Salt Lake Herald | 1891-04-05 | Page 20 | A Chinaman Who Can Vote

A Chinaman Who Can Vote There is at least one Chinaman in the United States who has a right to vote He is named Thomas Sylvanus and he lives at Indiana Pa Vhen he came to America years ago he determined to make the country coun-try his home So he learned the language and took out naturalization papers When the war began he enlisted in the federal army and served for four years He is a member in good standing of the G A Rand R-and receives a pension from the government govern-ment The other day he learned that because be-cause of an informality in his marriage to I Matilda Askins a white woman soon after the close of the war she could not be recognized rec-ognized by the authorities as the widow of a veteran in case of his death Thomas promptly remedied matters by calling in a clergyman who tied the knot for keeps lJ i