Show AS CITIZENS on saturday june 2 four natives of the sandwich islands appeared before judge sandford as applicants cants for naturalization one of the hawaiians Hawaii ans passed satisfactorily and was ordered admitted A second seeh sech was called when C 0 whittemore W h itt e made an objection he said 1 he believe hawaiians Hawaii ans were eligible to citizenship he sure however but wanted time to consult with the district attorney and other lawyers judge sandford granted the delay d e ay requested and after considerable waiting judge powers chairman of the central committee of the liberal party came in and stated that he held the same view as mr whittemore judge sandford said he had bad looked up the subject and had not a doubt that natives of hawaii who filled all the requirements could become citizens of the united states As the supreme court was to meet on monday however he said he would refer the matter directly to that tribunal for determination and so ordered the matter was brought up in the supreme court on june 3 and the hearing set for the next day next morning judge zane occupied a place on the bench with judges Jud dand anderson Ander sola having taken the oath of office the previous evening G W KA MAKA the hawaiian who applied for naturalization and to whom objection was made on the ground that none out white persons and africans or persons of african dee descent cent could become american citizens came forward and renewed his application the applicant was sworn and in reply to questions by the court gave his name ani and nativity came too to the united states to in 1883 since which time he had resided in salt lake a city knew ahe ahe form of govern ment and had read the constitution he preferred the republican form of government and would obey the laws of the united states including those prohibiting polygamy and unlawful cohabitation notwithstanding any revelation to the contrary his parents were also natives of the sandwich islands the court held a brief consultation and judge zane asked were your parents full blooded kan akas applicant yes sir judge zane what is the color of your race applicant kanaka judge zane 1 I think its it is a matter of history as to what their color is 18 what is your agea age applicant fifty two judge zane have you a family applicant yes sir mr young have you your first papers applicant yes sir the papers were submitted to the court judge powers who is 18 president of the united states applicant george washington judge powers who is the ruler of utah who governs it mr young suggested that the applicant did not understand the quew eions judge zane who is the highest executive officer of the territory court cour do vou mealii mean that george washington washingto n la is now n ow president P res ident of th the e united states or was the first president A he is not now I 1 know the name imme of the present president but have forgotten it just now judge powers objected to the admission of the applicant on the grounds that he was not eligible because of his race and that he was not competent because of his qualifications ficat ions he then proceeded with an argument claiming that it was the intention of the government originally to confine citizenship to free white persons that is descendants of the caucasian race to this had subsequently been added africans and persons of african descent it was the intent of congress to confine citizenship to two races the caucasian and the african judge powers read from treatises on ethnology eth cology in the american and international cycle peed las and from decisions rendered where the applicants to citizenship were chinese he further argued that the applicant in the present case was not qualified for citizenship hip even if he were included in the races that were eligible he claimed that the courts had been too lax in the admission of citizens that they should be required to gi give ve th themselves em up entirely to the laws of the country which they listed to obey in utah the courts had bad set an example to the entire land in being more particular than others in the examination of applicants for naturalization aliza tion le grand young followed saying that it was by the grace of the government that aliens evere were admitted to citizenship and the courts acted under tinder the laws of the government he cited the fact that judge hunter and judge zane had both admitted to citizenship natives of the hawaiian islands he also called attention to an act of congress excluding only chinese from naturalization iza tion the banakas Ha Dalkas did not belong to the chinese race and were therefore eligible for admission judge powers said congress had specially excluded chinese because some of the state courts had admitted them in spite of the statute in force mr young said mr richards desired to be heard the court however said it would take the matter under advisement and decide the question at an early day |