The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-28

Smith. chief naturalization exam
iner for the Northwest district, by
the hanford congressional Invest.
eating Committee this morning de.
veloped the fact that, although
Smith insiigsted the proceedings
against Leonard OLSON 10 revoke
his citizenship because Of hls "pe
! cullar" political ideas, Smith him.
self does not know even today what
those beliefs are.
/ Didn't Know Beliefs
What did you understand Oisson
T proposed in the change OF govern.
ment that he advocated" asked
Chairman Graham did YOU I'M
derstand he wanted 20 change pri.
yate control Of property into public
control. or the entire abolition. or
whatT'
Il don't know what he did mean, /"
Smith replied
Graham Springs Surprise
Contradictory testimony between
Oisson and the naturalization Off
cisis was given before the probe
committee, as 10 whether the word
deyofcdly" was uacd by Smith IN
asking Olsson concerning his at
tachment 20 the constitution.
Smith insisted this morning that he
did not ask him whether he WAS
devoiedly attached Chairman
Graham created quite a sensation
when he read a news article IN a
Tacoma paper, which reported the
< proceedings wherein this question
was asked. This article spoke OF
I. Leonard Oisson denying that be
was deyotcdiy~ attached 60 the
principles of the constitution.
Smith 10 Satisfied
I You don't claim 10 be a pro
found student OF socialism, asked
I CONGRESSMAN Higgins Smith said
I be didn't know much about IL. that
/ hts action was prompted because
he felt thar olsson'n opposition to
the constitution as IL exists did not
entifle him TO citizenship.
DO you know any man who can
I read OF think in the whole country
who would not modify the constitu
tion in some way II he could :
asked Chairman Graham. Smith
/ paused a while. then answered:
Speaking for myself, ! am salts.
fled. Smith replied.
Graham then asked Smith II he
believed In the i4th amendment. tn
which he answered In the affirma'
tive.
Crowd Warned
THAT was a change In the con.
stitution. was 81 notf" continued
Graham.
The crowd. which again filled
the courtroom. laughed out loud ~
this. Graham reproyed the audi
ence and insisted that quiet will
have 10 be preserved. He then
drew from Smith the further posi-
tive statement that Smith never
really believed that Olsson pro
posed the use Of force. violence, OF
unlawful killing In order TO accom-.
piish his changes In the constitu.
ton.
Finish olsson Case Today.
The Oisson case will practically
be concluded this afternoon, with
the examination OF L. S. District
Attorney Mcl.anen. The committee
has been attempting to get from
the witnesses the exact testimony
given al Tacoma during the pro
ceedings to cancel Olsson's papers,
Il appearing that no stenographic
report was made then After the
Olsson case. the investigators will
take up the charges of drunken
ness against Judge Hanford. Coun-
Gilman Oliver r. Erickson has been
summoned as witness and will be
one OF the first to follow the OILS
son witnesses.
Change by Power OF Ballot.
The first days probe into the
charges against Hanford yesterday
was featured by the testimony OF
Leonard Olsson himself and the
grilling OF Enslow. All the skill
and ingenuity OF c. T. Hughes. the
corporation lawyer. who with Har-
old Preston and G. T.. Dorr. are
conducting Hanford's defense
failed in a rigid eross-eXamination
OF OLSON to bring out any other
statement from him than that he
favored radical changes in the
constitution and the government OF
the United States, but that he pro
posed to bring about those changes
in the manner allowed by the con
stltution-by the power of the bal
lot
Olsson's examination In chief was
conducted by Chairman Graham OF
the investigating committee. OILS
son testified that he landed az New
York from Sweden In 1900. that he
was a sailor on the Pacific coast
for several years, and that he Is
now a longshoreman; that he ap
piled for his first papers in 1905
and got his naturalization certifl
cate In 1909 He detailed the steps
that led TO the suit for his disfran
chisement.
OLSON appeared as a witness foi
other applicants. and he was asked
he said. by Chief Examiner Speed
whether he was "deyotedly" attach
ed to the constitution.
olsson's Position.
Il replied no, said Olsson. -
said that had no superstitious
reverence for the constitution, but
| expressed willingness to abide by
and obey the laws and the consti
tuition"
In reply to questions, Olsson said
that he was a member of the SO
eialist labor party and OF the /. w
w. with entirely different Officers
Mich, as distinguished from the