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Show Washington Letter. ""l'romour Rejutir Corrtipondentj Can women vote for members of Jwngress under the Constitution? Rep-reseututivu Rep-reseututivu l'encc, ot Colorado, Bays the) .ii. ho has Introduced a bill provldlti) nat tho right of citizens of the Unites states of cither sax, above the ago of 21 yenrs, to register and to vote for such Uepresontatlvcs shall not be denied or uiiUKid by the United States or by any mte on account of "ex, Mr. I'cnco con 'nils that women havo always had a constitutional right to voto for Congressmen Congress-men nnd that they havo been unfairly denied (he privilege, aud tho delegate to the twenty-ninth annual convention of thu National American Woman', -juffrnge Association, now in session here, ndorse the contention and propose ti. lend their aid towards gotting the LIU acted upon by Congress nt this session. Tho lljuse Jndlclnry committee only tho other day turned down a bill Introduced Intro-duced by Iteprcseivative Hell ul Colo., providing for a woman suffrage amendment amend-ment to tho constitution, but that con inltteo wilt not get n whack at Mr, 1'euco's bill, which will go to the come mlttecon Election of President and Vio 1'rcsidcn and Representatives in Con-gress. Con-gress. Representative Bland's bill for the coinage o! the selgnlorago In tho Treasury has hnd majority In its favor from the first, but the minority composed tl democrats nnd republicans under the leadership of ex-Speaker Reed hava sturdily fought It all the week. Mr. ltocd at ono time causing Mr. Uland to lose his temper to such an extent that tho authority of tho Bcrgeant-at-arms had to ho invoked to restore order. It lias been to a certain extent a revival of tho silver fight of tho extra session. It is not tho prcscntblll that tho anti-silver men rcnlly oppose; for tho free coinage deliver, that makes them fight. Mr. lllaud has such n bill in tho hands of the Coi nngo committee, of which ho is chairman. Passed Away. Mrs. Hannah Cox, wife of Edward T. Cox, passed away vory suddenly last Wednesday night. On that evening after eating n hearty supper, conversing nnd laughing with tho children, she retired re-tired at 0 o'clock. After getting into bed one ot tlio children made some movo that caused her to laugh Jieartlly and Jutt then alio ask for a drink o! water but could not swallow It. They then gavo her some camphor and ask what was the matter, she said "darting pains In my throat," then gasped a. few times nnd was dead. The whole time from getting Into bed until tlio end camo was not flvo minutes. She wai born Feb. 23, 1810 tn Lancashire, England, emigrated to this country when ono year old and settled at l'attcreon, Now Jersey, came to Utah in 18S2, married In 1857 and lived in Lelil ever sinco. She was tho mother of 0 sons and & daughters; 7 children survive sur-vive her. Sho was a faithful wife, a loving mother and a kind neighbor. Sho went through all the hard times in the early settlement of this country and died as sho lived a good letter Day Saint. The funeral services were hold on Sunday in the Meeting Houbo and appropriate remarks woro made by Elders A. J. Evans, Win. Goats and Oley Ellingson. |