Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-03
WILL a CONTEST LIE

WILL ~ OON ESl LIE
OF Wisconsin?-He Has Never Been Ma
turalized. But He was Brought Into tho
United States When an Infant. and Has .
war Record. Which He Thinks Es-
tablishes His Status.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2a-The statement
telegraphed from West Superior, Wis,
to the effect that the seat of John j.
Jenkins, republican, elected to the
fifty-fourth congress to succeed Nils
P. Haugen, the sitting member, may
be contested on the ground
that he is not citizen, never
having taken out naturalization
papers, has resulted in a thor
ough search of the records at the
capitol for presidents upon which to
form an opinion as to the probability
of E. c. Kennedy, the democratic can
didate, being successful in his contest.
1t is said that Jenkins came from En-
gland with his parents when he was 4
years old and located at Bara boo, Wis. ,
where he has since resided. He admits
that he has never taken out naturaliza-
ton papers, but claims that his service
in the army makes him a citizen. 1t is
d
lied; if he were that would materially
simplify the situation; in fact would
settle it. The supreme court in the
case of Campbell VS.. Gordon decided
that 'the naturalization of an alien
conferred the right of a citizen on his
infant son who was at the time of the
naturalization a resident of foreign
country, but was a resident of the
United States at the passage of the law
of 1902"
In the famous case of Boyd VS..
Thayer, decided February 1. 1892, the
question whether or not a fathers
naturalization conferred the right of
citizenship upon his infant son was
raised and discussed, Boyd having been
elected governor of Nebraska. Thayer
brought suit against him for
possession of the Office on the
ground that he had never been
naturalized. In the pleadings it
was set up that Boyd's father was
naturalized while Boyd was yet
minor. Discussing this point, Chief
Justice Fuller, who delivered the opin-
ion of the court, quoted the decision in
Campbell-Gordon and said: 1--WE per-
ceive no reason for limiting the rule
to the children of those who had al
ready been naturalized. In our judg-
ment the intention was that the act of
1902 should have prospective opera
tion.'
1t was held that Gov. Boyd's acts
since arriving at the age of 81 years
constituted virtual compliance with
the requirements of the law. The
point made by Mr.. Jenkins that his
war record made him a citizen, was a
question in the contest made against
the seating of Capt. j. b.
White, elected to the ffty-frst
congress from the twelfth Indiana
district. Mr.. White was not disturbed
in his seat, and that case may form
precedent for determining Jenkins
right to his seat. Capt. White, after
the matter had been discussed, COM
pleted his record by taking out natur-
alization papers in due form.
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT
Talks on the Great Chicago Strike Before
the American Economic Association.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2s.-The second
days session of the seventh annual
ISOLATION was called to order at 10
o'clock this morning in Hamilton hall,
Columbia college. Hon. c. D. Wright,
commissioner of labor, made the
opening remarks and read the
first paper at the morning session.
His subject was the recent Chicago
strike, which he described as a ''com-
bination of strike and boycott" He
reviewed the cause of the struggle and
it's growth. He also reviewed the
founding of the American Railway
union, the organization which con-
troled the strike, and cited the,
recent court decision regarding
the strike. The speaker said
that system of state So
cialism means the destruction
of industry and the retrogression of
society. The federal or state govern
ment should not be allowed to regu-
late the wages or price of commodities.
The present pooling bill before the
senate is but a result of the feeling in
favor of silent revolutions