The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-10-03
WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER.
by Congressman P. d. Norton.)
Suffrage in the Senate

week q vote would be reached IN the
Senate on the Joint Resolution pro-
posing an amendment to the Constitu-
ton of the United States extending
the right of suffrage to women. SEN
ator Jones, of New Mexico, who has
the Joint Resolution in charge in the
Senate, fearing its defeat If the res
olution was put to vote on Thursday,
arranged to have the vote put over
until Monday. On Monday, when it 10
expected all members of the Senate
will be present, a vote it is thought
will be taken. Unless the resolution
is adopted by two-thirds vote when
it is voted upon in the Senate, no
further consideration can be given to
the resolution unless under unanimous
consent, during this session of Con-
gress. The Senators most actively
supporting the resolution declare that
when all senators are present, they
will have the required number of votes
to pass the rsolution. Those who op-
pose the resolution maintain that the
resolution will fail Of passage when
vote is taken on Monday. There
are, however, certain indications that
there will be small landslide in favor
Of the resolution when it reaches a
vote in the Senate. The Joint Resolu-
ton was passed by the House on jan
uary 18th last.
France Presents Vases to Senate.
Monsieur Jules J. Jusserand, the
distinguished French Ambassador to
the United States, on Tuesday pre-
scented to the Senate on behalf of the
Republic of France, two most beauti-
full Serves vases in honor of the cour-
tesy extended by the Senate to the
French Commission who visited this
country last year and appeared before
the House and Senate in the interest
of better understanding and closer
cooperation between the Republic OF
France and the United States in the
war. Monsieur Jusserand, who has
long been recognized as one of the
ableset and most scholarly ambassa-
doris in Washington, delivered a bril-
liant and stirring address in making
the presentation. His address was re-
piled to briefly but in an equally bril-
liant manner by Vice President Mar
shall. The Vice President, as presid-
ing officer of the Senate, has already
Won for himself the distinction of be-
ing one of the most ready and most
effective orators who has ever graced
the Vice Presidents chair.
Spanish Influenza.
Congress this week passed an ap-
preparation of one million dollars to
be available for use by the United
States Health Bureau for combating
the spread of Spanish Influenza. This
disease, which has recently been in
troduced in the United States from
Europe, has spread rapidly through
out the eastern states and has already
created great alarm in Massachusetts,
and Connecticut, where many deaths
have occurred from the disease. In
some of the Army camps in the east,
as high as seventy per cent of the
men in camp are affected with the d.
sease. More than forty thousand cases
of the disease have within the past
three weeks been reported from the
Army camps throughout the country.
A large number of deaths due to
Spanish Influenza have been reported
from Army and Navy camps east of
the Mississippi River. On account of
the serious danger from the spread Of
this disease, all indoor Liberty Loan
addresses and all political addresses
have been stopped in Massachusetts
and Connecticut. By rigid system
of quarantine, the United States
Health Bureau authorities expect to
soon have the further spread of the
disease in this country under control.
Federal Development of Electrical
and Mechanical Power
The latest war measure before the
House for consideration is the Emer-
gency Power Bill, reported from the
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee this week for the develop
ment by the Federal Government,
during the war, of electrical and me-
chanical power. The bill carries an
appropriation of 5,0OO,000.OO. 1t
authorizes the President to acquire,
take over, or construct at any place
within the boundaries Of the United
States any power plant that may be
deemed by the President necessary
to be acquired, taken over or con-
structed to better facilitate the pro-
auction of anything essential to the
most efficient conduct of the war. The
bill has the endorsement of the Pres
ident and of the Secretary of War
and the Secretary of the Navy.