New-York tribune., 1868-10-23

, mr.. n, work there Is much doing before Judge
MeCunn ssdmssion to The pubc-at least on at
tempting enter his court TINS evening, %
,he indge had ordered one 20 bo admitted SAGeP ap
pcants aud witnesses ~ teir n nterms by an unusual
door the thing was repeated 10 Ing py OIL roneti
inside the court, and retired rather thah Isk Icp.i
,n NJ scene SO disgraceful that to which have be.
fore referred and Of which have elsewhere cOpaueu
Although IL pains comment on the conduct O any
one holding the high office Of Judge, and especially oi
ono who showed mo personally great courtesy ahu
poiteness the fact that an attempt 10 eAonerc Juus
Mc(junn from blame has been made In the public press
by who looked only 10 the surface coinpes me
Barnard and most especially the latter could scarcely
fail understand tho series 0fAforgeres peures ana
authorizations which for the credit OF human nature may
be hoped to be without paralei as taxing pace III
of Justice under judicial toeratiOn COneede moro
In charity than Judgment, that the Judges fail to reeog
nze the same individual presenting himself under der
ent probably from 80 to 100 times DAY, can u DO
supposed that their attention would fall to be aroused by
the fact Of the same man under the same name
witness for several hundreds perhaps thousands OF
pg'" ap9 when a"" the acquaintance commencodi But
yet stronger fact remains appIessbe ADJ odnoS- nov
ngs before Judge Barnard than TO those before Judge
McCunn. In Judge McCunns court applicants ana VIII,
adavits and the Inerest tyro the law knows that a
dayts must be subscribed by the ainant Is posslpe
thousands OF adavts brought before them, nearly all
are filled up by one or oter OF >, lo OF
before Judge McCunn than before Judge
Barnard while the fact that the latter though swearg
cans to tier signatures at ALL but swears them III
batch to state OF pretended facts serves 70
Signatures. The disappearance of as large nnm-
Der possible Of the amdayits may therefore De
but that such will be- selected Tor destruction,
the existence whereof would afford evidence against tue
competency their judicial Offices OF the judges TO whO
the clerks VIII look for protection in case OF i9uDe
1t should be noted also that either Dy intention OF
ignorance Is adopted which enectualy destroys
the possibility Of prosecution Tor PERJURY Nelther ~
plicant witness sworn TO speak the tfut ehcept
hpfn
age transparent that II was deemed desirable 10 uo
1t has been decided III an elaborate Judgment Ie
ported as an anony case IN nh iS,. no anu ~ o m
matter OF Clark 49, Barbour, i thal inc eVidehee on
which the Judge Is 10 act Is not TO be adaVt eVdenc9
but oral. and sneh as would be required h SOLEMN Su T.
would probably be held that the perjury however clearly
proved, WAS not material nor the oam M JuueS ~
isered while even II otherwise IN the great nuVriy VI
cases. 1t would be not only a hardship. but nm
act OF oppression TO convict the applicant who frequently
just landed on these shores, Is t0ld ne eau earn
dollar and get naturalzed without any cost. W
going with his suboner and passing through ceremony
OF which he often does not undersand one Wofu enecp
questions addressed to him by the judge as 10 ms age
plican has been previously pilmed as 10 the no
give, and which answers he dOes not give uhuSi
oath aud cannot consequently he subjected 70 punish
ment for giving false testimony IN sueh answers by
Judge Barnard he b. sworn 10 series OF IIcteHued Icr
I'm language such that there is little probability OF ms
having understood one word or IT, But fortunately or
the Of the country, the course which mas
been pursued tends TO defeat tho object desired. l.e
fact that neither witness nor applicant was sworn 10
speak the truth renders the whole yoldaDie tseo
Richards agt. Mcdaniel Nou McCord p $3.50 while the
almost certain absence Of a record OF these matters
which the law requires To be recorded VIII IN all such
cases render them absolutely void. THE report then
proceeds to discuss the legal steps TO be adopted 10
prevent the reception OF the fraudulent votes, which
for obvious REASONS are withheld from pnDucatlOnl
should consider had but barely performed the task
conhded IL failed To suggest remedy for the
dcpoiabe evils depicted but that duty has not
been directly ntrused To ME WIZ make u the sugeSt
Of supplementary report. All which ID respectfully
submitted by yours obedlently; 49,,
october a. 1903 No. l6g Broadway.