The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-20
Is Sent Back to President vii
son With Word That It
Cannot be Rati-
fed.
THE VOTE WAS 40 TO 35
Question Now Is What He Will Do
With Il, Return II, or Take It
Before People az Cam
paign Issue.

| IBy L. c. Martin. United Press Staff
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 20. = The
treaty is now up to President Wilson.
The senate washed it's hands OF
the pact last night, when, by a vote
of 40 to 35, 1t refused to ratify it
and then, ~ to 81, voted to send 1t
back to President Wilson with word
that it could not be ratified.
The question today was, What
will Wilson do about it,"
He can send it back to the senate.
In that case, Senator Lodge and other
republican leaders, as we'll as many
democrats. declared that no action
whatever would be taken until the
issue of treaty or no treaty had been
fought out and decided in the cam
paign-
He can go to the American people
in solemn referendum, as he said
in his letter to the Jackson day DIN
ner, on the question of ratification
as an issue in the national campaign
OF 1920.
He can drop the treaty and begin
negotiations with Germany for restor-
alton of a state of peace.
The general expectation among
senators is that he Will take the
second course and ask the demo
cratic party to make the treaty the
paramount issue in the campaign.
:, Whatever Wilson does about the
treaty, 1t was generally agreed here
today that the country faces another
Ieng siege of treaty oratory. with
the difference that instead OF being
in the senate it will be delivered
from every stump in the land.
Borah, Johnson, Reed and Poin-
dexter are now beating Wilson to
it" as one of them said on his way
from the senate chamber to board
train for a speaking tour against
the league. BY that he meant that
the senate "irreconcilables." who have
again killed the treaty In the senate
are going to try to get the country's
ear before Wilson can.
In the democratic ranks, Bryan is
opposed to Wilson on the question OF
reservations. That fight may make
the 1920 democratic convention
well remembered affair. .a.. S.
In the G. 0. p, johnson is running
for president on an anti-treaty, anti
league platform while Lodge, Will
Hays, Taft, Root and the other lead
ers want the treaty with reserva-
tions. At Chicago will come the test.
The session Of the senate which
finally and unalterably Gin the opinion
Of many senators) put the treaty
into the campaign, was devoted
largely to oratory on which the
political aspects of the situation were
not overlooked.
When the votes on ratification were
counted, it was found the treaty was
seven short of the two-thirds needed.
Twenty-one democrats bolted their
party leader and voted to ratify with
the "nullifying" Lodge reservations.
This was fourteen more than on NO
vember 10, 1919, voted for Lodges
program. The fourteen who changed
over are:
Ashurst. Beckham. Chamberlain,
Fletcher, Henderson, Kendrick, King,
Nugent, Phelan, Pittman, Ransdell,
Smith (Maryland), Trammen and
Walsh (Montana).
The senate quickly adopted Lodges
resolution sending the treaty bacF 70
Wilson. Six democrats voted for 1t.
Then Robinson, Arkansas, democrat,
tried to get reconsideration of the
vote rejecting the treaty SO that the
senate might vote again after a cool
ing Off period. Mild reservation re-
publicans helped the democrats on
this but when Lodge, Borah, and
Others insisted that the new vote on
ratification be taken at once. If at
all. the democrats decided they did
not want 1t.
Knox tried to put forward his reso-
tuition declaring state OF peace, but
the senate deferred action on it un-
xroctfruad IN nare ~