Show RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE I Congressman Shattuc ProposeD Inquiry In-quiry Into Its Abridgment Washington Jan 4 1 Representative I Shattuc of Ohio today Introduced In amended form his resolution proposing a t Congressional Inquiry into alleged abridgment of the right oC suffrage The resolution reciteh that the right of representation Is denied 1 many df the States to mal cllz hH over 21 1 years old In direct violatiOn the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution and Is an Invasion of the rights and dignity of the House of Representatives The resolution declares that Massachusetts Massa-chusetts Main Connecticut Delaware California Louisiana Mississippi l North Carolina South Carolina Wyoming Wyo-ming Oregon and other States deny the right to vote to certain male citizens of full ape and that such denial Inc In-c rtaln of the said States extends to i more than onehalt of those who prior to the last apportionment of representation representa-tion were entitled to vote In such StatN This resolution callH for uu Ilvmit u turn by a select cdmmlttcb of live chosen from the Census committee c and t a report within twenty days whn bill apportioning membership In the House of Representatives based on the provisions of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution |