The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-22
THE BARBER SMILED.
Because Ne Had Voted After One
 Yenr's Residence in America.

"Nextl' called the first assistant barber, Karl Brunette, in barber shop in 1O8d street, ,on Saturday morn ing A briak looking man. with legal air, promptly reclned in the proffered seat and said: q am in large hurry once over, and not too close, please
 While lathering the face of the legal looking man the barber asked, in friendly tone and broken English.
 Whose going 10 win, maybe yet?"
 'Giants,' grunted the man, trying to determine by looking at the rehtc- ton of l o'clock in two large mirrors, whether he had 23 minutes to keep an appointment ia the Battery or was 9 minutes late
 The barber explained that his in- quiry had reference to the presidential race.
 T andt speakin' about feedball," he said choppily T wooted for Blaine Ven hadt been'n der Unided States only one year, he added confidenually
 You voted, you say, one year alter you landed?'' strained the voice of the man through a heap of stewed cloths
 'Shuer-undt I voted nit legality, 1heelfuily acquiesced the surgeon in charge of the two days beard.
 You should have been arrested for voting before yon were a citizen of the l United Statess why weren't you :" asked the man, indignantly
 The barber then related how he had landed in Wisconsin from the Father land and again insisted that 1t was not necessary for a man to be a ct- zen of the United States to be vote init legality" for a presidential candi- date
 The man with the legal air hridled
 II voted for Blaine continued the barber phelegmatlcally
 And then he said that If Blaine was not elected t was not through any Hack of patriotism on his part. After which he asked the customer in con ldentiaI tone if he wouldn't like q I.massage
 Kari spoke the shaved sharply don't ever make a fool break to any one again such as you have just made to me You were lucky not to be jail ed A years ago when you cast an H. legal vote But don't brag about 1t Bain is dead-let your crime against the laws of the country die also Ii was ignorance probably that led you to the very portals of Just chastsement in 1 your youth But don't let anyone else ever hear you make break such as you have just made to me that a man need not be citizen of the United l States to vote for president" l The barber said he was willing to bet $5 on it.
 What do you think of it?" called the customer to a friend who was awaiting his turn by the wall Here's a German who boasts that he voted for Blaine one year after settling in Wis consin from the old country and now tries to bet me, a lawyer, born in this country that what he did then was le- gal and that the same thing can be done now
 His friend said he believed the bar her was "crazy' and lntlmated that if bets were to be made he would himself enjoy picking up a financial trihe
 'Shuer," assented the barber, who promptly pulled two $5 bills from his fob pocket The customer and he GUS tomer-to- be- because they said, tho bets were SO foolish placed against the rather worn specimens of "emerald paper deposited on the counter by the barber two crisp $20 bills
 A book containing the naturalization laws of the various states was then procured
 The barber said later that Saturday, from the point of view of financial re turns was better by far than any oth- ar he had been permitted to meet with in his long course of tonsorlal activi. ties 'in remote and nearby regions of der United stades."
 "The right to vote comes from the state, and fig a state gift" said the book "In nearly one half of the Union aliens (who have declared intentions, vote, and have the right to vote equally with naturalized native born citizens. In the other half only actual citizens may vote.
 The attorney and his friend found that an alien who had declared his in tention to become a cit zen was after short residence in Alabama Arkan- sas Indiana Kansas, Missouri Ne braska oregon, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin entitled to the right of suffrage
 Clasping in his hand the two crisp S2O bills the barber drew from the re , pository clean towel, which he fitted to the headrest of the chair.
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