Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-20
STATUS OF FILIPINO
Proceedings Of Importance in
Local Court.
CITIZEN SHIP ISSUE
APPLICANT BA1ARns RIGHT TO
MAKE -BEcLARATIoN.
Legal Steps to Compel Clerk Of the
Court to Receive
Application.
CITIZEN SHIP ISSUE

Proceedings OF importance Affecting the
status OF natives of Manila. P. l.. born Of
foreign parents, were Instituted this after
noon in the Supreme Court of the District
OF Columbia. The court Is asked to COM
pei John R. Young. Its clerk, to allow An
tonic M. Opisso y de Ycaza to declare his
Intention to become a citizen Of the United
States and to record the declaration among
the records kept for that purpose in the
office of the clerk
Justice Clabaugh. in Circuit Court No. 2.
directed that the writ issue. urnable the
9th instant.
In the petition filed through Attorneys
Daniel w. ODonoghue and A. Saunders
Worthington 1t is set forth that the re-
lator was born on~the 10th Of September.
1880. in the city Of Manila in the Philip
pine Islands. His father, Antonio Opisso
Vfnas. was member of the Caucasian
race. pure Spaniard. and was born at
Tarragona, In the province Of Catalina.
In Spain. in the year 1852. In the year
1874 he went from Spain to the Philippine
Islands in the employment of the Span
ish government. and stayed there until the
year 1870. when he returned to Spain.
In the following year, 1915, he went again
to the Philippine Islands. and having
off1c1al position under the Spanish govern
ment IN the custom service. at Manila. he
took up his residence In that city for an in
definite time. and In the year 1873 was
married there to d. Maria de Ycaza y
Abraham, the mother of the relator. The
until the 9th Of April, 1880. when. being
in ill-health, he returned again alone to
Spain and died there shortly after his ar
rival on the list of June, 1880.
Mother Caucasian.
The REALTORS mother Da. Maria de Ycaza
y Abraham. was born in Manila in the year
1884. She is member OF the Caucasian
race. is a pure-blooded Spaniard, being
descended from Spanish parentage, her
grandparents having come from Spain and
settled in the Philippine Islands.
She has always lived and Is still living in
the city Of MANILA The relator since the
time of his birth. continued to live In Ma
Mia until the I'd of August, in the year
1901. when he left that city, giving up his
domiciie there, and came to the United
States. arrivingA in = this city September 7,
1901. and has neymanlently located here. in
tending to make this country. his future
home and residence.
He Is more than twSnty-one years Of age,
Is man OF good moral character and at
tached to the principles of the Constitution
of the States Uniteds and well disposed to
the good order and happiness Of the same;
and further that 1t IL bona fide his ;nten-
ton to become citizen Of the United
renounce forever his, allegiance and fidelity
generally and partiGYlarly to any and all
foreign princes. potentates, states or SOW
ereignties ~whatspever.
Privilege Denied.
The 9th day Lef last month the relator
presented himself to John r. Young the
clerk of the Supreme Court Of the District
of Columbia. and requested of him that he
allow the relator to- sdeciare his intention
| to become citizen of the United States.
| offering to comply with all the requisites
thereto. but the clerk. '..although being ex-
pressly commanded by statute, without
any discretion berg allowed him, to take
such declarations. and although being
| charged under oath with the performance
| of all the duties of said Office as clerk,
among which duties allowing Of no discre-
! ton Is that of taking the declarations of
| Intention of persons desiring to become
citizens Of the United States, nevertheless
| refused and still refuses without valid rea-
son or excuse to permit your relator to de-
clare hts intention to become a citizen of
the United States. and to record the same
among the records kept for that purpose in
the clerks Office of the Supreme Court of
| the District of Columbia
Requirement of Statute
The statute requires that reference shall
| be made particularly by name. to the
prince, potentate. state or sovereignty Of
| which the alien may be at the time of
making application "a citizen or subject"
| According to Mr. Young the relaIor failed
| to name such prince, potentate, state or
sovereignty
Furthermore. Mr.. Young says, the rela-
| tor under the terms Of the treaty with
Spain the refator has been held to have
adopted the nationality of the territory in
which he resided at the time the treaty
was adopted. and his rights have not yet
been determined by Congress. For these
| allow the relator to declare his intention
! to become a citizen of 'he United States.