The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-11-12

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II is time the conscience Of the coun-
try was awakening to the enormity OF
the evil that flows from the easy facill-
ties offered for foreigners to get natur-
allied In this country. The recolleo-
ton Of the coffse-colored naturaliza-
ton papers with which Hon. William
A. Wallace was charged with circulat-
ing amongst the miners OF Pennsyl-
wanna, snd the palmy days of the
Tweed regime in New York city are
brought TO our minds by the later ac-
tions OF Judge McAdam OF the Super
Tor Court OF New York. Tho Judge is
a creature OF Tammany and for several
days before the late e.ectlon In New
York he was engaged in putting igno-
rant foreigners through his naturali-
cation mill, and converting them into
full.iledged American citizens at the
rate of two minute.
In one day he issued six hundred
naturalization papers. being at the rate
of two per minute, for session OF
five hours. The papers were prepared
ut the Tammany naturalization bu-
rean, and all the Judge had to do was
to approve them, II Of course being
impossiblefor him to make any exaIni-
nation whatever into the Recommended
tions and characters OF these appli-
cants for citizenship. He had all he
could do in approving the papers with
out bothering his head or stopping the
machinery OF his mill to inquire into
fitness and character. Indeed it was
charged that it was not necessary that
the men appear before him in person
at all.
Several agents OF Tammany have
been arrested for procuring papers for
men they never saw and who were
never in court. BY such a process as
this, q multitude OF naturalization
papers In the names OF persons who
have 10 existence in this life, have
been Issued and can DO used for voting
purposes by the Tnmmany managers.
The existence of the Tammany mill
for the manufacture Of voters out Of
mon who have been but few days or
hours In the country, as we'll as mon
OF straw. has been known for a long
time. and yet though the remedy is in
the hands of the people, and Is very
simple one, no effort seems to he made
to apply it.
1t is evident however that some-
thing should be done to shut up that
! Iammany MILL and make it more
difficult for ignorant foreigners to be-
come American citizens. We are get.
ting machine made citizens entirely
too fast. Thoy are ground through
tue mill entirely too rapidly to make
good grist. ..e......... a..
IL Is generally admitted fact that
New York city with its great foreign
vote equalling il not exceeding the
native vote has the only power the
Democrats possess OF electlng Presi-
dent of the United States.
The foreign vote elected Cleveland,
and it will elect him again IL he will
ever hs elected. The time may come
when this naturaliaed vote may elect
somebody President who may not he a
good American. Even now Demo-
cratic candidates for the Presidency
are bowling tho knee to the foreign
vote of New York city, as only by that
vote is there any chance OF eleeting a
Democratic President.
We are urging no objections to real
honest men OF foreign birth. who come
to this country with an honest pur.
pose and become honest and reputa.
Bile citilens but it is the dishonest
mass that arc erowding our shores,
filling up oar cities, getting through
naturalization mills and electing our
Presidents for us that We arc kicking
against and every honest American
citizen should join in one strong de-
termined kick against the ignorant
foreign masses controlling the poll.
tics OF our country,