Gilpin observer., 1917-04-26
CENTRAL CITY ESTABLISHES
CITIZENSHIP CLASS

In central City class In CltlZeMs mp
similar to the classes which have
been es 'ablis he'd in the public schools
of mere than 14C0 o.her cities and
tcwrs in the United States.
The Sc classes have been formed at
the request of the Bureau of Natural
ization CT the United States Depart
merit OF Labor. They are primarily
for the benefit of those aliens who
have given evidence of their desire
to become citizens Of the United
States, but their ssoYe includes any
others, aliens or citizens, who may
be sufficiently interested to enroll.
Judge H. S. Glass of the District
Court is staunch supporter of the
naturalization service in it's endeavor
to raise the standard fer admission
| to citizenship. The class formed in
Central City has his unqualified ap-
proval.
In l6 Of ,Ae 60 counties in Colorado
citizenship classes have been inaugur.
ated and are dodng excellent work.
There are classes in the following
places: Denver, Pueblo. Greeley,
Grand Junction. Mar:hall, Superior.
Brccmfield, Sterling, Trinidad, Louis
Vile, Telluride, Fort Collins, Salida,
Kiowa. Rocky Ford. Central City and
Colorado Springs. 1t is the desire of
the naturalization service to estab-
| ciJ ola In, oil ,1,n thev.
counties of the state.
1here was nothing new in that re-
Quirement of cur present Naturaliza
ticn Act Uhe Act of Congress ap-
proved June 30, 19O6) which provides
that 1T shall be made to appear to
the satisfaction CT the court admit.
ting any alien to citizenship" that he
Is attached to the principles of the
Constitution CT the United States, AND
we'll disposed to the good order and
happiness of the same" The same
words were included in Secticn / of
the act of January 30, 1895, and have
formed a part of every subsequent
revision of our naturalization law.
| The act of 1906 created the Bureau
OF Naturalization, ard gave to it
charge of all matters concerning the
naturalization of aliens" Since Its
formation the Bureau has endeavored
firmly to establish and cons .antly to
admission to citizensh hip.
1t has held that the only attach
ment to the principles CT the ccnstitu-
ton which the United States will find
useful in its new citizens is an at
ia hme ent tased upon a knowledge of
those principles; and that to this
should be added an understanding Of
the rudiments CT he present organ-
izaticn of the governments Of the
Uni.ed States and the States in which
the applicants reside.
1t has found the courts Of the Unit
ed States which are charged with
the duty of granting or wi hholding
citizenship ready to assist it in its
efforts; it has found these aliens who
have applied for naturalization with
out the requisite knowledge willing
to learn, and fair standard of
knowledge is now the rule. The most
considerable obstacle - the obstacle
which has prevented the courts from
requiring, ard the alien applicants
from attaining. that state CT knowl-
edge which the United States has the
right to expect frcm those who as
pire to the privilege CT assisting in
the conduct of it's government and
the making of its laws-has been the
fact that there have been no author
ita I've and accessible sources of i'm
formation to which applicants for
citizenship could be referred.
To remove This obstacle, the Bu.
reau has appealed to the public
schools ard. as a result of che coop.
eraticn of the two forces. courses in
citizenship fer the benefit of adult
aliens have been established in the
night sohools Of more than 1400 cities
and towns. The Bureau has prerar-
ed, for distribution to the persons
who conduct these courses, AN out
line course in citizenship and a
Syllabus of the natural zation laws
and these are furnished without cost.
During the week of July 10, 1916.
there was held in Washington, at the
invitation Of Ghe Bureau of Natural
izaton, naturalization educational
convention, which was attended by
some of the foremost educators Of
the country. Perhaps the most i'm.
portant object Of the convention was
the compilation Ct Manual in Citi.
zenship to be published and distrib-