The evening world., 1893-10-28
NEW VOTERS IN BROOKLYN.
Processes Of Judge Moore's Busy
Naturalization Mill.
Mon Who Wait Many Years Before
Taking Out Papers.

County Judge Henry \. Moore. OF
Brooklyn. L. engaged just now in thr"sh-
ing out a new crop OF citizens, lie
does not turn the machinery himself.
but sits c%omplacsntly by and watches
foreign subjects discard their allegiance
- their old monarChs without a CULVER.
Chief Clerk York does most OF tho
work, but Judge Moore Is superintend-
ent of the business.
The antechamber to the Court OF Sea-
slons has been a busy place during the
last few days. HI crowd, In its
eagerness to got under the protection
of citizenship In this big country OF
ours. does not allow anything to check
1t. For the last ten days Judge Moore s
naturalization mill has been turning
out about 200 citizens daily. Every year
Judge Moore gets on his working clothes
and goes into the siege. 1t Is a siege
for him. He stands by the mill from
early morning until late at night-some-
times as late as midnight,
The runners for both OF the big politi-
cal parties are anxious to have their
unnaturalized followers init lted into the
fun fellow snip OF citizenship, so as TO
be ready to vote for this candidate or
that at he coming sleiti9n. l., ,,s
chief clerk, Bernard York, and for that
reason allows MIR. York to do a great
deal of the work just now.
Judge Moore has been holding court
right along within sound of the wheels
Of his naturalization mill, the machine
being only a few steps from him behind
a glazed doc
Jesse johnson, a Republican leader,
is at times a stickler for legal ~propriety;
so with d flourish OF horns he indicated
70 Judge Moore, a day or two ago. tina
the place for His Honor to be just now
was right out in The machine ghDn OF
his mill. Judge Moore did not like to
have Mr.. johnson tell him his duty,
bench. and has been doing valiant ser
vice in the active work of making ciu-
Gems.
AS a rapid transit citizen factory
Judge Moore's establishment has few
peers. A glass-inclosed desk, a line OF
Heterogeneous aliens, a corps of political
heelers' a reeinue OF clerks and a court
little unintelligibie swearing, a whiz of
Clerk York's voice reminding one of
the, buzz Of a telephone, and a dignified
Judge completes the paraphernalia and
entire outfit Of the great plant.
The facility with which "a citizen is
completed and turned out is increased by
the calibre of the friend who accom-
panies him and swears as to the number
of years he has held a warm and per
sonal acquaintance with the prospective
c%iuzen. \ little card containing a few
hieroplyphics of the right sort. If pre-
~ ~ nv NV OiH -
also a great aid to speed and loss of
time.
Judge Moore is a great acquisition to
the factory, although he does not do a
great deal Of manual labor. He is there.
That Is the great thing. His presenIa
covers the provisions of the naturdliza-
ton laws. As he sits in a cane-bottomed
chair back of the glass railed-desk lie
looks the picture of good nature and
contentment.
Judge Moore says that he has pre-
sided at about 10000 naturalization
during the score of years he has been
on the bench. When asked what was the
most peculiar incident connected with
his many years of citizen-making Judge
Moore said:
II think one of the most peculiar
things | have come across yet is the
man who mad waited thirty-fve years
between the time of taking out his first
papers and applying for his second.
When the first papers We're presented
they were clean and neat and showed
that the man had taken good cAra Of
them. He. did not tell me why he waited
friend he wanted to vote for or some
thing of hat sort. Another man rre-
sented himself for naturalization within
the last few days who came to this
country as a boy fifteen years old forty
five years ago. This man only applied
for the missing link between hIm and
citizenship a day or two ago There are
peculiar things and humorous things
about this naturalization. but the pre-
vaillng idea OF the seekers Cor citizen
ship seems to be one OF strict busiress."