Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-14
Woodrow Wilson
AS | KNOW HIM
BY JOSEPH P. TUMULTY.

of the proceedings is taken from the
Congressional Record:
"'Mr. Lodge: Mr.. President, I de-
sire to take only a moment OF the
time of the senate. I wish to offer
the resolution which L hold in my
hand, a very brief one:
Whereas under the constitution
it is a function Of the. senate to adj
wise and consent to, or dissent from,
the ratification of any treaty of the
United States, and no such treaty
can become operative without the
consent of the senate expressed by
the affirmative vote of tWo-thlrds
of the senators present; and
Whereas, owing to the victory
Of the arms of the United States
and of the nations with whom it is
associated, a peace conference was
convened and is now in session at
Paris for the purpose of settling the
terms of peace, and
Whereas committee Of the
conference has proposed a constitu-
ton for the League OF Nations and
the proposal is now before the peace
conference for it's consideration;
now, therefore, be it
"'Resolved by the senate Of the
United States in the discharge of its
constitutional duty of advice in re-
gard to treaties, that it is the sense
of the senate that while it is their
sincere desire that the nations of
the world should unite to promote
peace and general disarmament, the
constitution of the League of Ma
tions in the form now proposed to
the peace conference, should not be
accepted by the United States; and
be it
"'Resolved further, that it is the
sense Of the senate that the negoti-
ations on the part Of the United
States should Immediately be di-
rected to the utmost expedition of
the urgent business of negotiating
peace terms with Germany satisfac-
| tory to the United States and the
nations with whom the United
States is associated in the war
against the German government,
and that the proposal for League
of Nations to insure the permanent
peace of the world should be then
taken up for careful and serious
consideration.
Get ask unanimous consent for
! the present consideration Of this
resolution.
"'Mr. Swanson: I object to the in
PRODUCTION of the resolution.
"'Mr. Lodge: Objection being
made, of course I recognize the OBJ
lection. 1 merely wish to add, by
way of explanation, the following:
The undersigned senators of the
United States, members and ~mem-
bers-elect of the Sixty-sixth Con-
gress, hereby declare that, if they
had had the opportunity, they would
have voted for the foregoing reso-
luton: '
Henry Cabot Lodge, Philander G.
Knox, Lawrence Y. Sherman, Har-
ry S. New, George H. Moses, j. w.
Wadsworth, Jr., Bert M. Fernald.
Albert 3. Cummins, F. E. Warren,
Frank B. Brandegee, William M.
Calder, Henry w. Keyes, Boies Pen
rose, Carroll S. Page, George p. Nc
Lean, Joseph Irwin France, Medill
Mccormick, Charles Curtis, James
E. Watson, Thomas Sterling, J. S.
Frelinghuysen, w. G. Harding,
Frederick Hale, William E. Borah,
Walter E. Edge, Reed Smoot, AISLE
J. Gronna, Lawrence c. Phipps,
Selden P. Spencer, Hiram W. John
son, Charles E. Townsend, William
P. Dillingham;, I. L. Lenroot, Miles
! Poindexter, Howard Sutherland,
Truman H. Newberry, L. Heisler
Ball.
"'I ought to say in justice to three
or four senators who are absent at
great distances from the city, that
we were not able to reach them; but
we expect to hear from them tomor-
row, and if, as we expect, their an.
swers are favorable their names will
be added to the list
(To IA Confinuad,N