Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-29
NEW Law FOR ALIENS. !
Ear More Strict Than it Was in For
mer Times.

Ear More Strict Than it Was in For
mer Times.
There is trouble ahead for people
who were born outside the United
States and after coming here want to
become citizens. In the past all that
one had to do was to find some one to
swear that he knew you for such and
such time and that was all there was
TO it OF course You had to renounce
allegiance to all foreign powers and
particularly the crowned head of the
country you came from, but that was a
small matter, for some people because
they never acknowledged themselves
subjects OF the government that had
them in tow, but 1t bothered many and
onae In while a fellow would ask
TO be excused and that was the last
seen of him before court sitting for
that purpose and probably this ex-
plains why so many of our residents
are stiH subjects of the countries they
were born In
II the law worked that way when
there was not much to it, what will II.
do WREN the new one goes into effect?
1t viii be operative this fall and con-
tadns a whole lot OF questions relative
to occupation, when and where you
were born. even to the day and year.
the date Of your emigration to the
United States what port and state you
landed at, where you have lived from
| that time and your name and street
number at the time of making applfca~
ton to become an elector In addition
TO this the applicant is obliged to make
oath that he does not disbeIieve in nor
is he opposed to all organized govern
ments nor is he member of or affiliated
with any organization entertaining or
teaching such belief in or opposition to
all organized government, nor does he
advocate or teach the duty, necessity
or proprfety OF the unlawful assaulting
or killing Of any officers or officers eth
er OF specific individuals or of officers
generally Of the government of the
United States, or of any other organ
lied government because of his or their
official character, nor has he violated
any of the provisions of the act OF
congress entitled "An Act to Regulate
the Immigration Of Aliens Into the
United States approved March 8,
1903.
There is nothing wrong in the new
law. II should have read that way
llOiu Cuc there are mdnV
who will say that It aims to find out
too much about MANS business. Per
haps it does, but If it could be amended
SO as to make 1t obligatory upon ali
who want to remain here to abide by
1t or pick up their traps and return
to the places they came from It would
be better still and it would be hard to
convince fair minded people why it
would not be all right with the suggest
ed amendment. A man who is not
willing to subscribe to the new oath
is pretty poor sort offe1iow and in the
opinion of many should be deported at
the first opportunity and there are
those who say it is coming to that i.
10 help matters aiong the fee is to
be raised, too. Up to the present time
all one had to pay was Sd. There is a
great deal more work on the new pa
| pers and 1t is not to be supposed that
the clerks win do this for nothing. In
the United States courts it is under
stood that the fee will be $2.65, but
| what it viii be in Waterbury is some
thing that has not yet been passed.
upon, but it is safe to state that 1t win,
be more than the old price. The new
law is also very strict regarding wit.
nesses and they have to make oath to
| many things which no man would
think OF doing unless he was sure Of
his ground 50 that the old plan of
swearing In men as electors whom you
knew absolutely nothing about is a
thing of the past