Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-01-04 | Page 6 | Gooding's Right to Enter Senate Meets Challenge

GOODINGS GOODING'S RIGHT x vr ii TO ENTER ENIER SENATE MEETS CHAllENGE Opponents Say He Has Not Been United States Citizen Required Nine Years I StI to The II Iler ild Id 1 Bol Ida Jan S. S A A f sensation was sprung In the senatorial contest tonight I when tho question of at tho the eligibility of oC former Senator tor Frank II U. Gooding to th the fn was ral raised d IJ by some of ot othis his opponents opponent It tt Is 18 clearly arl shown by hr bythe the tile court records that Goodine was as naturalized d as a citizen of oC the tue United States DeC December 31 1004 1001 The con constitution of or the thc United States provides pro that a n. senator must ha have been nine years Cl a citizen of oC tho tile United Stales Gooding will not meet this re requirement requirement re- re until the last day of or the present t year Gooding Goodin admits the correctness of ot the tile record but hut claims that he came to this I country when n ho lIe was vas but 8 years eara of age lJ and that his father was naturalized In Michigan He lie claims that tills natu- natu 1 i of tile the father ther naturalized the son Jie He explains that he lie was naturalIzed naturalized natural tural himself In 1901 I to remove e all ti doubt as to his Ills citizenship at a n time when he was preparing to he be a candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date for tor Jo governor of oC the state He lie insists In- In sll ts that hint he hi I Is eligible and Ud that ho can prove pro It Il If Jr necessary ar Jud Judge e James IL H Bratty BeaU who was as on tho the federal bench at tile the tIme limo Gooding Goodin was was' naturalized Is In the tile ell city Ho lie Is opposing for Cor tho the senate and It Is IR understood that he raised th the point I a t. t