New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-04

made by or on behalf Of allen TO be admitted 10
become a citizen of the United States" receive
registry Of an allen. have OF entertain Jdrlsdic-
ton OF the naturalization OF an allen; nor shal
any clerk Of any such court or courts receive any
such declaration application papers. Other I'M
portant provisions Of the bill relative 10 ma turaza-
ton are:
No person shat! hereafter be natuTazed or aG-
co.rt Of this State within the ninety days next PR
ceding any general election. Any clerk or other
plicat,on in any case of nauraza ton any
certihcate In any of Naturalization in violation
be be- ' pan piTs'S ST fine Of 500 20 political
mittee or committee OF any political party ana no
for any political office. shall make any payment or
on o ees for Of the primary OF na
ton application for naturalization or for services
in assisting or enabling any person or persons 10
make such declaration or Application; whoever Vio-
ac, shall be punished upon conviction thereof by i
fine of not less than 500 more than $1,000
Among other reforms proposed in the bills of Mr..
Conkling IS the arranging Of election booths - that
there shall be to intending voters or to
the booths through any door. window or opening
except in front. The display of any banner. sign
or placari of any political party candidate with
in any pollingpace or within $50 feet of one is pro-
hibed. and the officers authorized by law 10 desiS-
nate the poling-places in any LOWE or CITY She'
to be placed distance Of 40 feet from
each polling-piace the necessary visible marks OF
barriers prevent electioneerlng or lettering WITHIN
such distance. Any person who. with intent 10
promote the election of person - an olhce' CUT
tributes money for any other purpose than the print
ing and circulating Of handbil,s, books and other
papers previous election. or town meeting con
veying such poor and infirm electors to the poIiS
music, rent of halls. watchers Of the election or
watchers of the canvass Of the votes, is guilty OF
msdemeanor.
Mr. Conb!ing has bill relative TO the appoint
Of o'o which
portant provisions:
Inspectors of election shall not be less than tWen
tyfve nor more than sixty years old of good habits
able 10 write neatly and legbly and TO perform the
They shat be notified on or before Juy 10 10 appSas
supervision OF board to consist Of the chief Of he
Bureau of ELECTIONS and the chief examine of the
scrbed by those officers and II found coinpe'ent
later than Augi>st Is POI, clerks shall appear be
fore the said examining board during the month
ment not tier than October Is. il found competent
Persons selected 10 I'll vacancies OF inspectors ana
ceptinc that in case of inspectors after September
Is ana poll clerks after October Is such examination
Elections may be practicable shall suffice
The Assembly Judiciary Committee is being urged
to report favorably Mr.. Conkng's bill relative TO
the registry voters. This measure. which applies
TO all cities was reported last year In the senate
and was strongly opposed by some OF the Tamnany
Senator's 1t provides for the personal description
Of voters and Is copied from the California law,
which is said be giving satisfactory results. The
bill provides that each registry list shall give the
approximate age Of each man registered. his APP
proximate height and weight. the color of his hair
and eyes the shade of his complexion. and any
visible marks on the face. distinguishing deformtes
of any kind. pecuarties Of voice Mr.. tonklng
hopes, by this bill. make impossible the voting OF
thugs and repeaters in many downtown districts
in New York. and in Brooklyn. Buffalo Troy and
Albany where this practice has become notorious
one point which might well have been made a
part of Mr.. Conklng's bill relative to candidates ex-
penses to be provided for in any OF the
reform bills now pending. That Is the disposition
which the political committees make OF the moneys
they handle. As the law stands, candidates re-
port large contributions 10 their respective com
mttees thereby practically MULTIPLYING the real pur
pose OF the section. which requires accounting
from them. 1t has been notorious for some years
that various corporations have been giving large
of money 10 the state committees, bui there u
now no Law by which the use Of these moneys can
be determined II f. suspected that good deal OF
the money thus obtained is paid TO the country news
papers for printing election literature furnished by
the State committees. IL Is by virtue of this sys-
TEN. il said. that Thomas c. Plat Is enabled to
get SO many responses from the rural press upon
each issue of his confidential circulars calling upon
the rural editors become indignant In carload lots
over the refusal of Mayor Strong TO BE- bossed