Show REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPERS are jubilant because the House of Representatives last week voted to confirm the right of Captain White of Indiana to the seat contested by Lowry The contest was based on the claim that White was not a citizen of the United States though i his majority at the polls was conceded He asserted that he had been naturalized natural-ized but could not produce the papers could not present a record of the fact and could not name the court in which he acquired citizenship The House howeverfortysix Democrats voting with the Republicansvoted him entitled enti-tled to the seat hence the rejoicing on the part of the Republican press To approve of this action it occurs to us is equivalent to urging the repeal of the naturalization laws and making it obligatory to receive an aliens word as to his citizenship A man who cares so little for American citizenship that he will not take the pains or trouble to preserve eviaence of its possession nor to remember when or where he was naturalized ought to be an alien |