I think It is a sinister menace to the electorate of this country. I believe that the joint resolution should be amended. The Constitution of the United States provides that "the Congress shall have power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization." Congress has enacted naturalization laws. To become naturalized there must be a declaration of an Intention to become a citizen and. in addition. five years residence. There are also qualifications as to age. education. and character. renunciation of order of nobility or hereditary title. and then of allegiance and the renunciation of prior allegiance. Under the Revised Statutes It is provided that: Any woman who is now or may hereafter be married to a citizen of the United States. and who might herself be lawfully naturalized. shall be deemed a citizen. When this joint resolution Is passed and when it shall have become ratified by the States of the Union an alien woman who is married to a naturalized American citizen automatically becomes a voter under the law without the safeguard which is thrown around the male alien. The male alien. it is provided. must have five years residence. he must declare his intention to become a citizen. and then. after two years. the court of jurisdiction in the locality in which he resides shall examine him as tO his allegiance. as to his loyalty. and as to his educational qualifications. but under this joint resolution. without that safeguard. automatically we enfranchise thousands of women who are married to American citizens who may be at heart alien in loyalty to this country. I want to see every worthy woman in this land have the vote. but I want written in the Constitution the same legal safeguards we throw around the male citizen.
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Generalization that women married to American citizens may be alien in loyalty to the country.