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Show PEACE PROPOSAL 15 ! NOW UP TO SENATE j HOUSE VOTES APPROVAL OP; PEACE WITH GERMANY BY j SUBS7AMIAL MAJORITY. Twenty-two Dsrrec'.its Join with the! Majority i.-i i.e f c.t of Resolution, I While Two r.fpui'icacs Voted .Vjiiic.st Its Adoption. Washing'...!). Tii-.' itej.uMU.-ui joint resoUitieu declaring .i.e M.".'.c el ar with Gem. any at ;ia ei.d, ::ad ret-eal-ing most tif the wa.iii ie Icijsiaiion, was adopted mi Apiil Li hy .lie house. H now oes to the senate. The vote on the passage of the peace resolution was 242 to l."o, present, pres-ent, two. Twenty-two l.'omivrats joined with the Kepubliean majority in supporting support-ing the resolution, mid two Republicans Republi-cans voted against its adoption. Before adopting the resolution, the house voted down a motion by Representative Repre-sentative Flood of Virginia, ranking Democrat of the foreign affairs committee, com-mittee, to send the resolution back to that committee with instructions to report out a substitute repealing all wartime acts. The vote on that motion mo-tion was 171 for and 221 against. On the Democratic substitute offered offer-ed as a motion to recommit the only vote other than that on adoption of the resolution permitted under the rule, three Democrats lined up with the Republicans, while two Republicans Republi-cans joined the minority. The greater break in the Democratic ranks came on the final vote. The debate occupied till the time of the house for more than twelve hours. It was marked throughout hy sharp partisanship except for those on each side who broke away from party lines to join the opposition. Former Speaker Clark and Representative Repre-sentative Kltchin of A'orth Carolina took a leading part lr the fight on the Democratic side, while Representative Mondell, Republican leader, who closed clos-ed the debate, received a warm greeting greet-ing from his party colleagues. Representative Rep-resentative Kitchin's speech aroused the Democrats to an outburst of cheering cheer-ing as he assailed .the Republican membership, charging them with "hypocrisy" "hy-pocrisy" and challenging them to present pre-sent a straight-out proposal for repeal of wartime legislation, if they were sincere. At the close of his speech Mr. Kitchin suffered a collapse resulting result-ing from a slight stroke of paralysis. Representative Mondell later expressed express-ed the sympathy of the house with Mr. Kitchin, the members standing while he spoke. Representative Longworth, Republican, Republi-can, Ohio, was particularly sharp itv his reference to President Wilson's attitude at-titude on the league of nations, which he described as an "un-American monstrosity." mon-strosity." The debate was unusual in that it consisted largely of a symposium of prepared statements, few members speaking extemporaneously. There was little aitempt at applause from the crowded gallery. |