Nebraska. South Dakota. and Texas aliens are permitted to vote after having declared their intention to become American citizens and after having been residents of the States the required time. usually six months. and. therefore. we have the anomalous situation of hundreds of thousands of alien enemies in these States voting at all elections. Although final naturalization will be refused to them during the period of the war. they are excluded by law from military service. from suing in the courts. and some of them are confined in internment camps. If this joint resolution shall be adopted by Congress and approved by the legislatures of threefourths of the States. the practical effect of it will be to place the ballot in the hands of many thousands more of alien enemies who are under the disabilities above described. In the summer of 1915 I attended a luncheon of the Ohio Womans Suffrage Association and occupied a seat next to the president. who has held that office for 13 years continuously.
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