| Show religious religions test for citizenship yesterday afternoon mr H 0 Ric bins lains the well known salesman applied tor lor his bis final citizenship papers in the first district court in this ibis city he answered all toe the preliminary pie questions satisfactorily th than inquiry was made as to his belief in the 13 divinity ol of plural marriage he declined to answer lie he stated taut he be had learned from a douay of american institutions that freedom of conscience Ore prevailed in this landane lan land dand and that his bis religious belief was not a matter ol 01 question he was acquainted with the laws jaws tor forbidding bidding polygamy and it was his intention in ill good faith to obey those laws he knew that his present and proposed actions toward this gov were open to te question but he be must mast ref refuse to state what was his bis faith on abstract questions ozas the applicant appeared clearly to understand that lie be was seeking political elfr enfranchisement a 11 chi and not a judicial decision regarding the orthodoxy of his personal religious views 1 there here dl did d not seem to be any question in the judges mind as ad to the honesty of the applicant in asserting his devotion to the institutions and laws of this country but agthe as the court insisted that mr should submit his bis religions belief to invests gation and criticism fiere was a deadlock judge henderson enderson li settled the matter by did dismissing missing the application ogden fi herald erald sept IS 18 |
