Show EDITOR editorials IAUS lads p ABOUT naturalization I 1 tiie THE AWS has given numerous exola nations re regarding gardin the naturalization laws yet a good many people are uninformed on the subject consequently we here insert an extract frem fram the new york world that journal was asked askea the following 0 questions aest ions lons what Is the law relating to natural iza iz atlon tion Is it necessary for two children both under live years when their father was ivas naturalized to take out naturalization papers can the f born wife of a naturalized citizen a ad cia 1 minister on his bis estate does the marriage of a foreign born woman to an ameni amenn Ameri caff make her a citizen of the united states this was the reply the broad principle Is that every person born in a foreign country must aerson havu Ee have ave some legal evidence of american Is citizenship if confronted in court with the legal evidence of foreign birth the naturalization of the father scathe natural izes his children under sixteen and helps children over sixteen to get their p papers apers when they reach their majority the children under sixteen when their father was naturalized at twenty one have only to produce his papers to obi tain their own without delay br for mality they are citizens and the papers are merely the legal evidence of the fact fac the children over sixteen must prove five years residence but are re excused from the I 1 declaration of intentions the marria marriage e ef of a f for or et eign n born woman to an american citi zen makes her an american citizen also and she in may a y administer on his estate if there is s no objection made to her doing so but 1 should there be a contest and she should be confronted in court with the evidence of other her foreign birth the court would have to deny dony ller tier er claim unless she produced le leai legal leal al evidence in the shape of naturalization papers that she was an american citizen very many american citizens would be una unable bleto to prove their citi zenshin if called upon to do so in a court of law the late john Morris father was naturalized when john was very young 0 u ng and the boy grew rew up as an american m e ri an voted when twenty onedas one was wag elected to the state le legislature wis gis lattire and to congress up to this point no one had questioned his citizenship but at washington when he acknowledged to i foreign birth he was politely asked for his naturalization papers and he had to come back to new york and obtain the legal evidence of his behl being an american citizen in the shape ana una of naturalization papers before he could take his seat in the house cases of ten occur where foreign born bora wives have to take out naturalization papers in order to avoid vexatious delay and annoyance and both native born and naturalized citizens whose wives are foreign born boril should as a matter of wise precaution see that their wives have the legal evidence of ot their citizen ship this is especially necessary in the case of naturalized citizens as it is of often tennery ten very difficult and sometimes im in possible for a widow to prove the citi elti enship of her dead husband 1 A ieni leni i penitentiary ENI INCIDENT alivs tins vicious attempt of united states commissioner mckay to send eliza lie lse b eth thAnn ann starkey back to the peni penitent pe pary after having z been released by judge zane has been a subject of gen eral remark it is looked upon as the quintessence of meanness we have not learned however that uhe the feeling of indignation 0 that it awakened was associated with any I 1 surprise the unmanly as well as illegal gai proceeding being in keeping with that f unction function arys official course 2 throughout it itis Is a matter of condrat s ula tion however that some of the low grade legal business that he the en gal gaes in is susceptible of having the brake rike placed upon it by a more dignified fied nied if not less brej prejudiced tribunal tri trl b unal unai but it is not upon the mal mai malignant ignaut ignant and paltry alary 1 l action of commissioner mckay tn in attempting without a shadow of j justification to cause the return to the of a young woman who Q as not been even aecus d of tile tiie c om mission of any crime that we propose to treat we have a few words to say in relation to the imprisonment of the young woman la in a rea son why she and all others liable to be placed in in a similar position naturally view yiew such an incarceration with horror and alarm these feelings are liable TO arise from another cause than the mere fact of imprisonment the question of their protection against ruffian ly insult not to say outrage is involved vo lied ived A reports had been afloat for some 11 time previous to the action of commissioner mckay makay to the effect that while 11 Elizab eilzabeth elizabeth etU ann starkey was imprisoned at the jhb penitentiary she had bad been subjected to gross and indecent insult by a contempt jable jabie ruffian these rumors had albeen quieting down somewhat what but received a fresh impetus f from rom air dir mr mckays ac tion those professing to be aci quaint edwith the facts were however rendered more indignant at his proceeding than they pio plo probably bably babiy would otherwise have been knowing knowin the un certainty of floating reports we took the trouble to ascertain the thu facts from miss starkey herself who on being interrogated atad upon the subject stated that the rumors were correct and she made the following statement la in relation to the occurrence which has elicited so much indignant comment I 1 durin duran during my incarceration in the utah penitentiary f irom from ron which I 1 was I 1 released an aug 1883 the following incident occurred on the esth day of august 1885 the door of my ce cell ceil 11 was unfastened as us ual between ter hernoon noon to enable me inc to go out into the taro vara the day having deen been stormy I 1 dih dih did not avail myself of the privilege but remained in the cell A man named liller miner who appeared to be somewhat under the influence indu ence of drink arink entered lie ue abruptly pushed the door open and came in without knocking ile he asked me how I 1 was at the same time holding out both his hands toward me he said sald he had come to give me mo good advice aw and then approached pro ached and encircled my person with his arm 41 1 I indignantly told him to keep his hands off me and resisted his move ments by pushing him away lle lie ile he anen left me went to the door and looked outside Re returning vurvin g he closed the door tim tig tightly atly but there was ri nothing othin with which he could secure it on the inside Mill miller erthen then sat in the recess of the window and asked me we to sit on his lap I 1 told him abruptly I 1 would not he approached me took hold of me and tried to get me to sit upon take hold of my hands bands but was unable to do so owing to my resistance he also placed his hand on 00 my person from the breast downward 1 I struggled led and succeeded in releasing n my myself self seit from his hold at this juncture mr curtiss the turnkey appeared pea red at the door and ordered miller to leave the cell finally helping him out by some dezree decree of force f orce 66 iam I 1 lam am convinced from millers actions and demeanor that lie he intended to make an indecent assault upon my person 13 we do not f feel eel as if we would be justified in hurling denunciation at Al arshal marshal ireland warden dow or mr curtiss the turnkey because of the infamous conduct of the ruffian who invaded the young womans comans cell and acted with butr ageous indecency t hat that indicated that he would have gone f urther further still if circumstances had been more favorable it does not appear to have been an occurrence that either of them except perhaps Mr Curtiss could have prevented and it does not seem that even the latter gentleman who is doubtless an efficient of officer fleer was to blame because he naturally supposed the prisoner was out in the yard as aland retired to take his customary meal lie ile could not have riad had the remotest idea that such an incident would take place during his brief absence and as soon as li he discovered the intruder he summarily ejected him we believe he also informed the warden of what had occurred mr air dow being greatly incensed and in addition to questioning miss bliss starkey herself in regard to particulars at his request mrs urs dow visited and interrogated her in relation to the details involving greater grester delicacy the alleged perpetrator of the outrageous aclis actis act is however an officer of the court and has acted in the capacity of bailiff how much respect can be attached to any kind of an institution to say nothing ot a court that will employ men of such a stamp as he it is due to ordinary decency that the fellow who intruded upon the privacy of a lady prisoner ot of this territory and acted with gross indecency toward d her be forthwith discharged if this action has not already been taken inthe case not only is it due to common decency that this measure should be adopted ad optea but it is necessary as a salutary example that will tend to present any other officer of the court who might be similarly disposed from perpetrating pet rating an act of the same kind lind ABOUT THE PEN GENERALLY 0 WHILE upon the subject of the penitentiary tent iary we may be allowed to observe that ahat we are informed regarding degardin certain matters connected with the condition and management of that institution the attention of th tha marshal has been directed in a friendly way wax ay to the subject that so far as practicable positive wrongs be rectified we do not know what steps if any mr ireland kas as taken in that direction but remedies which humanity h might suo sug suggest 9 est could be made without any publicity being C given for the ther ir necessity through public prints it Is a notorious fact however that of I 1 ate late reporters of anti antl newspapers are given the freedom of the penitentiary tent lent iary lary lind and are arc enabled to nil fill their columns not only with glossy lossy statements regarding the const conSi condition consision tiOn of the prison etc but with heartless ridicule of prisoners who happen to belong to the church of jesus christ of latter day dak saints we do not care a great deal for the lack of personal courtesy indicated by a partisan discrimination that reduces the privilege of a Bl mormon ormon journalist to the opportunity ol 01 seeing but two prisoners brought outside of the prison proper f for tire tife purpose that could be got along with and cause no complaint but the writing up of the foul den that as expressed by judge powers is not even a fit lodging place for tor cattle from a one sided and nicely colored standpoint is carrying the matter so far beyond the point of consistency that we feel half induced to give publicity to facts that thai have come into our possession and that would probably be sustained by a cl cloud oud of witnesses wit wix were an investigation to ensue neither does it appear either consistent or humane tor for a certain class of newspaper writers to be accorded privileges de nied to others tor for the other purpose of enabling bling them to hold up the inmates gna of f a irison grison prison before the public as objects of r ridicule icele SOMETHING IM ABOUT THAT INCIDENT AT THE penitentiary As was anticipated the publication in the NEWS sews of last evenin evening of the account miss bliss Starkey of the I 1 brutal conduct toward to ward her of james miller while she was a prisoner at the penitentiary tent iary lary raised quite a breeze the anti antl Bl mormon ormon journalistic supporter of prostitution and licentiousness evinced much anxiety to defend miller and for this purpose interviewed several persons on the subject whose alleged statements are published in this mornings 1 issue that the qua ina iua lua inanity lity of the defense may be placed more widely before the public we give it minus the biased comments of the sheet referred to which noticeably failed to give miss bliss Star keys statement in full mr dorthe warden Is reported by the anti antl mormon I 1 paper to have said it was true that young miller was at the penitentiary on the day mentioned and that be he was under the influence of liquor he went into miss bliss Star keys cell during the hour that she was allowed her liberty and when the door was unlocked As ag soon as the guard discovered that he was in the cell he was called out and afterwards apologized to her for the intrusion mr air dow stated that he immediately went to miss bliss starkey and asked her if miller had conducted himself improper lyHer reply was he act very gentlemanly tie tle manly illy 11 mr dow then sent his wife to her to ascertain what BIlI millers lers conduct had consisted of but miss bliss starkey did not express herself with any more definiteness simply stating that he had not inot acted gentlemanly 1 here is what is credited to marshal ireland lrein id III gli 1 I received a slight intimation of the incident lust just prior to miss starke Star keys y s release said Bl marshal arshal ireland and the do day y she was discharged I 1 called her into my office and questioned her concerning the affair in response to my questions she stated that miller had asked permission to take her hand band and intimated there was no one around I 1 asked her if he had done anything f further ur than that and she stated that he had not she told me no such story as was vas published in the nei NEWS ws although I 1 questioned her very closely I 1 was fleas miller in your employ at that time no be was wag not he did at one time act in the capacity of bailiff but at the time this incident occurred and for some time previous was not employed by this office at all and has not been since I 1 was very much incensed over the affair and since I 1 learned of it have not allowed miller in the office of fice lice this is given as millers Al illers version when miller the young man re f erred to was shown the statement of miss starkey as published in the NEWS he immediately pronounced it an infamous lie and A aud t id more than that he continued 1 4 I am positive that miss bliss starkey never maae made made any such statements I 1 admit that I 1 went into her cell ceil on the day mentioned and that I 1 had been drinking of course I 1 had no business there she held out her hand and shook hands with me as soon as I 1 entered I 1 then talked to her probably a minute telling her haw foolish foolish it was for tor her to remain there for others an offense and how easily sho she could get out curtiss then came along and called me inc out that was all that occurred the statement that I 1 put dut t my arm around her or asked her to nu ait t un my lap id is absolutely false and as I 1 said before I 1 am sure she never made any such statement she was in a good humor all the time I 1 was talking 9 to herand er and did not appear to be offended db but t on the contrary seemed to be amused 11 with regard to what is attributed to mr dow it appears to be an honest and straightforward statement and not only accords with that given by miss starkey Stark cy but sustains it she informed him and his wife that he A miller liller did not act gentlemanly 1 giving no details as to what the u ungentlemanly gentlemanly conduct consisted of Tin the ae particulars have been given since and the NEWS has seen fit to publish them it Is true that miller after bein being discovered in the cell not only apologized to the young woman but extorted a promise from her that she would not make known what had occurred which accounts for her ret reticence rence kence in tae the first place statement does not touch the point he may have received a slight intimation as be 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