, 1875-09-07

Bous Of nticn brit, who were minors on th,

uona ~ ot;,,, h;x,,, r1,.
Of April. 1sta Auor .,,o, ,,.,, o,,a;.n,, .,,.:~
majority tl,cv vo,ni, ,,,os .ho ron".;.u,;s. -,
1878, md ncvcr hoco,,o ,otrro,;.o,, rha.
mr.. ot;oro =, ~, .;,,,. n,,. ,.
| come r;t;7cna ri +ho yr,;,o.1 u,n,a, .,.,
f,,o L. =. =, f%''s' ~
~ w "o' TN 'he 4oeatlon ot Tue county
| sent Festetl to some extent on the rejection OF
| these yptes, m nrnenl wna tn1cu tn t1,o q,
| nromo t.nrr+ o+,l a.. t,. n,, 4,
;,3o,,o,,. =, a.. '' ."'
! J'oe''ehS u tHe lower Court, nnu tho yotea
| we're rcjectetl.
we hnso received n printed appeal in
tho natne OF "25,oo' IS minors" to which
IN hfre''de'l an argument hy Afr. j.
IL. SHAW, claiming TINT tho decision Of tho
Court il wrong. It not only denies tho cor
| rccsness of tho decisions Of tho Court, but
lnRlsts TINT II tho snpromo Court rightly i'll
| terprets the Constitution of 1870. then that the
constitution OF 1870 Ia unconstitutional, be-
cause III lntringes vested rights Of sovereign
people. The suggestion naturally occurring
TO my person would be TINT these persons
have Ind tho privilege Mt my timo since be-
coming OF age to obtain their naturalization
papers, ~ a matter OF right, without any
other for'nality than proof of their having
oeen res'aoht III the county Tor five years,
anu would have thus become citizens But
these persons reject and refuse this privilege.
1hoy say:
haa bttn taid BY fofae that, II wc bsva lost ons
au, ~ ," We eaa es'ly recover ., eseomin9
franchise be- taken from u ta, a. IN r, s
pnrcha,s' so.ae Of our fellow.4 .m.ors have ss.d
'hes "oud never 10 nasura'ftcd In tho stato Of ILL.,
v IA" 20 nc. asuso a 0, seh o. sssn.hp
would be permanent. - '''@' ''''''' ~
Tho decision of tho Court wos tint thcsc
persons woro not cit;zena of ,bo 11n;tod
States. md tint thcv wcrc mt e,octor, ~
the first day Of Apr;j. 1st8, Tim co,at;tu-
ton Of 1870 was t]cfinito unon this mint and
admitted of Int mn u,auin1 ,rhn a-o,,r,nr,
of Mr.. Su.w- If wo ,,rdore,o,,1 !, !, .1,a.
these persons. when tbrr bccame of o.,o In.
came voters under tho Constitution of 1sts
and, "if t1,ey were entitled to yotc t1ov ,rero
a!so entitled 10 hold ofY}co mi, ,o.o,1y nxnr
cise every ottcr r;oh+ +1,o+ o;,;ras. ,;,.,'.
under lin Inv 1;v +,,s nrov;s;o,, of e.
Constitution Of 1914 thov tccoma c;t;7ons as
this State" In pojut of fact. tho Conati,u.
tion of 1913 excluded from of,co III nor.nns
who wers not cit;zons of tho 1Jn;to, statna
aud not ono Of thcso o,;ena vaa o1;o;h,o ~
Office in Illinois, rhcro nro two no;ntu
which are evidently overlooked Thos. NM
are aliens nnd hovo novor ond IL ~.
now. pretend That thnv oro c;,,,o,,s
of tho United stotes. Tho r;oht
to yoto does not ncrto;n NJ r;e,,t
to citizenship, A 1aroo maioritv If Auor;nan
citizens layo M rote, wh;1o In rr;v;,ons ~
voting NAV be conferred w;tbo,,, .or,,.;,,a
with it any other no.itico1 nr;v;1ooo IT,"
state of Illinois cannot n,o1a o1;ona o;.;,ana
If tho United States. Giving thorn ,ha ~;e,,,
10 vote is a merely local nr;y;Jeoo not o1tond'
inc beyond the State, and thu nover NJ ttn
pcople of Illinois tn dctorm;no 1ho ,,,n,, 49,
who shall not yoto at stota e1oct;ono IL ~
7onl al1 question, All argument founded ~
ho assumption that tbcse fortv-four yo.o,a
yoro over "eitizens" hccorso that fatho.s
we're allowed to vote il nccossor;1v fo,,oo;ova