Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-06-20
TO ADMIT HIM TO

| am OF opinion that the time is upon
Us WHEN THE SAFETY AND PER
! PETUITY OF OUR FREE lNSTITU
TONS AND OF CONSTITUTIONAL
| GOVERNMENT IN THE LAND. IS
we'll as the good order and happiness
of the people. demand that those
who apply for the privilege, honors
and distinction of becoming Ameri
can citizens should be free from doe
trines which are not only subversive
OF constitutional government and our
free institutions, but of organized SO
ciety itself, have | deemed it wise
and meet to deny the application of
Richard V. Sauer, while he harbors
such views, to become citizen of the
| United States of America"
Deceived the Court.
In the OLSON case, the court found
from the evidence that:
in order to secure certificate of
naturalization, HE, INTENTIONAL
LY MADE REPRESENTATIO TO
THE COURT WHICH NECESSARY
LY DECEIVED THE COURT, OR
HIS APPLICATION FOR NATURAL
IZATION WOULD HAVE BEEN DE,
i MED. Therefore, by the petition
which he was required to file, AND
HIS TESTIMONY at the final hear
ing of his application, AND BY THE
TAKING OF THE OATH which was
administered to him in open court
HE PERPETUATED A FRAUD UP.
ON THE UNITED STATES"
| The supreme court of the United
States, in the Johannessen case, in
enforcing the same statute which
Judge Hanford in the OLSON case, at
| the instance of the United States en-
| forced. said;
Such certificate, including the
| Judgment upon which it is based is
in it's essence an instrument granting
! political privileges, and open, like
other public grants. to be revoked if
and when it shall be found TO have
| been unlawfully or FRAUDULENT
| LY PROCURED. p + It merely pro
question whether one who claims the
| privileges of citizenship under the
certificate OF court has procured
that certificate through FRAUD or
other illegal contriyance, shall be
examined and determined in orderly
judicial proceedings The act makes
nothing fraudulent or unlawful
THAT WAS HONEST AND LAW
Full WHEN IT WAS DONE.
1T imposes no new penalty upon
the wrongdoer. But. if, after .air
hearing, it is judiciaily determined
that by WRONGFUL CONDUCT HE
HAS OBTAINED A TITLE TO CITI-
zENSHIP, THE ACT PROVIDES
THAT HE SHALL BE DEPRIVED
OF A PRIVILEGE THAT WAS
NEVER RIGHTFULLY HIS"
Attorney General a Surprise
1t is surprising, in view of the
findings of fact stated in the opin-
ion of Judge Hartford. to learn that
the attorney general OF the United
States, whose high position vould
seem to require deliberation and care
full consideration before condemning
a judicial decision duly rendered has
seen fit to pronounce the decision
a gross injustice and to promul9ate
the doctrine that if aliens wish o
change in our constitution and form
of government to be brought about by
the use OF the ballot they can. by
fraud, acquire the permanent right
to the ballot in order ID eject such
changes and that the aOyerrm4nt is
powerless to redress the Nron- il
thereby sustains.
THIS NEW DOCTRINE OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL Is AS IN
SOUND IN LAW AS IT Is IL MO
RAILS.
W DtlItNt lidl l4tEi ALc SOLUteIS
of the Civil war, whether they Wore
the blue or the gray. who have since
united to uphold common country
and single flag, and the great mass
of the American people who believe
that our government is a government
of laws and not of men, realize the
danger of this new doctrine Of citi-
zenship. they will not only repudiate
the theory, but will commend the
judge who decided the law to be as
God and his conscience gave it to him
to understand. and his oath of Office
/ required him to declare, that the
| constitution and the government OF
the United States are neither to be
! overthrow by force nor under
mined by fraud, but shall continue
forever a blessing to a patriotic and