Gunnison Valley News | 1919-10-31 | Page 9 | Defeat Johnson [Illegible]

DE FEAT JO HNS6"N""Ktvi'K f3-2 i UT- I Supporters of Californian's Proposal Outvoted in Senate. Washington. The Johnson amendment amend-ment to the peace treaty, designed to equalize American and British voting strength in the league of nations, was rejected in the senate on October 27, by a vote of 3S to 40. On (he roll call, which came unexpectedly unex-pectedly during a lull in the debate, two Democrats joined the Republicans supporting the amendment and nine Republicans voted with the Democrats against it. Of eighteen senators absent ab-sent or paired, four Republicans and two Democrats were recorded as favoring fav-oring it and twelve Democrats as opposing op-posing it.