The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-03-05


says the Cleveland Leader, It proves a very
interesting and S0pPIsts eapos oftAee shame
less and lswless manner in which the state
Of New York was carried for the Democracy
BY the most wholesale and systematic swind-
ling. The evidence in the hands of the com
1nittee more than substantates the gravest
charges of ISaads made sealast The Democ-
rsey at the time Of tbs election. cater 4
oafsful and impartial exa,nination, The come
uittss-declHre that il has been proven before
them By oopplslaiand Adequats Testimony I
ihtt, 8lau1 Tsgo1q odi haa sger9 sslasiiysd
, bSsst, Mary Hthouss1as Of aliens fradda
leHtly procured or WUTe8fsanisBed with csr.i
ti6Catss 0f nsturalizatioa, Illegally or ffsuGa-
leutly issued, BY inesns OF which they vi ere
enabled to register as voters, and voted fh
viOlatiou Of the law. e8 Fm taaf
Second, Many bundFSds Of certificates Of
naturalization were granted in the names Of
fstitious parsons, to be used by native. born
and ussaIalissd citizens and aliens IN falsely
regitsslbg Is voters and 70 enable them to
vote 6isny times at the election. ss 2
7AtsA Many hd6dFsds Of persons voted in
New York city from two 70 forty times OF
lnose each, under assumed or fictitious IA mes,
fraudulehdy registered for the purpose. 1
Foaftk, Bxtsnsive frauds were committed
% cdnSassihg tickets, and names OF 4otsl s
'NsFs entered On the poll iisis, aud DemO-
etstie tickets counted Is if voters represent
isg them voted, when no such persons voted
AZ al l.@iEEie sraat tn IaiFe aat eAs ,iss'
Fsfts. To accomplish the fraud gross neg.
lect Of duty and disregard of law, 50 great
as to evine > criminal purpose, prevailed IN
some Of the courts, while officers and Demo-
cratic Partissns Of almost every grade, aided,
sanctipned, or knew OF and Fa.Ied to preyest
them The same influence shielded The per
Petrators ID nearly all cases from detection
or arrsst, and when arrested they have,
through the agency Of judicial officers and
others charged with the duty of prosecution,
escaped all punishment. ..-..,.5s
Slrth, Through these agencies the. Demo-.
cratic electors Of President and Vice lPresi-
dent, aud The Democratic candidate for
Governor Of che state Of New York were
fraudulmtly elected.
These are startling and astonisHing facts.
and ought to call the attention of every can!
did lover Of The law throughout the country
without distinction ofparty. Thsoommittee
further report that there is no adequate pun
ishment for these frauds under existing laws,
and urgently recommends further Legislation
on the subjectz-a1 recouT .endatioh which
comes too late to reach the 4Oth Congress,
but which viii, we hope, meet with favor
from the 4St. ,r b. 4T1os .I-a)
OR. the subject Of fraudulent nsturaliza,r
:, tions the report Of the COMMITTEES is espe-i
cially full and conclusive. The immense
Naturalization business done by Judges
/ AGcOunn and Barnard in the interest of the
DemOcratie party is very thoroughly Eenti-
lated. It is shown that although the usual
number of ofnatuTalizstiOns per annaaa is only
about nine thousand in New Y ork city, these
4 two judges clone procured the printing be-
tween September 18th and October 23d Of
one hundred and. .tips thousand bIGaIc applicd-
tions, tor,s and Si5tg.niae thoasaad certificates
Of, 1aesaadlizatio,l, of which there were for the
SupTsms Court, from September 18th to 0c-
tober 9sd, .seUsnfy- flee thousalad bsdRl, dppli-
cations, and dtFirty-,i,e tholLsdad certificates of
Standardization, and for the Superior Couit
thirtg .fbOlsaad applications and thirty aoitsl
and certificates, showing purpose TO issue,
il required, siatg-RiRs thousand certificates.
But this does not seem to have supplied the
ldemand. Various naturalization committees
and officers, ests5lish5d under the control Of
Tammaby Hall, were supplied With several
thousand haturaliSation blanks to Be used IN
the courts, which we're printed for these Of
fees The fees of the clerks Of the courts,
on the applications which passed through
these officers, were arranged BY red tickets,
to be subsequently paid by Tammany Hall,
Of which Over forty thousand toere ttIrnished
to bEs committee These preparation for ex-
tensiVe naturalization are Inconsistent with
any legitimate purpose. For the Supreme
Court, which never naturatized before oc-
tobsr 6, up to that day .toriy.tips thousand
blank applications and fourteen thousand Ger
t5fcates l0ere procured, and although this is
nearly four thousand more than the records
show to have been ISSUED, yet thirty tbqus-
and additional blank applications and tsssnty-
five Bo,lsa'd additional blank certificates mere
procured, ten thousand of which were within
three days of the time the work of psturaliz-
ing closed. The committee say that these
certificates were scattered broadcast over
the country being issued to Enep who never
appeared in court at all. The total number
| of illegal and fraudulent certificates of nat
uralization issued is estimated by the COM
mittee at srxrY-sIx THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED
AkD FORTY THREE. What terrible record of
fraud is discovered herel It is also shown
that in one day Judge McOunn issued 2, ,lO9
certificates. and Judge Barnard 955. s,a
The counties, in view of this disgraceful
record, recommend several acts ofIegislation,
the most Immediately practical of which is a
bill forbidding the Supreme Court of New
York, in New York county, and the Superior
Court Of New York city, from admitting
aliens 70 become citizens; another revising
the naturalization laws SO as to provide ade-
quste penalties for their violation; and an.
other declaring state officers who perform
duty relating TO elections of members of the
House of Representatives 10 be in SO far Of.
foers Of the y United States aud liable to pen
slties as such. These Recommendations are
excellent and we hope to see them adopted
/ BY the next Congress. 9di - 9+ilf
b. Cuban News, a7 YHe
The most striking proof of the alarm
felt by the Spanish Provisional Coy