham, Chamberlain, Fletcher, Hender.
son. Kendrick. King. Nugent, PheIan
Pittman. Ransdeil. Smith (Maryland)
Trammell. Walsh (Montana) and Wol.
| colt.
In the republican ranks. the "irre.
concilables" gained but one new ad-
herent, Senator Penrose of Pennsyl.
vania. who voted for ratification -four
months ago, but today was paired as
an opponent of the treaty. Twelve re.
publican 'bitter enders'-Borah. Bran.
degee. Fernald, France, Gronna, John.
son California;. Knox. La Toilette
Mccormick. Moses, Norris and Sher.
four months ago, against ratification
while three others, Penrose, Fall OF
New Mexico and Poindexter were
paired yesterday in opposition. On No.
vember 10 Senator Poindexter voted
in opposition, while Senator Fall was
not present. but his opposition was
announced.