The La Jara chronicle., 1911-06-09
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER

Washington has seen great
deal of the women who want to
vote during the past few months
and to those of that portion of
our country who feel an interest
in the question of suffrage, there
will perhaps be experienced a
thrill of pleasure in the fact
that Congressman Mondell of
Wyoming has bill before Con-
gress which provides THAT the
following article be proposed to
the legislatures of the several
states us an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States,
which, when ratified by three
fourths of said legislatures, shall
be valid as part of said Constitu-
ton, namely: Article NJ. Sec
ton 1.-The right of citizens of
the United States to vote shall
not be denied or abridged by the
United States or by any state on
account of sex. Section 2.-Con-
gress shall have power by appro-
pirate legislation to enforce the
provisions of this article" This
bill was introduced by Mr.. Mon
dell under date of May 9TH and is
numbered House Joint Resolution
81, and proof Of the claim
that Congress as well as other
places is the place where plagiar-
ism sometimes occurs, is evidenced
by the fact that Mr.. Taylor of
Colorado under date of May Sth
introduced a joint resolution
Y ,ich is numbered 81 and which
provides, "That the following ar
ticle be proposed to the legis-
latures of the several states as
an amendment to the Constitu-
tion of the United States, which,
when ratified by three-fourths of
said legislatures, shall be valid
as part of said Constitution, name
ly: Article XIV, Section l. The
right of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be de
MED or abridged by the United
States or by any state on ac-
count Of sex, race, color, or pre-
vious condition of servitude. See
ton 2.-That Congress shall have
power to enforce this article by
appropriate legislation. An
other instance showing that the
along entirely original lines is
evidenced in the subject OF the
alfalfa weevil. Shortly after the
beginning of the present session
course of Legislation is not framed
Washington letter contiued.
of Congress, Delegate Cameron
of Arizona took steps to secure
Congressional action whereby the
threatened destruction of alfalfa
would be brought under control
and the pest localized in Utah
and other sections of the country
where it is known to exist. Now
comes Mr. Rucker of Colorado on
May 18th with bill which pro-
vides as follows: "That there
shall be appropriated the sum of
twenty-five thousand dollars for
the investigation of the best meth
DDS of exterminating the pests
destructive of the alfalfa plants,
and the further sum of twenty
five thousand dollars be appro-
priated for the purpose of devils
ing means to check the spread of
such pests, and that such funds
be used in cooperating with com
mon carriers, agricultural colleges
and through other means which
can be devised to prevent the
destruction of the alfalfa indus
try" In view of the fact that
ST. much is being heard through
out the country regarding the
new Democratic Congress, the
instances cited above afford a
splendid illustration of the
amount of truth that exists in
these claims.
There are a number of bills in
Congress providing for the sale
of fire-killed timber upon the
public lands of the United States
and among these is bill intro
duced by Mr.. Mondell of Wyom'
ing. which authorizes the Secre'
tary of the Interior to sell