The Evansville journal., 1867-11-06

ing how the thing was being accom-
plished. We quote from that paper
OF Monday:
We have just seen lot of soscalled
naturalization papers, which are such
manifest forgeries that blind man
might almost detect them. There are
three separate signatures purportinq
to be the name of James NJ. Sweeney
Clerk of the Superior Court, and the
names are all written by different
persons, probably neither of them by
Sweeney himself In one instance
the man naturalized confesses that be
is only nineteen years old; another
paper was handed to fellow in the
street, and another was given out iu
rum shop. One of the men says he
has been-eRly~ fteeR-menths in the
country The lower part of the city,
especially the Fourth Ward, is flooded
with runners, who have dozens of
such papers, and who are on the look
out for anybody who win take the
risk Of trying to register and vote the
Democratic ticket on the fraudu-
lent documents. We hear that
in this (Fourth) Ward, where
every one knows the resident
population is rapidly decreasing, more
names were on the registry last night
than were recorded last year alto
gether. The same is true also of the
Eighth Ward, and is still worse in the
lower section of the Twenty First
Ward. We are sorry to say that the
Republicans in these rotten districts
are ulpably negligent in not watch
ing the registry. In the Fourth
Ward we learn that only one man felt
sufficient interesttol look after the work
yesterday. What can one man do in
the way of serutinizing the registry at
a dozen different polls? If what we
have seen and learned upon good au-
thority of this infamous fraud should
prevail generally throughout the city,
the Democrats will poll twenty thou
sand illegal votes, for which the pop
ulation Of our several State Prisons
ought to be increased by an equal
number. @
Capt. Petty found, yesterday, one
of those naturalization papers which
recently advertised to find.
James Golden Of No. 439 Washing
ton Street, presented one of the pa
pers at a registry office in the Fifth |
Ward, and desired to be registered. !
But in reply to the Registrars inter
he said that he had never |
applied to become a citizen, and that |
he paper had been handed him by |
Michael Canty, who had advised him |
10 present it and demand the record |
Dg of his name on the registry list.
Tho 81
acts, at once sent Golden to the Leon
lrd Street Police Station, and he is
here held by Capt. Petty to await
'esult of police inquiries. The spuri-
'us naturalization paper is precisely
n the form of the genuine document,
md was written by three hands-one
It the three forgers signing the name
# Mr.. James NJ. Sweeney Clerk of the
superior Court, and affixing the seal
# that Court. An officer of Justice
luin's court, who saw the forgers pre-
'arlng these spurious naturalization
'apers in the Superior Court chamber,
the number of these fraud
ulent papers which the miscreants
ave distributed in this city at 10000.
1t is most humiliating that the
haracter of officials, morally and po-
-tically, who are to fill the offices of
great State, is to he determined by
uch frauds. It is not strange that
he politics of New York City should
e so corrupt, her officials SO mercen-
ry and detestable, and her taxes so
ppressively burdensome, when votes
manufactured by forged naturaliza-
on papers, secure their election. In
le light of these facts, developed by
le Tribune, it is easy to see why the
'ew York World should be incensed
the police for inquiring into the
gality of many Of the names placed
n the registry lists. It's fault fnd-
ig demonstrates that it knew of the
aud and sought to conceal it.