Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-14
Citizenship Lost by Marriage
to a Foreigner.
DISCUSSED IN SENATE
ATTEMPT TO SET DATE FOR VOTE
ON STATEHOOD BILL.
A Number of Miscellaneous Measures
Passed-Pension Bills Taken
Up in the House.

At the beginning of today's session of the
ment to the joint statehood bill prohibiting
the practice or encouragement of polygamy
in the proposed states of Oklahoma and
of the Idaho test oath.
The Philippine railroad bill was sent to
conference, with Messrs Lodge, Hale and
Culberson as conferees.
Restoration to Citizenship.
The Senate began consideration of a bill
regulating the restoration to citizenship of
American women who have married for
eigners.
Mr.. Nelson said that the bill was intended
to apply to women of this country who
married abroad and who were divorced, or
whose husbands may have died
Mr.. Bacon said that as the bill stood it
did not require the conditions named by
MIR. Nelson to enable the American wife Of
foreigner to secure a restoration to citi-
Zenship.
tention of the bill to confine it to widows
and divorces. but to all women who have
foreign husbands. The women suffragists
and the ladies of the American League.
ne said. took exception to the fact that
women lost their citizenship by marrying
foreigner, while men did not.
Mr.. Hale expressed the opinion that when
women married their citizenship was merged
in that of their husbands.
Mr.. Lodge suggested an amendment con-
lining the operation of the bill to widows
and lawfully divorced women.
Mr.. Illlman protested against the amend
ment as dtScriminative against grass
widows"
We should not he said, entirely cut
Off those of our women who enter upon
foreign marital relations because they are
nd yho
want to get back among decent gentle
men"
Mr.. Depew defended international mar
riages as natural and due to 1.-THE good old
fashioned American reason of propinquity."
My observation is" he added, that the
title generally chases the girl, and not the
girl the title
The amendment was accepted.
Mr.. Hepburn suggested and Mr.. McCum-
Der offered an amendment requiring women
taking advantage Of the provisions Of the
proposed law to renounce all titles of no.
bility which they may have acquired and
1t was agreed to-
At the suggestion of Mr.. Spooner the bill
went over for day.
A bill making it a felony to counterfeit
the great seal of the United States was
passed. In the course of the consideration
of the bill Mr.. Lodge stated that there
was at present no protection against the
use of the national seal.
Miscellaneous Bills.
The following bills were also passed:
Authorizing the sale of obsolete arms to
Grand Army posts
Providing that in the retirement of petty
officers and enlisted men Of the navy and
entire service of the men shall be taken
into account
Authorizing the President to make tenn
porary assignment of diplomatic and con-
sular officers who may be detained from
their proper posts.
Removing the time limitation on the pay
ment of bounties to ex-Soldiers.
Providing for the protection of game in
the Wichita forest reserve
When at 2 O'Clock Mr.. Beyeridge made
another effort to get time fixed for the
taking Of a vote on the joint statehood bill
Mr. Bate said that the opponents of the
bill are not yet prepared to fix a day and
could not say when they would be. He
added that there are several speeches still
to be made and that when those were de-
uyered the opposition would be liberal"
The Senate then. at Pill pm, went into
executive session and at 2:20 adjourned