Show ris IS A CHINESE A CHINAMAN IF SO WHY IS HE THUS Why Is a Chinaman That Is the question in variegated I form that was presented yesterday to different officers of the United States and the county of Salt Lake The consensus of opinion Is that a Chinaman Is not very much of a why wh anyhow anho never has been with rare ex cx exceptions exceptions and probably never will be beThe beThe The Herald has bas received a request for information respecting the status of a Chinese born in this country The Herald has pursued diligent inquiry in inan Inan Inan an effort ellort to render satisfactory answer to him who Is In quest of enlighten enlightenment enlightenment ment Hiram E Booth United States at attorney attorney attorney torney for Utah holds the view that a Chinese born in this country of parents not naturalized Is entitled only to that degree of citizenship which prevents his deportation Then he is not a full citizen No I would say that he be is not a full citizen at least he is not a voting cit citizen citIzen citIzen izen At the office offic of the clerk of the dis district district district court the question was asked Is a Chinaman born in this country a citizen A Chinaman is not a citizen under any an conditions or circumstances was the reply What the Laws Say SayIn SayIn SayIn In a little official pamphlet entitled Naturalization Laws and Regulations of October 1906 it is set forth that hereafter no state court or court of the United States shall admit Chinese to citizenship and all laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed On page 20 O of the pamphlet one finds this Clerks of courts shall not receive re receive receive declarations of intention to be become become become come citizens from other aliens than white persons and persons of African nativity or of African descent Tho The constitution of the United States in its fourteenth amendment says that all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the juris jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdiction diction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside According to court ourt decisions any per person person person son is presumed to hold allegiance to toome some ome republic monarchy empire or po potentate potentate A Chinese therefore remains a subject of the emperor of China when he is in this country count y for the reason that he cannot be naturalized Consequent Consequently ly iy his children arc are subjects of the em emperor emperor emperor of China because their father Is whether born in this country or else elsewhere elsewhere elsewhere where A liberal Interpretation of the inter international international International national law is that a person born on foreign soil is ia a citizen of the country of which his parents are citizens Thus Thusa a child born of English parents In this thus country count during the time temporary tempora visit of his parents may ma be a citizen of the United States if he remains here and claims the right but he is an English Englishman man if he thee dies not claim United States citizenship In these regions region the only naturalized Chinese citizen was Jim July Jub of Butte He voted Yot d and he always voted the Democratic ticket The casting of Jimmy Julys Jul s ballot was always a sub subject subJect subject for newspaper comment because of I Ithe the fact that naturalized Chinese are a pretty prett rare article in this land No Xo doubt one might find different In Interpretations ons of the naturalization laws and the tIme laws aws governing or defining na native native tive natural and but the gist of the opinion is that a Chinaman Is not a citizen of the United States and cannot vote The question of citizenship arose in its most pertinent form fonn onn when Judge C CS CS CS S Zane was as chief justice of the su supreme supreme supreme preme court of this state A Sandwich islander sought to become a citizen but the opinion of the court was that being neither a n white person n nor nr one of un African African can nativity or descent he hue could not become naturalized That decision is isone isone isone one of the class the lawyers law ers call lead leadIng leadIng leading Ing cases The Straight of It Sullivan and Healy Healt who are engaged in the work of excavating on the site of the Newhouse building were asked n ked with reference to the matter A Chinks a Chink said Mr II Sullivan and Healy Heal nodded his head in acquiescence acquiescence cence an ye cant mek more out av him Th coort coUrt may ye y t Hi th last av th Ui coort CoUrt av nv pp but yell find that th a China Chinaman Chinaman Chinaman man in all degrees He cant vote an anif anif anif if he cud hed vote agin ye ivry time All a Chinks good fer is t be cussed at an at th same time A no Chinaman be because because because cause hes born in this Ye might get an Teddy Tedd Rosenfeld in th matter He can tell ye Je more about it than me nor Healy Seem See in that hes hues not givin an about ann thing fr th tim las two days hell probably be glad t ye e Out of it all it is safe to say that a Chinaman why wh |