The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1904-06-03
JaeksoayIIls. IA. Mag Is. lSOA

Ae&po1oiRg 70 neNerA fe9oeso
maAs ne Cor sn opini0n 90 % n.
epsstioa raised concerning the qual
tncations Of Mr.. Prank Clark for IN,
oaaee % Representative IN Congress
fPom this district. I have this 20 state;
A I an informed AT. CLARK was
oslginally q citiEsn Of Georgia.
A number q years go be moyet
60 FLORIDA. and became . eitiEsa q
thls State
so1s years ago he moved from
Florida. ana became . citizen % Ok
lAhomA where be voted and held Of
nee.
About . year AGO be returned d
florida. and IL nOv seeing q n0mina
tioa Tor Coagrsss IRON this state
u h clear that be abandoned Ms
sitissnship Of Florida. and ceased d
eve any allegiance TO this state.
u has been repeatedly held thai
sesiesnts % the territories 0f tha
Uniasa States are nOa citizens Of ANY
State. Thus the citizen % Neu
Nsxieo Il not q citizen of any
state. A citizen q the District %
Columbia n not q citizen % any state.
Ana q has been further held that
persons Who reside within the bOun.
asries Of q State or . Territory. over
which the United States government
exercises exclusive Jurisdiction. such
~ Indian and military reserves. are
net % Be- deemed residents % the
state wherein such Institutions are
situated" Burleigh W. Arnstr0ng.
smith election cases. So
UndeE the constitution % this State.
residence and habitAslOn Of within the
stEse for twelve nOnths and In the
county for SIN months. are the prk
mary qualifications for oeeOming .
citizen Of Florida.
Trsnsssrrins oasS csslssnship.
In the American and English Eney.
syei0Dedia Of LAw. 9th volume. page
-. the text says: "A eitizsa % the
United states IL entitled To transfes
his eitiEenship from one State 70 an
ether By q change Of domlcIls when
ever he desires 10 Do so: and where
there has ben an actual remOyal |
With intent 20 make . psrmaneat re-
tdence. and the acts % the party cor
nasDonA with the purpose. the change
q eOmieile Is completed. and the lav
forces upOn him the ekaracteT Of .
citizen Of the state where he has I
eAosea his dOmicile. although he may |
have unisormly declared that he new.
sgtheless Considered himself as con !
tlnuinS q citizen Of the STATE he had /
left" And IN McCrary on Elections !
q Is laid doSn that one ShO moves |
his residence from one State 10 an
other. taking bis family with him. |
must be held TO have abandoned bis |
former residence. and 20 have become
. Citixen Of the last State into which |
he has moved.
Mt CLARK. having shandoRed his
residence n Florida and become .
citizen % OklahomA. and thereby /
ceased - BE- q eitlzeA Of this State.
sstnrnea 70 Florida about a year ago:
end the question h nov Whether o.
not he 10 81 this tine qualified 90 BE-
cone q member Of Congress from this
state
ceastitsaloasi ossIiaessienA
Undsr the Consultation % the Uni
sed states. the House 10 Representa-
dives 10 the judge % elections. 70
turns and qualifications % ia Own
members- d fellows. therefore. that
q depends ap0n What the House %
Representative may determine since
tAere 10 M appealing from lts deeis.
toa; nevertheless. the qualifications
of . Representative In C0REress are
fired By the COnstitutiOa &C the Uni
tsd States - follows:
No person shall 10 q Representa-
tive Who shall not have attained the
ass of &c years. and been seven years
. citissa 0f the Unitsd States. and
che shall not bs. When elected. In
Inhabitnnt 90 that state In which be
shnll Be chOsen"
This brings us 70 consider Uhaa 10
meant b. an -inhabitant- 90 q state
n the ease u Bailey. 90 Massacha-
leits. wh0 sas elected q Rapnesents
I've from that State While he Wss o
.lsrk IN the Department % State 10
ana temporarily residing
, that city While In discharge q hls
Mclal duties. the Congress q TIE
Inlted states held thst hs wss noa
nfltied % . seat Mecrary 90 Esse-
Ians. page IS6 says: The eo1eiaS
u reached IN that ease was that IN ,
lhabllnnt q q state. within TIE
,eanlng q thess elaases of ne con !
lifutioa. h one who n bona NE Q ,
'embsr q the STATE. suhteet % 81 4
q requisitions os NJ lsSs. ana e. !
IA "a an the privileges SD e1san 4
sss watch tAsy eoufsr" 4
ciark ssa o,ssII1sA
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