Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-12
BARS TO CITIZENSHIP.
Judge Ewing Fines for Contempt One
of an Army Seeking to Vote.
ANOTHER FELLOW, WHO WAITED.
Over 1000 Eewly-Made Citizens in This
County Since August,
MORE THAN 1000 OF THEM THIS YEAR

Judge Ewing lost his patience yesterday
afternoon and made it exceedingly unpleas
| ant for man who desired to become citi
zen. Patrick Mclaughlin was the man,
and he is employed by S. S. Brown, tbs
coal man. He wanted to be naturalized
and was on hand with his first papers. The
Judge was not satisfied with the papers,
and so told the man, who insisted on argu-
ing the point with His Honor, and refused
to keep quiet when ordered.
The Judge, therefore, very promptly
fined him S. for contempt Of court. This
aroused the ire of Mclaughlin and he be-
came somewhat disorderly, which caused
the Judge to call him back and impose an
other fine of $40, and, as the man had no
money with which to pay the fine, he was
led of to Jail to stay there until the fines
were paid. Judge Ewing, after thinking
the matter over,
RENTED THE FINE OF $40,
but insisted that the first fine be paid. and
Mclaughlin is still in jail, victim of his
own tongue.
Judge Ewing yesterday refused to make
citizens out Of ten men, who stated that they
came to this country when they were under
Is years of age, and who could not furnish
| any vouchers or certificates to that effect
There were, however, large number of new
citizens made by both Judges Ewing and
Magee yesterday.
There was another case yesterday that
made Judge Ewing angry. A man who
wanted to be made citizen had been in this
country for about 20 years. and had taken
out his first papers. In answer to the ques-
ton why he did not become citizen before
this, he answered that he never had time
which caused the Judge to look at him
rather severely and remark that, if man
did not think it worth while to lose day in
order to become q citizen, he should be shut
out.
"Are you going to pay for this?" asked
His Honor.
mo, sir, am not" responded the appli-
cant.
"well, you should be ashamed to admit
such thing. If a man is too mean to pay
for the rights of citizenship, he should not
become a citizen"
In the end the papers were granted.
LOTS OF IT GOING ON.
The way grating is going on in the Court
House these days, it would seem that the
native tree Will soon be crowded with Tor
eign stocks, so that the original fruit will
not long be discernible. In the Prothono-
tary's Office alone, 1,O71 foreigners have de-
clared their intention to become citizens
since January 1, and there are beside this
the two United States Courts and the Quar-
ter Sessions. where intentions are declared.
All of the Judges of Common Pleas No. l
were engaged yesterday in putting the fin
ishing touches to half-hedged Americans of
European descent, and, as above indicated,
Judge Ewing was similarly engaged in No.
2.
1t is believed that 90 per cent of those
who are putting the finishing touches on
their citizenship are doing it for the pur-
pose Of voting on the prohibitorv amend
ment, and as to which way those votes will be
cast, there seems to be no doubt in the
minds of those who have been studying the
situation.
Since last August over 1000 voters have
been partially made in this county, beside
those whose voting stature has been COM
pleted in that time. The political weather
is evidently good for transplanting at pres