The evening world., 1894-04-07

the 400 Meyers ASSJCltllbll HIilN''l i'i'
"a minor. as th'y were all run turou|n
the naturalization min on that rt'h
Even n thu muu mad been h"r" iu' m.
uImh"r rt Nc"ra stated o. r" "r' irIII
In tn, naturalization IN IN. itn" or II.
I he la# sA}s that for iWu Fc1rt U'!1rr
taking out paper, the alien must ltH"
n,rn ready and anxious t. b.1"W" q
citizen.
1 is conceded that majority pr taa""
mon haI no such Intention and hHi l"'
tlouT!!; of BECOMING citizens u1"l g. d.
10 do 'n for election purposes by hiF-
N'r# agents. som" ui IN" IN u "h'
,wore ih,e had arrival h rc u.lCr ne
az of ,iphte n Sc wcr 'ull' fort-iV
years "'i. In .tN'r 'pri5, tn'N ma
huving .Nh,h!'"I 'h' slightest inclination
to become American Dit.2rns.
When NeIsiurt clerk Lops, or the
Court Of Common Pleas, was guest Toned
at rs ira" many pf these men looked
to b" w,ll along in years, ANA to nav"
arrived her" rs minors they must hhNf
been as much as twenty years In Tn"
country. We have no alt '~nI'ivr bat
to accept them On oath. although twenty
years ago that class OF immigrants did
not como her" ht all,
at ia only on IN" r!ea Of arrtHin% nor"
M minors thlt aliens can b" admitted 20
citizenship without producing iirsi papcrs
or fling the regular d"cihrhubp ~ m
law that nearly all the naturalization
frauds are porp"tratcd. tn" courts have
no alt"rnativ" hut to issue tn" r"rtih-
cate when the usull atiidnvits are made.
They cannot detect perJur rs
Rcpcntcrs voted for Them.
Abe Meyers says he knew nothing Of
DIVERS promises to the officers OF tn"
Association. In fact, he was regarded
as little more than iigureh.al ny thr
others 1t Is also Louhtful II he knew
anything Of the wholesale naturalization,
but he has evidently poor opinion OF
their intelligence.
II sought no favor from Diver or any
because dl not know just what The
members would do. nor how they would
vote. 1t was our first year as club.
and was doubtful II they would swal-
low the Taminany urket We will know
better how to act next year.
Those people did not know who they
werr voting for, anyhow They knew
nothing of the tickets, nor of tn" can
diIates. II you ask any of them VINO
they voted for. they WIN ten you nj; Abe
thought ! was the candidate, or all tn
candidates rolled into one"
Whether ,JuStlce Diyyer' llE9 Ah"
| Association it Is certain his captains
had none. Only those Hebrews who got
to the polls early were allowed to vote
While the captains saw that every man
| registered they took no chances on how
! they would vote. Early on election
morning the repeaters got in their fine
work and when later the registered
voter came along, he was told his nam"
had been already voted upon and was
advised to clear out.
Hundreds of honest Hebrews who went
to the polls early ana Insisted on swear
Ing In their VOt" knew 1t would not even
be counted. Proof Is forthcoming that
In on" election district as fast as every
Republican ballot was handed In IL was
carefully laid aside instead of being de-
posted In the box. During lull in thu
Voting Thminany pastors were put oyer
the Republican ballots and then de
positcd. one man who saw his own bal.
lot treated In that manner and protested
was told to mind his own business and
get out
Every repeater was compelled to use n
paster and the pastors were I'm nearly
every case. perfumed. by that means it
was easy Tor the election officers to dis
delivered
Morris Lev,s Statement.
Morris Levy. spokesman Of the dcpu-
thtion from the Abe Meyrrs Arsocia-
ton which waited on Diver, told part
33I the above story to an "Evoning
MoTiu reporter In the presence of s"v-
In turn vouched for II.
search among tn" east side tene.
msn,s. he added, "will result in the
pap'rS in the hands of men who are
not entitled to them. The men who hold
thc papers never for n moment InurinrI
they were violating the law i'm ohtnininr
them They did not for the most part
understand the language. So far as |
am concerned. / never wilfully violated
We aW. nnd ! can say thu same for
enough, however to hc able to rXpoS,.
good many men when the time comes.
was one OF the men who spent
Russian Hebrews how to writn NOR
names and teach them how to answer
me Questions that knew would be-
hut TO them In court 1t was about
nne hhiitSt JOB ever tackled in my lifr.
Ih"N did not even know who they voted
Tor nft"rw ards, and left the polls flrru,v
convinced they had voted for Abe Meyers
IN" hitter knew nothing oi N. Wnrl.
that was being done. He wanted tho
Association named after him. ana tha,
was all
broken, He told mc before election thlf
| would get place as foreman n thr
Street-Clcaning Department. lie tnid
us 70 go ahead and get al the votes W.
coulu; that TammauY had the Judges
and that We would be all right We saw
Croker, as well as Diver, ana he also
told us to bring out the votes
, Croker Dodgrd.
"Woll, we fulfilled our mart Of
the contract. and have not yet obtained
my position in tn" street cleaning De-
Iartm"nt When could get NJ salts
!"ctI,I from l'lNNrr allrr election ! went
to Mr.. Croker again. II" knew who |
was. and when | asked him If was to
nave tn" position as foreman. h" SAIL
n" did not know they had such a posi-
tion as foreman in the Strp,t-Clouuin,
/ brpartm'nt ! told him that hv fore
man ! meant inspector
Oh. WELL he answered. YOU Will
that
Justice Diver cannot say that be-
I did not make these promises to us. lie
aISo tnld us TO 70 ahead with the
naturaliHhtiun business. and gaVr tho
Hp-C"nt tickets to us. The mon We
wanted to naturalHe were too poor to
! pay That amount NOu can iul lots Of
/ men here who voted nine ana ten times.
and wer" paid 10y the Tammuny workers
| FOR doing SO.
- worked so hard for the party that
/ hrlur" election they offered m" tn" po-
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