The evening world., 1894-10-18
FROM WOULD-BE VOTERS,
Questions Relating to the HiHht OF
Franchise submitted by "ENen-
inn world Readers


World" readers Some OF them are 50
obscure as to render direct ana saus-
factory answers impossible.
You viii greatly obl!ge a few readers Of " The
Evening w1rli"' by answering the following
questions II foreigner comes to ms COUNT
by name Patrick Joseph Brown. which is rs
real name, hut soon as he lands goes hy ,he
name Of Joseph Broan, and is known by no Other
here ten years, can he get his citizen papers In
the name Of Joseph Brown, and can he vote
1t has been held that man may as
sumo as many names as he sees At, yet
We do not think 1t advisable for you,
without an order OF the Court, 10 apply
for citizenship under any other name
than the one in which you were baptized.
To the Editor
Kindly answer through your paper this ques-
ton | used to live at 229 Broomc street corner
OF Essex, opposite the dispensary ! removed from
! Just one month before election day Please
answer II both places are in the same district.
and vote on election day next? lnclosed please
find four cents worth Of stamps, and send to mo
| r. MENDELsoN, ~ Forsyth street.
You may register If you have been
resident of the election district in which
you live for the thirty days preceding
election day.
To the Editor:
| Being constant reader OF your valuable paper.
take the liberty Of asking you for the following
| fore the Court OF Sessions and found guilty Of
burglary In the third degree he is sentenced to
three years and three months In the Kings County
Pententlary. but is given his liberty after serving
Of the United states7 II he get his citizen papers
out after serving his two and half years, can he
voter B. G.
You have not informed us whether the
convict Is an alien or native. II
native he has undoubtedly lost his cit
| izenship which the Governor may re-
store. If an alien. then 1t is for the
Judge to pass upon his character and
fitness for citizenship.
To the Editor;
Kindly let me know through your valuable
paper what steps must take to become a citi.
zen Of the United States | am Spaniard and
years. Thanking you beforehand for your great
kindness and wishing your paper great success,
l am respectfully yours, SUBSCRIBER.
If you arrived in this country under
| eighteen years of age, then without hav-
| ing filed previous declaration in court
you may become a citizen by applying
to court Of record and proving that
eighteen years old that you have con-
tinuously lived In the United States five
years next preceding your application
and one year in the State, and by prov
| ing that II has been your intention to
| become a citizen for at least two years
before making application If you ar
rived at eighteen years or over then 1t
will be necessary for you to first declare
| your intention before court OF record
and then two years after your declara-
ton of intention you may apply to
upon making such application 1t will be
necessary to show that you resided In
the United States five years and one
year in the State in which you apply
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To the Editor:
Being a reader OF your valuable paper look TO
you TO enlghten me How am going to get my
in March 1889 and took my hrst papers out In
Bradford Pa, April 81, iSg2 | have since s re,
papers l am at loss to know what have to do
| to get my full papers. VIII have to go to
ydE S s hs e The or
swering me through the columns OF your very
valuable paper YOU viii confer great layer on
| reader and hoping to be SlilIEN'
Write to the clerk of the court for a
duplicate of your first papers. Then APP
pear in court with witness who can
certify to your having been a resident den,
of the United State for fve years next
preceding your application.
To the Editor:
Would you be kind enough to inform me through
hs Evfpng III. na @ae States born
a foreign country under an American fsgI BY
so doing you VII GelFs rc,,. must RE AZ Child
T. o
not be born American soil!
The child takes the country Of his
parents unless the parents have re-
nounced allegiance prior to his birth.
To the Editor;
To settle a dispute, the son 'of an un.
naturalized foreigner" being twenty-one years OF
age and born in this country. vote At cleo
tion? Very respectfully, HENRY BOOK
Certainly. He is native American
and is entitled to all the privileges at
tending such fortunate nativity.
To the Editor
My home and family at Wlliamsbridge, N
Y. on the Harlem Railroad. and my business
keeping me In the city late at night, ! sleep a
|, my office as much | do at home. Do | lose
, | my vote? II not, where shall vote, In th'
city at Willamsbridge? | do not want L
lose vote. am In favor OF the Greater
New York, Very respectfully
Your residence and voting place Il
, Williamsbridge.
To the Editor.
There in this harbor Of New York severa
hundred men employed In the lghterage busi
men have been here In this business from tw
Z to ten years: never lived on land in either cit
" Brooklyn, Perth Amboy, New York or Jerse
City What we want to know Is can they law
fully register and vote in any or either @
their cities? Never having lived in any hous
on shore, hut always on their boats. some
times stay from two to six months in one place
and in instance the boat q. w. Martin ha
been two years In the same basin, captain an
! family on board. Please let this appear In you
| column, with answer, so II We have the RICH
We will have time to register LIGHTERMAN.
Present your case to the Board O
Elections.