The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-23
THE CALLS QUERY COLUMN
The Rights and Disabilities
of Aliens.
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
Gan Joe McAulfFe's Son Be President Of the
United states, Being Born in
England?

| the stats as to The rights and disabilities OF
| q ehs IN This and other States OF the Union.
none OF these queries are apparently trivial, but
IN Wow OF the increased facilities for travel and
we prevailing restlesSness of humanity in search
vi wealth they become Interestingly
VINO MAY BE PREsIDENTp-The fol-
lowing question is addressed to THE CALLS
query Column by a subscriber Of seventeen
years standing: us the son OF an American
citizen, born abroad during the temporary
residence of the parents in Europe. eligible
10 the Presidency of the United States?
Joe McAuliffe, the pugilist, while in London,
had son born there. If that child lives. Is
ne eligible to the Presidency OF the United
| States?"
| IL 10 doubtful IL political party would
put up candidate not born on American
SOL, Tor the simple reason that the merest
tribes often decide Presidential contest.
ouch was the case for instance with the
Ilppecsnoe log cabin and hard cider cam
palgn OF 1889 and more recently with the
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion" story of
1854. There can be neither moral nor legal
doubt that the son OF an American citizen,
VINO happens to be born while the parents
are temporarily visiting and not
domieiled on fore ign soil, is an
American citizen in the sense of one
1
OF uoiniciie is the whole essence of the mat
/ Ter OF change of nationality. During the
| SlVil war 1t was established, beyond cavil,
| Dy International courts, that when citizen
OF any country goes TO another country and
n'es there certain time, paying local
taxes. sending his children to local schools,
ana giving every reasonable indication of
| having abandoned interest in and allegiance
10 the Old country, his citizenship lapses,
| without his necessarily acquiring bona-fide
| ia
certain despotc countries which have put
| iortn the absurd claim that man cannot
sever ICES of citizenship by his own will,
| Dut ttls mas been radically changed within
| recent years. The essential feature is dom-
Gle; the taking up of a habitation in the
new country; the practical dissolution OF
tes with the old; even though actual papers
be not taken out. An American citizens
| son porn In foreign country, in which the
| parents have simply temporary residence.
| as for instance the male child of an Ameri-
| can Minister born in London or Paris while
| acting as an accredited official 10 England
| or france. Is as much en- American citizen
as though born on American soil. The flag
| covers everything in such case, General
| Meade, who commanded the Union army at
| Gettysburg. was born in the port Of VigO,
Spain. but his parents were Americans who
| had never in thought or word ceased TO be
| Americans. When General Meade was sug-
| gested as Presidential candidate the ques-
ton OF his having been born abroad was never
seriously discussed as an objection The
| objection was made on other grounds and
because General Meade had himself no ''bee
buZZing in his bonnet"
There have been some curious incidents
in this cont ect0n Of man being without
| a country. Such was the case, for example,
with Jefferson Davis and Robert Toombs of
Georgia. who died nnreconstructed. Such
is the case with Kossuth. the Hungarian
patriot, and examples might be multiplied
But there can be no question in the world
that from an American point Of view a
child OF American parents born on foreign
soil. on which the parents are temporarily
soj0urners. is an American citizen in the
fullest sense of the term.
He MUST TAKE OUT PAPERs-E. c.,
City, takes exception TO the statement in
The CALLS query column of October az
follows
1t is necessary for all persons born on foreign
soil to take out naturalization papers.
cannot be citizen OF two countries. He is a
citizen OF the country In which he was born and
he becomes United States citizen only by the
exercise OF bis own VIII.
If E. c. will turn to "Kents Common
taries," 10 which he is res pectfully referred
for information on all matters connected
with naturalization, he will find that all
persons born on foreign soil must take out
naturalization papers, subject only to the
exception noted in the previous article,
where the birth o CURED during TEN porary
| visit Of the parents. Ii the applicant for
| citizenship be- Tor instance. ayoung man who
| came TO the United States at the age of 16
| he would have to take cut papers, on arriy-
| ing at the age OF q, II he wished 10 vote In
| this State and become an American citizen.
| The only difference IN his case would be that
| he would be absolved from waiting three
years after declaration OF intention, or what
| is the same thing he can declare intention
| and take out papers at the same time. But
| IL arriving after the age Of IS, he can only
obtain papers In the usual manner provided
| 1or aliens, that Is to say, he must declare
| intention or prove five years residence.
| l9 The comparison between England and
| the United States is not fair. England
| claims all the subjects" she can. The
| United States calls her voters, native and
| adopted, citizens" and exacts some sort of
| equivalent for the dignity. II is nothing at
all to be British subject; it is something
| to be citizen of the United States.
| CAUSES OF EARTHQUAKEs-P. E. W.,
Kelseyville CAL Three causes Of earth
quakes have been assigned, and one of them
| Will ht about as well as the other The first
Is that the earthquake Is caused by an up
ward movement of the superb ial layers of
the earth's crust induced by expansion of
steam or gas in volcanic districts. In sup
port OF this. 1t is claimed that earthquakes
| are common In volcanic districts and rare
| volcano, beyond doubt. There is the subsi-
| dence theory, which holds that the continu-
| Gus contraction OF the earth In cooling pro-
duees subterranean assures, faults and
iandsiides. Some attribute the Vacaville
| ara winters earthquake to landslide in
| the Berryessa range. The new theory is
| That an earthquake is a terrestrial thunder
| storm, In proof of which many good argu-
ments have been adduced. ~ Thunder and
| lightning are well-understood manifestation
/ ~ lie dau OF
pherlcally with great energy where sudden
| alterations Of heat and cold are produced
IN the presence OF moisture. 80 President
Harrison was at one time United States
| Senator.
| FORBIDDEN DEGREEs-Examiner. Santa
hoss. The marriage laws of Alabama,
winch are the same as those Of California,
prohlDit marriage within the following da-
grees; Ancestors, descendants. brothers,
sisters, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, step
ieiatlves. AuDts and nephews may not
lawfully marry. 1t Is true that the nephew
is sometimes as old or older than the aunt,
but they are blood relations, and the laws
OF medical ana social science agree with
nose OF certain churches in denounclng
| marriages within the family" In some
Eastern ~. States where cousins intermarry
10 keep the money in the family" ;he in
sane asylums are inundated with patients.
| Inc IDEAL marriage is between utter
strangers Of good health. between the ages
| OF q and 80 years.
| 10 KILL FLEAs-Tortured Sufferer. City.
buhach powder we'll sprinkled in the bed
clothes Is said to be very efficacious in de-
stroying fieas. 1t has peppery, pungent
smell which will be little annoying at
hrst TO the sleeper. Cleanliness is a pre-
requisite to getting rid OF fleas, especially In
an old house. You might try the great
sciehtlhc remedy for fleas, which is as fol-
lows: Prepare mixture of one pound of
arsenic, TWO ounces of strychnine, two
nuid ounces OF prussic acid and four drains
Oh iaudanum. Catch your flea and tickle his
throat with feather. This will causa him