, 1873-11-04

rights Of citizenship. Having received this pa
por In this mannor, Mr.. James showed It to Ills
employer, who Immediately dlacornod tile fraud
and exposed 1t.
Dan O'l1ara lonrned In some why that this
statement waa to bo printed In The TRIBUNE
Of yesterday, and sought to head 1t
OF by senling communication to tho
Times Of tho samo dny. in which ho
denounced tho story In advance "a "on-
tireIy destitute Of TRUTH" "gotton up aa
aonsation in anticipation Of the election"
aud " too basoless to boar investigation" Tho
developments Of yesterday proved that Mr.
O'Ha1a's porsonal denial waa not moro correct
than tho certificate Of naturalization iss1ed over
Ills signature to Robert 8. James. The cor
ti0cato had boon filled out in 4 hand
writing that was recognized as that Of
Donald Mckay, subordinate In Dan
o'naras of1lco. Mckay vas arrested yoa-
to-day and ta1son boforo Commissioner Noyno,
who hold him to bail In tho sum Of $4,000. Mo-
Kay states that tho man to whom tho ccrtifioato
was issued made an affidavit, but tue affidavit
cannot be found.
II tho arrest OF Mckay ls to bo accepted as an
intention to throw tho b1ame upon him OF tho
issue Of fraudulent naturalization papers, we do
not beliovo that 1t will command my great
amount Of public confidence. It is known that
several Mousand persons hayo received natural
ization papers within tho past fow days. It isnot
probable that one In this whole number was
fraudulent, and all the rest lawful. It ia not ron
gonab1e to maintain that ono aaloon-keeper
should hayo tho privilege OF dealing out naturali-
cation papors and that MI tho rcst Of tho saloon
keepers should be denied the privilege. It ia not
likely that subordinate in Dan 0'Hara's Office
should s1onc deal in fraudulent certificates Of
naturalization, whon he had no special interest
In the result Of tho election, and, as nero
clerk in tho office, would probably be retained
under any administration. On tho other
hand, Dan O'Hara, tho responsible chief.
is candidate for City Treasurer, and Austin
Doyle, hls Deputy olork, ia q candidate for
o'Hara's present position as Clerk Of tho Orimi-
nal Court Tint Mckay, subordinate in tho
ofloo and candidate for no position, should as-
sune tho responsibility Of issuing certificates
fraudulcnty under tho supervision OF two su-
poriors, both Of whom are candidates and op-
posed to such practice, is not, to say tho least
plausible theory. Va have no notion that Mo-
Kny will DO punished for bis Share in tho work; ;
and do not believe that he ought to bo, il he is
to be punished alono.
No desire to direct attention In connection
with this exposure to some remarks made by
Judge Williams last Saturday, when Mr. o'Hara
appeared before him to "explsin about tho
blank commissions to Deputies which have been
Issued. The Court anid:
Mr. o'lasa, thte communicating Deputte'1 is q
8pec'a ae1 y. ,rust conferred upon sou' anu hau ~
tr,.t imnosel unon vou. with regard to the way tho
naturalization OF citizcns has boon conducted, thu
newspapers IN sonefa nave taRon upon themselves 70
h. rohoe responsibility upon nv o,on shoulders. Every
naturalization paper Ia Issued in my presence and
under oa'h and wheneSef tninS II necessary 10 e1'
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