Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22
SENATE RECEIVES
Joint RESOLUTION
FOR DISTRICT VOTE
Measure Reintroduced b9
Jones Provides for Amend
ment to Constitution.
REPRESENTATION ASKED
IN BOTH U. S. HOUSES
Senator Urges Expedition of Action
by Direct Reference to Judi.
ciary Committee.

The joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution under
which Congress would be empowered to
grant the people of the District of Co.
lumbla representation in both branches
OF Congress and III the electoral college
was reintroduced in the Senate this
afternoon by Senator Jones, Republican
of Washington, who has sponsored the
proposal in the Senate for a number
of years.
In again offering the resolution. Sem
ator Jones explained it was substan-
TALLY the same as previously considered
by former Congresses. with change in
phraseologv to afford a wider latitude
in deciding on the form of representa-
ton in the Senate. He retained the
language heretofore used, emitting the
District to one or two Senators, but
modified this clause to give Congress
more discretion by adding the words
'or such other representation in the
Senate as Congress may provide for.
He did not alter the provision for
Representatives in the House on the
; basis of population.
Would Expedite Action.
In presenting the resolution shortly
after the Senate met today, Senator
Jones pointed out to his colleagues that
the question has been favorably report
ed on two former occasions by the Sem
ate District committee and requested
that at this time it be referred to the
judiciary committee of the Senate for
report. In the last Congress the reso-
luton was favorably reported by the
District committee and then sent to the
judiciary committee, where 1t was await
ing consideration when the old Con-
gress adjourned. Reintroduction Of the
resolution was necessary because all
measures left unfinished when one
Congress expires must be offered anew
in the next Congress.
With the changes in phraseology made
by Senator Jones, the resolution reads
as follows:
Resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled two
thirds of each House concurring
| therein), that the following amendment
to the Constitution of the United States
be proposed for ratification by the
Legislatures of the several States, which.
when ratified by the Legislatures of
three-fourths of the States, shall be
valid as part of said Constitution,
namely, insert at the end of section 5,
aIClCI6 Nv. IIl6 IOllOWlIlB WOTuS.
1.-The Congress shall have power to
admit to the status of citizens Of q
State the residents of the district con-
stituting the seat of Government of the
United States, created by article I, sec
ton 8, for the purpose of the repre-
ssntation in Congress and among the
electors of President and Vice President
and for the purpose Of suing and being
sued in the courts Of the United States,
under the provision Of article III, sec
ton 2.
Census Would Be Basis.
when the Congress shall exercise
this power the residents of such district
shall be entitled to elect one or two
Senators as determined by the Congress
OF such other representation In the
Senate as Congress may provide for,
representatives in the House according
to their numbers as determined by the
decennial enumeration and Presidential
electors equal in number to their ag-
gregate representation in the House and
Senate or as Congress may provide.
The Congress shall provide by law
the qualifications of voters and the time
and manner of choosing the Senator or
Senators, the Representative or Repre-.
sentatives and the electors herein au-
thorized.
1.-The Congress shall have power to
make all laws which shall be necessary
and proper for carrying into execution
the foregoing power.