The evening world., 1920-03-20
Democrats Almost Equally Di-
vided in Their Stand When
Vote Is Taken.
c. Q. p. ALSO is SPLIT.
Question of Reservations viii
Confuse the Issue With
Campaign Orators.
BK Dapid Laurence.
Especial Correspondent Of The Eve.
nino Worldly

WAShiN4TON, March 20 Copy
right, l9SO).-TWenty-three DeAO-
Gratis stood with President Wilson,
twenty-One Democrats deserted him.
The Treaty Of Versailles, signed
last june, iS stin unratihod. Tech
nicaIly. the United States Il at war
with Germany. Americas foreign
policy Il underlined. And the dead
lock in the Senate will be carried
into the Presidential and Congres-
sional elections for final settlement
next November.
Briefly, that tells the story Of
what has happened after nine
months Of woarisome debate. But
the eject upon the future OF both
the Republican and Democratic
Parties is not 30 simply analysed.
True. the Republican Party in the
Senate stood 2S for ratification
with tho Lodge reservations, a.
against ~ who wanted neither
treaty nor League OF Nations. But
the votes Of the twelve were grouped
with twenty-throo Democrats who
said they wanted the treaty but not
the reservations to the League.
Any campaign orator or writer OF
political textbooks who tries to Eix the
responsibility in tho Senate upon
either the Democratic or Republican
parties as such win have about an
much chance Of carrying conviction
AZ tho man VINO attempts to blame
tho failure Of the treaty upon the
dlBagreoablo weather OF the past win
ter.
For both RspublIcans and Demo-
Gratis have voted on all sidos Of every
motion proposed and the record oi
what occurred 10 about a. confIls.
ing as an income tax report.
IT'S THE THIRD DEFEAT FOR
WILSON.
But there is no escaping one out
standing fact--PrUaidont Wilson has
suffered the third defeat In eighteen
months. His loss OF Congress in
November. 1919. was followed by the
defeat OF a ratification resolution on
the treaty in November, 1919, and
now in March, 1890. the treaty is
formally sent back tO him with the
Democratic Party In the Senate split
in twain.
Mr. Wilson has lost the tight hold
on his party which he once exer-
cised Hardly any Democratic Sem
ators from Northern or Western
states remalned with him. Only a
handful Of Southern Democrats stood
till the end. Nor can the split be
measured on the basis OF Bryan
strength. There are men who de-
serted the President who have no use
for Organism Of any kind. But note
the Democrats who favored ratlfying
the treaty with the Lodge reservn- :
tions and the States frOm which they
hail:
Kendrick OF Wyoming. Chamber
lain OF Oregon, Henderson and Pitt
man OF Nevada, King Of Utah. Myers
ana Walsh OF Montana, Nugent OF
Idaho, Phelan OF California, owen
and Gore OF Oklahoma, POmerone OF
Ohio. Walsh Of MAssaehuBetta. VOL
OOtt OF Delaware. Smith Of Mary
land, Aaburst OF Arizona, BOsikhAm
OF Ksntucity, Fletcher and TrNAn1nei
OF Florida, Randall OF Louisiana and
smith of Georgia Total 81
TWO DEMOCRATS FROM NORTH
AND WEST WITH WILSON.
Examine the list Of - Democrats
who stood wath the irrsconCIlable
Republicans for the defeat OF th'
Lodge resolution OF ratification with
reservations and A. shows SENATOR
Reed Of Missouri, Shields and No
Rollar OF Tennessee and Thomas o.
COLORADO. The viewpoint Of thes'
four men on the treaty by no mean
comedies with that OF Presiden
Wilson, even though they were fin
ally recorded with his supporters
They, like the irreconcilable Repub.
, hcanS, found other things In tn
treaty Objectionable and cast thel
3 votes against ratification. So Mr.
Wilson, on tho final muster didn'
have a majority OF his own part
; with him, and with the exception o
! Senators Hitchcock OF NebraskA an
johnson of South Dakota not a SIN
Eis Democratic Senator north OF Ma
: son and Dixon's line or from th
. West supported the position o
President Wilson on the iast count
This detection from the Leadership
Of the President is unqueHtionRbly tn
most disappointing circumstance 0
all 20 tho White House, for II show
the Democratic Party stampeded b
, the arguments OF their Republica
opponents, that defeat OF thO Lsodg
reservations might be viewed by th
10 country as hostility 70 the making q
4 an early peace.
= The battle for tho control OF IN
. next Congress ana the White Houa
= will be waEed in tho North. All bJ
o two OF the Democratic Senators troI
tho North can exhibit an good a roc
ord aa Senator Lodge and the Repuh
n iican FeBeFVa tiOnihta.
\ II President Wilson should be nom
asatsa fsF third term or decide