Evening star., 1920-06-02
SENATE DECLINES
| ARMENIA MANDATE
BY 52-T0-23 VOTE
Resolution Adverse to Presi-
dents Request Adopted and
Sent to House.

I The Senate resolution declining to
! grant authority for an American man
! date over Armenia as requested by
| President Wilson was passed late
! yesterday by the Senate by a vote Of
/ So to % and was sent today to the
/ House The foreign affairs commit :.
tee to which the resolution was to be
/ referred was expected to recommend
its adoption without change and sub
nit it to the House tomorrow for con-
sideration. Leaders predicted it would
be adopted as decisively in the House
as in the Senate.
Passage by the Senate came after a
! days debate during which democratic
leaders suggested delay. and endeav-
| ored to withhold decision until Con-
gress reconvenes. Practically no
was urged. and all but twelve demo-
cratic senators voted against an
amendment which would have given
! the requested authority.
Thirteen Democrats Oppose.
Thirteen democrats cast their votes
with the united republican member
ship on the final roll call. an the
resolution respectfully declining" to
grant congressional authority for the
mandate was adopted in the form
drafted by the republican leaders. A
motion to send the resolution back to
the committee with instructions that
it be reported after ratification of a
peace treaty with the central powers"
mustered almost solid democratic sup
port, but was lost, 43 to "a.
Result Of Roll Call.
The roll call on final adoption OF
the resolution follows:
For the resolution: Republicans
Ball. Borah. Brandegee. Calder, Cap
per. Colt Curtis, Dillingham;. Edge,
Elkins. Fall. Fernald. Franco. Frel-
inghuysen. Hale. Harding. Jones OF
Washington. Kenyon. keyes. knox,
Lenroot. Lodge. Mccormick. McCum-
Norris, Page. Phipps. PoindeSter,
Smoot. Spencer. Sterling. Sutherland.
Townsend. Wadswoith and Watson
80. Democrats-Beckham Chamber
lain, Dial. Gerry, Harris. Myers. Nu-
gent. Pomerene. Reec, Shields. Smith
of Georgia. Thomas and Walsh of
| Massachusetts-13. Total, So
| Against the resolution: Republicans
None. Democrat Gay, Harri-
son. Henderson. Hitchcock. Kendrick.
| King, Mckellar, Phelan. Pittman, Rams
dell. Robinson. Sheppard. Simmons
Smith of South Carolina, Stanley. Tram
nell. Underwood. Walsh Of Montana
Williams and Wolcott-23. Total. %.
| Object to "Direct Language"
! Several of the democrats voting
against the resolution, including Senator
| Hitchcock of Nebraska, who led the ad-
| ministrations fight for ratification OF
the treaty of Versailles, announced that
they did so only because they felt the
direct language of the measure would
discourage the efforts Of the Armenian
people.
| Senator Hitchcock presented an
amendment. which he said would make
the resolution acceptable to him. provid-
ing for joint commission Of America MS
and Armenians to rehabilitate the new
republic economically. 1t was rejected
43 to "a. with only two republicans
Senators Kenyon of Iowa and Townsend
| of Michigan. supporting it.
! Leading the fight to recommit the
resolution, Senator Underwood of Ala
bama, democratic leader, declared it
/; would be equally inopporture" to ac-
| cept or reject the mandate until the de-
| tails of peace had been worked out
! The nation. he argued. could not prop
| erly decide whether 1t wanted to take
! finally the greater question of whether
it should join the league Of nations.
| Senators Allege Haste.
| Senator Walsh. Montana. and sew
eral other democrats declared the for
the resolution hastily and that many
| pertinent questions as to the nature
and scope of the contemplated man.
| date had not been answered. In reply
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,, the
republican leader. pointed out that a
subcommittee had made an exhaust
i've investigation of the Armenian sit