Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-20
PEACE PACT FIGHT
NOW Up TO VOTERS
Senate Stands 40 For and IS
Against Document With
Lodge Reservations.
IS SENT BACK TO PRESIDENT
Next Move Planned by Republi-
cans Is Resolution Declaring
State of Peace"
IL. Asyoeia,ea rrcss.l

tFi. hssocia,cd I'rcssl
W.ASHLN';TcN. March le-T :, G
ircat% Of Versailles. failed oi ra,iiica-
Lon for :hc fourth ,iric ,oni.h: ana
;hcn the senate voted 10 send IL back
70 President Wilson with . notification
that II had finally refused 10 advise
aud consent 10 :ts ratification"
''On the decisive roll call the vote
way foTiy-ninc for ratification TO
ihtrtY-hvc against. Tho opposition
numbering IN It's ranks twenty Demo-
rra's. vii" were unwilling TO see the
treaty 50 through. with the Eepubii-
can reservations objected to by the
President ..nd three Democratic and
Iwcivc Republican irr.conc.,.i,i i,ios
T".n;y-onc Democrats qui, Ia" rrcsi-
ninnt* lead and Eotcd Tor ratification,
bui the dcfcction failed 10y sevcn votes
OF providing the Two thirds requisite
TO Ta,ify.
ru,s Fight Ur to People.
IN the tie ,Sspl capito VIZ Sn5 TsEn5ge5
ne ,ro.titcal campaign for decision
inc lons and bitter neh, between ,hn
chief executive and tho Scnnt. ma jor-
~. y move - reconsider ths.vote and
trE once more to rat.:y collapsed IN
2E.ceins iha, iurthe. ratification e.
iorts would bc waste OF .aic .4S lof.,
az The senate mcmbcrGAip rcm4lna Is
Whether the President would return
the treaty 10 the senate remained an
determined. hut tho Republicans served
noticc that u h. did il would rcpoac
.or many weeks 10 come In "a commit
Tee pigeon hole" In tho vote OF forty
seven 10 thirty-scvcn, by which the
Senatn Washed its hands Of the subiqc5
the Republican, leaders had the SUI
port of the mild rcscrvationists as ycit
~ ,hc irrcconcisabies Of their party.
soi!dly in opposition.
VIII Declare .Statc of Peace,
The next step planned by tho Senate
majority Is a declaration of n state OF
peace TO relieve the nation OF tho way
can be ended only by tile ;reaty's rsti-
''cation. y hent on that proposal prob
aDiy Wy nsgln WREN the senate recon
The rol! call on ratification came
four months. a'mos; % the hour. after
:a;ihra;ion on Novenher -. On that
occasion the greatest strength dcvcl-
oped for ritiiica zion, with the iiepubl-
uaiy seven Democrats voting with the
Republicans in the affirmative Tho
vote against was il:ty-one made up Of
,hir,een f;epnblicans and ,hlrty-cisht
Democrats. Tonights roll call follows:
How the Vote Went.
For the resolution Rcpubicans-
hnEham. Edge. :lkins F'rclinghuyscn.
Hale. Jones CWashington), Kellogg,
KENYON k"yeS. I.enroo,. Lodge: Mc
Smoo,. spencer sterling, Sutherland.
Wadsworth. Warren, Watson and Vol
cott--29. Democrats - Ashurst. Beck
Henderson. Kendrick, King. Myers,
Nugent. owen, rhelau. pittman. Pom
sre',,, srene, itanSds,', Smith G tGe9TgiIa},
,Massachusens> and Walsh tMon
tana)--20. Total for ratification. 40
Against: Ecpublicans--Eo EoralI. Brar
~. 1T
tcalifornia5, knoN Ia Toilette. Nc
corniGk, Moses. Norris and Shcrman--
l.. Democrats = Conner. Cmiherson.
lliai, Gay. Class Harris. Harrison,
Hitchcock, johnson (South DaIso,al.
Kirby. Mcclellan uvrrpian, Reed. Rob
inson. Sheprard' Shields simmons.
Swanson. Thomas, Underwood and
Wiiliams-2$. Total against. 3D.
Twelve Senators Paired.
Iweivc senators. n,ne RenubiiSanA
Three Repunliraus and one OemoGra,
were paired against ratification. and
six Republicans and tWo Democrats in
favor Of ratificat!oii.
The pairs follow:
Senators Newbcrry RcplIbican. OF
Michigan. and MrCum Der ,Rcpuhlican1.
of North Dakota. Tor ratification with
senator Fall Iiepubiican, OF New Mex
leo. against.
Minnesota. and Harding u;cpuAltcap),
OF Ohio. for ratification. with Senator
penrose Repubiican). OF PENNSYLVANIA.
against
Iowa and Townsend URcpubiican), Of
Michigan, for ratification, with SEN
ator PoindeNtcr Republcan). of
Washington against.
Senators Gerry tDcmocraD. OF
Rhodc Island. and Jones tpenocraN,
OF New Mexico. for ratification. with
senator Smith DemocraD, OF Arizona,
OGcrs Return Resolution.
Immediately after the vote, Senator
Lodge offered resolution proposing
70 return the treaty to the Ircsidcnt
with the information that it could not
be ratified. Senator Hitchcock. admin
istration leader. objected 10 immediate
action on the resolution.
The resolution, which was adopted
That tho secretary Of the senate be
instructed to return to the PRESIDENT
rhe treaty of .ncacc with Germany
June, 1919, and respectfully inform the
president that the Senate has. failed
TO ratify said treaty. being unable to
obtain the constitutional majority re-
nuirod therefor"
Robinson Seeks Reconsideration.
After adoption OF the notification
resolution, however, Senator Robinson, ,
Democrnt. Arkansas. moved to recon
Watson, Republican Indiana. moved TO |
lay that motion on the table:
On Shjeetien Of Senator Brandegee.
TEN fem cnmmins ruled Senator Robinsnn's |
Grafton motion out OF order
After Senator Cummins had, ruled
out the motion, OF Senator Robinson,
inal vote on ratification.
u think this Is due to a desire rori
Continued on Second ragcD