New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-27
TAMMANY'S VOTE MILL.
OUTRAGEOUS NATCRALIzATIoN WORK.
-,sc, .crrr-r. SCENTS IN TIE SUPERIOR COURT
MAKING CITIZENS OF THE DRtG'

OF HUMANITY.
49,, Alma crows short before Election Day! "'
.-o,d NJ apDlcants for naturalization papers -
=, ,hs County Courthouse. As the crow
,.ro,ees In size the laxness on the paI' u
Ines who perforn this duty, which mas b'0
10 merely perfunc;ory in many cases i '
o,,,ced than ever In the superior court -"
n,rv safeguard whatever against the ani"'s' 80
arv,hng I'm the shape OF man 10 an 'he P''''
=, citizenship H. the scrutiny OF the cleinS,
~, inetruction of Thomas Boesc. The chiei '''
,,.her there are Il number Of applicants "H'''7
W., cudoreleeve who is doing that part OF 'he
- docs not pretend TO examine the men prop'
=, 1Ie gives as his reason for not doing 'ilS '.
Wv are all carefully examined by the c'''"
<.o ,hev come before him. In a majority OF "ie
oasss Of the men who come before Ju"6e ~ 49,,
s,save he does not ask them single queS'lo'' -
s,cslled examination proceeds something I'm. W.
the applicant and tte witness are brought ~
,,o Judge together. Without asking queS''0"
tho nrinclpal. Judge Giderseeve says 10 '"e
,ess. ..IIave YOU known this man IN inns VIM
Cor eve vears-is he attached to the pii'''P'
Tho Constitution % tScratch, scfatcV anu
,,rocess is all over. The next apphca'' "
t,,ees are before the Judge, While ule 0'''N -
49,, 49,, .. fac, &c tho words will come out or
III, Mouth TO swear in those who have Deen p"s'eu
by the Judge
WHAT JUICE GILDERSLEEvE SAYS
rreoe Ciidcrsleeve was asked by reporter yes
,er1av about the criticisms when h"u o''i' ~
4, the newspapers about his methoa u p'
Ito replied that he did not examine ''1 'Pio
lecausc they were questioned uhoio"e"'' - Wv
clerks When the men came peioie MN " ~
,.u bv their looks whether or not theF were III
dustriOus men. and he thout'' ' NS $500
the examination by the Clerks - J..
rarpoorv healers seem TO have fuli sway Ill
the building this year. and can run III '"ose WIZ
give them a small fee AHEAD OF 'he ions '''e =,
waiting applicants. one Oh THESE me" nom"
phuIi,e has besn in the courthouse all the time
while the Tamnany naturalization bureau was III
..,,,o, fo. the last two or three years. But
This season he only appears there OCCASIONALLY
lie was there Yesterday, ana d tribune reporter
stood within zen feet of him ana sa" ELM "o-
cont something from an appncah- anu '"e'' i"'
,i, in hoforc all of those who had been wai'IhS
several hours in many cases lie had just come
ont Of the clerks office with two men Wio'" ~
va hrousbt over 10 the courthouse. When ne
ca,po ont he met this man ana MS witness at inc
head Of the stairs. They had some CONVERSATIONS
.pd Phillips talked earnestly Tor a lie" "'I''es
w.. o Of the men Then the man put his hand
in his p6cke pulled something out anu u'oppe'
:. into ,be hand os Phillips. Just as the article
- tho reporter saw the glitter of silver
p,nIins stonped talking Immediately, and went
,,,o tho clerks Office with the two men, aheau
again of the hundred or more men waiting
THE NEW CITIZENS WORSE THAN EYER.
', fact il is the same old story over and over
arain II has become bad that no one seems 10
nav any attention to it. The applicants are lg-
norant and dirty. For the last two years the Grass
OF men who have appeared has become much worse
than il has ever been before. Last year those
around the courthouse thought that the last ureSs
were being brought up and the lowest point III
Ignorance and filth had been reached. But TINS
year the applicants, as class are little worse
in appearance than they were even last year ihose
sbout citizenship and who would never appear
10 secure their naturalization papers II leit 70
are carefully sought out Dy ue
bureaus by the political parties
This wear party Is ruaning one OF these bureaus
except Tammany and that fact probably accounts
for the increased depravity and ignorance Oh 'hc
applicants < . . eo,d IN
which 10 work there seems TO be a broad ana "l1e
present perncious system are far-reaciiing enough
10 call attention of the most ardent reformers
Whenever anything is said about the way tns
business is done here the excuse is ursso tha'
II Is not half so bad here as II is in the West.
Some OF the States allow aliens TO vote Tor DOM
State officers and members of Congress after tney
have been in the thirty days, and have slgni
fact is pointed out in extenuation OF the conultloh
of affairs which exists here The argument IS
made that 1t does not seem right that men VINO
have actually been in the country Tor nNe years
should be debarred from voting in this state Wnth
they and others who have been in the country
onlv a few months can go Few hundred ihIlcs
west or south and vote.