Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1920 — WASHINGTON NEWS. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NEWS.

Washington, D. C., June 1. The Supreme court declared unconstitutional the submission of ratification of a constitutional amendment to popular referendum, holding that the state legislature only is qualified to pass on the question. Ohio’s ratification of the prohibition amendment, therefore, was not invalidated. by the “wet” referendum verdict in Ohio. The ratification of the suffrage amendment likewise cannot be invalidated by referendum and only one more state is needed to confer the franchise on women. —o — Maj. Charles T. "Menoher, director of the army air service, testified before the house ways and means committee that an influx of aircraft equipment from Great Britain would place the American aircraft industry in jeopardy. A sine die adjournment resolution was adopted by the house to be effective at 4 o’clock on Saturday. The resolution will not be acted upon in the senate until later in the week. —o — By a vote of 52 to 23 the senate adopted the Lodge resolution notifying President Wilson that congress declines to grant the executive power to accept the mandate over Armenia. o— The president and cabinet discussed the political situation, and laid stress on the necessity ting Mr. Bryan’s scalp at San Francisco.