The evening world., 1894-03-31
Much Good Expected from the
Meeting Of the Men Who
Issue the Papers.
FEES SHOULD Be EQUALIzED.
Now It Costs $3.50 to Become a
Citizen in a Federal and Only
30 Cents in a State Court.

With a bill before Congress, another
before the Legislature of this State and
a meeting af all the Judges called to
discuss the frauds unearthed and ex-
posed by The Evening World.' It is
pretty certain the naturalization laws
will be quickly amended. or rules laid
down by the Judges as will materially
check the traffic in fraudulent citizen
ship papers.
II In the immediate future as now
seems certain, proper avs are enacted
then the work Of THE Evening world'
In the arrest of V%incenzo De Vito,
banker. padrone. liquor dealer and poll
tician. for procuring papers, by perjury
and then selling them for SIS will be
amply rewarded.
Since Justice Giegerich. recognizing the
full force Of the exposures, undertook
TO call the Judges together to lay down
uniform rules for the issuance of nat
uralisation papers, other judges have
expressed their hearty approval of the
plan. This is particularly so OF the
judicial officers in whose courts citizens
have been and are being made daily.
They are we'll aware of the frauds
practised through their courts, but
under existing laws they are almost
powerless to check the evil.
Time after time applicants have been
rejected because, under examination by
the Judge. II was shown conclusively
that either the .wouldTb citizens or Wit
a asssss sad MAGE Psse'qbr efore eh tbe eIsrs,. In 1s ,se
the same witnesses and the same appli-
cants have gone to other courts and pro-
cured the papers without question. Wit
ness ana applicant In the mean time had
united upon a scheme Of perjury which
was successfully carried through.
h meeting Of the judges to oonsid-
will. while doing a vast amount OF
good. leave other important points to
Be attended to. a.,
OF the different counties OF the stale.
particularly New York md Kings coun-
ties. do to aid the Judges In the detec-
ton Perlurers? What action will the
h same matter?
the pictrISt.Attornssy Of this Rfs" co %nqy e ss
w wst1 h "a e sessre eS S ShiRlsns fn1 pa S5lm'n and
set the law at defiance? Have the police
OF either city been even asked BY the
p' lSsssIy'f n Sn %sntS Is e. nave "s sIapsssd since
'"rhe Evening World" in its, series Of
articles on the evils of the padrone sys-
lem; made ths positive statement tha, q
IN the city. who for sis would procure
naturalization papers for aliens not le-
gally entitled to receive them.
That statement was reiterated, but APP
parently no move was made by the pros
ecuting officer. 1t remained for "The
Evening World" to demonstrate beyond
story OF De vito's. arrest and his being
held for the Grand Jury was sufficient.
That others of the gang are fugitives
from Justice 10 well known.
That fra,tHa axiatal Uag qllpprfpd hy
many, and known to some persons; The
general public also suspects that bigger
men than De Vito lent their aid to the
far been made by the authorities to get
to the bottom facts.
Now that the Judges are getting to-
f ' ofaer TO for as' fhe eFp prsss .Hs sS''; o&f Il sts' 10
There is one thing which the Judges
do namely nn eg ihs sso me chs S Tssd in
the State Courts are only one-third Of
the amount charged In the United
States Courts. The State Courts only
sSat A a m a Of the immigrants rush
reason more than any other that around
srew ) Win WIN t %appli ssass e sSa Judges ses
sit until midnight making citizens.
The fees cahrged, in both State and
Federal courts should be the same. The
State judges In naturalizing aliens sim.
ply act as Deputy United States officers
Why there should be a difference in fees
seems incomprehensible.
B two months before election every
year. IAmmany opens its headquarters
n~1luralizing aliens, and for years
I&4 been located at Senator Timothy
a%uilivan's "Wigwam," In Centr,
|<1oI The organization deposits u
~ 81 dollars with the clerks of ths
'&I1n Pleas and Superior Courts, re
IN. IN exchange ALI dollar tickets
tickets are gwen TO the aliens
presenting them In court an
&I'ng questions, obtain citizenship
free. Not IN a single Instance
.Ianaany sought to naturalist ~
lie Fedefnl courts.
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