Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-31
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CT CONGRESSIONAL CONT. ST.
curious Result OF Careless Methods

Curious Result OF Careless Methods In
Recording Naturalization Papers.
Washington special: In the bouse
during the week an interesting contest
election case is to be dieposed of. II is
that OF Lowry against White, OF the
Fort Wayte, Ind, district. White is
IN the seat now, having received the
certificate OF election from q democratic
governor. The district is about 2,400
democratic. Lowry, who Is an old
school democrat, YVES twice elected, but
gave such poor satisfaction to his CON
%stituents fh0t his party tnrned en- him
In the last campsign, and he wss de-
feated by oyer 800 majority. White is
a Scotchmsn aud Lowry is an Irishmen.
Both are over fifty years old. 10 1856
the records OF Allen county show that
White applied for naturalization papers
Ia 1861 he went into the union army,
YVES an excellent soldier. arose in the
ranks and was wounded in battle.
Just before he enlisted he took out his
naturalization papers, but they
were lost IN the confusion of the
war, and in 1865 he again
took out naturalization papers. These
we're either mislaid or burned in O fire
which destroyed his store. Lowry was
on the bench o long time, from 1868 and
he knew the records. A few DAYS before
the election of 1886, when White was
elected, Lowry, knowing there was no
record proof of Whites natuYaliz ition,
posted notices warning voters against
casting their ballots for White, declaring
he was not a naturalizsd citizen. When
it became known that White had more
than reversed the majority by his great
popularity, Lowry announced that he
would unseat him, and he contested it.
by o party note, that White cannot
prove his naturalization by parole testi-
mony, i:hat he cannot, IS he has done,
bring IN living witnesses and prove that
they were present in court when the
first and second papers were issued. to
him /; and that Lowry, not having re-
ceiyed q majority of the legal votes
cast, is not entitled to his
seat. The republicans will fight
the majority report in the house. They
declare it an outrage that a man who
produces the record to show that he
made a declaration OF citizenship in 1856,
served in the onion war, proves by re-
patable citizens that he took out his
naturalization papers and has lost them,
ana that he hes lived in the country
% than thirty years, held local offices
and been recognized as q Citizen ell the
time, should not be allowed TO take his
seat in the congress because he cannot
prove by the court records that he re.
ceived his natural cation papers, whom
he proves that no record was made on
account Of notorious carelessness, NO re-
cord in that era having been made OF
many other naturalization papers issued,
divorces granted. etc. IL is probable
that q very lively tin.s will be had over
the case in the house about Thursday,
The democratic party leaders are
cracking the whip over %recreant members
tonight and driving into line those
who declare they will not support the
melority report. The kennhlinans have
. majority OF the states in the house OF
one, Indiana's delegation standing seven
republicans, six democrats. II the
presidential election next fall should be
in doubt and go to congress for settle
ment it can be seen how important it is
to have o majority. If White can be I'M.
seated and the election thrown back to
the people the democrats believe they
can elect ademecratic Successes, as White
cannot run again, being unseated as in
eligible, and they may elect, as they
have 1900 majority normally. This is
considered the most interesting case that
has come before the house for many
years.