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Treaty of Versailles Fails of
Ratification.

and then the senate voted to send 1T
back to President Wilson with a
notification that it had finally "re-
fused to advise and consent to it's
ratification"
On the decisive roll call the vote
was 40 for ratification to 35 against,
the opposition numbering in its ranks
&c Democrats who were unwilling to
see the treaty go through with the
Republican reservations objected by
the president and three Democratic
and 12 Republican irreconcilables.
Twenty-one Democrats quit the pres
ident's lead and voted for ratifca-
ton but the detection failed by seven
votes of providing the two-thirds re-
quisite to ratify.
The result was regarded every
where at the capitol as having put
over into the political campaign for
decision the long and bitter fight be-
tween the chief executive and the
senate majority. A move to reconsid-
,er the vote and try once more to rati-
fly collapsed in its inception, leaders
on both sides agreeing that further
ratification efforts would be waste
of time as long as the senate men,
bership remains as it is.
Whether the president would re-
turn the treaty to the senate remain
ed undetermined but the Republi-
cans served notice that if he did it
would repose for many weeks to
come in a committee pigeon hole. In
the vote of 40 to IS by which the SEN
ate washed it's hands of the subject
and sent the treaty to the White
House, the Republican leaders had
the support of the mild reservation
lists as we'll as the irreconcilables of
their party, while the Democrats vot-
ed almost solidly in opposition.
AnOtner ElSnC SoHlihS.
The next step planned by the SEN
ate majority is a declaration of a
state of peace to relieve the nation
of the war status which the Demo-
Gratis maintain can be ended only by
the treaty's ratification. A fight on
that proposal probably will begin
when the senate reconvenes Monday.
The roll call on ratification came
four months, almost to the hour, af-
ter the failure of the three attempts
at ratification on November 10. On
that occasion the greatest strength
developed for ratification with the
Republican reservations was Al votes
only seven Democrats voting with the
Republicans in the affirmative. The
vote again was 81, made up of IL
Republicans and 3S Democrats. To-
nights call follows:
For the reservation: Republicans
Ball, Calder, Capper, Colt, Curtis,
Dillingham;, Edge, Elkins, Freling-
huysen, Hale; Jones of Washington,
Kellogg, Kenyon, Keyes, LeHroat,
Lodge, Mclean, McNary, New, Page,
Phipps, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling,
Sutherland, Wadsworth, Warren,
Watson and Wolcott-29.
mocrats-Ashurst, Beckham,
Chamberlain, Fletcher, Gore, Hen
'derson, Kendrick, King, Myers, Nu-
gent, Owen, Phelan, Pittman, Pomer-
enc, Ransdell, Smith, of Georgia,
Smith of Maryland, Trammell, Walsh
of Massachusetts and Waist of Mon
tana-20.
Total for ratifcation-49.
Against: Republicans - Borah,
Brandegee, Fernald, France, Gronna,
johnson of California, Knox, La Fol-
lette, Mccormick, Moses, Norris and
Sherman-12.
Democrats = Conner, Culberson,
Dial, Gay, Glass, Harris, Harrison,
Hitchcock, johnson of South Dakota,
Kirby, Mcclellan, Overman, Reed,
Robinson, Sheppard, Shields, SIM
mons, Smith OF South Carolina, STAN
ley, Swanson, Thomas, Underwood,
and Williams--23.
Total against-35.
Seven Hours of Debate.
In seven hours of debate preced-
ing the vote, Republican leaders de-
clared themselves ready to take the
issue to the people. From the Demo-
cratic side several senator's bitterly
assailed the president for his stand