, 1876-09-02


rested, they have, through the agency OF judi-
cIal officers and others charged with tic duly Of
prosecution. cvued MI punlsmcnt,
o. Through these agencies, the Democratic
E|ev:"r3ot President nna Eiec-Presflent and the
Democratic ta'ntlntc for Hurcrtiur Df the State
Ut New Yurl. wc,c frnuicntIy etrrtctl.
SPECIALIZATION YItAEDa.
Tic frauds IN naturalization were stupcnlous.
Tlm number Of spptit atuns was four times the
times greater tilnn the largest number in my
prccc!lfnR ycat, aud that while tho War hal
greatly te11ced tho alien population Of the city.
Judge McCnnn III otn day naturalzcd U.s. per-
aQlls.
SrNnBn xArunALtzBn BACH DAT.
X there were M Dther cyidcnrc to statnp With
fntanly, fraud, and illegality portion of these
nuturai!zatft',t, the number issued by single
Jnllgn IL MIC day wonli he quite sufficient. III
lsai Jge IN LIZ; t,ni.aua was impeaclt.l an
certificates of i!atlsra!izattott. The Select Com
mittcc u the House of Representatives. iuvcsti.
EntnE tho charges In report snys: 1t further
appears that nearly tW Of these certificates were
tssIetl In Uut d4y. Il Htef,s 10 your Committee
ii'p";sib'o tl.at this could hayu been legally
lunr.t'
hut this lmpossbiity is greatly Increased
when tue number reaches 0Ih-n number ineon-
lugallty III practit9.
Although IL crry county ul New York there
Isl Cuunty Court IN permanent kcssiun, au.
s",,, 'nany unturalikatlons fur various counties
wcru ELECTED iii the Courts Of New furk CItv.
The Supreme Clnrt Tor the first time iii its l.ls
tory er.ssagrd ~ the work. Notwithstanding
nat,ralizatlons III tl.c cIty, III I'll the State
Courts, wns only v,47, yet. there was printed by
the New York Printing Company, On the order
Of the Cltrlss Of these two Courts, or
fs,' 9spusifss is ''"fSp Sans sept sppsatsns Il e,
for md $1,000 certificates Of naturalization; of
which there were for the Supreme Court, from
Sept: = to yet. 2, ii, 600 blank applications
md S9o rrrtliieatss ct naturalization, a.,d 1or
ccrtttleates; showing purpose to ISSUE, II re.
qalrcA, tD,O00 certificates. these were not ulI
procured at unec, but Of, different days, ordered
fEouJ tnle u tilae,-irl the Supreme Court TO-.
and In tic Superior Court iU,000 Us late US Uet.
ii.
But this does not seem TO have supplied the
demand. Naturalization Committees and Of
lieus established under the control 1T TarH1naDy
NATURALIZATION Gla.ks to be used In the Courts,
which Werp printed for these oi1tces.
The fees o. the Clerks Of Courts on the mp
plieations which passed through, these Offices
str wsrs n b r ssa tIt @ to ~ b. sass
40u00 were furnished to the Committee.
These preparations fur extensive naturaltzu-
tion arc inconsistent With any legitimate pur-
poSc.
tzcl bcfose Oct. u, up to that day 45, ,U00 blxnk
applications uiul 14,U00 certificates were pro-
cured: md, although this Is nearly 1000 Moro
than the records show to have bcef, Issued, yet
30, UG0 additional blank applications nnd ri, j,U0O
additional bunk certificates were procured, TO-
0UU Ut which were within three days OF tic
t!lhe the work Of naturalization closcd.
All th!s iRuat have had sonse purpose, and this
purpote WIS ~ well understood that certificates
Of naturalization In large plumbers were Issued
for uiiells residing Iii other counties w4o never
appeared Ia Court.
TO rgnsoEg WITHOUT REQUEST.
In addition t. this, there Is large elass of
only never uppcarcd in Court, but who never
:skcd that application ehoud b. 1nat1u Tor them.
They were left Ut houses, storee, nnl other
places, Or soil or given away. Individual In
stances nrc Numerous.
| CERTIFICATES on FICTITIOUS NAMES, TO DE USED
nj "KEFEATENs."
The evidence. dIsrloscs The faut that ccrtif.
| cates OF naturalization were procured from the
supfene, Court to fictitious names and ielty-
register aItl vote ~ "rcrentcrs."
| WHAT THE FRAUDS WERE.
| Among the frauds pcAStfcsd under the
naturalization laws we're: The Jalse persondttoA.
,iesses under rial aat dss"tt ,fanles ne fIbriea
fio'4 Of applications to7 naturalization. aud oats Il.
s"ProTt 81 Ms,a, ,'h ,.am'es Of applicant. aud sss
''essc. 5vrgat; os ,'raat"y q certificate. 9,
tions regular IN Jyr,a, but uthoMt nj trtieiee q
1 dHH applicants, and 10 pcrsoat not entitled to Me
| HOW TO ACCOMPLISH THESE.
To accomplish these II Is necessary to secure
ttlc acttya cooperation Of some of The Courts, ol
their passive auluiesceurc, Or negligence st
ErosB as to ralsE Hi Irresistible presumption u
fraudulent participation.
| HOW 70 PREVENT THEN.
These frau.ls could not escape tue knowledge
Of the Courts, and Mght l.att, heen preyeutut
| by the honest exercise VI adequate cafe, scruti
ny, and dclbcsat!ol. To prevent this from BE-
ing discovered, reporters and spectators were
driven from the Supreme Court.
| Judge McCnnn, however, SAYS he cat examine
tuo teltntsses Ia d n,i'ute! and the evidence
shows that Ills prnctiee was often III excess oi
| even thnti
NATURALIZATION FRAUDS AIDED BY NATURAL
| lzlSU I'm uANHs."
That applicants for naturalization, or tl.ost
! pscfcasitE to represent thr,n With their witness
IL, were sworn In groups, sometimes turgcr ailt
sometimes blnullci, md without my separate
examination of each witness. IN the supreln'
Court, net merely occasionally but AabituallY il
pTdvttl beyond controversy.
OTHER FRAUDS AIDED.
Tie effect Of t1lid tnule If procedure In thcRl
Courts WIS to encourage and aid the operations
Of tliuse engaged in talscly pcrsunating uppli
cuuts nd witnesses; In making perjury SUCCESS
fuI by the "professloual (" witnesses whe
iwartneti III ttlcse Courts; III procuring certiti
cutes to persons who never appeared III Court
und otherwise rendering tlo Whole business thu
must lisyraccfui nloclscry untl frnul ever per
pctratcd III relation to naturalization In tn
I Courts VI tllc United Suites.
This evidence, tAiien In connection With tn
faet That ccrti!cutcs fro,u the Court are Jonn.
IL tuioas counties, sent 10 parties teho ,teetr a.
Jenrtti IL Court ~ procure them, and Will, til
gylleflre nf numerous other frauds, can luAy
hut little doubt Us 10 what has a'ucn done witt
tile Il, JUGS blank certificates unaccountctl for.
THE HuMuIK or FRAUDULENT cEATlrtUATE.
In view Ut the evidence, It Is mt too nlllvh t.
say no reliance can BE- purel on the records an
tiles of tlices Courts to declare tlla artunl nun
her Of certificates of naturalization granted
The uetnai nulntur u Illegal, fraudulent. nn
fictitious administrations never can be known
but, Including lhosc sent from New York Cit
| uycr the Sia,c to rcrsoila never appearing IL
Court, It. is probably snfc to say that frauduletl
certificates werc issued from tlicsc two Court
alole ns follows:
Fraudulent miner applications ~
| SHOWN AuoFe.ts' ...t ss...s...-,...t. Vtbo
I1Islctt nlnher Of psiur nntura!iza'
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