New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-22
Measure Passed by House,
228 to l39, 18 Dem.
ocrats Breaking Away
From Administration
Veto Is Expected
Early Next Week
Bill Will Be Introduced
at Once to Repeal the
Presidents War Powers

WASHINGTON, May 21.-The Knox
peace resolution, terminating the tech
nical state of war between the United
States and Germany and Austria, end
ing the war powers of the Pres dent,
repeating wartime legislation and pro-
tecting American rights in the war set
tlement, was sent to President Wilson
to day.
The resolution finally was passed by
Congress, when the House of Repre-
sentatives by vote of 228 to 139
adopted the Knox substitute for the
original peace measure passed by the
House. Eighteen Democrats broke
away from the Administration leader
ship and voted for the resolution, while
two Republicans voted against it.
To Send Treaty Back
The vote Oh the resolution was not
sufficient to pass it over the Presidents
veto, which is expected to reach the
House some time next week. Warn
ing that the President intends to veto
the measure again was voiced in the
House during discussion Of the reso-
luton to-day. Secretary of State
Colby, Senator Hitchcock and others
close to the President previously had
notified Congress that such was Mr.
Wilson's intention, and when the
measure was called up for final pass
age to-day, Republican leaders urged
its adoption primarily as means of
ending the war powers of the Chief
Executive.
The Presidents advisers also de-
clared during the struggle over the
peace resolution that the President
will send the Versailles Treaty back
to the Senate when he vetoes the res
olution. Should he send the treaty
back, Republican leaders declared to-
day, it will be sent to the Foreign Re-
lations Committee, where it will re-
main unconsidered until the President
has transmitted the stenographic re-
ports of the peace conference, the
treaty with Austria and the financial
and economic agreements that are part
or the Versailles Treaty and which he
withheld from the Senate when the
treaty was before it last year.
Senator Lodge. chairman of the For
eign Relations Committee. declared
| that under no circumstances would the
treaty be considered again until after
the Presidential election in November.
Should the President carry out his
announced plan and veto the resou
ton the veto message would be sent
TO the House, since the peace measure
originated in that body, and the House
would act first on the question of
passing the resolution over the veto.
Lack rs Votes
The vote day showed that the Re
publicans lack twenty-five votes of a
sufficient number to pass the measure
over the veto and Republican leaders
said that the attempt probably will
not be made.
Legislation repeating wartime legis-
lation and ending the broad powers
given the President during the war al
ready has been prepared by Repre-
sentative Volstead, OF Minnesota, chair
man Of the Judiciary Comm ttee of the
House, and it will be introduced and
considered under a special rule as
soon as the Presidents veto of the
peace resolution is received.
Representative Huddleston, of Ala
bama, led the Democratic insurgency
from the Administrati ton on the reso-
luton. He called upon his fellow
Democrats in the House to join him
in "refusing to permit the President
to scuttle the Democratic party
through his treaty policy"
Of the eighteen Democrats who voted
for the resolution, ten were from New
York and three from Massachusetts.
The eighteen were Representatives
Ashbrook, Ohio; Caldwell, New York;
Cullen, New York; Doolng, New York;
Evans, Nevada; Gallivan, Massachu-
setts; Ganley, New York; Goldfogle,
New York; Hamill, New Jersey; Hud-
dleston, Alabama; McKiniry, New
York; McLane, Pennsylvania; Maher,
New York; Mead, New York; O'Con-
nell, New York; Olney, Massachusetts,;
Sullivan, New York, and Tague, Massa-
chusetts.
Representatives Fuller, of Massa-
chusetts, and Kelley, of Michigan, Re-
publicans, voted against the peace
measure.
Two hours of debate preceded the
vote on the resolution. In calling it
up Representative Porter, Of Pennsyl-
vania, chairman Of the Foreign Affairs
Committee, urged acceptance of the
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