President. there is another difficulty in this case. Women are allowed to vote by express provisions of the statutes of Washington Territory. A woman twentyone years ofage. married or unmarried. is entitled to the right of suffrage in that Territory. and yet when you come to look at the naturalization laws of the United States it is not necessarythat a woman should be naturalized to give her all the rights of citizenship under the acts of Congress as expounded in 7 Wallace. in the case of Kelly vs. Dohan. A woman who is an alien. an Irish woman who marries a naturalized Irishman in Washington Territory. or who marries a native citizen of Washington Territory. becomes in virtue of that act a naturalized citizen of the United States without the necessity of taking any oath whatsoever to support.the Constitution. I will suppose an election is about to be held in Washington Terriritory under this bill to elect delegates to the constitutional convention. The election is to be held tomorrow.
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