The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-10

withdrawn; but Immediately afterward
be caused twenty-eight hundred more
complaints to be made and issued war
rants upon them IN the same way. Many
persons were arrested under this process.
and about thirty-four hundred natural
lied citizens, in order to escape from this
partisan persecution, actually surrendered
their papers. just few days before the
election in November he caused the same
clerk or assistant to swear to thirty-two
hundred more complaints They were
sworn to in packages.
The instructions given by Davenport
as Chief Supervisor were in the case of
persons who present themselves to vote,
where warrant has been previously is
sued, you will see that such persons are
arrested upon the warrant upon so pre-
seutlng themselves, aud before voting
Ihls instruction was faithfully obeyed,
and on the day of election hundreds OF
naturalized citizens VINO possessed all the
qualifications required by the censtitu-
ton and laws OF the State of New York
were arrested attbe polls, dragged away
by these deputy marshals, and deprived
OF the right of suffrage. The pretense
upon which these outraees were commit
ted was that the records OF NATURALIZATION
kept by the Superior Court of New York
IN the year 1868 were defective, and that
therefore the certificates were void The
truth was that precisely the same kind
kept in that court for period of fifteen
years, under the administration OF nine
teen different judges OF both political par
ties, Hon. Edwards Pierrepont late min
lister to the court Of St James, being one
of them: that between fifty aud sixty
thousand persons had during that time
been naturalized in precisely the same
manner as these prosecuted men, and
many Of them had been voting and exer-
eislng all the other rights OF citizenship
without question for twenty years; and
that before these arrests were made
State judge, in an able and elaborate
opinion, had expressly decided that the
record was sufficient and the naturaliza-
tion valid. Notwithstanding these facts
about which there can be no dispute
these nine or ten Thousand persons, who
had in good faith procured their papers in
| 1868, were selected to be the victims of as
vile political conspiracy and persecu-
| tion as was ever set on foot in the history
of any country
| Mr., McAdoo then made bitter speech
against the bill to nay these special
| deputy marshals, concluding as fol-
| lows And now. Mr.. Chairman, il
| this can be done under the present mild
law with II non-partisan jury, what
| in the name Of Heaven and Justice will
| be done under bill which provides for
bayonets to back up the chief marshal
with partisan jury selected by psrti-
SdilS 10 iluu indictments at Willy lap
plause by the Democrats when Mr. Nc
Adoo resumed his seatl
Mr.. farquhar was particularly dis
pleased with this orraignment of his Re-
! publican constituents, and his friend,
| John |. Davenport, and he attempted TO
| ridicule the facts presented by Mr. Nc
| Adoo. He spoke of the days of Tweed
and wanted to know how many Demo-
Gratis desired pages from the history Of
that day read, and declared that it was
an honor and credit TO all who had stood
by John /. Davenport in the performance
OF his iniquitUus work.
Mr. McAdoo could not stand this. He
knew davenport too we'll, and springing
| to his feet he exclaimed
'Sir, Mr.. Davenport Is a narrow parti-
| san, an astute detective, a cool and clever
mapipulater Of Federal election laws for
partisan purposes, and in the employ of a
great political corporation called the Re-
| publican party, to which he loans his tai
ents. and from New Years day in one
year till New Years day in the succeeding
year he uses his cunning brain in devising
schemes to repress the voice of the hun
| dreds of thousands of freemen in New
York city who want to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket. That is the kind of saint
and martyr Mr.. John |. Davenport is.
Mr.. McAdoo was the hero of the day
| during the remainder of the session.