The chronicle=news., 1914-06-10
naturalization
OF ALIENS N the
UNITED STATES

There arr many r-asons shy ,h-
| foreign t-orn I,-rson .ho soa-~ h-s-
.hss,ia .ish TO i-saha- a .isis-n
ssia~ os these ate; ~ iLrcaas~ there
are rights which af- given To- y .i'i.
s-n which as- not sis-a 10 an- ulss
Ia nod a cisisrh. In h-arly all the
state. oni, .itisrns ar- allowed Ia
vote OF ts hold afti.-s and in
soantry sos-rn.d by the P-npi- II
shasiia b. the aim at -s-r, ono I"
take part in the choosing of m-n BY
hsfs the sos-fnm.n n, is ss h~ .sfs
ri.d oa. ':, II man Is zainT Z"
make home saf himself ana Bis
family h-s~. " he is soins ss earn
hi. iisinx hers. II is a au,y q" his
family as veil as To himself 10 take
rAss. II he ean. in the Ess.fnm.n' by
which his rights and those of his
amijy arc ,a BE- cared TOT.
svesy one ~ha /. hosa In shs
ll'pi,sl States IL = ritisrn. whether
lEt 9YvSs~ ~vs~ S>~s ss~.- - s--.
and whether they had b~.om- si'i-
sra. Of this soaairy OF DOT.
\ fo.~ien-h bora p-fs.n I. made .
citizen By a psoc~-.iias 10 court.
Thesv arr a sr-sS many ."ifs. where
this saa be done. and "n- ar mo'-
~iii b. found in ever stale When
a court has Once made a man = .iii-
srn. he Ia a Citizen in esrfy part Of
the eoaasry. and -iii b~ accepted a.
q tistsra on producing ts~ papers
given him In the court When he is
hatusaiisri. n this paper Il de-
.ir.yrd OF Lost. a .opr can be had
from the court which gave the paper
which has b-~n lost.
Oa- ~h. wishes ta become . eiti-
sra ~iii want Ia know what viii bc
required by the .ouf, which asks to
naturaiis- him. There nrr several
things about which, he has .. brinE
g, tdrhe~ before the judge. The -s.-
d.nt- must be- statements made un-
der cath by two ,-rsons who are
citizens. The person ~h" wants To
he naturaiiscd must show in this
way:
I. That he has lived in this -oun.
try for at least tiS. years. I; is no,
necessary that he shouii have live!
| all nt that time In the same city or
,ouairy all at the five years. and
one year In the State where he asks
the court to make him a citizen. lf
he has lived part Of the time here
and part of the time In the old coun-
Try the court will refuse his appli-
cation.
.. That he is person OF good
moral character. This does not mean
that he must have any particular re-
liEiou. or even that he must he a
member Of church. II docs mean
that he must be a person who he
havcs himself. who docs not steal. or
cheat. .windlc. or assault other pco-
Ipic. Il means that persons who
break the law. arc not looked m here
~ persons who will he good citizens
and fst TO make laws for people who
obey the laws.
,. Evidence must also be given TO
the court by the person who wishes
TO be made citizen that he believes
In the form Of government of this
country. No man can believe in a
thing which nc knows nothing
about. A citizen by his vote helps
to govern the United states. II Is
necessary. therefore. that one who
wishes to become citizen shall
know the way this country ls gov
erncd. go one who does not know
how this country ia governed Is not
a proper man to have part In the
governing OF II. He would not know
how to use the rights OF citizen
properly. II is not enough TO know
that there was once a man by the