Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-02-17
ALIENS ASK CITIZENSHIP
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clerks Office when the word was passed
that Federal Judge Dole desired aud
fence with the new found lovers of
soyernment by, OF and for the people.
Lsputy Clerk Hatch informed the
.,g;usGese thdt the Judge would have
speech with them.
This was not expected apparently,
for there was Immediately much buzz
zlug of conversation The little crowd
adjourned to the hallway, outside the
ponderous door of the judges chamb-
ers and awaited further instructions.
Soon Clerk Hatch appeared and
picked out the best-dressed man in
the bunch and led him within, closing
the door behind him. The remaining
eleven stood anxiously outside.
Soon the first to enter returned to
his comrades. His face was a study.
Surprise and disappointment were
plainly written there. His fellows
crowded round and thrust quick, anx.
I ious questions at the forlorn one. None
knew who might next be called. All
! yearned to know what had passed
within, what questions had been ask
ed, what answers made.
Costa. +. Costa is his name
told his story.
Costa repeated what he had said for
the benefit of an English.speaking in
quirer.
"The Judge, he ask me how long
come to this country. tell him TWEEN.
ty.three years. He say: You like to
be American citizen to get back the
Job on the road or because you love
the flag too much? I speak to the
Judge that want to get back the job.
Then the Judge say, I'm afraid you
cannot be citizen now. I don't know
what to say, so come out. Maybe
speak wrong: don't know"
Some of the party told Costa that
he should not have said he wanted
citizenship for the sake Of the job, but
Costa said he had answered with the
truth-"Maybe l speak wrong. J
don't know; nobody tell me how to
speak,
Warned by Costa that they must not
love the job better than the flag, Cos.
ta's friends had the opportunity of
suiting their speech to the demands of
the occasion. If they so desired, but
Judge Dole called no others for exam.
| nation.
Antoine Barao, Antoine Olivara and
Manuel Martins stated that they
would make application for citizenship.
The cases of the others are pending.
They may be examined later.
Judge Dole was seen. The Judge
stated that he had deemed 1t wise to
examine some of the men who had
been discharged from the road depart.
, ment and who wanted to be citizens,
to ascertain whether or not the desire
to get back to work or a deep attach.
ment to American principles was the
motive prompting their applications.
He examined one or two the other
day. They then stated that they
were anxious to get their Jobs back.
They did not seem to have any notice
able appreciation of what citizenship
meant. A man who wanted to be a
citizen merely to get job was not, on
general principles, very desirable ma.
terial for citizenship. The law con
templated an attachment to American
principles in man applying to be.
come a citizen. In one or two cases
previously examined by the Judge, al
though the men were anxious to be
qualified to work for the Government,
they had several years ago manifested
sincere desire to become citizens.
Their cases were different from that of
the man whose sole idea in becoming
o citizen was to get job.
| II was remarked by an observer in
the hallway that one who had lived
here twenty-three years, II he was
earnestly looking to citizenship, would
not have waited till he lost Govern.
ment job before applying for citizen.
ship.
1t will be remembered that Road
Supervisor Johnson, upon assuming
Office, asked the Attorney Generals De-
partment for an opinion as to the EN-
ployment of citizen labor on public
works. The answer was that the law
contemplated only the employment OF
citizens or those eligible to become
citizens. Johnson acted on this opin
ion and discharged a number of road
workers who were not citizens and
whose eligibility was In doubt. Some
of the dozen above referred to may
eventually prove themselves eligible.
Costa has worked nine years on the
road, is a man of family, thirty-two
years of age, and lives on Punchbowl
He has never before thought of becom
ing an American.
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be an exhibition well worthy the price
OF admission. 1t is expected that both
men will be on their feet at the end