Show prostitution prostitute ON OF LAW during the last week for fir the registration of voters previous to the august election there was more than ordinary work before the district courts in the naturalization of allens aliens men Ment tho have put off till tomorrow to morrow the work they hould should have done today to day were hurrying up at nearly the last minute like lag gards garde rushing for a train this remark does not apply to all the candidates for citizenship because some of them have only been in the country just sufficient time to entitle them to admission but the courts were actively engaged in this business and judge henderson Henu erson arranged to sit in chambers every day for or a week to hear applicants for naturalization in utah more than common catechization is indulged in when 9 an n alien appears fur fr naturalization the spirit of this indicates a desire to hinder rather than facilitate the admission to citizenship of persons who desire to support the constitution and institutions of this country in other places aliens are welcomed within the lines of fealty to this government and encouraged to conform to the laws of the united states we see no reason why the same course should not be pursued in this territory but not only do the judges put the applicants through a course of interrogation which is quite embarrassing to persons unaccustomed to the procedure of the courts the attendant lawyers are allowed to crow cross examine and perplex them with the evident purpose of preventing if possible their admi admission to citizenship notwithstanding their possession of all the statutory qualifications ficat ions and the testimony of witnesses as to their fitness we think this is carried a little too fax far we do not wish here to take issue with the judges in their questioning of the applicants 6 as i though it is a little peculiar they have the right to make themselves satisfied as to the fitness of the applicant and perhaps may take their own awn way to arrive at that satisfaction is we do not think any jeferson Jf erson fit to be made a citizen elio has no proper conception of the duties of a citizen and who has not made himself familiar with the general ordinary principles of republican government but there are some technicalities with which old and worthy citizens would be puzzled and failure to grasp or correctly answer which ought not to bar from naturalization an others wise qualified candidate to insist on these seems to be out of harmony with the purpose and inte intent dt of the naturalization laws and it must be clear to every well informed individual that party for the purpose of hindering the naturalization of aliens who are not likely to suppora a tain ticket are not only obnoxious to the spirit of the laws but are an outrage on justice and decency that no court should per permit rait there are lawyers engaged on the side of tho the so called liberal party in this territory who are endeavoring to obstruct and prevent the natural InWon of men likely to vote in opposition po sitton to their schemes they in questions and quibbles after the judge has finished his generally severe catechization and their pa palpable object oha is to puzzle and perplex the victim of their needless and impertinent queries if his pronunciation of 01 the english language is imperfect they seem to take extra delight in trying to confuse and vex him all this we submit to is wrong and indecent in a court of j justice badee we are not now referring to the effort to prevent the naturalization who have settled in this territory with the intention of remaining here permanently and beco becoming identified with this country and its although sopie questions propounded in this eme case were put simply to confuse wo we hope the matter will be decided according to the spirit and letter of the laws they appear to be very plain there is nothing in them which in terms founds the race to which these men belong from becoming citizens of this country the chinese have been made specially exempt from the operation of the naturalization laws but not the hawaiians Hawa Hawaii lians ans the latter ire are of the theace same color apparently of the same stock as the indians who may receive all the rights and privileges of citizenship persons of the same nativity have heretofore been naturalized in the utah courts what is the object in view in opposing their naturalization now simply to prevent their voting at the approaching general and municipal elections as the persons opposing them have reason to believe they will nonsupport cot not support the party intends to steal the last named election thereto there is no use in mincing terms the purpose is patent the intention is known the means by which the stepi steal Is ia to be attempted axe are understood it is no secret the ogden methods are to be re repeated pea ted every vote that can be stopped will le be one less to overcome and that wali be 99 much less cost to the so bemen beimers no one will attempt to deny this except for buncombe kt it to is freely talked about within the ranks of the attacking party the question is will the courts of utah representing the federal authority and sitting in the temple of justice fell fall into line with this conspiracy and by going back on their own decisions and permitting these party obstructions aid in promoting the plans of one party against another or will they stand aloof from all such considerations and decide according to law and precedent regardless gard less fess of extraneous consequences and will they maintain their own dignity by discountenancing vexatious questioning of applicants for naturalization when the cross ex urination uni nation is clearly made to confuse and perplex and prevent the id d mission to citizenship of persons who belong to an opposite political party the proof of the animus we have here pointed out to is seen in the fact that such quibbles and queries and obstructions and hindrances are never interposed when the applicant is understood to be a liberal we protest against the prostitution of law and justice which is involved in the course of some lawyers in these cases and hope it will not be permitted hereafter |