New-York tribune., 1920-03-20
Observation-Disclosures
to Capitol to Urge Obe-
dience to Presidents Or.
der Against Ratification
Hitchcock Kissed
On Asking New Vote
Two-thirds of Republicans
for Resolution; 'sIrrec-
oncilables'' Jubilant as
Long Fight Terminates
By Carter Field

From The Tribhne's Washington Bureaa
. WASHINGTON, March 19.-The
Senate tonight sent the peace treaty
back to President Wilson, after re-
fusing to ratify it, oy vote of 40
for to So against. The Senate then
adjourned until Monday, when Sem
ator Knox will attempt to get up his
resolution repeating the declaration
of war and thus bringing about a
technical state of peace.
Administration leaders decided to-
night to wait action by the White
House. The President can send the
treaty back to the Senate if he so
desires. In that case it would be
referred to the Foreign Relations
Committee and have to 20 through
the regular course as though it we've
new business.
The last hope of ratification failed
tonight when the mild reservation
lists" just before adjournment, sent
word to Senator Robinson, of the
Administration side, that they would
support his move to get the treaty
up again if he would promise that
some of the Administration led
Democrats would change their votes
to approval. Mr. Robinson could
give no assurance of this, and with
drew the motion he had made to re-
consider the treaty vote.
Change of Seven Votes Needed
Secretary Sanderson, of the Sem
ate, has, been ordered to take the
treaty to the White House, and will
deliver it there probably tomorrow
morning.
A change of seven votes would have
ratified the treaty, and twenty one
! Democratic Senator'S of the twenty four
who voted or were paired against it
all except Reed, Shields and Thomas
did SO frankly for no other reason ex-
treaty killed because the reservations
approved by majority of the Senate
were unacceptable to him
More than two-thirds of the Repub-
licans voted for ratification-th thirty
four. counting pairs, being for the
treaty as against only fifteen, counting
pairs, against it. majority of the
Democrats twenty-four, counting
palrs-were against it, to twenty three
for ratification.
Administration Leader Hitchcock
made good his threat by delivering
just twenty-one Administration Demo-
Gratis against ratification.
The cnly difference tonight from
the situation on the night of November
! IS, just four months ago, when the
Senate refused to ratfy the treaty
either with or without reservations, is
that tonight the treaty has been sent
to the White House, whereas after the
November vote the document remained
physically in the possession of the
Senate.
"irreconcilables" Jubilant
This "ciincher" was put on immcdi-
ateiy alter the ratification vote, and
the treaty was ordered sent to the
President with notification of what had
happened. The vote on this was al
to 81. Si:. Democrats joined the Re-
pubiicans in approving, including John
onarp Williams, who commented tha.
such notification was the courteous and
right thing to do and should have been
done in November.
immediately after the vote on ratif-
cation was announced, Senator Lodge
offered the resolution directing that the
secretary of the Senate be instructed
to return to the President the peace
treaty with Germany. signed at ver-
Sailles. France, June IS, 1918, and re-
spcctfully inform the President that
the Senate failed to advise and consent
to the ratification of said treaty, being
unable to obtain for it the constitu.
/ tional majority"
Galleries Hiss Hitchcock
Administration leader Hitchcock,
amid a chorus of "Oh's!" from Sem
|, ators and Kisses from the galleries,
. said he hoped the Senate would defer
action on the resolution for day or
: two.
, "As long as the treaty remains in
the Senate" Senator Hitchcock said
''.here is a possibility of obtaining ac-
= ton on it. When it is sent to the
: White House that possibility is at an
end. The friends of the treaty, who de.
. sire ratification. have their only hone
5 Of ratification in keeping the treaty in
the Senate
Senator Lodge declared such a reso
luton as he had offered was the Gus